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The Quick and Dirty on Data Visualization
April 26, 2014
Displaying data can be a tricky proposition, because different rules apply in different contexts. A sales director presenting financial projections to a group of field reps wouldn’t visualize her data the same way that a design consultant would in a written proposal to a potential client. So how do you make the right choices for your situation? Before displaying your data, ask yourself these five questions: 1. Am I presenting or circulating my data? 2. Am I using the right kind of chart...
April 26, 2014
Displaying data can be a tricky proposition, because different rules apply in different contexts. A sales director presenting financial projections to a group of field reps wouldn’t visualize her data the same way that a design consultant would in a written proposal to a potential client. So how do you make the right choices for your situation? Before displaying your data, ask yourself these five questions: 1. Am I presenting or circulating my data? 2. Am I using the right kind of chart...
Improve Your LinkedIn Profile
April 26, 2014
Since LinkedIn accounts for 64% of all visits to corporate websites from Social Media, it is critical that all LinkedIn users improve their LinkedIn profiles. A recent article in InformationWeek entitled “LinkedIn Tips: 10 Steps To A Stronger Profile” has some great advice for LinkedIn users, even if all 10 do not apply to everyone. The 10 Steps are: 1. Update your profile picture. 2. Add media to your profile. 3. Find job leads with LinkedIn’s Alumni Tool. 4. Search and apply...
April 26, 2014
Since LinkedIn accounts for 64% of all visits to corporate websites from Social Media, it is critical that all LinkedIn users improve their LinkedIn profiles. A recent article in InformationWeek entitled “LinkedIn Tips: 10 Steps To A Stronger Profile” has some great advice for LinkedIn users, even if all 10 do not apply to everyone. The 10 Steps are: 1. Update your profile picture. 2. Add media to your profile. 3. Find job leads with LinkedIn’s Alumni Tool. 4. Search and apply...
We Test WordRake’s Beta Version 2.0 on ‘McCutcheon’
April 26, 2014
When WordRake , the editing program for lawyers, was first released in 2012, I put it to the test against two of the most eloquent writers on the Supreme Court, Justices Antonin Scalia and Elena Kagan. If WordRake could improve on Scalia and Kagan, I reasoned, imagine what it could do for the rest of us. Now, WordRake is preparing to release version 2.0 of its software and it provided me with a beta version. This time, I decided to give Justices Scalia and Kagan a rest, so I turned to the Supreme...
April 26, 2014
When WordRake , the editing program for lawyers, was first released in 2012, I put it to the test against two of the most eloquent writers on the Supreme Court, Justices Antonin Scalia and Elena Kagan. If WordRake could improve on Scalia and Kagan, I reasoned, imagine what it could do for the rest of us. Now, WordRake is preparing to release version 2.0 of its software and it provided me with a beta version. This time, I decided to give Justices Scalia and Kagan a rest, so I turned to the Supreme...
Seven Law Firms Have Cut An Estimated 213 Jobs Since January
April 25, 2014
The job-cutting firms are: • Fitzpatrick Cella, which didn’t disclose its number of job cuts. • Nixon Peabody, which...
April 25, 2014
The job-cutting firms are: • Fitzpatrick Cella, which didn’t disclose its number of job cuts. • Nixon Peabody, which...
Analytics is a Team Sport
April 25, 2014
Often, data science is perceived as clever model building or machine language algorithms. Today’s data science should take a company along four phases of a journey; data management, data analytics, voice of the customer and core process redesign. The successful data science program requires people – data scientists and inquisitive individuals alike – to understand business challenges, listen to customer feedback and engage with front line staff (from customer service, product, operations...
April 25, 2014
Often, data science is perceived as clever model building or machine language algorithms. Today’s data science should take a company along four phases of a journey; data management, data analytics, voice of the customer and core process redesign. The successful data science program requires people – data scientists and inquisitive individuals alike – to understand business challenges, listen to customer feedback and engage with front line staff (from customer service, product, operations...
Gartner Ratchets Up Legal IT Research
April 25, 2014
The research and advisory company plans to release a number of reports on legal technology later this year. * * * “We are improving our coverage of the space because we see legal IT as one of the next big marketplaces that, to date, has been underserved by the IT industry,” said French Caldwell, vice president at Gartner and lead author of the report, in an interview with Law Technology News. Caldwell heads up risk, compliance and governance research at Gartner. Read more: http://www.lawtechnologynews.com/id=1202651573192/Gartner-Ratchets-Up-Legal-IT-Research-#ixzz2zMwvCwkb
April 25, 2014
The research and advisory company plans to release a number of reports on legal technology later this year. * * * “We are improving our coverage of the space because we see legal IT as one of the next big marketplaces that, to date, has been underserved by the IT industry,” said French Caldwell, vice president at Gartner and lead author of the report, in an interview with Law Technology News. Caldwell heads up risk, compliance and governance research at Gartner. Read more: http://www.lawtechnologynews.com/id=1202651573192/Gartner-Ratchets-Up-Legal-IT-Research-#ixzz2zMwvCwkb
The Role of Arbitrators as Ethics Enforcers
April 25, 2014
Kristen Blankley, Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Law, has published Lying, Stealing, and Cheating: The Role of Arbitrators as Ethics Enforcers, University of Louisville Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 442, 2014. In the article, Professor Blankley continues her examination of ethics in arbitration. Here is the abstract: This work is the third in a trilogy of Articles in the area of ethics for arbitration participants. This work completes the trilogy by considering...
April 25, 2014
Kristen Blankley, Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Law, has published Lying, Stealing, and Cheating: The Role of Arbitrators as Ethics Enforcers, University of Louisville Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 442, 2014. In the article, Professor Blankley continues her examination of ethics in arbitration. Here is the abstract: This work is the third in a trilogy of Articles in the area of ethics for arbitration participants. This work completes the trilogy by considering...
All Rise: The Era of Legal Startups is Now in Session
April 25, 2014
The legal industry has not been particularly well known for innovation and forward thinking. This massive industry, however, is presently in acute distress. News in recent years has highlighted the cracks in the traditional law firm business model, as clients have begun pushing back against stratospheric rates and significant inefficiencies. Storied firms have been folding, merging, and laying off staff and attorneys at unprecedented rates. The legal market’s transition is, however,...
April 25, 2014
The legal industry has not been particularly well known for innovation and forward thinking. This massive industry, however, is presently in acute distress. News in recent years has highlighted the cracks in the traditional law firm business model, as clients have begun pushing back against stratospheric rates and significant inefficiencies. Storied firms have been folding, merging, and laying off staff and attorneys at unprecedented rates. The legal market’s transition is, however,...
Crowd Arbitration: Crowdsourced Dispute Resolution Part V
April 24, 2014
Some forms of crowdsourced dispute resolution currently exist online. These dispute resolution processes can be put into three general categories: Opinion polls, online mock juries, and privately enforced crowdsourced dispute resolution. See Jaap van den Herik & Daniel V. Dimov, Towards Crowdsourced Online Dispute Resolution, International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL) 244-257 (September 19, 2011),ssrn.com/abstract=1933392. Opinion polls are found informally across the Internet. Many...
April 24, 2014
Some forms of crowdsourced dispute resolution currently exist online. These dispute resolution processes can be put into three general categories: Opinion polls, online mock juries, and privately enforced crowdsourced dispute resolution. See Jaap van den Herik & Daniel V. Dimov, Towards Crowdsourced Online Dispute Resolution, International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL) 244-257 (September 19, 2011),ssrn.com/abstract=1933392. Opinion polls are found informally across the Internet. Many...
