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TyMetrix Releases Advanced User Interface
June 10, 2013
TyMetrix, the global leader in intelligent solutions for managing the business of law, today released an advanced user interface for its global TyMetrix 360˚platform, which enables legal professionals to access and manage legal matters, invoices, claims and e-billing. The updated platform provides users with increased functionality, allowing for quicker access to important documents to make better, faster decisions, saving users time to focus on their core tasks. In addition, the platform responds...
June 10, 2013
TyMetrix, the global leader in intelligent solutions for managing the business of law, today released an advanced user interface for its global TyMetrix 360˚platform, which enables legal professionals to access and manage legal matters, invoices, claims and e-billing. The updated platform provides users with increased functionality, allowing for quicker access to important documents to make better, faster decisions, saving users time to focus on their core tasks. In addition, the platform responds...
Should Insurers Be Concerned About Litigation Funding
June 10, 2013
Though third party litigation funding has just started to grab headlines in the U.S., the funding method has been used in Europe for some time. According to Jonathan Molot, chief investment officer and co-founder of Burford Capital, people in the U.S. didn’t see a need for litigation financing because lawyers can get contingent fees, whereas in England it was a necessity because up until recently lawyers weren’t allowed to work for a share of the recovery. Also, while personal injury and class...
June 10, 2013
Though third party litigation funding has just started to grab headlines in the U.S., the funding method has been used in Europe for some time. According to Jonathan Molot, chief investment officer and co-founder of Burford Capital, people in the U.S. didn’t see a need for litigation financing because lawyers can get contingent fees, whereas in England it was a necessity because up until recently lawyers weren’t allowed to work for a share of the recovery. Also, while personal injury and class...
A Data-Driven Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions
June 10, 2013
These range from complex structures such as Neural-Networks (Haykir, 1999), to simpler ones, such as Decision-Trees (Russell and Norvig, 2003), which make decisions based on a series of steps, to much more advanced quadratic programming optimization techniques.
June 10, 2013
These range from complex structures such as Neural-Networks (Haykir, 1999), to simpler ones, such as Decision-Trees (Russell and Norvig, 2003), which make decisions based on a series of steps, to much more advanced quadratic programming optimization techniques.
NLRB Defers to Arbitral Decision in Healthcare Employment Dispute
June 10, 2013
A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) panel has declined to shift the burden to limit the effect of an arbitration award in a healthcare employment dispute. In Shands Jacksonville Med. Ctr. Inc., 359 NLRB No. 104 (Apr. 26, 2013), the NLRB’s Acting General Counsel requested that the board require an employer charged with unfair labor practices to demonstrate that an arbitral award meets the NLRB’s requirements for acceptance rather than require the General Counsel to prove that it does not. ...
June 10, 2013
A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) panel has declined to shift the burden to limit the effect of an arbitration award in a healthcare employment dispute. In Shands Jacksonville Med. Ctr. Inc., 359 NLRB No. 104 (Apr. 26, 2013), the NLRB’s Acting General Counsel requested that the board require an employer charged with unfair labor practices to demonstrate that an arbitral award meets the NLRB’s requirements for acceptance rather than require the General Counsel to prove that it does not. ...
Arbitration Process Issues Round-Up
June 10, 2013
Following is a summary, by category, of recent opinions of note concerning arbitration process issues. Class Waiver Muriithi...
June 10, 2013
Following is a summary, by category, of recent opinions of note concerning arbitration process issues. Class Waiver Muriithi...
IBM’s Watson Now A Customer Service Agent, Coming To Smartphones Soon
June 9, 2013
IBM’s question-answering Watson supercomputer is building quite the résumé. First it won a much-publicized showdownagainst the two greatest Jeopardy! champions of all time, then it went to medical school and emerged as a budding oncologist. Now Watson has a new job–as a customer-service agent with the mostest. The help desk is a bit of a step down from fighting cancer, but IBM is nothing if not pragmatic. U.S. organizations spend $112 billion on call center labor and software, yet half of the 270 billion...
