Things are so bad that even Piers Morgan is asking the right questions!

Excited to share that my new paper 'The Data Crowd as a Legal Stakeholder' was published by the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. This paper identifies crowds as a new type of collective w/ unique legal interests. A🧵
academic.oup.com/ojls/advance-a…

Timely and interesting

A pin for Profs out there 📌

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Last chance to submit your abstract for PLSC-Europe! Deadline extended to 10 May
ivir.nl/plsce2024

The 'evacuation' of Rafah is illegal. There are no 'humanitarian' or 'safe zones.' Civilians are being forcibly displaced to areas totally unsuitable to human habitation. This is a crime against humanity.

Incredible historical document here: Blinken says Israel’s PR is failing because social media allows people a direct look at what’s happening, shorn of the ability to mediate it, and it lands with emotional resonance. Romney then says yes, that’s why we moved to ban TikTok

These are the domestic political forces who Biden and the NYT have made common cause with. Congratulations.

Judge Mehta pronounces Google’s document retention policy “shocking” and says it “leaves a lot to be desired.”

Let's stop pretending this isn't a racial and colonial issue

Seems bananas at first to give everyone in the class an A, but come to think of it, that may be Columbia's ordinary grading curve.

On May 14 at 11am ET, FTC will offer a webinar on how to come into compliance with the rule banning noncompete clauses.

The team will also answer questions submitted by the public beforehand. You can email your questions to [email protected]

ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

I know it's a weird time to say this but have children; because they're our hope for the future.

unbelievable that I'm supposed to give Columbia/Barnard students an exam on political theories of freedom after this

I dunno, is it just me or does it feel to others like we are in the middle of a slow motion train wreck?

What is happening to the institutions, where is the democracy, where is the freedom, what have we been saying and doing for 70 years?

Black Mirror is getting a little too close to home

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I currently have a form of writer's block that basically amounts to reluctance to get to the finish line (probably because that means starting to grade). Why and how that works psychologically, I wish I knew.