A review of Unlocking the Future: Leveraging Technology for Personal and Professional Success, by Jeffrey M. Allen & Ashley Hallene (ABA Book Publishing 2025), 480 pp., ISBN 978-1-63905-629-3; e-book ISBN 978-1-63905-630-9; Senior Lawyers Division sponsor; list price $39.95. The Book in Brief In this book, Jeffrey Allen and Ashley Hallene…
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News Briefs and Decision Summaries from NJSBA, August 15, 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 Capitol Report: Omnibus…
Selected Case Summaries Published by Justia, Week Ending August 15, 2025
During the week ending August 15, 2025 we have received listings of 31 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 45 Constitutional Law summaries, 78 Criminal Law Summaries, 4 White Collar Law Summaries, 6 Intellectual Property Summaries, and 5 Medical Malpractice Summaries,. We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…