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Agentic AI Risk Mitigation (Part 4): Decentralized Identity, Digital Wallets, and Authorization Delegation

From the American Bar Association, Science and Technology Law Section Thursday, August 28, 2025. 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET. “This is the fourth and final installment in a four-part series designed to provide attorneys with a comprehensive legal framework for evaluating risk and trust considerations related to digital identity and…

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News Briefs and Decision Summaries from NJSBA, August 13, 2025

These News Briefs and Decision Summaries are from  the  the New Jersey State Bar Association. They are an exclusive benefit of the Association in partnership with the New Jersey Law Journal. A subscription may be necessary to access the full text of some of the items listed: Legal News NJSBF Awards Scholarships…

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From Repeal to Permanence: Why Ending the Death Penalty Requires Constitutional Change

Historical Background The history of capital punishment in the United States reflects a cycle of reform, reinstatement, and continued controversy. In 1972, the Supreme Court’s decision in Furman v. Georgia temporarily halted executions nationwide, finding that death penalty statutes were applied in arbitrary and capricious ways. Just four years later, in Gregg…

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Thomson Reuters Launches CoCounsel Legal With Guided Workflows and Deep Research: A New Era of Legal Research for Legal Professionals

Two months ago, during a media briefing at its New York City offices, Thomson Reuters offered a glimpse of what it called the “next generation” of its CoCounsel artificial intelligence platform, a shift, the company said, from AI tools that simply respond to prompts to intelligent agentic systems capable of…

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Selected Case Summaries Published by Justia, Week Ending August 8, 2025

During the week ending August 8, 2025 we have received listings of 27 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  37 Constitutional Law summaries, 63 Criminal Law Summaries, 6 White Collar Law Summaries,  2 Intellectual Property Summaries, and 2 Medical Malpractice Summaries,.     We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under…

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Should Librarians be Involved in Auditing Generative AI Systems for Factual Accuracy?

As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) systems become increasingly integrated into search engines, legal research platforms, healthcare diagnostics, and educational tools, questions of factual accuracy and trustworthiness have come to the forefront. Erroneous or hallucinated outputs from large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude can have serious consequences, especially…

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News Briefs and Summaries from NJSBA, August 1, 2025

These News Briefs and Decision Summaries are from  the  the New Jersey State Bar Association. They are an exclusive benefit of the Association in partnership with the New Jersey Law Journal. A subscription may be necessary to access the full text of some of the items listed: NEWS BRIEFS: Welcome to Your…

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Selected Case Summaries Published by Justia, Week Ending August 1, 2025

During the week ending August 1, 2025 we have received listings of 26 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  36 Constitutional Law summaries, 70 Criminal Law Summaries, 6 White Collar Law Summaries,  4 Intellectual Property Summaries, 1 Copyright Law  and 2 Medical Malpractice Summaries,.     We plan is to continue posting…

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Selected Case Summaries Published by Justia, Week Ending July 25, 2025

During the week ending July 25, 2025 we have received listings of 17 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  30 Constitutional Law summaries, 75 Criminal Law Summaries, 6 White Collar Law Summaries,  5 Intellectual Property Summaries, 1 Copyright Law  and 2 Medical Malpractice Summaries,.     We plan is to continue posting…

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Honoring Émilie du Châtelet: A Mind Ahead of Her Time

Introduction Honoring Émilie du Châtelet: A Mind Ahead of Her Time grew out of my earlier poem, In Celebration of Émilie du Châtelet: A Truly Renaissance Woman. While both poems honor the same remarkable figure, they differ in purpose and tone. The first poem was written with public occasions in…

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