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Google to Grab Consumers By the Throat
November 24, 2013
To those who called Google Inc.'s Glass freakish: "you ain't seen nothin' yet." Wireless device-maker Motorola Mobility, acquired last year by Google, is looking to market U.S. Patent application No. 20130297301, which allows for a microphone to be electronically tattooed on a customer's throat, giving a whole new meaning to "wearable device." The microphone tattoo would include a wireless transceiver to connect to a mobile device, according to the Nov. 7 patent application. Positioned near...
November 24, 2013
To those who called Google Inc.'s Glass freakish: "you ain't seen nothin' yet." Wireless device-maker Motorola Mobility, acquired last year by Google, is looking to market U.S. Patent application No. 20130297301, which allows for a microphone to be electronically tattooed on a customer's throat, giving a whole new meaning to "wearable device." The microphone tattoo would include a wireless transceiver to connect to a mobile device, according to the Nov. 7 patent application. Positioned near...
Keep the Feds Out of Your Smartphone
November 23, 2013
So the Central Intelligence Agency can buy $10 million worth of phone records from AT&T, and the National Security...
November 23, 2013
So the Central Intelligence Agency can buy $10 million worth of phone records from AT&T, and the National Security...
How Technology is Affecting the Way Students Write
November 23, 2013
This is an article from the November issue of Campus Technology Magazine called "Is Tech Changing the Way Students Write?" Some educators believe that it is, but not for the better. Because students read online material in a more superficial fashion, their writing tends to reflect that same level of superficiality according to Naomi Baron, Executive Director for the Center for Teaching, Research and Learning at American University and author of the forthcoming book from Oxford University Press...
November 23, 2013
This is an article from the November issue of Campus Technology Magazine called "Is Tech Changing the Way Students Write?" Some educators believe that it is, but not for the better. Because students read online material in a more superficial fashion, their writing tends to reflect that same level of superficiality according to Naomi Baron, Executive Director for the Center for Teaching, Research and Learning at American University and author of the forthcoming book from Oxford University Press...
New Statistics Illustrate the Decline of BigLaw
November 23, 2013
Over the last three years the relative portion of legal work given to the largest, full-service law firms has declined from...
November 23, 2013
Over the last three years the relative portion of legal work given to the largest, full-service law firms has declined from...
Enhancing Linguistic Search with the Google Books Ngram Viewer
November 23, 2013
Our book scanning effort, now in its eighth year, has put tens of millions of books online. Beyond the obvious benefits of being...
November 23, 2013
Our book scanning effort, now in its eighth year, has put tens of millions of books online. Beyond the obvious benefits of being...
The Census Bureau Puts Every American on the Map
November 23, 2013
Each decade, the U.S. Census Bureau has the lofty challenge of counting every single person in America—308,745,538 of us as of 2010....
November 23, 2013
Each decade, the U.S. Census Bureau has the lofty challenge of counting every single person in America—308,745,538 of us as of 2010....
Seventh Circuit Weighs in on Firing for Facebook Posts
November 22, 2013
“I don’t like that Facebook post—you’re fired.” It’s perhaps a sentence employers dream of saying, but don’t dare. Once a social network has been used to screen employees, it’s hard for their employers to use it against them. But Maria Danaher, on Ogletree Deakins’ Employment Blog, explains how a recent Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals case could be changing that. In the case, a daycare worker claimed gender discrimination after he was fired based on a Facebook post that contained...
November 22, 2013
“I don’t like that Facebook post—you’re fired.” It’s perhaps a sentence employers dream of saying, but don’t dare. Once a social network has been used to screen employees, it’s hard for their employers to use it against them. But Maria Danaher, on Ogletree Deakins’ Employment Blog, explains how a recent Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals case could be changing that. In the case, a daycare worker claimed gender discrimination after he was fired based on a Facebook post that contained...
64 Federal Courts Now Publish Opinions on FDsys
November 22, 2013
A project providing free online access to federal court opinions has expanded to include 64 courts. The federal Judiciary and the Government Printing Office partner through the GPO’s Federal Digital System, FDsys, to provide public access to more than 750,000 opinions, many dating back to 2004. The Judicial Conference approved national implementation of the project in September 2012, expanding participation from the original 29 courts. FDsys currently contains opinions from 8 appellate courts,...
November 22, 2013
A project providing free online access to federal court opinions has expanded to include 64 courts. The federal Judiciary and the Government Printing Office partner through the GPO’s Federal Digital System, FDsys, to provide public access to more than 750,000 opinions, many dating back to 2004. The Judicial Conference approved national implementation of the project in September 2012, expanding participation from the original 29 courts. FDsys currently contains opinions from 8 appellate courts,...
Court-Approved Mediation Used to Assist Fungal Meningitis Victims
November 22, 2013
The crossroads between healthcare and mediation is in the news again. According to reports, attorneys for many of the individuals who were injured in last year’s rare fungal meningitis outbreak are now working hard to ensure that every potential defendant participates in a court-approved mediation program set-up to help victims. The so-called Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee has asked healthcare providers who allegedly administered tainted drugs created at the now bankrupt New England Compounding...
November 22, 2013
The crossroads between healthcare and mediation is in the news again. According to reports, attorneys for many of the individuals who were injured in last year’s rare fungal meningitis outbreak are now working hard to ensure that every potential defendant participates in a court-approved mediation program set-up to help victims. The so-called Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee has asked healthcare providers who allegedly administered tainted drugs created at the now bankrupt New England Compounding...
Bar Foundation Fun Run to Benefit the Dispute Resolution Center Tomorrow
November 22, 2013
San Antonio Bar Foundation 22nd Annual 5K Fun Run November 23, 2013 Benefiting the Bexar County Dispute Resolution Center’s Amigos in Mediation Program and Other Charitable Community Projects of the San Antonio Bar Foundation REGISTER ONLINE | PURCHASE SPONSORSHIP | VIEW FLYER THANK YOU TO OUR FABULOUS SPONSORS TITLE Higdon, Hardy & Zuflacht, L.L.P. GOLD Curl Stahl Geis, PC Davis, Cedillo, and Mendoza, Inc. Langley &...
November 22, 2013
San Antonio Bar Foundation 22nd Annual 5K Fun Run November 23, 2013 Benefiting the Bexar County Dispute Resolution Center’s Amigos in Mediation Program and Other Charitable Community Projects of the San Antonio Bar Foundation REGISTER ONLINE | PURCHASE SPONSORSHIP | VIEW FLYER THANK YOU TO OUR FABULOUS SPONSORS TITLE Higdon, Hardy & Zuflacht, L.L.P. GOLD Curl Stahl Geis, PC Davis, Cedillo, and Mendoza, Inc. Langley &...
