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2024 Political Tech Landscape Report

Higher Ground Labs: “Each year, we track developments across the political technology space, providing a window into how our ecosystem is evolving—and what it means for Democratic campaigns and progressive infrastructure. This year’s report focuses on the turbulent 2024 election cycle and the hard lessons it left in its wake. The 2024 election presented enormous …

Subjects: AI, Congress, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

LLRX May 2025 Issue – Articles and Columns

LLRX May 2025 Issue – Articles and Columns The fallacy of the calculator – Jordan Furlong Safeguarding the Docket: A Roadmap for AI Agent Integration into Patent Docketing Workflows – This paper by John Schulte outlines the potential benefits of using AI agents in docketing workflows and proposes an implementation roadmap, including three key safeguards for …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Education, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Patent and Trademark, Recommended Books

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

The New York Times [no paywall] – “The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — In March, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal government to share data across agencies, raising questions over whether he might compile …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Records, Economy, Education, Financial System, Free Speech, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

It’s called the Library of Congress. But Trump claims it’s his.

follow up to previous post – The US Library of Congress is under attack, see also Washington Post no paywall: “The Trump White House has a new target in its campaign to expand executive power: the Library of Congress. Never mind the name — administration lawyers are now arguing that the main research library of the …

Subjects: Censorship, Congress, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

The Law Firms That Appeased Trump and Angered Their Clients

Wall Street Journal: “At a recent luncheon at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan, a top lawyer for Citadel delivered a message to leaders of some of the country’s biggest law firms. Brooke Cucinella told them that the hedge-fund company likes to work with law firms that aren’t afraid of a fight. Cucinella, head of litigation and …

Subjects: Censorship, Government Documents, Legal Research

Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies

MIT Technology Review [no paywall]: “The Trump administration has terminated National Science Foundation grants for more than 100 research projects related to climate change amid a widening campaign to slash federal funding for scientists and institutions studying the rising risks of a warming world. The move will cut off what’s likely to amount to tens …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents

Deep Research with AI: 9 Ways to Get Started

Wonder Tools: “The AI search landscape is transforming at breakneck speed. New “Deep Research” tools from ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity autonomously search and gather information from dozens — even hundreds — of sites, then analyze and synthesize it to produce comprehensive reports. While a human might take days or weeks to produce these 30-page citation-backed …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy: A Global Synthesis of the State of Knowledge on News Media, AI and Data Governance

Tech Policy Press – “Recently, an entity called the Observatory on Information and Democracy released a major report called “Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy: A Global Synthesis of the State of Knowledge on News Media, AI and Data Governance.” The report is the result of a combination of three research assessment panels comprised of over …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

Which Legal AI Tools Are Law Firms Actually Using, How They Use Them, And Trends in AI Use

Artificial Lawyer: “A survey by Skills of which legal AI tools law firms are actually using provides multiple insights into where we are today. For example, Kira – which is part of Litera – remains by far the most popular tool for due diligence review. But, it’s followed by Harvey’s Vault feature – a relatively …

Subjects: AI, Courts, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

New Free Tools to Track Corporate Misconduct Around the World

Global Investigative Journalism Network: “Large corporations often quietly pay individual fines for environmental, financial, or labor abuses without reporters noticing, or have patterns of misconduct that can be hard to quantify or easily missed. Sometimes, smaller companies will pay regulatory penalties without journalists realizing that they are subsidiaries controlled by influential parent companies or billionaires. …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Judge Chutkan Lets Case Against Trump’s Shadow Government Proceed

LegalAF By Michael Popok: “A blockbuster ruling out of federal court just put the brakes on Donald Trump’s alleged attempt to bypass Congress and install a shadow government headed—at least in part—by none other than Elon Musk. Federal District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan has ruled that a lawsuit brought by 14 states challenging the legality …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents

Project Push creates an archive of news alerts from around the world

NiemanLabs: “A little over a year ago, Matt Taylor began to feel like he was getting a few too many push notifications from the BBC News app. It’s a feeling many of us can probably relate to. Many people, myself included, have turned off news notifications entirely in the past few months. Taylor, however, went …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines