Morning Docket: 09.24.21
* California is about to let specialized non-lawyers help with legal matters. It's gonna be weird to hear things like this for the first time: "I am not your lawyer. This is legal advice." [Reuters] * Jargon afoot: If people are tip-toeing around the phrase "white shoe," maybe it's time to throw it out? [ABA Journal] * Lawmakers in the House under fire for ignoring disclosure requirements violating Stock Act. They're gonna mess it up for their coworkers. [WUNC] * Massachusetts's Supreme Court is lined up to decide if cops can stalk your social media accounts without a warrant. I want the answer to be no so bad. It probably won't be. [Techdirt] * Salesforce CEO thinks Facebook should have to verify the information it allows to proliferate like newspapers do. [CNN]
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* California is about to let specialized non-lawyers help with legal matters. It’s gonna be weird to hear things like this for the first time: “I am not your lawyer. This is legal advice.” [Reuters]
* Jargon afoot: If people are tip-toeing around the phrase “white shoe,” maybe it’s time to throw it out? [ABA Journal]
* Lawmakers in the House under fire for ignoring disclosure requirements violating Stock Act. They’re gonna mess it up for their coworkers. [WUNC]
* Massachusetts’s Supreme Court is lined up to decide if cops can stalk your social media accounts without a warrant. I want the answer to be no so bad. It probably won’t be. [Techdirt]
* Salesforce CEO thinks Facebook should have to verify the information it allows to proliferate like newspapers do. [CNN]
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