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A Data-Driven Exploration of Arbitration as a Settlement Tool: What Happens When Cases Do Not Settle Before a Hearing?
December 6, 2018
In this continuing series of blog posts, we have been using Dispute Resolution Data (DRD)’s growing repository of international arbitration case data to analyze the extent to which such cases reach various outcomes, whether it be an award being rendered, administrative closure, dismissal, impasse, or settlement/withdrawal (which we treat as a single, distinct outcome). Our first blog post demonstrated that when looking at an aggregate of DRD’s international commercial arbitration case data...
December 6, 2018
In this continuing series of blog posts, we have been using Dispute Resolution Data (DRD)’s growing repository of international arbitration case data to analyze the extent to which such cases reach various outcomes, whether it be an award being rendered, administrative closure, dismissal, impasse, or settlement/withdrawal (which we treat as a single, distinct outcome). Our first blog post demonstrated that when looking at an aggregate of DRD’s international commercial arbitration case data...
Vanderbilt Law School Launches New PoLI Institute Immersion-Based Programs and Certificate in Law and Innovation
December 6, 2018
Vanderbilt Law School and its Program on Law and Innovation (PoLI) officially launched the PoLI Institute and a new Certificate in Law and Innovation program. The PoLI Institute introduces a practical educational opportunity for both practicing attorneys and legal professionals, reaching far beyond the impact of hourly CLE courses. Unique to Vanderbilt Law School, the Certificate in Law and Innovation Program provides a series of in-depth, live and in-person Immersion courses (“Immersions”)...
December 6, 2018
Vanderbilt Law School and its Program on Law and Innovation (PoLI) officially launched the PoLI Institute and a new Certificate in Law and Innovation program. The PoLI Institute introduces a practical educational opportunity for both practicing attorneys and legal professionals, reaching far beyond the impact of hourly CLE courses. Unique to Vanderbilt Law School, the Certificate in Law and Innovation Program provides a series of in-depth, live and in-person Immersion courses (“Immersions”)...
Using Neuroscience to Understand Stress and Improve Mediation
December 3, 2018
People involved in conflict generally, and in mediation specifically, encounter many events that initiate the physiologic stress response. What is this response and what triggers it? How does the stress response impact judgment, decision-making, and memory? What can mediators do to minimize the deleterious effects of the stress response? Learning the answers to these questions can help to make a more effective mediator. What is the physiologic stress response? The physiologic stress response...
December 3, 2018
People involved in conflict generally, and in mediation specifically, encounter many events that initiate the physiologic stress response. What is this response and what triggers it? How does the stress response impact judgment, decision-making, and memory? What can mediators do to minimize the deleterious effects of the stress response? Learning the answers to these questions can help to make a more effective mediator. What is the physiologic stress response? The physiologic stress response...
‘Context,’ Launching Today from LexisNexis, Applies Unique Analytics to Judges and Expert Witnesses
December 3, 2018
A legal analytics product being launched today by LexisNexis does something no other analytics product does: It analyzes...
December 3, 2018
A legal analytics product being launched today by LexisNexis does something no other analytics product does: It analyzes...
When will the cord be cut in legal publishing?
December 2, 2018
Market shifting caused some of the problem, but ESPN management’s refusal to listen was the real problem. ESPN execs often tried to shoot the messengers instead of listening to the message. And once the damage was done, ESPN decided to fire hundreds of longstanding sports journalists and support personnel… Common sense dictates that sooner or later, legal content creators (the true publishers) are going to take control of their digital publishing. They are going to cut the cord. Sure,...
December 2, 2018
Market shifting caused some of the problem, but ESPN management’s refusal to listen was the real problem. ESPN execs often tried to shoot the messengers instead of listening to the message. And once the damage was done, ESPN decided to fire hundreds of longstanding sports journalists and support personnel… Common sense dictates that sooner or later, legal content creators (the true publishers) are going to take control of their digital publishing. They are going to cut the cord. Sure,...
