Monthly archives: April, 2023

Big Tech Lobbyists Explain How They Took Over Washington

reThink Trade: “An amazing research paper unearths how the tech industry invented the concept of digital trade and sold it to government officials. Progressive trade advocates continue to express confusion over the Biden administration’s trade policies. Despite a U.S. trade representative (USTR) in Katherine Tai who has prioritized a worker-centered trade vision that breaks with …

Subjects: Congress, Digital Rights, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Google is making it much easier to search for tools in Docs, Sheets, and Slides

The Verge: “Google is adding a new feature to some of its Workspace apps that will help users quickly locate commonly used tools without needing to sift through various menus and toolbars. The “enhanced tool finder” is starting to roll out across Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides today, appearing as a search bar — identified …

Subjects: E-Records, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

BirdCast

BirdCast: “Showcasing the spectacle of bird migration When, where, and how far will birds migrate? How many birds passed last night? Our tools help you explore the answers to these and many other questions about bird migration. BirdCast proposed to provide real-time predictions of bird migrations: when they migrate, where they migrate, and how far …

Subjects: Environmental Law

Social Media as a Bank Run Catalyst

Cookson, J. Anthony and Fox, Corbin and Gil-Bazo, Javier and Imbet, Juan Felipe and Schiller, Christoph, Social Media as a Bank Run Catalyst (April 18, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4422754 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4422754 “Social media fueled a bank run on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), and the effects were felt broadly in the U.S. banking industry. We …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Legal Research, Social Media

The Purpose of Legal Education

Toussaint, Etienne, The Purpose of Legal Education (March 4, 2023). California Law Review, Vol. 111, No. 1, 2023, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4378424 “When President Donald Trump launched an assault on diversity training, critical race theory, and The 1619 Project in September 2020 as “divisive, un-American propaganda,” many law students were presumably confused. After all, law …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

AI in Hiring and Evaluating Workers: What Americans Think

“62% believe artificial intelligence will have a major impact on jobholders overall in the next 20 years, but far fewer think it will greatly affect them personally. People are generally wary and uncertain of AI being used in hiring and assessing workers. The rapid rise of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) systems has prompted …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Education, Knowledge Management

Comprehensive collection of Dominion Court Documents

“Dominion Voting – Legal Updates / Archived site [h/t Ben Amat] – Lies and misinformation have severely damaged our company and diminished the credibility of U.S. elections, subjecting hardworking public officials and Dominion employees to harassment and death threats.  Dominion is taking steps to right these wrongs through our judicial system. [snipped] Complaint & Court …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research