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Watch Out Facebook, With Google+ at #2 and YouTube at #3, Google, Inc. Could Catch Up
June 1, 2013
A report by UK market research firm Trendstream updated its Global Web Index this week which showed how well Google‘s...
June 1, 2013
A report by UK market research firm Trendstream updated its Global Web Index this week which showed how well Google‘s...
Google+ Is Important Because Of Google Authorship. Here’s How To Set It Up
June 1, 2013
Social media presentations often promote the Big Four: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Add Google+ to the mix, if only for the advantage of Google Authorship. Google+ has become the second largest social network in terms of active users. And, more importantly, it connects to Google Authorship. But, with an active presence on Twitter, Facebook and other social channels, I’m not a big user of Google+, and you don’t have to be either. It’s enough to have a profile to hook up your Google...
June 1, 2013
Social media presentations often promote the Big Four: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Add Google+ to the mix, if only for the advantage of Google Authorship. Google+ has become the second largest social network in terms of active users. And, more importantly, it connects to Google Authorship. But, with an active presence on Twitter, Facebook and other social channels, I’m not a big user of Google+, and you don’t have to be either. It’s enough to have a profile to hook up your Google...
Google Is Making Search For The Future
June 1, 2013
Google has 'lapped Siri' with sci-fi-like search - Computerworld. Google has always been the king of search. Now, the biggest announcement yesterday may be what is to come. How about a futuristic conversation with your phone or computer, and a real thinking computer talking to you about your questions? Google Now is already better than anything else out there, and I already talk to it about my day. It either answers me immediately with relevant information, or points me to websites with the answers...
June 1, 2013
Google has 'lapped Siri' with sci-fi-like search - Computerworld. Google has always been the king of search. Now, the biggest announcement yesterday may be what is to come. How about a futuristic conversation with your phone or computer, and a real thinking computer talking to you about your questions? Google Now is already better than anything else out there, and I already talk to it about my day. It either answers me immediately with relevant information, or points me to websites with the answers...
Lexis for Microsoft Office Now Works With Lexis Advance
June 1, 2013
Lexis for Microsoft Office legal drafting software now integrates with Lexis Advance research system. Although LMO still...
June 1, 2013
Lexis for Microsoft Office legal drafting software now integrates with Lexis Advance research system. Although LMO still...
Improving Economy, Increasing Divorce Rate
May 31, 2013
Money (or lack thereof) is characteristically at the top of the list when it comes to reasons for a divorce. But in a depressed economy when people cannot afford to maintain two houses, sell their house, or pay the attorneys, divorce rates slow. Now, along with the improving employment and job markets, it appears that the number of people filing for divorce is also increasing. Alton L. Abramowitz, a New York City divorce lawyer and president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, attributed...
May 31, 2013
Money (or lack thereof) is characteristically at the top of the list when it comes to reasons for a divorce. But in a depressed economy when people cannot afford to maintain two houses, sell their house, or pay the attorneys, divorce rates slow. Now, along with the improving employment and job markets, it appears that the number of people filing for divorce is also increasing. Alton L. Abramowitz, a New York City divorce lawyer and president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, attributed...
A Review of the American Arbitration Association’s New ClauseBuilder Tool
May 31, 2013
In December 2012, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) launched their ClauseBuilder tool online. Anyone can access this tool without signing on to the AAA’s website by going to www.clausebuilder.org. The AAA indicates that the tool will assist “individuals and organizations in drafting clear and effective arbitration and mediation clauses.” In the initial news release, the AAA noted that the tool is based on the AAA’s standard arbitration agreement and that it is limited to commercial...
May 31, 2013
In December 2012, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) launched their ClauseBuilder tool online. Anyone can access this tool without signing on to the AAA’s website by going to www.clausebuilder.org. The AAA indicates that the tool will assist “individuals and organizations in drafting clear and effective arbitration and mediation clauses.” In the initial news release, the AAA noted that the tool is based on the AAA’s standard arbitration agreement and that it is limited to commercial...
Kansas Supreme Court Launches Appellate Mediation Program
May 31, 2013
The Supreme Court of Kansas has begun a pilot program for appellate mediation in the state. The first appellate case the Court sent to mediation is a contentious school finance case that is said to implicate half the state’s budget. The state attorney general sought mediation after losing on the constitutionality of cuts to the state’s education budget, which may require additional expenditures of $500 million. Any agreement reached in mediation will have to be approved by the state legislature,...
May 31, 2013
The Supreme Court of Kansas has begun a pilot program for appellate mediation in the state. The first appellate case the Court sent to mediation is a contentious school finance case that is said to implicate half the state’s budget. The state attorney general sought mediation after losing on the constitutionality of cuts to the state’s education budget, which may require additional expenditures of $500 million. Any agreement reached in mediation will have to be approved by the state legislature,...
50% of Wealthy Find Connections with Social Media
May 31, 2013
LinkedIn reports that the wealthiest investors have adopted Social Media regularly with about 50% using LinkedIn, and “72%...
May 31, 2013
LinkedIn reports that the wealthiest investors have adopted Social Media regularly with about 50% using LinkedIn, and “72%...
The “MIT School of Law” – Keynote Presentation @Stanford CodeX FutureLaw Conference
May 31, 2013
Dan Katz has a proposal for an MIT School of Law grounded in computational legal studies. How many professors at Yale or Harvard Law, he asks, "seriously know anything about legal information engineering, not normative argumentation or policy making." What better place to reimagine law in computational terms than MIT? Of course, MIT might simply start a Department of Legal Engineering. Or LE, as it would presumably be known among the locals.
May 31, 2013
Dan Katz has a proposal for an MIT School of Law grounded in computational legal studies. How many professors at Yale or Harvard Law, he asks, "seriously know anything about legal information engineering, not normative argumentation or policy making." What better place to reimagine law in computational terms than MIT? Of course, MIT might simply start a Department of Legal Engineering. Or LE, as it would presumably be known among the locals.
An Inverse Relationship Between the Amount of Litigation and the Amount of Regulation
May 30, 2013
This leader to an article caught my eye: “In markets with little regulation, litigation soars. As regulation rises, litigation falls. Unless consumers are bound by so-called tort reform, their only recourse when harmed by an unregulated product is to sue its maker.” The quotation comes from Life Science Leader, December 2012 at 44. Those who speak and write about law departments chronically bemoan the regulatory load faced by companies. But when rules are laid down by government agencies,...
May 30, 2013
This leader to an article caught my eye: “In markets with little regulation, litigation soars. As regulation rises, litigation falls. Unless consumers are bound by so-called tort reform, their only recourse when harmed by an unregulated product is to sue its maker.” The quotation comes from Life Science Leader, December 2012 at 44. Those who speak and write about law departments chronically bemoan the regulatory load faced by companies. But when rules are laid down by government agencies,...
