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GUILTY: Malcolm Gladwell Caused Lehman To Fail
August 8, 2013
Andrew Ross Sorkin's book Too Big To Fail has a HUGE detail that explains Lehman's failure, and by extension the financial...
August 8, 2013
Andrew Ross Sorkin's book Too Big To Fail has a HUGE detail that explains Lehman's failure, and by extension the financial...
Congress Weighs Balance of IP Freedoms and Protections
August 8, 2013
Companies involved in open-source code, crowdsourcing, and fair use of intellectual property on Thursday delivered a strong message to U.S. lawmakers reviewing IP laws: Don't forget about our businesses. Leaders from crowdfunding website Indiegogo Inc., nonprofit software developer Beneficent Technology Inc., manufacturer SparkFun Electronics Inc., television monitoring company SnapStream Media Inc., and cloud-computing company Rackspace Inc. detailed their IP desires to members of the House Judiciary...
August 8, 2013
Companies involved in open-source code, crowdsourcing, and fair use of intellectual property on Thursday delivered a strong message to U.S. lawmakers reviewing IP laws: Don't forget about our businesses. Leaders from crowdfunding website Indiegogo Inc., nonprofit software developer Beneficent Technology Inc., manufacturer SparkFun Electronics Inc., television monitoring company SnapStream Media Inc., and cloud-computing company Rackspace Inc. detailed their IP desires to members of the House Judiciary...
Here’s What Brick-and-Mortar Stores See When They Track You
August 7, 2013
RetailNext, Euclid, Brickstream, Nomi, WirelessWerx, Mexia Interactive, andShopperTrak are just a handful of services that provide brick-and-mortar stores with analytics akin to website traffic reports. By tracking movement within stores, they help retailers better understand how to optimize their layouts, staff their registers, attract returning customers, and more. Some extract turnstile-type traffic data from video feeds. Others, like Euclid, rely on devices’ unique mobile Wi-Fi addresses...
August 7, 2013
RetailNext, Euclid, Brickstream, Nomi, WirelessWerx, Mexia Interactive, andShopperTrak are just a handful of services that provide brick-and-mortar stores with analytics akin to website traffic reports. By tracking movement within stores, they help retailers better understand how to optimize their layouts, staff their registers, attract returning customers, and more. Some extract turnstile-type traffic data from video feeds. Others, like Euclid, rely on devices’ unique mobile Wi-Fi addresses...
Federal Court Issues Sanctions for Failure to Preserve Text Messages
August 7, 2013
Earlier this year, a federal district court issued a decision sanctioning defendants in an antitrust suit for failure to preserve their text messages. The case serves as a reminder that parties should carefully preserve relevant information, including information that may be contained on handheld devices. In Christou v. Beatport, LLC, 2013 WL 248058 (D. Colo. Jan. 23, 2013), the plaintiff sought an adverse inference sanction because defendants failed to preserve text messages on a key witness’s...
August 7, 2013
Earlier this year, a federal district court issued a decision sanctioning defendants in an antitrust suit for failure to preserve their text messages. The case serves as a reminder that parties should carefully preserve relevant information, including information that may be contained on handheld devices. In Christou v. Beatport, LLC, 2013 WL 248058 (D. Colo. Jan. 23, 2013), the plaintiff sought an adverse inference sanction because defendants failed to preserve text messages on a key witness’s...
Master the Business of Law With Metrics, MatterAnalyzer, and Matter Management
August 7, 2013
Headlines: Prepare to Compete in a Tough Legal Market with MatterAnalyzer Moneyball for Lawyers: Build an All-Star...
August 7, 2013
Headlines: Prepare to Compete in a Tough Legal Market with MatterAnalyzer Moneyball for Lawyers: Build an All-Star...
Labor Firm’s App Calculates FMLA Leave
August 7, 2013
In a recent article about mobile marketing I wrote for Law Practice Magazine, I explained why I am skeptical about the marketing value of law firm apps. I made an exception, however, for apps that provide a useful or practical function, whether for existing or potential clients. The new Fisher & Phillips FMLA Leave App is a good example of the kind of practical app I had in mind. From the national labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips, the app enables employers and human...
August 7, 2013
In a recent article about mobile marketing I wrote for Law Practice Magazine, I explained why I am skeptical about the marketing value of law firm apps. I made an exception, however, for apps that provide a useful or practical function, whether for existing or potential clients. The new Fisher & Phillips FMLA Leave App is a good example of the kind of practical app I had in mind. From the national labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips, the app enables employers and human...
D&O Rates Rise on Flood of Merger Lawsuits
August 7, 2013
Most finance chiefs working for companies involved in a recent merger or acquisition are well aware of the irritating abundance of legal protests against their deals. Now, however, the omnipresence of so-called “merger objection” lawsuits is hitting companies on another front, helping to drive up the cost of directors’ and officers’ liability coverage by 5 to 10 percent or even higher in the second quarter, insurance brokers say. And that’s been occurring at a time when the rates of cost...
August 7, 2013
Most finance chiefs working for companies involved in a recent merger or acquisition are well aware of the irritating abundance of legal protests against their deals. Now, however, the omnipresence of so-called “merger objection” lawsuits is hitting companies on another front, helping to drive up the cost of directors’ and officers’ liability coverage by 5 to 10 percent or even higher in the second quarter, insurance brokers say. And that’s been occurring at a time when the rates of cost...
Institutional-Grade Lawsuits: Fewer Dismissals, Larger Settlements
August 7, 2013
Securities class action lawsuits have a better chance of going the distance with judges when they are led by institutional investors, a study has found. Between 1996 and 2010, judges dismissed 35% of cases led or co-led by an institutional investor, and 42% that weren't. Stanford University's law school and New York-based Cornerstone Research collaborated on the data as part of their Securities Class Action Clearinghouse project. Having institutional investors on the dockets also bodes well...
August 7, 2013
Securities class action lawsuits have a better chance of going the distance with judges when they are led by institutional investors, a study has found. Between 1996 and 2010, judges dismissed 35% of cases led or co-led by an institutional investor, and 42% that weren't. Stanford University's law school and New York-based Cornerstone Research collaborated on the data as part of their Securities Class Action Clearinghouse project. Having institutional investors on the dockets also bodes well...
Bloomberg Law to Rebrand as Bloomberg BNA
August 6, 2013
Bloomberg Law will move under the umbrella of Bloomberg BNA, effective Jan. 1, 2014, CEO Greg McCaffery advised clients...
August 6, 2013
Bloomberg Law will move under the umbrella of Bloomberg BNA, effective Jan. 1, 2014, CEO Greg McCaffery advised clients...
Predictive Coding and Technology-Assisted Review: Hype or Need?
August 6, 2013
Over the last few years, predictive coding has led the way as a hot topic. Recently the new buzzwords have been technology-assisted review and computer-assisted review. While these are nice words to throw around, questions arise: How many cases have any of these been applied and what are the metrics of savings and time to the client? How many cases actually require the use of these items? I can recall that this was the way of future document review, but we find only a few years later that...
August 6, 2013
Over the last few years, predictive coding has led the way as a hot topic. Recently the new buzzwords have been technology-assisted review and computer-assisted review. While these are nice words to throw around, questions arise: How many cases have any of these been applied and what are the metrics of savings and time to the client? How many cases actually require the use of these items? I can recall that this was the way of future document review, but we find only a few years later that...
