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Why Young Bankers, Lawyers, and Consultants Need Emotional Intelligence
October 5, 2016
VINCENT TSUI FOR HBR Early in your career — whether it’s in banking, law, consulting or accounting — you will discover that all of your colleagues are as smart and hard working as you. You’ll learn that the key to being successful must be something else. Over my 40-year banking career, I’ve learned that the critical distinguishing factor for advancing in the professional services is emotional intelligence (EQ). Without EQ, it’s likely that you will be your firm’s “best-kept secret”...
October 5, 2016
VINCENT TSUI FOR HBR Early in your career — whether it’s in banking, law, consulting or accounting — you will discover that all of your colleagues are as smart and hard working as you. You’ll learn that the key to being successful must be something else. Over my 40-year banking career, I’ve learned that the critical distinguishing factor for advancing in the professional services is emotional intelligence (EQ). Without EQ, it’s likely that you will be your firm’s “best-kept secret”...
Random Thoughts
October 4, 2016
Recently (as part of a book club), I read The Psychology of Conflict by Raul Randolph (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London 2016) who is a barrister and mediator. His approach is to use existentialism as the vehicle through which to discuss the psychological aspects of mediation. Although some participants of mediation may deny and avoid it, emotions are involved in any conflict. As the author notes: All conflict involves people, and so all conflict is inevitably ‘personal’. Without people,...
October 4, 2016
Recently (as part of a book club), I read The Psychology of Conflict by Raul Randolph (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London 2016) who is a barrister and mediator. His approach is to use existentialism as the vehicle through which to discuss the psychological aspects of mediation. Although some participants of mediation may deny and avoid it, emotions are involved in any conflict. As the author notes: All conflict involves people, and so all conflict is inevitably ‘personal’. Without people,...
Three Cert Petitions Filed Over Employment Collective Action Bans
October 4, 2016
On September 2nd, Epic Systems Corporation filed a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court following...
October 4, 2016
On September 2nd, Epic Systems Corporation filed a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court following...
Cheaper, Faster and Better? AI and the Future of the Profession
October 4, 2016
legal computer judge concept, lady justice isolated on white, 3D illustration.the-lightwriter It's a battle synonymous with innovative technology: the interests of the worker against those of the enterprise. With artificial intelligence (AI) in law, the question gets particularly interesting, as on the one hand, the technology could in theory mean easier access to legal services for those who cannot afford it. On the other, lower costs mean less resources to spend on new attorneys and on maintaining...
October 4, 2016
legal computer judge concept, lady justice isolated on white, 3D illustration.the-lightwriter It's a battle synonymous with innovative technology: the interests of the worker against those of the enterprise. With artificial intelligence (AI) in law, the question gets particularly interesting, as on the one hand, the technology could in theory mean easier access to legal services for those who cannot afford it. On the other, lower costs mean less resources to spend on new attorneys and on maintaining...
Venture Capital Firm Looks to Bridge Israel and SA Tech
October 3, 2016
A new player interested in the San Antonio market is looking to connect the military intelligence and tech industry with startups active in Tel Aviv, Israel. Janvest Capital Partners LLC, an American venture capital firm that invests in technology startups across Israel, is making moves locally and looking for connections between the two industry clusters, its co-founder told an audience during an event hosted by the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Marina Alderete Gavito...
October 3, 2016
A new player interested in the San Antonio market is looking to connect the military intelligence and tech industry with startups active in Tel Aviv, Israel. Janvest Capital Partners LLC, an American venture capital firm that invests in technology startups across Israel, is making moves locally and looking for connections between the two industry clusters, its co-founder told an audience during an event hosted by the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Marina Alderete Gavito...
International Implications of the Will as an Implied Unilateral Arbitration Contract
October 3, 2016
S.I. Strong, Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law, has published “International...
October 3, 2016
S.I. Strong, Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law, has published “International...
Callison on Fiduciary Duty
October 3, 2016
J. William Callison has posted Seeking an Angle of Repose in U.S. Business Organization Law: Fiduciary Duty Themes and Observations on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article applies liberal, neoliberal, critical, feminist and communitarian political theories to limited liability company and partnership fiduciary duty law; discusses developments in that law over the last two decades by focusing on theory; suggests a pragmatic and balanced approach to fiduciary duty law that incorporates desirable...
October 3, 2016
J. William Callison has posted Seeking an Angle of Repose in U.S. Business Organization Law: Fiduciary Duty Themes and Observations on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article applies liberal, neoliberal, critical, feminist and communitarian political theories to limited liability company and partnership fiduciary duty law; discusses developments in that law over the last two decades by focusing on theory; suggests a pragmatic and balanced approach to fiduciary duty law that incorporates desirable...
New HBO Series “Divorce”
October 2, 2016
From the New York Times: On “Sex and the City,” Ms. Parker famously played Carrie Bradshaw, an every-single-woman, serially datingand hotly pursuing ideal love. Perhaps because of that, Michael took the opportunity to launch into tales of his own love life, half-flirting, half-unloading: the girlfriend who recently dumped him, the new girl who might really be something. “You’re cute as a button,” his note read. In spite of Ms. Parker’s age (51), her 19 years of marriage to Matthew Broderick,...
October 2, 2016
From the New York Times: On “Sex and the City,” Ms. Parker famously played Carrie Bradshaw, an every-single-woman, serially datingand hotly pursuing ideal love. Perhaps because of that, Michael took the opportunity to launch into tales of his own love life, half-flirting, half-unloading: the girlfriend who recently dumped him, the new girl who might really be something. “You’re cute as a button,” his note read. In spite of Ms. Parker’s age (51), her 19 years of marriage to Matthew Broderick,...
The 280-Year-Old Algorithm Inside Google Trips
October 1, 2016
Algorithms Engineering is a lot of fun because algorithms do not go out of fashion: one never knows when an oldie-but-goodie might come in handy. Case in point: Yesterday, Google announced Google Trips, a new app to assist you in your travels by helping you create your own “perfect day” in a city. Surprisingly, deep inside Google Trips, there is an algorithm that was invented 280 years ago. In 1736, Leonhard Euler authored a brief but beautiful mathematical paper regarding the town of Königsberg...
October 1, 2016
Algorithms Engineering is a lot of fun because algorithms do not go out of fashion: one never knows when an oldie-but-goodie might come in handy. Case in point: Yesterday, Google announced Google Trips, a new app to assist you in your travels by helping you create your own “perfect day” in a city. Surprisingly, deep inside Google Trips, there is an algorithm that was invented 280 years ago. In 1736, Leonhard Euler authored a brief but beautiful mathematical paper regarding the town of Königsberg...
Mills Oakley Launches Legal Tech Accelerator, Plans Start-Up JVs
September 30, 2016
Australian law firm Mills Oakley has launched an AUS$500,000 legal tech accelerator to help develop a new wave of entrepreneurs in the legal sector and to partner with them. The firm said it is their intention to negotiate a JV structure with the successful start-ups that complete the programme. The law firm would have a minority stake and first right of refusal in relation to using any new IP or service innovations with those it partners with. The Melbourne-based firm is collaborating with...
September 30, 2016
Australian law firm Mills Oakley has launched an AUS$500,000 legal tech accelerator to help develop a new wave of entrepreneurs in the legal sector and to partner with them. The firm said it is their intention to negotiate a JV structure with the successful start-ups that complete the programme. The law firm would have a minority stake and first right of refusal in relation to using any new IP or service innovations with those it partners with. The Melbourne-based firm is collaborating with...
