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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 28, 2025

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Scale AI’s Public Google Docs Reveal Security Holes in AI Projects; Judge rules Anthropic’s use of books to train AI model is fair use; US Official Claims DeepSeek Aids China’s Military, Evaded Controls; Who’s guarding the AI? Even security teams are bypassing oversight; and Financial deepfake scams targeted in bipartisan Senate bill.

Subjects: AI, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Email Security, Legislative, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 21, 2025

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: How to Avoid a Huge Customs Bill on a Cheap Online Order; ‘No Kings’ Protests, Citizen-Run ICE Trackers Trigger Intelligence Warnings; 16 billion passwords exposed in record-breaking data breach, opening access to Facebook, Google, Apple, and any other service imaginable; How to Find the Owner of a VoIP Number: Easy Lookup Methods; and AI Chatbots Are Impersonating Students to Steal Financial Aid.

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research, Privacy

The Pragmatic Pivot: Selling Defensible Wins in the Law Department’s Middle Ground

Law department innovation leaders operate at a demanding intersection. They must innovate in measurable ways. Yet, particularly in the current economic climate, this mandate collides head-on with intense budget scrutiny, hiring freezes, and an unrelenting demand for immediate, tangible returns. Big tech visions often yield to the urgent need for pragmatic cost control. So, how do we advance an innovation agenda in a way that is both impactful and financially defensible right now? Dennis Kennedy, Director, Center for Law, Technology & Innovation Michigan State University College of Law, advises that the most pragmatic, resilient, and successful innovation strategy for law departments today involves strategically targeting the vast, resource-intensive “middle ground” of legal work with AI. 

Subjects: AI, Communications, KM, Leadership, Legal Profession, Management

Richard Susskind on AI for Lawyers: A Review of ‘How to Think About AI’

Whether you’re writing briefs, litigating high-stakes matters, lobbying policymakers or just trying to future-proof a career, Jerry Lawson affirms that Susskind’s book on legal AI gives you enough clarity to steer rather than drift. And in the AI era, that might be the most practical gift of all.

Subjects: AI, Book Reviews, Communications, Legal Ethics, Legal Profession

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 7, 2025

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality Itself; Why does Amazon use palm scanners at Whole Foods and doctors’ offices? Crypto news: Why shocking and violent “wrench attacks” are going to get worse; Privacy Alarm: Meta Caught De-Anonymizing Android Web Activity; and When the FBI Has a Phone It Can’t Crack, It Calls These Israeli Hackers.

Subjects: AI, Big Data, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Financial System, Government Resources, Privacy, Shopping, Social Media, Technology Trends

The fallacy of the calculator

Jordan Furlong shares salient, focused and actionable thoughts about the future relationship between Gen AI and the legal profession. Furlong states that the more you study how Generative AI works, the more parallels emerge with how lawyers think — and that has implications. With Gen AI getting better every day, we need to get our act together, fast.

Subjects: AI, Information Management, KM, Law Firm Marketing, Legal Technology, Technology Trends

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 31, 2025

On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Most AI chatbots devour your user data – these are the worst offenders; The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data; Digital Corruption Takes Over DC; A Starter Guide to Protecting Your Data From Hackers and Corporations; and Cybercriminals exploit AI hype to spread ransomware, malware.

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research, Privacy

Safeguarding the Docket: A Roadmap for AI Agent Integration into Patent Docketing Workflows

Deadlines are everything in patent law. A missed deadline can result in abandoned patent applications, loss of rights, and costly malpractice claims. Accordingly, deadline management is one of the most important functions of patent docketing. Traditional docketing systems rely heavily on manual data entry, introducing opportunities for human error. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) agents (“Agents”) offers a practical solution to reduce these risks. Agents can extract deadlines from United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) communications, populate docketing systems, and even provide attorneys with regular updates on upcoming tasks. Agents create a highly reliable docketing system that reduces clerical mistakes and malpractice exposure and may ultimately lower malpractice insurance premiums over time when combined with human oversight. This paper by John Schulte outlines the potential benefits of using AI agents in docketing workflows and proposes an implementation roadmap, including three key safeguards for law firms to consider.

Subjects: AI, Legal Education, Legal Research, Legal Research Training, Legal Technology, Privacy