Can AI really be worth $15.4 TRILLION?
December 1, 2018
McKinsey reported that total potential “annual value of AI and analytics across industries to be be worth $9.5 to $15.4 trillion” in its report entitled “The executive’s AI playbook” which includes 3 different perspectives: Value & Assess – Size the opportunity and determine data needs Execute – Learn best practices to realize value Beware – Know the warning signed of AI program failure The 3rd perspective to Beware includes 10 “warning signs of AI program failure” which...
December 1, 2018
McKinsey reported that total potential “annual value of AI and analytics across industries to be be worth $9.5 to $15.4 trillion” in its report entitled “The executive’s AI playbook” which includes 3 different perspectives: Value & Assess – Size the opportunity and determine data needs Execute – Learn best practices to realize value Beware – Know the warning signed of AI program failure The 3rd perspective to Beware includes 10 “warning signs of AI program failure” which...
The Marriage of Artificial Intelligence & Blockchain in International Arbitration: A Peak into the Near Future!!!
November 25, 2018
Two of the most frequent buzz words in our world right now are without doubt: Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)....
November 25, 2018
Two of the most frequent buzz words in our world right now are without doubt: Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)....
Legal Tech Entrepreneur and Blogger Ivy Grey Joins WordRake
November 24, 2018
Ivy B. Grey, a well-known legal technology entrepreneur and blogger, has joined legal-editing software company WordRake as director of business strategy, the company is announcing today. Grey will be responsible for helping to accelerate WordRake’s growth and further develop the software. “Lawyers in thousands of law firms rely on WordRake for clear and concise writing, and they regard fellow lawyer Ivy Grey as a proofreading and editing expert who understands their writing challenges...
November 24, 2018
Ivy B. Grey, a well-known legal technology entrepreneur and blogger, has joined legal-editing software company WordRake as director of business strategy, the company is announcing today. Grey will be responsible for helping to accelerate WordRake’s growth and further develop the software. “Lawyers in thousands of law firms rely on WordRake for clear and concise writing, and they regard fellow lawyer Ivy Grey as a proofreading and editing expert who understands their writing challenges...
Beyond Physicians: The Effect of Licensing and Liability Laws on the Supply of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
November 23, 2018
The increased use of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) represents an important option for increasing access to healthcare. I explore the effect of two types of laws on the supply of NPs and PAs: occupational licensing laws that limit the practices of NPs and PAs and caps on noneconomic damages. Relaxing licensing laws to allow NPs to practice with less physician oversight increases the supply of NPs in areas with few practicing physicians by 60 percent—though the size of this...
November 23, 2018
The increased use of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) represents an important option for increasing access to healthcare. I explore the effect of two types of laws on the supply of NPs and PAs: occupational licensing laws that limit the practices of NPs and PAs and caps on noneconomic damages. Relaxing licensing laws to allow NPs to practice with less physician oversight increases the supply of NPs in areas with few practicing physicians by 60 percent—though the size of this...
Judicial Elections, Public Opinion, and Decisions on Lower‐Salience Issues
November 21, 2018
Scholarship finds that in states with judicial elections, public opinion affects judges’ decisions on hot‐button campaign issues such as the death penalty or marijuana legalization. Yet the literature leaves open the question of how public opinion affects judicial decisions on less salient issues, which not only dominate the dockets of state supreme courts but also encompass areas of major legal and policy significance. We consider one such issue that infrequently emerges in judicial campaigns,...
November 21, 2018
Scholarship finds that in states with judicial elections, public opinion affects judges’ decisions on hot‐button campaign issues such as the death penalty or marijuana legalization. Yet the literature leaves open the question of how public opinion affects judicial decisions on less salient issues, which not only dominate the dockets of state supreme courts but also encompass areas of major legal and policy significance. We consider one such issue that infrequently emerges in judicial campaigns,...
