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Suffolk LIT Lab @suffolklitlab.org · May 5
Here's a great article on the new eviction sealing law in MA.¹ It even includes a link to courtformsonline.org when they mention the online petition for sealing that we helped build. Want to jump right to the tool? Try courtformsonline.org/ma/forms/pet...

¹ www.nbcboston.com/news/local/o...
Outreach efforts starting as eviction-sealing law takes effect in Mass.
Thousands of Massachusetts residents gained a new tool in the search for stable housing Monday, as a law took effect allowing eligible tenants to have their past eviction records sealed.
www.nbcboston.com
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davidcolarusso.com
I was really bummed out when the NYTimes put their mini behind a paywall. So, I'm making my own. You can find the first of my Monday Minis over at The Finite Scroll.

thefinitescroll.org?crossword=20...

Need a hint? Ask @suffolklitlab.org 😉
A screenshot of a digital crossword puzzle mini. A few shaded squares in the grid mark the start of the first Across. The clue for **1A** is shown at the top left and reads “🔥🔥🔥🔥 (slang),” with the first square shaded darker to indicate the starting point. On the right side, the Across and Down clue lists are visible. **Across clues**: 1) “🔥🔥🔥🔥 (slang),” 3) “Experiments’ home,” 5) “Scholarly domain,” 6) “To shape under heat and pressure,” and 8) “Coherent monochromatic light.” **Down clues**: 2) “Online summaries,” 4) “Daughter of Aleus,” 5) “Entry of Appearance,” 6) “27th State,” and 7) “Ambulance destination.” A timer runs at the top, and menu options such as Clues, Reveal, Check, and More appear in the header.
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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davidcolarusso.com
I enjoyed this @naomialderman.bsky.social piece. I was nodding along particularly hard around rule 9 as I found it via thefinitescroll.org, an open-source RSS reader which makes it easy for me to see & hide the content I want while letting me limit my use. I mean, it's called The Finite Scroll. 👍
Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis
Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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smcgrath.phd
When an AI generates false, damaging information, who is liable? New court cases are testing this. Wolf River Electric sued Google after its AI fabricated a lawsuit against the company, leading to significant financial losses.
#MLSky #LawSky #MedSky
Who Pays When A.I. Is Wrong?
New court cases seek to define content created by artificial intelligence as defamatory — a novel concept that has captivated some legal experts.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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lsdrake.bsky.social
I don’t have a meme but I have a lawyer funny I just saved
A comic of a man seated at a desk with a laptop. His wife is standing behind him and the word bubble says “I asked A.I. to write my will and apparently I’m now leaving all my money to A.I.”
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
New roundup on tech litigation from Tech Justice Law Project’s Madeline Batt and Melodi Dinçer! This month's installment covers key legal developments in lawsuits related to social media surveillance, scraping for AI training data, and legal challenges to child online safety laws.
October 2025 Tech Litigation Roundup | TechPolicy.Press
Madeline Batt for the Tech Justice Law Project, highlight key developments in tech litigation.
www.techpolicy.press
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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juliegoldberg.bsky.social
It's the first snow of the year, but none of the students are rushing over to the window! (I worked in high school libraries for 20+ years. This is my first year as a university librarian. I note some differences!)
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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techpolicypress.bsky.social
Despite new EU transparency laws, researchers are still blocked from vital social media data, while corporations buy the same information freely, argues Brandon Silverman. The result: a two-tier system that shields platforms from scrutiny and weakens democratic oversight.
Why Commercial Tools Can Scrape Social Media But Researchers Can't | TechPolicy.Press
Brandon Silverman explains how researchers face barriers to social media data under the DSA, while corporations can buy full access.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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joshualenon.bsky.social
Lawyers know the importance of the Oxford comma!
ddiamond.bsky.social Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 12d
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
What we're watching: A new take on "Frankenstein," a lavish legal drama starring Kim Kardashian and a Tracy Morgan-led spinoff.
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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apnews.com
Artificial intelligence company Stability AI mostly prevailed against Getty Images Tuesday in a British court battle over intellectual property.
Stability AI largely wins UK court battle against Getty Images over copyright and trademark
Stability AI has mostly prevailed against Getty Images in a British court battle over intellectual property.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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news.bot.suffolklitlab.org
TL;DR: Amici curiae are rallying to back ROSS Intelligence in its appeal against a copyright ruling favoring Thomson Reuters, highlighting the ongoing legal battle over AI research in the legal field.
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
As the long-running litigation between Thomson Reuters and ROSS Intelligence has moved to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an interlocutory appeal of the trial judge's copyright rulings in fa...
www.lawnext.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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mcsweeneys.net
"I’m not looking so bad now, huh? Absolute best case, the LLM-generated legal advice you get is merely plagiarizing, probably from me. But more likely, it’s a mish-mash of Reddit posts filtered through an algorithm coded by a Belarusian teen on the run from Interpol."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
buff.ly
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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thefordon.bsky.social
Spotted this ad recently in my city. Would the response be legal advice?
ChatGPT Billboad. Query reads: “Check out my lease. Is painting my walls okay or a mistake?”
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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jmiers230.bsky.social
In about ten minutes, I’ll be speaking about why generative AI services should be understood as modern publishers—not products—and the First Amendment implications that follow. You can join the webinar here for free: www.eventcreate.com/e/the-great-...
The Great Tech War: Can We Optimize Innovation, Regulate AI, Protect Children and Address Social Media Content at the Same Time? | October 30, 2025
Join us online Thursday October 30, 2025
www.eventcreate.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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sglassmeyer.bsky.social
Here's a thing I wrote about Reverse Benchmarking and professional development of legal professionals in a post-AI age legalversemedia.com/the-human-ad...
The Human Advantage: Professional Growth for Lawyers in the Age of Generative AI - Legalverse Media
legalversemedia.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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legal.reuters.com
Two federal judges last week admitted to releasing rulings that contained errors generated by artificial intelligence, underscoring a lack of uniform, permanent AI guidelines for U.S. courts as the technology spreads through the legal profession reut.rs/3WvrEYr
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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natematias.bsky.social
Amid growing public demand for tech accountability on harms & rights, the public has turned to scientists — especially on issues of causality.

