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First iPad Air Reviews are Posted
November 16, 2013
The new iPad Air goes on sale this Friday. Last week, Apple loaned iPad Airs to a few journalists who were allowed to post their reviews starting last night. The reviews are universally positive. Everyone seems to agree that iPad Air is not just lighter than previous models, it is light enough to make a real difference in every-day usage. It is also the fastest iOS device to date (just a sliver faster than the iPhone 5s), and has incredible all-day long battery life. Here are all of the reviews...
November 16, 2013
The new iPad Air goes on sale this Friday. Last week, Apple loaned iPad Airs to a few journalists who were allowed to post their reviews starting last night. The reviews are universally positive. Everyone seems to agree that iPad Air is not just lighter than previous models, it is light enough to make a real difference in every-day usage. It is also the fastest iOS device to date (just a sliver faster than the iPhone 5s), and has incredible all-day long battery life. Here are all of the reviews...
iPhone Users Get Some Google Now Love
November 16, 2013
Google Now updated for iOS, brings notifications, reminders, new cards and hands-free voice controls. Relax, iPhone users. I know you have been drooling over the Google Now features and improvements that I have been writing about for Android. Well, even though you are working with the "other" OS, Google wants you to join in the fun. So, tell Siri to take a nap, and download Google Now for iOS. You, too, can say: "OK Google", and ask any question. You can keep your iPhone, and still join us in the future.
November 16, 2013
Google Now updated for iOS, brings notifications, reminders, new cards and hands-free voice controls. Relax, iPhone users. I know you have been drooling over the Google Now features and improvements that I have been writing about for Android. Well, even though you are working with the "other" OS, Google wants you to join in the fun. So, tell Siri to take a nap, and download Google Now for iOS. You, too, can say: "OK Google", and ask any question. You can keep your iPhone, and still join us in the future.
Small Firm Lawyers and Innovation
November 16, 2013
We have certainly seen many changes in the way business is done over the last few decades. Many of these have to do with...
November 16, 2013
We have certainly seen many changes in the way business is done over the last few decades. Many of these have to do with...
My First Portable Computer In Law School
November 15, 2013
This is a 25 pound portable computer from the Eighties. It had dual floppies (5 1/4 inches), and one of them contained the entire OS. (DOS) It had a green screen, and was completely text driven. NO mouse. It had a hundred times less computing power than today's average smartphone. It had no Internet connection, because there really wasn't a workable, usable Internet. Do you still long for the Eighties?
November 15, 2013
This is a 25 pound portable computer from the Eighties. It had dual floppies (5 1/4 inches), and one of them contained the entire OS. (DOS) It had a green screen, and was completely text driven. NO mouse. It had a hundred times less computing power than today's average smartphone. It had no Internet connection, because there really wasn't a workable, usable Internet. Do you still long for the Eighties?
Mozart: a Good Patent Litigator; Beethoven: a Mean One
November 15, 2013
Many highly successful trial attorneys have taken on patent cases only to later find themselves in difficult conversations with disappointed clients. Similarly, many skilled patent attorneys have litigated cases only to find their seemingly ironclad scientific arguments fail. Frequently, this has more to do with the nature of patent litigation than with the merits of a particular case. In our view, the key to a successful patent litigation is an appreciation for the balance that must exist among...
November 15, 2013
Many highly successful trial attorneys have taken on patent cases only to later find themselves in difficult conversations with disappointed clients. Similarly, many skilled patent attorneys have litigated cases only to find their seemingly ironclad scientific arguments fail. Frequently, this has more to do with the nature of patent litigation than with the merits of a particular case. In our view, the key to a successful patent litigation is an appreciation for the balance that must exist among...
Employer Violates Labor Laws by Failing to Pay Interns
November 15, 2013
Employers with unpaid internship programs may need to reevaluate their policies after an unprecedented ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc., the court held that unpaid interns who worked on the production of the movie Black Swan were employees subject to the protections of the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) [PDF] and entitled to back pay. The court also certified a class action on the interns’ claims for violation...
November 15, 2013
Employers with unpaid internship programs may need to reevaluate their policies after an unprecedented ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc., the court held that unpaid interns who worked on the production of the movie Black Swan were employees subject to the protections of the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) [PDF] and entitled to back pay. The court also certified a class action on the interns’ claims for violation...
2014 ABA Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar
November 15, 2013
Please join us at the Westin Mission Hills Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage, California, February 13–16, 2014, for our annual Corporate...
November 15, 2013
Please join us at the Westin Mission Hills Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage, California, February 13–16, 2014, for our annual Corporate...
Posner: Lawyers Bad At Math Are An Increasing Concern
November 15, 2013
An inmate’s “plainly meritless” suit over a three-week lapse in his blood pressure medication highlights the legal profession’s discomfort with science and technology issues, according to a federal appeals opinion by Judge Richard Posner. The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of the suit by Maurice Jackson in an Oct. 28 opinion that chastised the judges and the lawyers for failing to cite medical evidence supporting the inmate’s claimed symptoms. “Innumerable...
November 15, 2013
An inmate’s “plainly meritless” suit over a three-week lapse in his blood pressure medication highlights the legal profession’s discomfort with science and technology issues, according to a federal appeals opinion by Judge Richard Posner. The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of the suit by Maurice Jackson in an Oct. 28 opinion that chastised the judges and the lawyers for failing to cite medical evidence supporting the inmate’s claimed symptoms. “Innumerable...
A Q&A with the General Counsel for Southwest Airlines
November 14, 2013
Mark Shaw is the vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Southwest Airlines Co. He has been with Southwest for 13 years and prior to becoming GC in February 2013, he was the associate general counsel-corporate and transactions. In that role, one of his primary areas of responsibility was aircraft finance and lease transactions. Prior to joining Southwest in 2000, Shaw was an attorney with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in Dallas, where he practiced in the corporate restructuring...
November 14, 2013
Mark Shaw is the vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Southwest Airlines Co. He has been with Southwest for 13 years and prior to becoming GC in February 2013, he was the associate general counsel-corporate and transactions. In that role, one of his primary areas of responsibility was aircraft finance and lease transactions. Prior to joining Southwest in 2000, Shaw was an attorney with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in Dallas, where he practiced in the corporate restructuring...
Employment Litigation in the Age of Social Media
November 14, 2013
Like everything else, employment litigation has gone social, turning "likes" and off-the-cuff comments into high-stake courtroom...
November 14, 2013
Like everything else, employment litigation has gone social, turning "likes" and off-the-cuff comments into high-stake courtroom...
