Fordham Law hosts blockchain symposium
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — At the Fordham Law Blockchain Regulatory Symposium, Wyoming announced the first-ever opt-in custody rules regarding its “blockchain banks.”
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GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ANTONIN SCALIA LAW SCHOOL — Ardine Williams, vice president of HQ2 workforce development and Amazon’s advocate for children playing with robots as a means of turning them into tech-savvy workers, tackled the gig economy in a talk Friday. It’s less about the work-for-hire model and more about the government’s inability to keep pace…
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GEORGETOWN LAW — Gorgetown Law’s fourth conference on “The Color of Surveillance” on November 7. Past conferences have explored the government surveillance of African Americans, America’s religious minorities and immigrants; this year’s conference looked at the monitoring of poor and working people. The event was hosted by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology, with…
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SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Artificial Intelligence for Social Impact Speaker Series
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LEGAL TALK NETWORK — Data is indispensable to modern lawyering, but there are still many attorneys who aren’t leveraging it to its full potential. Jeff explains data literacy’s competitive benefits for law firms, how it helps attorneys win in the courtroom, and why today’s firms should offer in-depth data literacy training.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The legal trade press has given the topic of mental health issues in the legal profession a lot of well-founded attention this year. An emerging narrative is that the proliferation of technology has contributed to this grim reality. Last year, over 17 million people in the U.S. suffered from at least one depressive episode,…
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DUKE SANFORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY — Scholars at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and Law School will research new ideas for social media regulation with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the foundation announced today. Their focus will be an idea Napoli has explored in previous writing – that aspects…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Technology is fundamentally changing the world in which today’s law students will launch their careers. It may precipitate complicated new legal issues, exacerbate current concerns about privacy, civil rights, and economic disparity. Fordham Law faculty and students are studying how lawyers and the law can ensure that technology serves the common good, respects…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was among the distinguished panelists who gathered at Harvard Law School for a panel and webcast, “Ethics of the Digital Transformation.” Presented by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, the event brought together academics, philosophers, and scientists to ponder moral and practical issues…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Seth Chandler has been recognized by Wolfram Research for his work in developing 22 software research functions available to the public through the national computational company’s “Function Repository.”
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