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Do We Need More Technologies in Courts? Mapping Concerns for Legal Technologies in Courts

Barysė, Dovilė, Do We Need More Technologies in Courts? Mapping Concerns for Legal Technologies in Courts (September 6, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4218897 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4218897

“Courts use progressively more technologies, and there is no consensus on how much and what technologies would benefit or harm courts and in what ways. The analysis of the variety of concerns in law is gaining momentum. However, there is little data on lawyers’ beliefs and attitudes toward technologies in courts. In this study, practicing lawyers and researchers from three countries were interviewed to map their main concerns for technologies in courts. Thematic analysis was conducted. The main reasons for skepticism toward technologies in courts are based on the lack of knowledge, research, and regulation. The primary concerns involve specific properties of technologies, effects on human decision-making, issues in the legal system, lack of research, advantages and disadvantages in access, equality, effectiveness, and fairness, and the “human factor”. The latter includes the need for human interaction, flexible decision-making, and perceived fairness. More focus on humans in human-automation interaction is needed.”

Legal Research Doesn’t Have to Break the Bank: Free and Low-Cost Research Avenues

Carlton, Victoria and Hickman Pierson, Annalee, Legal Research Doesn’t Have to Break the Bank: Free and Low-Cost Research Avenues (July 1, 2022). 35 Utah Bar Journal, July/Aug. 2022, at 46., BYU Law Research Paper No. 22-21, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4166192 “While law students mostly depend on only LexisNexis or Westlaw for legal research, lawyers in… Continue Reading

This common item is on the way out at California grocery stores

Mercury News: “For most grocery shoppers, they are as familiar as carts with wobbly wheels, aisles of cereal boxes and checkout stands full of juicy celebrity tabloids. But in California their days are numbered. Big rolls of thin plastic bags, often used only once to hold fruit and vegetables, or to put around packages of… Continue Reading

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cybersecurity issues – October 8, 2022

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cybersecurity issues – October 8, 2022 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss, highlights articles and information that focus on the… Continue Reading

Consensus – Evidence-Based Answers, Faster

Consensus: “Consensus only searches through peer-reviewed scientific research to find the most credible insights to your queries. We recommend asking questions related to topics that have likely been studied by scientists. Consensus has subject matter coverage that ranges from medical research and physics to social sciences and economics. Consensus is NOT meant to be used… Continue Reading

AI eye checks can predict heart disease risk in less than minute, finds study

The Guardian – “An artificial intelligence tool that scans eyes can accurately predict a person’s risk of heart disease in less than a minute, researchers say.The breakthrough could enable ophthalmologists and other health workers to carry out cardiovascular screening on the high street using a camera – without the need for blood tests or blood… Continue Reading