June 9, 2013
IBM’s question-answering Watson supercomputer is building quite the résumé. First it won a much-publicized showdownagainst the two greatest Jeopardy! champions of all time, then it went to medical school and emerged as a budding oncologist. Now Watson has a new job–as a customer-service agent with the mostest. The help desk is a bit of a step down from fighting cancer, but IBM is nothing if not pragmatic. U.S. organizations spend $112 billion on call center labor and software, yet half of the 270 billion...
LawTech Day in S.F. Caps LegalTech
June 9, 2013
The Recorder's second LawTech Day San Francisco, held Thursday at the Merchants Exchange Club, examined the impact of emerging technologies on the practice and business of law. Associate professor Renee Knake, co-founder of the Reinvent Law Lab at Michigan State University College of Law, put the event into gear with a keynote focused on harnessing innovation to democratize legal services. She identified as "a delivery challenge" the fact that 50 to 80 percent of the U.S. population is not getting...
June 9, 2013
The Recorder's second LawTech Day San Francisco, held Thursday at the Merchants Exchange Club, examined the impact of emerging technologies on the practice and business of law. Associate professor Renee Knake, co-founder of the Reinvent Law Lab at Michigan State University College of Law, put the event into gear with a keynote focused on harnessing innovation to democratize legal services. She identified as "a delivery challenge" the fact that 50 to 80 percent of the U.S. population is not getting...
List Of Apps And Accessories From IPad For Lawyers Webinar
June 9, 2013
We had a ton of requests for a list of iPad apps and accessories that Tom Mighell covered in his excellent presentation earlier today: Using IPads In Your Law Practice. Here it is: Apps Creating Notes and Documents Noteshelf Notability GoodNotes Documents To Go Quickoffice Pro HD CloudOn Working with PDF Files PDF Expert (recommended) Adobe EchoSign iAnnotate iPad for Litigators FormConnect TranscriptPad eDepo (in beta) iJuror JuryPad Legal Research WestlawNext Lexis Advance Fastcase Federal...
June 9, 2013
We had a ton of requests for a list of iPad apps and accessories that Tom Mighell covered in his excellent presentation earlier today: Using IPads In Your Law Practice. Here it is: Apps Creating Notes and Documents Noteshelf Notability GoodNotes Documents To Go Quickoffice Pro HD CloudOn Working with PDF Files PDF Expert (recommended) Adobe EchoSign iAnnotate iPad for Litigators FormConnect TranscriptPad eDepo (in beta) iJuror JuryPad Legal Research WestlawNext Lexis Advance Fastcase Federal...
Your iPhone as an Assistant: Siri and Google Now
June 9, 2013
I suspect that the top app that I use on my iPhone is the Mail app, but if you ask me about my favorite use of my iPhone, you'll get a different answer. I love using my iPhone to act as a sort of a second brain, helping me to remember things that I might otherwise forget and helping me to figure things out quickly. This type of technology is often called virtual assistant technology, and its usefulness is enhanced with the excellent voice recognition that has been a part of the iPhone since the iPhone...
June 9, 2013
I suspect that the top app that I use on my iPhone is the Mail app, but if you ask me about my favorite use of my iPhone, you'll get a different answer. I love using my iPhone to act as a sort of a second brain, helping me to remember things that I might otherwise forget and helping me to figure things out quickly. This type of technology is often called virtual assistant technology, and its usefulness is enhanced with the excellent voice recognition that has been a part of the iPhone since the iPhone...
More Law Schools are Teaching Business Skills
June 9, 2013
It was only two years ago that Harvard Law School began offering the first-of-its kind "business skills boot camp" for associates working for Milbank in NYC. And Michigan State recently announced plans to begin teaching law students how to be more entrepreneurial. Today, several more law schools have either launched or have in the planning stages programs to teach students and lawyers alike how to think like a businessperson. The National Law Journal has the story as part of its special...
June 9, 2013
It was only two years ago that Harvard Law School began offering the first-of-its kind "business skills boot camp" for associates working for Milbank in NYC. And Michigan State recently announced plans to begin teaching law students how to be more entrepreneurial. Today, several more law schools have either launched or have in the planning stages programs to teach students and lawyers alike how to think like a businessperson. The National Law Journal has the story as part of its special...
