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65% of All Email Gets Opened First on a Mobile Device
February 8, 2014
While composing email on mobile phones is still a tricky mire of text prediction and flawed virtual keyboards, email reading is quickly shifting away from the desktop. According to data from the US Consumer Device Preference Report: Q4 2013 from Movable Ink, way more than half of all email — a full 65 percent — is now being accessed via mobile devices in the U.S. That’s up relatively steeply from just 61 percent for the third quarter of 2013. Of the 65 percent of email that gets...
February 8, 2014
While composing email on mobile phones is still a tricky mire of text prediction and flawed virtual keyboards, email reading is quickly shifting away from the desktop. According to data from the US Consumer Device Preference Report: Q4 2013 from Movable Ink, way more than half of all email — a full 65 percent — is now being accessed via mobile devices in the U.S. That’s up relatively steeply from just 61 percent for the third quarter of 2013. Of the 65 percent of email that gets...
LexRedux | The Why, Who, and How
February 8, 2014
“LexRedux is an event for the bold, the courageous, and for those that DO rather than just talk. Is it exclusive? You bet it is. Each...
February 8, 2014
“LexRedux is an event for the bold, the courageous, and for those that DO rather than just talk. Is it exclusive? You bet it is. Each...
February 8, 2014
55Josh King @joshuamking 11h Official footage of @scottgreenfield at #reinventlaw. Note the name tag. pic.twitter.com/N5wMsIkQqT Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More Retweeted by Scott Greenfield and 1 other 50Right Brain Law @rightbrainlaw 12h My favorite picture from #reinventlaw today. Stoked that @ScottGreenfield showed up! pic.twitter.com/eIMz2j4izO Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More Favorited...
Make Passwords More Secure Than House Keys
February 8, 2014
Take a moment and reach into your pocket, or wherever you keep your keys, and take a close look at your front door key. Unless you are a locksmith, a burglar, or a hacker you have probably never given that key much thought. You place the key in the lock, turn it, and the door opens! Engineering at its most elegant and deceptive simplicity—it just plain works. Hold the key so you can see the peaks and valleys. Reminiscent of an Alpine horizon, these notches are what enable the key to line up a set of tumblers...
February 8, 2014
Take a moment and reach into your pocket, or wherever you keep your keys, and take a close look at your front door key. Unless you are a locksmith, a burglar, or a hacker you have probably never given that key much thought. You place the key in the lock, turn it, and the door opens! Engineering at its most elegant and deceptive simplicity—it just plain works. Hold the key so you can see the peaks and valleys. Reminiscent of an Alpine horizon, these notches are what enable the key to line up a set of tumblers...
Secular Stagnation – Tech’s Potential Role
February 8, 2014
I agree with Becker that the candidates that he discusses for retarding U.S. economic growth in coming years, such as a technological slowdown or reduced private investment, are implausible; also that there are useful reforms, notably tax reform, that can stimulate economic growth. But like Larry Summers, whose recent paper “The 2013 Martin Feldstein Lecture: Economic Possibilities for Our Children,” NBER Reporter, 2013, no. 4, www.nber.org/reporter, has influenced my thinking, there’s a risk,...
February 8, 2014
I agree with Becker that the candidates that he discusses for retarding U.S. economic growth in coming years, such as a technological slowdown or reduced private investment, are implausible; also that there are useful reforms, notably tax reform, that can stimulate economic growth. But like Larry Summers, whose recent paper “The 2013 Martin Feldstein Lecture: Economic Possibilities for Our Children,” NBER Reporter, 2013, no. 4, www.nber.org/reporter, has influenced my thinking, there’s a risk,...
Fielding a ‘Moneyball’ Compliance Program
February 7, 2014
“There are rich teams, and there are poor teams. Then there's 50 feet of crap. And then there's us.” - Brad Pitt, as Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, in “Moneyball” All compliance professionals, even those who have never even seen a baseball game, can learn something from the 2011 Brad Pitt film “Moneyball”—the true story about how in 2002 the struggling Oakland Athletics team made more with less. And won. A lot. You have to actually see the movie or, even better,...
February 7, 2014
“There are rich teams, and there are poor teams. Then there's 50 feet of crap. And then there's us.” - Brad Pitt, as Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, in “Moneyball” All compliance professionals, even those who have never even seen a baseball game, can learn something from the 2011 Brad Pitt film “Moneyball”—the true story about how in 2002 the struggling Oakland Athletics team made more with less. And won. A lot. You have to actually see the movie or, even better,...
Other Structural Aspects of Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements—Will the Arbitration be Administered or Ad Hoc?
February 7, 2014
The last two segments of this Small Business B-2-B Arbitration series have focused on certain key structural aspects of pre-dispute arbitration agreements. Perhaps some might think that an examination of even the most basic structural components of arbitration agreements is too much information for a business person, but most successful business people know about all relevant aspects of the contracts they negotiate, not just the basic structural components of those contracts (e.g., price and performance...
February 7, 2014
The last two segments of this Small Business B-2-B Arbitration series have focused on certain key structural aspects of pre-dispute arbitration agreements. Perhaps some might think that an examination of even the most basic structural components of arbitration agreements is too much information for a business person, but most successful business people know about all relevant aspects of the contracts they negotiate, not just the basic structural components of those contracts (e.g., price and performance...
Don’t Stop The Fighting
February 7, 2014
Fighting is a deep instinct. We mediators need to remember that. I fear that too many mediators are not comfortable with it. That can result in an effort to “neuter” discussions, for example by insisting on “politeness” in the exchanges. Parties with intense grievances often do not want a polite discussion. They want the full force of their views, feelings, and angst to be heard – at minimum. Yes, we have a responsibility to try to keep the process on track, but not at the expense of depriving...
February 7, 2014
Fighting is a deep instinct. We mediators need to remember that. I fear that too many mediators are not comfortable with it. That can result in an effort to “neuter” discussions, for example by insisting on “politeness” in the exchanges. Parties with intense grievances often do not want a polite discussion. They want the full force of their views, feelings, and angst to be heard – at minimum. Yes, we have a responsibility to try to keep the process on track, but not at the expense of depriving...
‘Brain Olympics for Lawyers’ Kicking Off at ReInvent Law NYC Conference
February 7, 2014
When Michigan State University College of Law professors and Daniel Katz and Renee Newman Knake held the inaugural ReInvent Law conference last year, they chose Silicon Valley as their venue of choice, because they wanted to focus on innovative tech startups and how they were changing the face of the legal industry. They then held events in Dubai and London. Now, ReInvent Law has come to New York City. On Friday, the ABA Journal, alongside Michigan State University College of Law and the Kauffman...
February 7, 2014
When Michigan State University College of Law professors and Daniel Katz and Renee Newman Knake held the inaugural ReInvent Law conference last year, they chose Silicon Valley as their venue of choice, because they wanted to focus on innovative tech startups and how they were changing the face of the legal industry. They then held events in Dubai and London. Now, ReInvent Law has come to New York City. On Friday, the ABA Journal, alongside Michigan State University College of Law and the Kauffman...
How Analytics Can Vastly Improve the Negotiation Process
February 7, 2014
Data plays a role in everything. And as we as a society collect more and more data, the ability to parse through it effectively...
February 7, 2014
Data plays a role in everything. And as we as a society collect more and more data, the ability to parse through it effectively...
