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‘Context,’ Launching Today from LexisNexis, Applies Unique Analytics to Judges and Expert Witnesses
December 3, 2018
A legal analytics product being launched today by LexisNexis does something no other analytics product does: It analyzes...
December 3, 2018
A legal analytics product being launched today by LexisNexis does something no other analytics product does: It analyzes...
When will the cord be cut in legal publishing?
December 2, 2018
Market shifting caused some of the problem, but ESPN management’s refusal to listen was the real problem. ESPN execs often tried to shoot the messengers instead of listening to the message. And once the damage was done, ESPN decided to fire hundreds of longstanding sports journalists and support personnel… Common sense dictates that sooner or later, legal content creators (the true publishers) are going to take control of their digital publishing. They are going to cut the cord. Sure,...
December 2, 2018
Market shifting caused some of the problem, but ESPN management’s refusal to listen was the real problem. ESPN execs often tried to shoot the messengers instead of listening to the message. And once the damage was done, ESPN decided to fire hundreds of longstanding sports journalists and support personnel… Common sense dictates that sooner or later, legal content creators (the true publishers) are going to take control of their digital publishing. They are going to cut the cord. Sure,...
LinkedIn is Becoming More Like Facebook
November 24, 2018
No question that LinkedIn’s social algorithms are improving. Having the right stuff from the right people land in front of us at the right time is no accident. Neither is the feeling we get to engage in this community discussion. LinkedIn’s social algorithms are no where near as good as Facebook’s, but the fact they are driving participation and engagement is great to see. Know that you get what you put into social media, especially when it comes to making the social algorithms work for you. Liberally...
November 24, 2018
No question that LinkedIn’s social algorithms are improving. Having the right stuff from the right people land in front of us at the right time is no accident. Neither is the feeling we get to engage in this community discussion. LinkedIn’s social algorithms are no where near as good as Facebook’s, but the fact they are driving participation and engagement is great to see. Know that you get what you put into social media, especially when it comes to making the social algorithms work for you. Liberally...
Legal Tech Entrepreneur and Blogger Ivy Grey Joins WordRake
November 24, 2018
Ivy B. Grey, a well-known legal technology entrepreneur and blogger, has joined legal-editing software company WordRake as director of business strategy, the company is announcing today. Grey will be responsible for helping to accelerate WordRake’s growth and further develop the software. “Lawyers in thousands of law firms rely on WordRake for clear and concise writing, and they regard fellow lawyer Ivy Grey as a proofreading and editing expert who understands their writing challenges...
November 24, 2018
Ivy B. Grey, a well-known legal technology entrepreneur and blogger, has joined legal-editing software company WordRake as director of business strategy, the company is announcing today. Grey will be responsible for helping to accelerate WordRake’s growth and further develop the software. “Lawyers in thousands of law firms rely on WordRake for clear and concise writing, and they regard fellow lawyer Ivy Grey as a proofreading and editing expert who understands their writing challenges...
Diffusion of Legal Innovations: The Case of Israeli Class Actions
November 16, 2018
Under the standard model in law and economics, agents maximize expected profit subject to constraints set by legal rules. In such a model, the expected reaction to legal innovations is immediate. However, this is not what we observe after class actions have been introduced into Israeli law. For a long time, the new procedure was rarely utilized. Then, the adoption process gained momentum. We discuss alternative explanations for this phenomenon. We find that class action filings are explained not only...
November 16, 2018
Under the standard model in law and economics, agents maximize expected profit subject to constraints set by legal rules. In such a model, the expected reaction to legal innovations is immediate. However, this is not what we observe after class actions have been introduced into Israeli law. For a long time, the new procedure was rarely utilized. Then, the adoption process gained momentum. We discuss alternative explanations for this phenomenon. We find that class action filings are explained not only...
Bloomberg Law Debuts New Attorney Analytics Tool to Better Evaluate Outside Counsel
November 7, 2018
The new Attorney Analytics tool will provide stats on over 100,000 lawyers, from companies and cases they’ve represented...
November 7, 2018
The new Attorney Analytics tool will provide stats on over 100,000 lawyers, from companies and cases they’ve represented...
Maybe Artificial Intelligence is for real since MIT commits $1 billion for a new college!
November 1, 2018
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) News announced the “…initiative marks the single largest investment in computing and AI by an American academic institution, and will help position the United States to lead the world in preparing for the rapid evolution of computing and AI.” The October 15, 2018 news release entitled “MIT reshapes itself to shape the future” includes these comments about the new Stephen A. Schwarzman (co-founder of Blackstone) College of Computing which will...
November 1, 2018
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) News announced the “…initiative marks the single largest investment in computing and AI by an American academic institution, and will help position the United States to lead the world in preparing for the rapid evolution of computing and AI.” The October 15, 2018 news release entitled “MIT reshapes itself to shape the future” includes these comments about the new Stephen A. Schwarzman (co-founder of Blackstone) College of Computing which will...
Adobe Releases Major Updates to Acrobat DC
October 7, 2018
Adobe today announced a number of enhancements to its Adobe Document Cloud intended to enhance collaboration around PDF documents,...
October 7, 2018
Adobe today announced a number of enhancements to its Adobe Document Cloud intended to enhance collaboration around PDF documents,...
Legal Sector Loses 1500 Jobs in August
September 23, 2018
That's what the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found in its August 2018 jobs report. It reflects the second straight month of declines in legal sector jobs (here). For purposes of tallying the total number of legal sector jobs, the BLS includes paralegals, legal secretaries and similar positions such as limited license legal technicians in its calculations. The American Lawyer has more details about this month's BLS report and what it suggests about larger trends in the job marketplace here.
September 23, 2018
That's what the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found in its August 2018 jobs report. It reflects the second straight month of declines in legal sector jobs (here). For purposes of tallying the total number of legal sector jobs, the BLS includes paralegals, legal secretaries and similar positions such as limited license legal technicians in its calculations. The American Lawyer has more details about this month's BLS report and what it suggests about larger trends in the job marketplace here.
Notice Provisions for Texas Lawyers
September 23, 2018
For some time Texas has been a hot market for lawyers. Big firms from other parts of the country who want to shop here not surprisingly will hire lawyers from other big firms that are already here. Many of the partners in these firms have notice provisions in their partnership agreements that require them to provide notice to their firm of their departure. A recent Texas Lawyer article highlighted the issue: Shearman & Sterling, which moved into Texas in March in Austin, didn’t open...
September 23, 2018
For some time Texas has been a hot market for lawyers. Big firms from other parts of the country who want to shop here not surprisingly will hire lawyers from other big firms that are already here. Many of the partners in these firms have notice provisions in their partnership agreements that require them to provide notice to their firm of their departure. A recent Texas Lawyer article highlighted the issue: Shearman & Sterling, which moved into Texas in March in Austin, didn’t open...
