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Technology Could Replace Lawyers By 2030
January 10, 2015
According to a report by Jomati Consultants LLP, artificial intelligence and robotics will change the entire legal landscape in by 2030. The founder of the British-based legal consulting firm, Tony Williams, says that law firms will see almost all of their process work handled by robots. This will revolutionize the industry, “completely upending the traditional associate leverage model.” Although the report heavily favors technology, not everyone is on board with the idea the legal structure...
January 10, 2015
According to a report by Jomati Consultants LLP, artificial intelligence and robotics will change the entire legal landscape in by 2030. The founder of the British-based legal consulting firm, Tony Williams, says that law firms will see almost all of their process work handled by robots. This will revolutionize the industry, “completely upending the traditional associate leverage model.” Although the report heavily favors technology, not everyone is on board with the idea the legal structure...
Patent Cases Pending as of January 1, 2015
January 4, 2015
In November, I wrote about a decline in patent suits pending in district court. Using Lex Machina, I recently put together...
January 4, 2015
In November, I wrote about a decline in patent suits pending in district court. Using Lex Machina, I recently put together...
The Potential of the Supreme Court’s Electronic Filing System For Legal Analytics
January 3, 2015
On these pages I have ranted for years about PACER, and its absurd practice of charging per page. Beyond the impact on access to justice–how can it be that people need to pay to view public records–the balkanized approach of PACER makes legal analytics extremely difficult. Researchers have had to develop elaborate scrapers of dozens of different sites, that often change without notice, all while paying a dime a page. Sophisticated natural language processing was developed to deal with different...
January 3, 2015
On these pages I have ranted for years about PACER, and its absurd practice of charging per page. Beyond the impact on access to justice–how can it be that people need to pay to view public records–the balkanized approach of PACER makes legal analytics extremely difficult. Researchers have had to develop elaborate scrapers of dozens of different sites, that often change without notice, all while paying a dime a page. Sophisticated natural language processing was developed to deal with different...
China Uses “Great Firewall” to Block Gmail
January 2, 2015
“Data from Google shows traffic to Gmail dropping to zero from Chinese servers” which is part of China’s strategy “to block Google, wherever it is, in hopes of causing users enough frustration that they migrate to services like Baidu, a Chinese company that has a popular search engine here, that adhere to party rules” as reported in the New York Times. Apparently Gmail was blocked beginning on Friday December 26, 2014 “and has ignited anger and frustration among many Internet users...
January 2, 2015
“Data from Google shows traffic to Gmail dropping to zero from Chinese servers” which is part of China’s strategy “to block Google, wherever it is, in hopes of causing users enough frustration that they migrate to services like Baidu, a Chinese company that has a popular search engine here, that adhere to party rules” as reported in the New York Times. Apparently Gmail was blocked beginning on Friday December 26, 2014 “and has ignited anger and frustration among many Internet users...
The 10 Most Important Legal Technology Developments of 2014
December 31, 2014
Last year, I posted my picks for the 10 most important legal technology developments of 2013. In many ways, this year’s big legal tech stories were continuations of last year’s. Last year, for example, I wrote about the cloud having come into its own, about competence in legal technology becoming a necessity, about mobile becoming the driving force in tech development, about practice management becoming mainstream, and about technology helping to fill the access-to-justice shortfall. All of these...
December 31, 2014
Last year, I posted my picks for the 10 most important legal technology developments of 2013. In many ways, this year’s big legal tech stories were continuations of last year’s. Last year, for example, I wrote about the cloud having come into its own, about competence in legal technology becoming a necessity, about mobile becoming the driving force in tech development, about practice management becoming mainstream, and about technology helping to fill the access-to-justice shortfall. All of these...
Lawyer’s Tech Tools Track Litigation, Predict Chances of Success Before Patent Board
December 30, 2014
A patent lawyer frustrated with the ability to track cases related to the suit against his client turned to his previous...
December 30, 2014
A patent lawyer frustrated with the ability to track cases related to the suit against his client turned to his previous...
The Google Way of Attacking Problems
December 24, 2014
One Friday afternoon in 2002, long before his company became a household verb, Larry Page walked into the office kitchen and posted some printouts of results from Google’s AdWords engine. On top, in big bold letters, he wrote, “THESE ADS SUCK.” In most companies, this would be seen as cruel — an arrogant executive publicly humiliating his hapless employees for shoddy work — but not at Google. In fact, his unusual act was a show of confidence, defining a tough problem that he knew his talented...
December 24, 2014
One Friday afternoon in 2002, long before his company became a household verb, Larry Page walked into the office kitchen and posted some printouts of results from Google’s AdWords engine. On top, in big bold letters, he wrote, “THESE ADS SUCK.” In most companies, this would be seen as cruel — an arrogant executive publicly humiliating his hapless employees for shoddy work — but not at Google. In fact, his unusual act was a show of confidence, defining a tough problem that he knew his talented...
The Most Significant US Patent Stories of 2014
December 22, 2014
As the end of the year rapidly approaches I thought I’d take a look back at some of the momentous events that have shaped the US patent landscape over the last 12 months. With ongoing debate over patent reform, the Supreme Court hearing six patent cases in its last term and what looks like the end of the smartphone litigation wars (or at least the beginning of the end), 2014 has certainly been eventful. Anyway, without further ado, here is my take on the most significant stories to break the stateside. The...
December 22, 2014
As the end of the year rapidly approaches I thought I’d take a look back at some of the momentous events that have shaped the US patent landscape over the last 12 months. With ongoing debate over patent reform, the Supreme Court hearing six patent cases in its last term and what looks like the end of the smartphone litigation wars (or at least the beginning of the end), 2014 has certainly been eventful. Anyway, without further ado, here is my take on the most significant stories to break the stateside. The...
Call for Research Proposals to Participate in the Open Web of Things Expedition
December 14, 2014
Imagine a world in which access to networked technology defies the constraints of desktops, laptops or smartphones. A future...
December 14, 2014
Imagine a world in which access to networked technology defies the constraints of desktops, laptops or smartphones. A future...
Google’s Eric Schmidt: Don’t Fear the Artificially Intelligent Future
December 13, 2014
Eric Schmidt wants you to know that robots are your friend. That makes sense, considering that as chairman and former CEO of Google, Schmidt has been heavily involved in the development of some of the the world’s most sophisticated artificially intelligent systems, from the self-driving car to Google’s predictive search engine. The company even recently launched its own internal robotics lab. But while Schmidt admits sitting shotgun in the self-driving car is not an “altogether happy”...
December 13, 2014
Eric Schmidt wants you to know that robots are your friend. That makes sense, considering that as chairman and former CEO of Google, Schmidt has been heavily involved in the development of some of the the world’s most sophisticated artificially intelligent systems, from the self-driving car to Google’s predictive search engine. The company even recently launched its own internal robotics lab. But while Schmidt admits sitting shotgun in the self-driving car is not an “altogether happy”...
