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Predictive Coding: A Better Way to Deal with Electronically Stored Information
December 20, 2016
Litigators bemoan the fact that the volume of documents and data produced and requested during discovery continues to increase year on year—as does the volume of electronically stored information (ESI) that clients must preserve. There is a glut of ESI arising as a consequence of the exponential growth in the creation and exchange of electronic files and email traffic. The result is that even in cases with a relatively low monetary value, there are often still hundreds of thousands or even millions...
December 20, 2016
Litigators bemoan the fact that the volume of documents and data produced and requested during discovery continues to increase year on year—as does the volume of electronically stored information (ESI) that clients must preserve. There is a glut of ESI arising as a consequence of the exponential growth in the creation and exchange of electronic files and email traffic. The result is that even in cases with a relatively low monetary value, there are often still hundreds of thousands or even millions...
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Shows Off Jarvis, The AI Butler He Built
December 20, 2016
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Monday (19 December) showed off his very own artificial intelligence (AI) system that he created in his spare time this year. Inspired by Jarvis, the virtual assistant created by Tony Stark in Marvel's Iron Man comics, Zuckerberg said his personal challenge for 2016 was to build a simple AI system to run his household. "My goal was to learn about the state of artificial intelligence - where we're further along than people realise and where we're still...
December 20, 2016
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Monday (19 December) showed off his very own artificial intelligence (AI) system that he created in his spare time this year. Inspired by Jarvis, the virtual assistant created by Tony Stark in Marvel's Iron Man comics, Zuckerberg said his personal challenge for 2016 was to build a simple AI system to run his household. "My goal was to learn about the state of artificial intelligence - where we're further along than people realise and where we're still...
Data Tools Offer Hints at How Judges Might Rule
December 19, 2016
Services offer lawyers statistics on how likely a given case is to be dismissed It’s like “Moneyball” for judges. Lawyers looking for an edge in court are increasingly turning to hard data to predict how judges might rule, in some cases long before the judges put pen to paper. New tools, mined from millions of court documents, offer lawyers statistics on the likelihood of a lawsuit’s being dismissed, for instance, or the average wait time until a trial. Lawyers say the data can help...
December 19, 2016
Services offer lawyers statistics on how likely a given case is to be dismissed It’s like “Moneyball” for judges. Lawyers looking for an edge in court are increasingly turning to hard data to predict how judges might rule, in some cases long before the judges put pen to paper. New tools, mined from millions of court documents, offer lawyers statistics on the likelihood of a lawsuit’s being dismissed, for instance, or the average wait time until a trial. Lawyers say the data can help...
LexisNexis Launches Legal Tech Startup Accelerator in Silicon Valley
December 17, 2016
LexisNexis has launched an accelerator in Silicon Valley designed to give startups a leg-up in the rapidly expanding legal...
December 17, 2016
LexisNexis has launched an accelerator in Silicon Valley designed to give startups a leg-up in the rapidly expanding legal...
Our Automated Future
December 16, 2016
“Could another person learn to do your job by studying a detailed record of everything you’ve done in the past?” Martin Ford, a software developer, asks early on in “Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future” (Basic Books). “Or could someone become proficient by repeating the tasks you’ve already completed, in the way that a student might take practice tests to prepare for an exam? If so, then there’s a good chance that an algorithm may someday be able to learn...
December 16, 2016
“Could another person learn to do your job by studying a detailed record of everything you’ve done in the past?” Martin Ford, a software developer, asks early on in “Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future” (Basic Books). “Or could someone become proficient by repeating the tasks you’ve already completed, in the way that a student might take practice tests to prepare for an exam? If so, then there’s a good chance that an algorithm may someday be able to learn...
Big Data: 33 Brilliant And Free Data Sources For 2016
December 10, 2016
There are hundreds (if not thousands) of free data sets available, ready to be used and analyzed by anyone willing to look for them. Below is a list of 35 of the most globally interesting I’ve come across, but there are many, many more in many different niches. Data.gov http://data.gov The US Government pledged last year to make all government data available freely online. This site is the first stage and acts as a portal to all sorts of amazing information on everything from climate to crime. ...
December 10, 2016
There are hundreds (if not thousands) of free data sets available, ready to be used and analyzed by anyone willing to look for them. Below is a list of 35 of the most globally interesting I’ve come across, but there are many, many more in many different niches. Data.gov http://data.gov The US Government pledged last year to make all government data available freely online. This site is the first stage and acts as a portal to all sorts of amazing information on everything from climate to crime. ...
The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence
December 7, 2016
The year 1995 was heralded as the beginning of the “New Economy.” Digital communication was set to upend markets and change...
December 7, 2016
The year 1995 was heralded as the beginning of the “New Economy.” Digital communication was set to upend markets and change...
New US Patent Lawsuits Set to Drop Dramatically in 2016 According to Lex Machina
December 7, 2016
It has been clear for most of 2016 that the number of new patent litigation cases was going to be down this year in the US. But it is now becoming...
December 7, 2016
It has been clear for most of 2016 that the number of new patent litigation cases was going to be down this year in the US. But it is now becoming...
A 3-D World for Smarter AI Agents
December 6, 2016
Google DeepMind, a subsidiary of Alphabet that’s focused on making fundamental progress toward general artificial intelligence,...
December 6, 2016
Google DeepMind, a subsidiary of Alphabet that’s focused on making fundamental progress toward general artificial intelligence,...
Analytics in the Workplace: A Q&A with Jackson Lewis on Employment Law Data Science
December 2, 2016
Q: Analytics is all the hype in legal tech. How is Jackson Lewis jumping onboard? A: We provide predictive analytics services that leverage data reflecting past events to inform future decision-making. For example, we can help optimize recruiting functions by examining those qualifications of past successful hires to help inform talent acquisition teams’ recruiting efforts. Additionally, we provide predictive pay analyses that leverage past pay data to inform appropriate pay setting for employees...
December 2, 2016
Q: Analytics is all the hype in legal tech. How is Jackson Lewis jumping onboard? A: We provide predictive analytics services that leverage data reflecting past events to inform future decision-making. For example, we can help optimize recruiting functions by examining those qualifications of past successful hires to help inform talent acquisition teams’ recruiting efforts. Additionally, we provide predictive pay analyses that leverage past pay data to inform appropriate pay setting for employees...
