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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

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 17, 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: License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows; Senators want TSA to scale back facial recognition at airports; How Signal, WhatsApp, Apple, and Google Handle Encrypted Chat Backups; Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia; Does One Line Fix Google?

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, KM, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media, Spyware

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 10, 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: Using AI Can Be Ethically Iffy. Here’s How to Do It Right; How to Make Your iPhone as Secure as Possible; After $243M Crypto Heist, a Crucial Mistake; Postal Service Data Sharing to Deport Immigrants; and AI is getting “creepy good” at geo-guessing.

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Privacy

The U.S. as an Authoritarian State: Danger to the Global Rule of Law

Donald J. Trump’s second term as President of the United States has stunned the world. As Catherine Morris documents, commentators increasingly say the U.S. has now crossed the Rubicon into authoritarian territory. Morris addresses the impact on the legal system, legal education, and lawyers, in the United States and in Canada.

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Human Rights, Legal Research, United States Law

Trump Is Creating a Deportation Army of Local Cops

Mohamed Al Elew and Wendy Fry’s reporting analyzes federal data that my be a surprise to Floridians about ICE’s 287(g) program. All Florida residents now live in a county where local police will be trained to work on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to federal data analyzed by The Markup. The training is part of a rapidly expanding federal program to deputize state and local authorities as immigration enforcers, with the number of participating agencies doubling since January, according to the data. There are now over 10 million Americans living in a county with an immigration delegation agreement, The Markup’s review shows.

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research, Privacy