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T-Mobile Really Is The Fastest Network Now
November 23, 2017
T-Mobile expands LTE Advanced network to 920 markets. If you have a late model phone, it is likely that your phone is compatible with LTE Advanced, which is light years ahead of the current network speeds, and is now wherever you are likely to be. My 2 year old Nexus 6P, running the latest beta version of Android, 8.1, is compatible, and I now have the best OS and the fastest network on my phone. T-Mobile has an app that will tell you if your phone is compatible; but, the fact is that Verizon and AT&T...
November 23, 2017
T-Mobile expands LTE Advanced network to 920 markets. If you have a late model phone, it is likely that your phone is compatible with LTE Advanced, which is light years ahead of the current network speeds, and is now wherever you are likely to be. My 2 year old Nexus 6P, running the latest beta version of Android, 8.1, is compatible, and I now have the best OS and the fastest network on my phone. T-Mobile has an app that will tell you if your phone is compatible; but, the fact is that Verizon and AT&T...
Google Cloud Strategic Partnership with Salesforce
November 18, 2017
Our partners are incredibly important in helping our customers maximize the value of their cloud investments. Today, we’re announcing a...
November 18, 2017
Our partners are incredibly important in helping our customers maximize the value of their cloud investments. Today, we’re announcing a...
How Does A Lawyer Get and Stay Competent in Technology?
November 17, 2017
I’ve written any number of posts about the duty of technology competence under ABA Model Rule 1.1, Comment 8, and I’ve been tracking its adoption by the states. But one aspect of this duty that does not get as much attention is how lawyers can get and remain technologically competent. There have been several developments on this front, including news over the past week of two more initiatives that should further promote technology competence among legal professionals. One is online training...
November 17, 2017
I’ve written any number of posts about the duty of technology competence under ABA Model Rule 1.1, Comment 8, and I’ve been tracking its adoption by the states. But one aspect of this duty that does not get as much attention is how lawyers can get and remain technologically competent. There have been several developments on this front, including news over the past week of two more initiatives that should further promote technology competence among legal professionals. One is online training...
Susskind’s AI Bet: Too Far or Not Far Enough?
November 4, 2017
“I think that a lot of it is AI is the shiny new toy, so everybody’s is focused on it. There’s lot of sensationalism. Most people don’t even know what AI is, much less what it can do,” said Cohen, who is also a fellow at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law and has worked as a civil trial lawyer and managing partner at Finley Kumble. “I don’t think AI is going to replace lawyers wholesale. Will it perform certain high volume, relatively low value functions that lawyers...
November 4, 2017
“I think that a lot of it is AI is the shiny new toy, so everybody’s is focused on it. There’s lot of sensationalism. Most people don’t even know what AI is, much less what it can do,” said Cohen, who is also a fellow at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law and has worked as a civil trial lawyer and managing partner at Finley Kumble. “I don’t think AI is going to replace lawyers wholesale. Will it perform certain high volume, relatively low value functions that lawyers...
Aerial Imaging, Machine Learning Speed Hurricane-Related Damage Assessments
October 27, 2017
In the wake of three devastating hurricanes this season, many carriers and vendors used drones and airplanes to assess structural storm damage in several states. The use of aerial imaging combined with machine learning has led to speedier claims resolution, according to industry experts. A recent KPMG survey of more than 300 senior insurance executives addressing the recent hurricane impact, said the two biggest challenges facing insurers, are the difficulties in assessing property damage, as well...
October 27, 2017
In the wake of three devastating hurricanes this season, many carriers and vendors used drones and airplanes to assess structural storm damage in several states. The use of aerial imaging combined with machine learning has led to speedier claims resolution, according to industry experts. A recent KPMG survey of more than 300 senior insurance executives addressing the recent hurricane impact, said the two biggest challenges facing insurers, are the difficulties in assessing property damage, as well...
Can Arbitration Solve Tech Sector’s Litigation Cost Concerns?
