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Price on AI in Health Care
April 28, 2018
W. Nicholson Price (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Applications and Legal Issues (14 SciTech Lawyer 10 (2017)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly moving to change the healthcare system. Driven by the juxtaposition of big data and powerful machine learning techniques, innovators have begun to develop tools to improve the process of clinical care, to advance medical research, and to improve efficiency....
April 28, 2018
W. Nicholson Price (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Applications and Legal Issues (14 SciTech Lawyer 10 (2017)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly moving to change the healthcare system. Driven by the juxtaposition of big data and powerful machine learning techniques, innovators have begun to develop tools to improve the process of clinical care, to advance medical research, and to improve efficiency....
Robots Break New Ground in Construction Industry
April 28, 2018
Now the former Google engineer is turning that dream into a reality with Built Robotics, a startup that’s developing technology to allow bulldozers, excavators and other construction vehicles to operate themselves. “The idea behind Built Robotics is to use automation technology make construction safer, faster and cheaper,” said Ready-Campbell, standing in a dirt lot where a small bulldozer moved mounds of earth without a human operator. “We need all of the robots we can get,...
April 28, 2018
Now the former Google engineer is turning that dream into a reality with Built Robotics, a startup that’s developing technology to allow bulldozers, excavators and other construction vehicles to operate themselves. “The idea behind Built Robotics is to use automation technology make construction safer, faster and cheaper,” said Ready-Campbell, standing in a dirt lot where a small bulldozer moved mounds of earth without a human operator. “We need all of the robots we can get,...
Keet, Heavin, & Sparrow on the Psychological Cost of Civil Litigation
April 25, 2018
Michaela Keet, Heather D. Heavin and Shawna Sparrow (University of Saskatchewan College of Law, University of Saskatchewan...
April 25, 2018
Michaela Keet, Heather D. Heavin and Shawna Sparrow (University of Saskatchewan College of Law, University of Saskatchewan...
On Preferring A to B, While Also Preferring B to A
April 24, 2018
In important contexts, people prefer option A to option B when they evaluate the two separately, but prefer option B to option A when they evaluate the two jointly. In consumer behavior, politics, and law, such preference reversals are often a product of the pervasive problem of "evaluability." Some important characteristics of options are difficult or impossible to assess in separate evaluation, and hence choosers disregard or downplay them; those characteristics are much easier to assess in joint...
April 24, 2018
In important contexts, people prefer option A to option B when they evaluate the two separately, but prefer option B to option A when they evaluate the two jointly. In consumer behavior, politics, and law, such preference reversals are often a product of the pervasive problem of "evaluability." Some important characteristics of options are difficult or impossible to assess in separate evaluation, and hence choosers disregard or downplay them; those characteristics are much easier to assess in joint...
Apologies & Remedial Mismatches
April 22, 2018
While the context is admittedly horrific--victims of sexual abuse and the Catholic Church--data from the Netherlands, which in 2011 implemented a victim-friendly procedure for victims of sexual abuse by the Catholic Church, provide truly unique insights into "whether and how nonmonetary needs can be addressed within the context of tort law and compensation funds, as the decisions include information on why victims initiated the procedure and what types of relief (e.g., an apology, recognition of their...
April 22, 2018
While the context is admittedly horrific--victims of sexual abuse and the Catholic Church--data from the Netherlands, which in 2011 implemented a victim-friendly procedure for victims of sexual abuse by the Catholic Church, provide truly unique insights into "whether and how nonmonetary needs can be addressed within the context of tort law and compensation funds, as the decisions include information on why victims initiated the procedure and what types of relief (e.g., an apology, recognition of their...
Rise of the Robots Comes With Benefits and New Loss, Liability Scenarios
April 21, 2018
Today, “weak” or basic forms of AI are able to perform specific tasks, but future generations of “strong” AI applications will be capable of solving difficult problems and executing complex transactions. AI is finding users in almost every industry – from chatbots that offer financial advice to helping doctors diagnose cancer. Better weather prediction, financial transfers and oversight of industrial machinery also fall into the AI scope. According to Accenture, AI could double the annual...
