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Kim on Algorithmic Discrimination
July 29, 2016
Pauline Kim (Washington U.) has just posted on SSRN her article (forthcoming 2017 William & Mary Law Review) Data-Driven Discrimination at Work. Here's the abstract of this timely article: A data revolution is transforming the workplace. Employers are increasingly relying on algorithms to decide who gets interviewed, hired or promoted. Proponents of the new data science claim that automated decision systems can make better decisions faster, and are also fairer, because they replace biased...
July 29, 2016
Pauline Kim (Washington U.) has just posted on SSRN her article (forthcoming 2017 William & Mary Law Review) Data-Driven Discrimination at Work. Here's the abstract of this timely article: A data revolution is transforming the workplace. Employers are increasingly relying on algorithms to decide who gets interviewed, hired or promoted. Proponents of the new data science claim that automated decision systems can make better decisions faster, and are also fairer, because they replace biased...
AI-Adopters Will Leave Rival Law Firms in Their Dust
July 28, 2016
Could you expand on why law firms which wait too long to adopt AI will lose out? AI has the power to vastly improve project execution be it from a time, cost or ‘accuracy’ standpoint. This in turn enhances a law firm’s value proposition and as such improves their chance of winning business. In the first instance AI may be seen as a differentiator in a world of relatively homogenous service offerings. Richard Belgrave, UK Managing Director of LEVERTONAlso, as is especially true...
July 28, 2016
Could you expand on why law firms which wait too long to adopt AI will lose out? AI has the power to vastly improve project execution be it from a time, cost or ‘accuracy’ standpoint. This in turn enhances a law firm’s value proposition and as such improves their chance of winning business. In the first instance AI may be seen as a differentiator in a world of relatively homogenous service offerings. Richard Belgrave, UK Managing Director of LEVERTONAlso, as is especially true...
East Texas Patent Litigation Still Hot, but No Longer Boiling
July 26, 2016
New patent infringement lawsuits filed in federal courts in East Texas declined by nearly half during the first six months...
July 26, 2016
New patent infringement lawsuits filed in federal courts in East Texas declined by nearly half during the first six months...
Lex Machina Expands Analytics from IP into Securities Law
July 25, 2016
In the first of its promised expansions into other practice areas following its acquisition last November by LexisNexis,...
July 25, 2016
In the first of its promised expansions into other practice areas following its acquisition last November by LexisNexis,...
The Unconscious Conscience: Implicit Processes and Deception in Negotiation
July 25, 2016
Deception is pervasive in negotiations, and proponents of bounded ethicality propose that the decision to use deception reflects the influence of (unconscious) implicit processes. In this article, we empirically explore the bounded ethicality perspective. In the first experiment, we found that an implicit association between business and morality interacted with the competitive and cooperative characteristics of a negotiation to influence both negotiators' attitudes toward deception and their intentions...
July 25, 2016
Deception is pervasive in negotiations, and proponents of bounded ethicality propose that the decision to use deception reflects the influence of (unconscious) implicit processes. In this article, we empirically explore the bounded ethicality perspective. In the first experiment, we found that an implicit association between business and morality interacted with the competitive and cooperative characteristics of a negotiation to influence both negotiators' attitudes toward deception and their intentions...
Analytics Expanded: Lex Machina Extends Platform to Securities Law
July 25, 2016
Lex Machina’s move into securities law is the first step in a plan to bring its technology to all areas of federal practice. Once...
July 25, 2016
Lex Machina’s move into securities law is the first step in a plan to bring its technology to all areas of federal practice. Once...
Bloomberg BNA Releases Research Tool for Tax Attorneys
July 23, 2016
The newest addition to Bloomberg Law, the tax tool was designed to meet research preferences of both novice and veteran attorneys. Bloomberg...
July 23, 2016
The newest addition to Bloomberg Law, the tax tool was designed to meet research preferences of both novice and veteran attorneys. Bloomberg...
IBM’s Watson and Macy’s Team Up on Shopping Assistant
July 23, 2016
Macy’s shoppers across the United States will soon have a chance to shop with IBM’s Watson. Today, the two companies announced a pilot program for an in-store shopping assistant powered by Watson. The Macy’s On Call pilot program will take place in 10 department stores around the country. Macy’s On Call can be accessed via web browser by visitingmacys.com/storehelp. The bot will answer questions in natural language about specific products, such as “Where can I find Dolce Gabbana...
July 23, 2016
Macy’s shoppers across the United States will soon have a chance to shop with IBM’s Watson. Today, the two companies announced a pilot program for an in-store shopping assistant powered by Watson. The Macy’s On Call pilot program will take place in 10 department stores around the country. Macy’s On Call can be accessed via web browser by visitingmacys.com/storehelp. The bot will answer questions in natural language about specific products, such as “Where can I find Dolce Gabbana...
A Call to Legal Tech: AI is Here
July 23, 2016
Legal Alignment CEO and Vanderbilt adjunct law professor Larry Bridgesmith discusses the state of AI in legal tech today. While artificial intelligence (AI), in law and beyond, may seem futuristic, the reality is that "it's everywhere," explained Larry Bridgesmith, CEO of Legal Alignment and Vanderbilt University adjunct law professor. Yet while he admits lawyers have "mastered the science off semantics," no one "can define [AI], but everyone is arguing about what it means." At the 2016 Legal...
July 23, 2016
Legal Alignment CEO and Vanderbilt adjunct law professor Larry Bridgesmith discusses the state of AI in legal tech today. While artificial intelligence (AI), in law and beyond, may seem futuristic, the reality is that "it's everywhere," explained Larry Bridgesmith, CEO of Legal Alignment and Vanderbilt University adjunct law professor. Yet while he admits lawyers have "mastered the science off semantics," no one "can define [AI], but everyone is arguing about what it means." At the 2016 Legal...
Soon Women Can Try Negotiating for Better Pay in Virtual Reality
July 22, 2016
As part of the White House's push to achieve equal pay in the foreseeable future, seven new apps were designed by tech companies and programmers over the course of a two-month hackathon. One of the programs developed was a negotiation simulator that a user can experience in virtual reality. The WSJ reports: Variable Labs, of Oakland, Calif, developed the negotiation simulator. The app for a Samsung Gear VR device intends to help users practice negotiation techniques and improve soft skills in an interview...
July 22, 2016
As part of the White House's push to achieve equal pay in the foreseeable future, seven new apps were designed by tech companies and programmers over the course of a two-month hackathon. One of the programs developed was a negotiation simulator that a user can experience in virtual reality. The WSJ reports: Variable Labs, of Oakland, Calif, developed the negotiation simulator. The app for a Samsung Gear VR device intends to help users practice negotiation techniques and improve soft skills in an interview...
