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ILTACON Preview: What These Tech Leaders Expect To See

The massive legal tech conference is fast approaching.

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Learning this song was a milestone in my immigrant understanding of Canadiana. "Home for a Rest" by Canadian folk rock band Spirit of the West. youtu.be/crIk87-mPzY...

Spirit Of The West "Home For A Rest" - Official Music Video

YouTube video by Spirit Of The West

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Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod.bsky.social · last wk.

Strictly Canadian version. People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song. Me: You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best

A U.S. judge has ruled that Idaho's near-total abortion ban is unconstitutional because it provides exceptions when abortions are life-saving and not for broader risks to pregnant women's health.

Idaho must allow abortions to preserve women's health, US judge rules

A U.S. judge has ruled that Idaho's near-total abortion ban is unconstitutional because it provides exceptions when abortions are ​life-saving and not for broader risks to pregnant women's health.

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⚠️ Utah Lawyers: Don’t Miss the August 31 Deadline! Attorneys who do not renew by the deadline will be suspended from practicing law and will be assessed a reinstatement fee. Need assistance with your online renewal? Email licensing@utahbar.org.

Happy to release (with Jerry Kang and @alanindc.bsky.social) Edition 9.0 of our Communications Law casebook. If you're reporting on or studying dense telecom topics like the fracas over broadcast TV licenses, this book is meant as a gentle, conceptual introduction to the field. (And it's free!)

Had an amazing evening riding my electric skateboard around the Stanley Park Seawall at sunset last night.

Here's my guide on how to understand privacy as both an engineering and legal movement and how to enact it context.center/topics/priva...

Privacy and Compliance Reader

Intended to help new entrants to the Privacy Engineering and compliance field get familiar with the players, stakes and considerations around privacy and...

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Here's my guide to how law enforcement uses the data collected supposedly for ad tech instead to spy and persecute people unfairly and arguably illegally context.center/topics/law-e...

Understanding Law Enforcement's Use of User Data

Systems intended for ad targeting and UX optimization have become a target of law enforcement. Here are a collection of sources on this.

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Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act. Trump vetoed it. Congress overrode his veto on a bipartisan vote. So Trump has decided to simply not enforce the law. I do not understand the role of Congress anymore. I guess they just make suggestions?

Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies (Gift Article)

The Trump administration will not enforce reporting requirements of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act, which was intended to crack down on money laundering.

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Working from home doesn’t mean you have to stay home. Working at SFU campus today.

I don't want to be judgy or mean but seriously, fuck transphobes forever, they are awful.

Colorado issues draft regulations to implement the Automated Decision-Making Technology Act. Comments are due by October 26, 2026. The law goes into effect on January 1, 2027. coag.gov/ai/

Colorado Automated Decision-Making Technology & Chatbot Safety Rulemaking

The Colorado Attorney General’s Office believes it will produce better rules if it receives strong, diverse input from interested persons and welcomes initial input from the community to better unders...

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Incoming law students: I am begging you. Please, please, please take your legal writing classes seriously. Good legal writing/advocacy (and I mean *good*) is becoming a lost art in the era of AI. I'm telling you. This is a HUGE opportunity to stand out.

Fed. judge holds that plaintiff voter-rights organizations are likely to succeed in showing Trump's mail ballot EO violates the separation of powers and is unauthorized by law. PI granted *nationwide* to stop USPS interference in the November election. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Resolved: Neither lawyers nor judges may use memes in citations as evidence to back the claim being made. (All replies must include a meme involving Texas.)

Andrew Kinsey@andrewkinsey.bsky.social · last wk.

This is inexplicably in a judicial opinion, and I have to wonder what's going on in Texas.

Split screen. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦

The Washington Supreme Ct will extend diploma privilege as an option for all first-time test takers at last week's fiasco of a NextGen Bar rollout. (They can also take the test to have a transferable score.) If an applicant previously failed anywhere, free retake. www.courts.wa.gov/content/publ...

Corruption, thrills and kills — best legal books for summer 2026 via the Times. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Corruption, thrills and kills — best legal books for summer 2026

From a fight with Putin and a court drama to the fascinating work of a forensic scientist, there’s plenty to entertain in our reviewers’ pick of summer reads

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BREAKING: Judge Carlton Reeves (Obama/SDMS) rules that tower dumps, which provide police with time and location data on many or all phones connected to a cell tower, are "per se unconstitutional general warrants," violating the 4th Amendment. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

TowerDumpsReevesOpn080526

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Law school graduates will soon be able to earn their license to practice in New Mexico by working under an attorney's supervision and demonstrating their legal skills rather than by taking the bar exam, the state's Supreme Court chief justice told Law360 Pulse. www.law360.com/artic... #Law360Pulse

New Mexico Joins States With Alternative Atty License Paths - Law360

Law school graduates will soon be able to earn their license to practice in New Mexico by working under an attorney's supervision and demonstrating their legal skills rather than by taking the bar exam, the state's Supreme Court chief justice told Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.

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My grandmother was instrumental in getting this conservation tax first passed in 1976. Missouri’s parks are free for all, with a rich biodiversity that had to be rebuilt after decades of neglect. Proud of her legacy and glad to see it continue. mdc.mo.gov/magazines/co...

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 2w ago

Big tax results out of Missouri tonight: Voters statewide rejected by an huge margin a GOP ballot measure to phase out the income tax. They also renewed a sales tax to keep state parks free. And Kansas City approved a package of $1.7 billion of bonds for infrastracture.

A major defeat for conservatives in Kansas, who were hoping to make inroads on the state supreme court by switching the state to regular elections. Their measure was defeated 61/39. (I'll have more to say on what this means for the court going forward soon.)

What’s New in Clio Work. Clio is extending own #LegalAi tools into Word for drafting, and building out advanced customization options using Skills and Memory where law firms can train their own Ai. www.clio.com/blog/whats-n...

What's New in Clio Work

Clio Work now drafts inside Word, connects with Clio Grow, and uses Skills and Memory to match your standards on every task.

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"Great learning experience" Join the short course: Law of the Sea 🌊 Online starts 28 Sept 🌊 Find out more about the current challenges and future directions in the law of the sea Book Now 👉https://buff.ly/lA8Pv4y

I know lawyers have been spending a lot of time worrying about their use of AI but what we really need to worry about is our clients’ use of it. 🫠🫠🫠

A Massachusetts couple who were stalked and harassed by a group of eBay employees over their blog's coverage of the e-commerce giant reached a $55.7 million settlement with the company and several former executives.

EBay, Former Execs To Pay $55.7M Over Couple's Harassment - Law360

A Massachusetts couple who were stalked and harassed by a group of eBay employees over their blog's coverage of the e-commerce giant reached a $55.7 million settlement with the company and several former executives.

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legalize it (in Canada)

ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 3w ago

let's gooooo cnevpost.com/2026/07/28/b...

And the wifi is not working on this flight! Shoot, email backlog will have to wait. Good thing I have a presentation to obsess over.

Joshua Lenon@joshualenon.bsky.social · 3w ago

Got my travel blazer and mask on. Got the window seat. Ready to get some actual focus time to work on the plane!

Only my third business trip of the year. Family-stuff & new teammates kept me to virtual appearances since April. Thrilled to be back on the road. Fifteen minutes from curb to gate, even with custom’s computers being out. Nexus card still the best purchase ever.

The PA Legal Aid Network (PLAN) celebrated 13 law students who gained impactful experience in legal aids this summer as Martin Luther King, Jr. interns. The MLK Reception, July 23, 2026 at the Civic Club of Harrisburg, featured keynote speaker Sen. Art Haywood. @palegalaidnetwork.bsky.social