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Analyzing LTNY: Lawyers Want Easy Tech With More Tools – Picture It Settled
March 3, 2014
Donald Philbin, a dispute resolution expert, showed me the latest version of the Picture It Settled website featuring the Settlement...
March 3, 2014
Donald Philbin, a dispute resolution expert, showed me the latest version of the Picture It Settled website featuring the Settlement...
Time for Another Big Bang in Alternative Dispute Resolution – The World Needs a Global Pound Conference
March 3, 2014
ADR is sleepwalking globally. It needs to be shaken out of its slumber. There is a way to do it. A truly Global Pound Conference! Mediation growth has stalled. Mediation is established as part of its dispute resolution structure in a few countries like the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore and the U.K., but even in these countries the use of mediation is not endemic and there is a huge opportunity for expansion and more effective use of the process. An uncomfortably high proportion...
March 3, 2014
ADR is sleepwalking globally. It needs to be shaken out of its slumber. There is a way to do it. A truly Global Pound Conference! Mediation growth has stalled. Mediation is established as part of its dispute resolution structure in a few countries like the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore and the U.K., but even in these countries the use of mediation is not endemic and there is a huge opportunity for expansion and more effective use of the process. An uncomfortably high proportion...
Edge: What Scientific Idea is Ready for Retirement?
March 2, 2014
Everything? Well, wait a minute. Questioning A Theory of Everything may be beating a dead horse since I’m certainly not the first to be bothered by its implicit hyperbole but let’s face it, referring to one’s field of study as The Theory of Everything smacks of arrogance and naivité. Although it’s only been around for a relatively short period and may already be dying a natural death, the phrase, though certainly not the endeavour, should be retired from serious scientific literature...
March 2, 2014
Everything? Well, wait a minute. Questioning A Theory of Everything may be beating a dead horse since I’m certainly not the first to be bothered by its implicit hyperbole but let’s face it, referring to one’s field of study as The Theory of Everything smacks of arrogance and naivité. Although it’s only been around for a relatively short period and may already be dying a natural death, the phrase, though certainly not the endeavour, should be retired from serious scientific literature...
The Relationship Between In-House and Outside Counsel
March 2, 2014
What is the most important and misunderstood relationship in the legal profession? Which relationship in the legal profession causes more ill will than any other relationship? The answer is the relationship between in-house and outside counsel. In-house counsel (including attorneys at corporations, nonprofits and governmental entities) serve as the gatekeepers between their clients and their outside counsel colleagues. A harmonious and productive partnership can often be the difference between success...
March 2, 2014
What is the most important and misunderstood relationship in the legal profession? Which relationship in the legal profession causes more ill will than any other relationship? The answer is the relationship between in-house and outside counsel. In-house counsel (including attorneys at corporations, nonprofits and governmental entities) serve as the gatekeepers between their clients and their outside counsel colleagues. A harmonious and productive partnership can often be the difference between success...
ABA Dispute Resolution Section Spring Meeting Announced
March 2, 2014
I have been importuned by the ABA Dispute Resolution Section to remind readers of its upcoming Spring Meeting in Miami,Florida...
March 2, 2014
I have been importuned by the ABA Dispute Resolution Section to remind readers of its upcoming Spring Meeting in Miami,Florida...
‘Anxious Season’ for Partners as Initial Law Firm Earnings Reports Show Modest Gains
March 2, 2014
It's the "anxious season" for partners awaiting news of how their BigLaw firms did financially last year. And that anxiety hasn't been helped by recent news reports about struggling partners and firms, according to the Am Law Daily (sub. req.). Such developments include the Chapter 7 bankruptcy of a BigLaw partner, due in part to a $10,000-a-month alimony and child support payment, and the planned dissolution of a storied 500-attorney Canadian firm—whose co-founder said it was doing fine...
March 2, 2014
It's the "anxious season" for partners awaiting news of how their BigLaw firms did financially last year. And that anxiety hasn't been helped by recent news reports about struggling partners and firms, according to the Am Law Daily (sub. req.). Such developments include the Chapter 7 bankruptcy of a BigLaw partner, due in part to a $10,000-a-month alimony and child support payment, and the planned dissolution of a storied 500-attorney Canadian firm—whose co-founder said it was doing fine...
SxSW: Doctor’s Offices on Their Death Bed
March 1, 2014
“One of my tricks for generating startup ideas is to imagine the ways in which we'll seem backward to future generations. And I'm pretty sure that to people 50 or 100 years in the future, it will seem barbaric that people in our era waited till they had symptoms to be diagnosed with conditions like heart disease and cancer,” said Paul Graham, Y Combinator. Technology and policy are colliding to transform the patient experience. New devices are delivering continuous streams of health data to patients,...
March 1, 2014
“One of my tricks for generating startup ideas is to imagine the ways in which we'll seem backward to future generations. And I'm pretty sure that to people 50 or 100 years in the future, it will seem barbaric that people in our era waited till they had symptoms to be diagnosed with conditions like heart disease and cancer,” said Paul Graham, Y Combinator. Technology and policy are colliding to transform the patient experience. New devices are delivering continuous streams of health data to patients,...
Why Google Kept Motorola’s Research Lab
March 1, 2014
Google’s $2.9 billion sale of Motorola Mobility to Chinese PC maker Lenovo might seem like lousy business, given Google’s $12.5 billion purchase in 2012 and losses in the interim. But it leaves Google with a mobile research unit and a war chest of patents arguably bought at a very good price. And it gives a boost to Android in developing countries. Google earlier sold off the Motorola Mobility Home unit for $2.35 billion (see “Why Google Wants Motorola”). With losses and other factors...
March 1, 2014
Google’s $2.9 billion sale of Motorola Mobility to Chinese PC maker Lenovo might seem like lousy business, given Google’s $12.5 billion purchase in 2012 and losses in the interim. But it leaves Google with a mobile research unit and a war chest of patents arguably bought at a very good price. And it gives a boost to Android in developing countries. Google earlier sold off the Motorola Mobility Home unit for $2.35 billion (see “Why Google Wants Motorola”). With losses and other factors...
Twitter Acquires Raft of Patents From IBM
March 1, 2014
PALO ALTO — Ending an infringement spat first disclosed in November as Twitter worked toward its massive initial public...
March 1, 2014
PALO ALTO — Ending an infringement spat first disclosed in November as Twitter worked toward its massive initial public...
How an Obese Town Lost a Million Pounds
March 1, 2014
Oklahoma City is a midsized town that had a big problem: It was among the most obese towns in America. Mayor Mick Cornett realized that, to make his city a great place to work and live, it had to become healthier too. In this charming talk, he walks us through the interlocking changes that helped OKC drop a collective million pounds (450,000 kilos). Mick Cornett is mayor of Oklahoma City, OK. Full bio »
March 1, 2014
Oklahoma City is a midsized town that had a big problem: It was among the most obese towns in America. Mayor Mick Cornett realized that, to make his city a great place to work and live, it had to become healthier too. In this charming talk, he walks us through the interlocking changes that helped OKC drop a collective million pounds (450,000 kilos). Mick Cornett is mayor of Oklahoma City, OK. Full bio »