April 21, 2018
Today, “weak” or basic forms of AI are able to perform specific tasks, but future generations of “strong” AI applications will be capable of solving difficult problems and executing complex transactions. AI is finding users in almost every industry – from chatbots that offer financial advice to helping doctors diagnose cancer. Better weather prediction, financial transfers and oversight of industrial machinery also fall into the AI scope. According to Accenture, AI could double the annual...
Introducing Mediation Efficacy Studies
April 11, 2018
Have you ever wondered whether court mediation really saves time and money? If so, we are thrilled to share our new Mediation Efficacy Studies resource with you! Our brilliant Director of Research Jennifer Shack brought her extensive experience studying court ADR to this project — curating, categorizing and summarizing reliable research about whether court mediation really saves time and money, and whether participants experience procedural justice. This new part of our website is built...
April 11, 2018
Have you ever wondered whether court mediation really saves time and money? If so, we are thrilled to share our new Mediation Efficacy Studies resource with you! Our brilliant Director of Research Jennifer Shack brought her extensive experience studying court ADR to this project — curating, categorizing and summarizing reliable research about whether court mediation really saves time and money, and whether participants experience procedural justice. This new part of our website is built...
Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time
April 7, 2018
So in 2016, in partnership with local education leaders in Caldwell County, NC (near our Lenoir Data Center), and some Googler volunteers, we helped install Wi-Fi on 11 school buses in the district. We also worked with the Education Foundation of Caldwell County to make sure there were educators who could accompany students on these Wi-Fi-equipped buses to provide support and help out with assignments. Because bridging the “digital divide” isn’t just about providing access and devices—it’s...
April 7, 2018
So in 2016, in partnership with local education leaders in Caldwell County, NC (near our Lenoir Data Center), and some Googler volunteers, we helped install Wi-Fi on 11 school buses in the district. We also worked with the Education Foundation of Caldwell County to make sure there were educators who could accompany students on these Wi-Fi-equipped buses to provide support and help out with assignments. Because bridging the “digital divide” isn’t just about providing access and devices—it’s...
Federal Judiciary Misused PACER Fees, Court Rules
April 7, 2018
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Saturday that the federal judiciary improperly spent some $200 million of the $920 million in PACER fees it collected from 2010 to 2016. In so ruling, U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle rejected the principal arguments of both the plaintiffs and the defendants in the case. The plaintiffs had argued that the judiciary could recoup PACER fees only to the extent necessary to cover the total marginal cost of operating the PACER system. The judiciary...
April 7, 2018
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Saturday that the federal judiciary improperly spent some $200 million of the $920 million in PACER fees it collected from 2010 to 2016. In so ruling, U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle rejected the principal arguments of both the plaintiffs and the defendants in the case. The plaintiffs had argued that the judiciary could recoup PACER fees only to the extent necessary to cover the total marginal cost of operating the PACER system. The judiciary...
Data-Driven Client Retention Program Wins Fans at DLA Piper
April 6, 2018
Marketing experts have long pressed lawyers to genuflect at the altar of existing client relationships, arguing that law firms grow faster and more efficiently by expanding their business with the clients they already have. It’s a lesson that hasn’t been lost on the marketing team at DLA Piper, which has begun rolling out an ambitious program aimed at helping its lawyers grow their business. The initiative, which the firm first introduced in pilot form last year, uses internal...
April 6, 2018
Marketing experts have long pressed lawyers to genuflect at the altar of existing client relationships, arguing that law firms grow faster and more efficiently by expanding their business with the clients they already have. It’s a lesson that hasn’t been lost on the marketing team at DLA Piper, which has begun rolling out an ambitious program aimed at helping its lawyers grow their business. The initiative, which the firm first introduced in pilot form last year, uses internal...
