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The Incidental Lawyer
May 3, 2014
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled this week that LegalZoom’s services do not constitute the unauthorized practice...
May 3, 2014
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled this week that LegalZoom’s services do not constitute the unauthorized practice...
Going Back In Time With Google
May 3, 2014
Google has made time travel possible. Virtually at least. Through their Street View program, Google has been taking 360-degree recordings of every street in just about every city in the country for about 7 years. When this first launched in 2007, I attempted to figure out when the recordings were made. My best effort–I checked the news ticker at the ABC studios in Times Square, and saw a headline about a specific sporting event, and was able to reverse engineer the date it happened. But, when...
May 3, 2014
Google has made time travel possible. Virtually at least. Through their Street View program, Google has been taking 360-degree recordings of every street in just about every city in the country for about 7 years. When this first launched in 2007, I attempted to figure out when the recordings were made. My best effort–I checked the news ticker at the ABC studios in Times Square, and saw a headline about a specific sporting event, and was able to reverse engineer the date it happened. But, when...
Breather – Reserve a Quiet Space in a Bustling City to Work or Relax
May 3, 2014
That’s the way Breather app works for reserving a room in busy cities to relax before an interview or event, host a meeting, or to get some work done. When you need a quiet space, open the app, click on a location nearby and reserve a space for 30 minutes, a few hours, or the entire day. Your card on file is charged for the length of your stay and you can enter the space with a simple tap of your phone. Seamless. Just like Uber. Also, like Uber, Breather hopes to succeed amid a wide range...
May 3, 2014
That’s the way Breather app works for reserving a room in busy cities to relax before an interview or event, host a meeting, or to get some work done. When you need a quiet space, open the app, click on a location nearby and reserve a space for 30 minutes, a few hours, or the entire day. Your card on file is charged for the length of your stay and you can enter the space with a simple tap of your phone. Seamless. Just like Uber. Also, like Uber, Breather hopes to succeed amid a wide range...
Wall Street Journal on Law Firm Hiring
May 2, 2014
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has a report on the recently held NALP conference in Seattle during which NALP Director...
May 2, 2014
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has a report on the recently held NALP conference in Seattle during which NALP Director...
Examples of Good and Bad Cross-Examination From Movies and TV
May 2, 2014
The blog Lawyerist has a post here in which Professor Lisa Needham (William Mitchell) has compiled what she feels are thebest and worst examples of cross-examination from the movies and TV. The first three video clips in her post are the "good" examples followed by four "bad" ones. Perhaps some of our readers can make use of these in class. And please feel free to leave your own recommendations in the comments below. For my money, I've always thought the courtroom scene in "The Verdict"...
May 2, 2014
The blog Lawyerist has a post here in which Professor Lisa Needham (William Mitchell) has compiled what she feels are thebest and worst examples of cross-examination from the movies and TV. The first three video clips in her post are the "good" examples followed by four "bad" ones. Perhaps some of our readers can make use of these in class. And please feel free to leave your own recommendations in the comments below. For my money, I've always thought the courtroom scene in "The Verdict"...
Patent Cases Rise, With Two Courts Leading the Nation
May 2, 2014
Over the last two years, filings of patent cases in federal courts have risen 12 percent to 6,401. While many districts show...
May 2, 2014
Over the last two years, filings of patent cases in federal courts have risen 12 percent to 6,401. While many districts show...
Fifth Court Tosses Suit Against Lawyers, Arbitrator
May 2, 2014
In 2011, Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals vacated a $22 million arbitration award after finding that an arbitrator failed to disclose...
May 2, 2014
In 2011, Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals vacated a $22 million arbitration award after finding that an arbitrator failed to disclose...
How IBM, Google and Microsoft Hire In-House Lawyers
May 2, 2014
How do law departments hire and train their new lawyers? We'd never really examined this issue, but conversations with top managers at several companies in recent years had piqued our interest. It seemed clear that some very successful departments had adopted very different approaches—yet each seemed to be yielding the desired results. So we asked the general counsel at International Business Machines Corporation, Google Inc. and Microsoft Corporation if we could interview some of the people...
May 2, 2014
How do law departments hire and train their new lawyers? We'd never really examined this issue, but conversations with top managers at several companies in recent years had piqued our interest. It seemed clear that some very successful departments had adopted very different approaches—yet each seemed to be yielding the desired results. So we asked the general counsel at International Business Machines Corporation, Google Inc. and Microsoft Corporation if we could interview some of the people...
General Counsel for Microsoft Wants Better Skills Training for Young Lawyers
May 1, 2014
As the National Law Journal reports, Microsoft's GC Brad Smith told the audience during his keynote address at yesterday'sNALP conference that law schools need to provide students with more real world legal skills training during the third year. And he urged recent grads to take jobs that offer the best training opportunities since the first few years of practice are so formative: “If you don’t get good training in the first four years, you will dig yourself into a deep hole.” Mr. Smith...
May 1, 2014
As the National Law Journal reports, Microsoft's GC Brad Smith told the audience during his keynote address at yesterday'sNALP conference that law schools need to provide students with more real world legal skills training during the third year. And he urged recent grads to take jobs that offer the best training opportunities since the first few years of practice are so formative: “If you don’t get good training in the first four years, you will dig yourself into a deep hole.” Mr. Smith...
The New York Bar Takes Lead in Challenging Law Schools to Produce “Practice Ready” Graduates
May 1, 2014
This article from The New York Law Journal is by Fordham Law School Professor Bruce A. Green who is the Director of the Louis...
May 1, 2014
This article from The New York Law Journal is by Fordham Law School Professor Bruce A. Green who is the Director of the Louis...