So how can we reliably inform courts? Join @meetalijain.bsky.social & me online Oct 29 at @thecoalition.bsky.social

citizensandtech.org/2025/10/even...
Event: Standards of Evidence in Technology Litigation
How can scientists inform courts about these questions? What standards of evidence might courts end up using in some of these cases? If you're interested in these questions, please join me and Meetali...
citizensandtech.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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smcgrath.phd
Anthropic's CEO has publicly refuted claims from the Trump administration's "AI Czar" that its models are "woke." The statement follows a public dispute over the company's stance on AI regulation and alleged fear-mongering.
#MLSky
Anthropic Promises Trump Admin Its AI Is Not Woke
After condemnation from Trump’s AI czar, Anthropic’s CEO promised its AI is not woke.
www.404media.co
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
"OpenAI has subpoenaed a wide range of nonprofits that have been critical of the company’s controversial for-profit restructuring. ... But in practice, recipients and legal experts say, they seem more like a campaign of intimidation with very real costs." www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
These nonprofits lobbied to regulate OpenAI — then the subpoenas came
OpenAI’s legal battle with Elon Musk has caught company critics in the crossfire.
www.theverge.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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eff.org
A DHS warrant seeking ChatGPT user prompts “means it’s more important than ever for OpenAI and other AI companies to think about how to limit the amount of data they collect on their users,” EFF’s @jenlynch.bsky.social told @Forbes.com.
www.forbes.com/sites/thoma...
DHS Ordered OpenAI To Share User Data In First Known Warrant For ChatGPT Prompts
Filed by child exploitation investigators with the DHS, the warrant reveals the government can ask OpenAI to provide information on anyone who enters specific prompts.
www.forbes.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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dyebo.bsky.social
The Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice 2025 Mosaic IP Law and Policy Roundtable Conference is a few days away on October 24 & 25 at Suffolk University Law School!
Please join us in person and by hybrid attendance in Boston! Register here: iipsj.org/programs/ann...
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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sglassmeyer.bsky.social
Congrats to @free.law on winning American Legal Technology award for AI (and all the other deserving winners, runners up and nominees in all categories!) nominees.americanlegaltechnology.com/2025-award-n...
2025 American Legal Technology Awards
Summaries of Winners, Runners Up and Honorable Mentions
nominees.americanlegaltechnology.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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free.law
Citegeist is the name of the ranking engine used by CourtListener when you search for something. If you've ever wondered how it works, we have a new help page that explains it in detail: www.courtlistener.com/help/citegei...
The Citegeist Relevancy Engine – CourtListener.com
Citegeist is the name of the relevancy engine that ranks search results on CourtListener. It’s the product of years of enhancements and a deep background in legal research.
www.courtlistener.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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joshualenon.bsky.social
The latest #LegalTrendsReport is live.

I'll be doing a deep dive to this year's findings here at #ClioCon, in Ballroom B starting at 3pm. See you there!

Clio.com/LTR
Legal Trends
Explore the latest Legal Trends Report. Benchmark your law firm with data on AI, profitability, and client needs backed by the industry’s largest study.
Clio.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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davidcolarusso.com
New to Bluesky? Scroll like its 2017; all but one of the ABA’s top legal “tweeters” are here to follow in one click. 👇
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM