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Heavin & Keet on Litigation Risk Analysis & Settlement
April 25, 2018
Heather D. Heavin and Michaela Keet (University of Saskatchewan and University of Saskatchewan College of Law) has posted Litigation...
April 25, 2018
Heather D. Heavin and Michaela Keet (University of Saskatchewan and University of Saskatchewan College of Law) has posted Litigation...
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...
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...
Is Online Dispute Resolution The Future of Alternative Dispute Resolution?
April 13, 2018
The tech revolution has been underway for some time now but has only recently come to the forefront of the general public’s consciousness from the explosion in attention to bitcoin. The progress of technology has allowed it to creep into the domain of alternative dispute resolution. There is now online mediation, online arbitration, and even arbitration utilising the same blockchain technology as cryptocurrencies: blockchain arbitration. These forms of alternative dispute resolution, known as “online...
April 13, 2018
The tech revolution has been underway for some time now but has only recently come to the forefront of the general public’s consciousness from the explosion in attention to bitcoin. The progress of technology has allowed it to creep into the domain of alternative dispute resolution. There is now online mediation, online arbitration, and even arbitration utilising the same blockchain technology as cryptocurrencies: blockchain arbitration. These forms of alternative dispute resolution, known as “online...
Will the Commercialisation of Blockchain Technologies Change the Face of Arbitration?
April 12, 2018
Blockchain technology and its applications are filtering into mainstream industries. This technology has the potential to create...
April 12, 2018
Blockchain technology and its applications are filtering into mainstream industries. This technology has the potential to create...
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...
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...
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Operations
April 2, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to be the most disruptive class of technologies in driving digital business forward during the next ten years. Yet even among the most tech-savvy professionals, there is conflict over what it can and cannot do. The most promising aspect of applying AI in the legal profession lies in automating simple and repetitive tasks, like e-discovery or legal bill review, while enabling human experts to improve results beyond what machines or people could do alone. This...
April 2, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to be the most disruptive class of technologies in driving digital business forward during the next ten years. Yet even among the most tech-savvy professionals, there is conflict over what it can and cannot do. The most promising aspect of applying AI in the legal profession lies in automating simple and repetitive tasks, like e-discovery or legal bill review, while enabling human experts to improve results beyond what machines or people could do alone. This...
How To Read Someone’s Emotions With 90% Accuracy
April 1, 2018
How neuroscientists are learning to predict emotions with increasing accuracy. Brain scans can read human emotions with 90% accuracy, a new study finds. Researchers have been able to predict the intensity of negative emotions to evocative images. They found that negative emotions have a ‘neural signature’ which a computer could learn.
April 1, 2018
How neuroscientists are learning to predict emotions with increasing accuracy. Brain scans can read human emotions with 90% accuracy, a new study finds. Researchers have been able to predict the intensity of negative emotions to evocative images. They found that negative emotions have a ‘neural signature’ which a computer could learn.
