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New Partnership Will Allow Attorneys to Get Analytics On Judges They’re About to Appear Before
November 2, 2018
A partnership announced today between judge-analytics company Gavelytics and remote court appearance company CourtCall will allow lawyers who are scheduled to appear before a judge via CourtCall to obtain analytics on the judge from Gavelytics that will provide insights about the judge’s patterns and propensities in decision-making. The partnership will also help drive Gavelytics’ expansion from California, the only state it currently covers, into additional states, starting with Florida...
November 2, 2018
A partnership announced today between judge-analytics company Gavelytics and remote court appearance company CourtCall will allow lawyers who are scheduled to appear before a judge via CourtCall to obtain analytics on the judge from Gavelytics that will provide insights about the judge’s patterns and propensities in decision-making. The partnership will also help drive Gavelytics’ expansion from California, the only state it currently covers, into additional states, starting with Florida...
Could Blockchain Become The New Standard For Transparency in Investment Arbitration?
November 2, 2018
In a world hurtling through one technological breakthrough after another, we are entering into an exciting new era. In recent contributions to this Blog, blockchain and its potential applications in arbitration have been well-documented by practitioners and early-adopters. However, there is one exceptional feature in blockchain that might be useful in investment arbitration. The notion of transparency was once unfamiliar in international arbitration. Nonetheless, recent regulations have popularized...
November 2, 2018
In a world hurtling through one technological breakthrough after another, we are entering into an exciting new era. In recent contributions to this Blog, blockchain and its potential applications in arbitration have been well-documented by practitioners and early-adopters. However, there is one exceptional feature in blockchain that might be useful in investment arbitration. The notion of transparency was once unfamiliar in international arbitration. Nonetheless, recent regulations have popularized...
Maybe Artificial Intelligence is for real since MIT commits $1 billion for a new college!
November 1, 2018
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) News announced the “…initiative marks the single largest investment in computing and AI by an American academic institution, and will help position the United States to lead the world in preparing for the rapid evolution of computing and AI.” The October 15, 2018 news release entitled “MIT reshapes itself to shape the future” includes these comments about the new Stephen A. Schwarzman (co-founder of Blackstone) College of Computing which will...
November 1, 2018
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) News announced the “…initiative marks the single largest investment in computing and AI by an American academic institution, and will help position the United States to lead the world in preparing for the rapid evolution of computing and AI.” The October 15, 2018 news release entitled “MIT reshapes itself to shape the future” includes these comments about the new Stephen A. Schwarzman (co-founder of Blackstone) College of Computing which will...
See the Benefit: Adversity Appraisal and Subjective Value in Negotiation
October 30, 2018
Negotiation scholars know relatively little about how negotiators can overcome adverse circumstances and end negotiations...
October 30, 2018
Negotiation scholars know relatively little about how negotiators can overcome adverse circumstances and end negotiations...
Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies: The New Frontier of Investment Arbitration?
October 29, 2018
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies (including bitcoin) have garnered significant attention in legal scholarship over the last...
October 29, 2018
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies (including bitcoin) have garnered significant attention in legal scholarship over the last...
Why We Have an Emotional Connection to Robots
October 28, 2018
We're far from developing robots that feel emotions, but we already have feelings towards them, says robot ethicist Kate...
October 28, 2018
We're far from developing robots that feel emotions, but we already have feelings towards them, says robot ethicist Kate...
The Next Big One? Earthquake Scientists Look to A.I.
October 28, 2018
Countless dollars and entire scientific careers have been dedicated to predicting where and when the next big earthquake will strike. But unlike weather forecasting, which has significantly improved with the use of better satellites and more powerful mathematical models, earthquake prediction has been marred by repeated failure. Some of the world’s most destructive earthquakes — China in 2008, Haiti in 2010 and Japan in 2011, among them — occurred in areas that seismic hazard maps had deemed...
October 28, 2018
Countless dollars and entire scientific careers have been dedicated to predicting where and when the next big earthquake will strike. But unlike weather forecasting, which has significantly improved with the use of better satellites and more powerful mathematical models, earthquake prediction has been marred by repeated failure. Some of the world’s most destructive earthquakes — China in 2008, Haiti in 2010 and Japan in 2011, among them — occurred in areas that seismic hazard maps had deemed...
Swapping Bots for Lawyers Via App: DoNotPay
October 27, 2018
Developer Josh Browder, now barely drinking age here in the US, created DoNotPay as a means of automating the process of challenging parking tickets, mainly inspired by his own excessive collection of tickets generated shortly after receiving his drivers’ license. The ChatBot – a conversational interface that prompts a user to provide information that can then be leveraged by the AI to provide answers or actions – allowed users to select one of several defenses to the ticket, enter details...
October 27, 2018
Developer Josh Browder, now barely drinking age here in the US, created DoNotPay as a means of automating the process of challenging parking tickets, mainly inspired by his own excessive collection of tickets generated shortly after receiving his drivers’ license. The ChatBot – a conversational interface that prompts a user to provide information that can then be leveraged by the AI to provide answers or actions – allowed users to select one of several defenses to the ticket, enter details...
The Disruptive Neuroscience of Judicial Choice by Anna Spain Bradley
October 24, 2018
"Scholars of judicial behavior overwhelmingly substantiate the historical presumption that most judges act impartially and independent...
October 24, 2018
"Scholars of judicial behavior overwhelmingly substantiate the historical presumption that most judges act impartially and independent...
Woodford on Individual Welfare & Behavioral Economics
October 21, 2018
Michael Woodford (Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) has posted Individualistic Welfare Analysis in the Age of Behavioral Science (Capitalism and Society: Vol. 13: Iss. 1, Article 3) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Experimental demonstration of systematic errors and biases in human choice behavior might seem to undermine the conceptual basis of the individualistic approach to welfare analysis, in which...
October 21, 2018
Michael Woodford (Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) has posted Individualistic Welfare Analysis in the Age of Behavioral Science (Capitalism and Society: Vol. 13: Iss. 1, Article 3) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Experimental demonstration of systematic errors and biases in human choice behavior might seem to undermine the conceptual basis of the individualistic approach to welfare analysis, in which...
