Arizona court system adopts cloud-based exhibit and evidence sharing platform to assist with virtual hearings
ABA JOURNAL — Arizona’s court system will begin utilizing Thomson Reuters’ cloud-based court exhibit and evidence sharing platform to assist with the handling of digital evidence across the state, it was announced Wednesday. The Digital Evidence Center tool will be helpful as most court hearings are held virtually due to COVID-19.
Read More about Arizona court system adopts cloud-based exhibit and evidence sharing platform to assist with virtual hearingsHofstra Law hosts Legal Innovation Tournament to develop apps that help serve underrepresented populations in dispute resolution
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — The goal of interdisciplinary tournament was to develop apps that help serve the underrepresented and change the face of dispute resolution. Law students were matched with legal experts in the areas of dispute resolution and access to justice, as well as Hofstra computer science students to help develop ideas.
Read More about Hofstra Law hosts Legal Innovation Tournament to develop apps that help serve underrepresented populations in dispute resolutionUSC Gould Law Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic helps startup provide protective equipment for health care workers
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — During the COVID-19 pandemic, students in USC Gould’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic (IPTLC) advised Get Us PPE, a nonprofit startup based in Massachusetts that distributes donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to hospitals across the country.
Read More about USC Gould Law Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic helps startup provide protective equipment for health care workersGeorgia State University Law professor Michael Landau publishes article on enforcement of property, antitrust and contract laws
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — As tech giants like Facebook and Google continue to grow, Landau discovered just how big the scope of their power is in his recently published article, “The Astounding Growth of ‘Big Tech’ and the Lack of Enforcement of the Intellectual Property, Antitrust, and Contract Laws.”
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Apple CEO Tim Cook has been tweeting recently touting Caribu, the Miami-based, Miami Law Startup Practicum client app developer that “enables immersive, activity-rich video calls, allowing families and friends to stay close even from afar.”
Read More about University of Miami Law Startup Practicum assists app developersLaw graduates say Florida Bar Exam software compromised computers
ABC NEWS — Law school graduates in Florida were required to download software to take the bar exam virtually amid coronavirus — and a number of them now say they encountered significant data breaches, including, in some cases, attempted hacks on bank accounts because of the software.
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NBC NEWS — Zoom, the video conferencing service that’s become ubiquitous in the remote-work pandemic life, suffered a mass outage on Monday morning, the company acknowledged.
Read More about Zoom suffers mass outage amid return to classesZoom disruptions raise concerns for colleges
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A five-hour disruption raises hackles and questions about contingency planning for technical problems in the age of social distancing. Said one university administrator, “2020 is a year of whatever can go wrong, has.”
Read More about Zoom disruptions raise concerns for collegesFormat of remote Indiana bar exam changed due to software issues
INDIANA PUBLIC MEDIA — Persistent software troubles have prompted the Indiana Supreme Court to change the format of the state’s bar exam, which is set to be administered remotely Tuesday due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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THE DETROIT NEWS — Prospective lawyers in Michigan on Tuesday took what was being hailed as the nation’s first online bar exam but the test crashed, a mishap the manufacturer blamed on a cyberattack.
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