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NLRB Files Petition for Rehearing in D.R. Horton (Class Arbitration) Case
March 24, 2014
“The National Labor Relations Board March 13 filed a petition asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to rehear...
March 24, 2014
“The National Labor Relations Board March 13 filed a petition asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to rehear...
Michael Wheeler: Best Books on Negotiation
March 23, 2014
1. Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making byGary Klein 2. Everyday Negotiation: Navigating the Hidden Agendas in Bargaining by Deborah Kolb & Judith Williams 3. 3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals by David Lax & James Sebenius 4. Bargaining with the Devil byRobert Mnookin 5. Built to Win: Creating a World-Class Negotiating Organizationby Lawrence Susskind &...
March 23, 2014
1. Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making byGary Klein 2. Everyday Negotiation: Navigating the Hidden Agendas in Bargaining by Deborah Kolb & Judith Williams 3. 3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals by David Lax & James Sebenius 4. Bargaining with the Devil byRobert Mnookin 5. Built to Win: Creating a World-Class Negotiating Organizationby Lawrence Susskind &...
The Time I Became a Google Apps Referral Partner
March 23, 2014
One of Google’s newest pushes to bring everyone into to “the fold,” is to set up a MLM-like scheme where Apps users harass their friends and family until the acquiesce to join Google Apps. Almost. Actually, what Google’s doing is offering a referral partnerships for current Google Apps users, with the hope they’ll refer their friends, family, and colleagues over to the awesome Google Apps for Business ecosystem. Thus, if you’re thinking about Google Apps (and why shouldn’t...
March 23, 2014
One of Google’s newest pushes to bring everyone into to “the fold,” is to set up a MLM-like scheme where Apps users harass their friends and family until the acquiesce to join Google Apps. Almost. Actually, what Google’s doing is offering a referral partnerships for current Google Apps users, with the hope they’ll refer their friends, family, and colleagues over to the awesome Google Apps for Business ecosystem. Thus, if you’re thinking about Google Apps (and why shouldn’t...
FINRA Issues Warning on Bitcoin and Digital Currency
March 23, 2014
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued an investor alert this week about the risks of buying and speculating...
March 23, 2014
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued an investor alert this week about the risks of buying and speculating...
UMich Law Student Makes Case Brief App
March 23, 2014
Necessity, and occasionally tedious tasks, can be the mothers of invention. In an entry onLawSites, attorney Robert Ambrogi says the latter led a third-year law student at the University of Michigan Law School to invent an iPad app that automates the creation of case briefs. According to Ambrogi, David Lutz was looking to simplify the process of printing out case PDFs, annotating them and then typing the information into the brief. So he came up with BriefCase. He says the app allows you to annotate...
March 23, 2014
Necessity, and occasionally tedious tasks, can be the mothers of invention. In an entry onLawSites, attorney Robert Ambrogi says the latter led a third-year law student at the University of Michigan Law School to invent an iPad app that automates the creation of case briefs. According to Ambrogi, David Lutz was looking to simplify the process of printing out case PDFs, annotating them and then typing the information into the brief. So he came up with BriefCase. He says the app allows you to annotate...
ADR Prof Mount Rushmore
March 23, 2014
There’s recently been a lot of discussion of who should be on the “Mount Rushmore” of sports which has resulted in lots...
March 23, 2014
There’s recently been a lot of discussion of who should be on the “Mount Rushmore” of sports which has resulted in lots...
California Grumbling at U.S. News
March 22, 2014
Only three of California's 19 law schools accredited by the American Bar Association improved on the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings this year, and the long view looks even worse. * * * Not a single California school has seen a cumulative increase in ranking during the past three years — notwithstanding that Stanford Law School; the University of California, Berkeley School of Law; the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law; and Pepperdine University School of Law each...
March 22, 2014
Only three of California's 19 law schools accredited by the American Bar Association improved on the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings this year, and the long view looks even worse. * * * Not a single California school has seen a cumulative increase in ranking during the past three years — notwithstanding that Stanford Law School; the University of California, Berkeley School of Law; the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law; and Pepperdine University School of Law each...
Even You Can Be Replaced by a Robot
March 22, 2014
There’s no question that the Internet has transformed the workplace, but according to a report by attorneys at Littler Mendelson, there’s another game-changer in the works: robotics. * * * “Increasingly, digital robots and software systems are replacing attorneys in the collection and classification of electronic evidence,” the authors write. “Meanwhile, other robotic systems generate massive amounts of data providing a digital reproduction of activities and events.”
March 22, 2014
There’s no question that the Internet has transformed the workplace, but according to a report by attorneys at Littler Mendelson, there’s another game-changer in the works: robotics. * * * “Increasingly, digital robots and software systems are replacing attorneys in the collection and classification of electronic evidence,” the authors write. “Meanwhile, other robotic systems generate massive amounts of data providing a digital reproduction of activities and events.”
How to Tell if Your Startup is Ready for Investment
March 22, 2014
Since 2005 startup accelerators have provided cohorts of startups with mentoring, pitch practice and product focus. However, accelerator Demo Days are a combination of graduation ceremony and pitch contest, with the uncomfortable feel of a swimsuit competition. Other than “I’ll know it when I see it,” there’s no formal way for an investor attending Demo Day to assess project maturity or quantify risks. Other than measuring engineering progress, there’s no standard language to communicate...
March 22, 2014
Since 2005 startup accelerators have provided cohorts of startups with mentoring, pitch practice and product focus. However, accelerator Demo Days are a combination of graduation ceremony and pitch contest, with the uncomfortable feel of a swimsuit competition. Other than “I’ll know it when I see it,” there’s no formal way for an investor attending Demo Day to assess project maturity or quantify risks. Other than measuring engineering progress, there’s no standard language to communicate...
Service Offers a Better Way to Search Federal Court Records than PACER
March 22, 2014
PacerPro provides a clean, modern interface to the PACER system. But PacerPro is more than just lipstick on a pig. It actually improves on the federal site through features such as real-time universal search, aggregated search results and one-click downloads of entire dockets. To achieve real-time universal search, PacerPro bypasses PACER's Case Locator. Instead, it logs in directly to all 214 court sites. Whereas the Case Locator will not find same-day data, PacerPro will. Search PacerPro by party...
March 22, 2014
PacerPro provides a clean, modern interface to the PACER system. But PacerPro is more than just lipstick on a pig. It actually improves on the federal site through features such as real-time universal search, aggregated search results and one-click downloads of entire dockets. To achieve real-time universal search, PacerPro bypasses PACER's Case Locator. Instead, it logs in directly to all 214 court sites. Whereas the Case Locator will not find same-day data, PacerPro will. Search PacerPro by party...