October 27, 2017
A recent report identifies budgeting and time as major concerns for tech companies during litigation. Arbitration is an answer, says the report, but pros and cons exist for both dispute resolution mechanisms. A new report from the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) and the Global Technology Dispute Resolution Council documented some of the technology sector’s biggest concerns about litigation and how they may be potentially addressed through arbitration. Sixty-four percent...
October 27, 2017
A recent report identifies budgeting and time as major concerns for tech companies during litigation. Arbitration is an answer, says the report, but pros and cons exist for both dispute resolution mechanisms. A new report from the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) and the Global Technology Dispute Resolution Council documented some of the technology sector’s biggest concerns about litigation and how they may be potentially addressed through arbitration. Sixty-four percent...
Appellate Court Refuses to Order Uber-Waymo Dispute to Arbitration
October 24, 2017
A federal appellate court has affirmed a lower court’s order denying a motion to compel arbitration in a dispute between Uber Technologies and Google Corporation’s self-driving car spin-off, Waymo LLC. In the case, Waymo filed a trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and patent infringement lawsuit against Uber and several other corporate entities in the Northern District of California. According to Waymo, the company’s former employee, Anthony Levandowski, stole numerous...
October 24, 2017
A federal appellate court has affirmed a lower court’s order denying a motion to compel arbitration in a dispute between Uber Technologies and Google Corporation’s self-driving car spin-off, Waymo LLC. In the case, Waymo filed a trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and patent infringement lawsuit against Uber and several other corporate entities in the Northern District of California. According to Waymo, the company’s former employee, Anthony Levandowski, stole numerous...
No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job
October 22, 2017
The recovery from the crisis of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in postwar history has so little growth created so many jobs. The unemployment rate in the developed world is down to 5.5 percent and approaching a 40-year low. This flies in the face of all the dire warnings about a “jobless future.” The pessimist’s basic mistake is to focus too much on what is lost to competition and technology, and too little on what is gained. Over the past 25 years, as McKinsey...
October 22, 2017
The recovery from the crisis of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in postwar history has so little growth created so many jobs. The unemployment rate in the developed world is down to 5.5 percent and approaching a 40-year low. This flies in the face of all the dire warnings about a “jobless future.” The pessimist’s basic mistake is to focus too much on what is lost to competition and technology, and too little on what is gained. Over the past 25 years, as McKinsey...
More than 70% of US fears robots taking over our lives, survey finds
October 21, 2017
Silicon Valley celebrates artificial intelligence and robotics as fields that have the power to improve people’s lives, through inventions like driverless cars and robot carers for the elderly. That message isn’t getting through to the rest of the country, where more than 70% of Americans express wariness or concern about a world where machines perform many of the tasks done by humans, according to Pew Research. A slim majority of Americans (54%) express more worry than enthusiasm...
October 21, 2017
Silicon Valley celebrates artificial intelligence and robotics as fields that have the power to improve people’s lives, through inventions like driverless cars and robot carers for the elderly. That message isn’t getting through to the rest of the country, where more than 70% of Americans express wariness or concern about a world where machines perform many of the tasks done by humans, according to Pew Research. A slim majority of Americans (54%) express more worry than enthusiasm...
Negotiation Via Videoconferencing
October 13, 2017
Professor Noam Ebner, Creighton University School of Law, has written a book chapter titled, “Negotiation Via Videoconferencing,” in Honeyman, C. & Schneider, A.K. (eds.) The Negotiator’s Desk Reference. St Paul: DRI Press, Forthcoming. In his book chapter, Professor Ebner examines a variety of considerations related to engaging in negotiations using video conferencing technology. Here is the abstract: This chapter addresses a tool which has crept up on negotiators. Videoconferencing...
October 13, 2017
Professor Noam Ebner, Creighton University School of Law, has written a book chapter titled, “Negotiation Via Videoconferencing,” in Honeyman, C. & Schneider, A.K. (eds.) The Negotiator’s Desk Reference. St Paul: DRI Press, Forthcoming. In his book chapter, Professor Ebner examines a variety of considerations related to engaging in negotiations using video conferencing technology. Here is the abstract: This chapter addresses a tool which has crept up on negotiators. Videoconferencing...
