Technology
Do You Want to Be Facebook Friends or Do You Want to Serve Me?
October 26, 2013
In Reed Smith's Global Regulatory Blog this week, Cynthia O'Donoghue breaks down a Michigan state court decision earlier this year where the judge permitted service via Facebook message. O'Donoghue tells us that in this case, the foreign defendant, a website operator, did not have a valid registered address listed on their website. The plaintiffs filed a motion for substituted service and demonstrated to the judge that the email address listed on the defendant's domain registration was accepting...
October 26, 2013
In Reed Smith's Global Regulatory Blog this week, Cynthia O'Donoghue breaks down a Michigan state court decision earlier this year where the judge permitted service via Facebook message. O'Donoghue tells us that in this case, the foreign defendant, a website operator, did not have a valid registered address listed on their website. The plaintiffs filed a motion for substituted service and demonstrated to the judge that the email address listed on the defendant's domain registration was accepting...
Why Lawyers Will Love the iPad Air and the iPad Mini with Retina Display
October 25, 2013
How do you improve a product that is already great? One approach is to add new features. For example, Apple improved upon the iPhone 4 by adding Siri to the iPhone 4s, then added a larger screen to the iPhone 5, and then added the fingerprint scanner in the iPhone 5s. New features are nice because they stick out; they provide an easy answer to the question "why should I upgrade?" Another approach is to simply make the overall experience better — an approach that lacks a sound bite, but can result...
October 25, 2013
How do you improve a product that is already great? One approach is to add new features. For example, Apple improved upon the iPhone 4 by adding Siri to the iPhone 4s, then added a larger screen to the iPhone 5, and then added the fingerprint scanner in the iPhone 5s. New features are nice because they stick out; they provide an easy answer to the question "why should I upgrade?" Another approach is to simply make the overall experience better — an approach that lacks a sound bite, but can result...
Big Data: Big Deal or Big Win?
October 25, 2013
Big Data for Law Departments Most law practices are by nature reactive. The in-house counsel don’t know in advance what products liability suits will be filed or what transactions management will pursue, so the lawyers stand ready to tackle whatever might come their way. But some in-house counsel are looking into the business itself for leading indicators. One in-house lawyer I recently interviewed reviews production quality control data with manufacturing line managers in order to better understand...
October 25, 2013
Big Data for Law Departments Most law practices are by nature reactive. The in-house counsel don’t know in advance what products liability suits will be filed or what transactions management will pursue, so the lawyers stand ready to tackle whatever might come their way. But some in-house counsel are looking into the business itself for leading indicators. One in-house lawyer I recently interviewed reviews production quality control data with manufacturing line managers in order to better understand...
SEC Introduces, Unanimously Approves Crowdfunding Proposals
October 23, 2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday formally proposed new rules that would allow entrepreneurs to raise capital from anyone in the country through online investment portals.The new rules, which were approved unanimously by the five-member commission and now enter a three-month comment period, would give companies the green light to start widely selling securities through what are known as crowdfunding portals. Right now, entrepreneurs can offer equity deals through the marketplaces...
October 23, 2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday formally proposed new rules that would allow entrepreneurs to raise capital from anyone in the country through online investment portals.The new rules, which were approved unanimously by the five-member commission and now enter a three-month comment period, would give companies the green light to start widely selling securities through what are known as crowdfunding portals. Right now, entrepreneurs can offer equity deals through the marketplaces...
Smartphone Kill Switch Campaign Gathers Momentum
October 23, 2013
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reiterated, on Monday, his commitment to pressuring smartphone manufacturers to install kill switches that can remotely disable smartphones in an effort to make them worthless to thieves and black market smartphone resellers. Standing alongside New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio at a press conference in the New York Attorney General's office in New York City, Schneiderman stated, in no uncertain terms, that adopting an industry-wide kill...
October 23, 2013
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reiterated, on Monday, his commitment to pressuring smartphone manufacturers to install kill switches that can remotely disable smartphones in an effort to make them worthless to thieves and black market smartphone resellers. Standing alongside New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio at a press conference in the New York Attorney General's office in New York City, Schneiderman stated, in no uncertain terms, that adopting an industry-wide kill...
Is it Time for Human Analytics in Document Review?
October 22, 2013
Document review often accounts for 60 percent or more of the cost of litigation. And although the size and nature of document reviews can vary, the basic goal is to identify documents that meet predefined criteria as specified in a document request. That said, document review needn’t be just a “cost of doing business” in discovery; instead, a well-devised and managed review can be a tool that furthers case strategy. Good processes, training, team management, and the right mix of people and technology...
October 22, 2013
Document review often accounts for 60 percent or more of the cost of litigation. And although the size and nature of document reviews can vary, the basic goal is to identify documents that meet predefined criteria as specified in a document request. That said, document review needn’t be just a “cost of doing business” in discovery; instead, a well-devised and managed review can be a tool that furthers case strategy. Good processes, training, team management, and the right mix of people and technology...
Visualizing Big Data in Milliseconds on Cheap Computers
October 22, 2013
New database technology speeds up visualizations by as much as 70 times on ordinary computers.
October 22, 2013
New database technology speeds up visualizations by as much as 70 times on ordinary computers.
Heads Up! Here Comes Google Glass
October 22, 2013
Google Glass is a key technology in the Internet services giant's plan to break data away from computers and portable devices, such as phones and tablets, and place information directly in front of users' eyes. Comprising a camera, microphone, display, touch-pad, and battery, all integrated into spectacle frames, Google Glass aims to help users view and share information, conduct searches, record video, and take pictures on the go. Months before the product's release (likely in the first half...
October 22, 2013
Google Glass is a key technology in the Internet services giant's plan to break data away from computers and portable devices, such as phones and tablets, and place information directly in front of users' eyes. Comprising a camera, microphone, display, touch-pad, and battery, all integrated into spectacle frames, Google Glass aims to help users view and share information, conduct searches, record video, and take pictures on the go. Months before the product's release (likely in the first half...
Backward, Forward Book Review: Richard Susskind, Soothsayer
October 21, 2013
Present day commentators, as a rule, have nothing but wonderful things to say about U.K.-based Richard Susskind, whose most recent book is Tomorrow’s Lawyers. We thought it would be fun to take a look backward at Susskind’s earliest book, The Future of Law (1998 – revised in paperback from the 1995 edition). We do so fondly — his predictions were made a long time ago — and we ourselves have eaten so much liberally-salted crow pie with respect to our own predictions that we have practically...
October 21, 2013
Present day commentators, as a rule, have nothing but wonderful things to say about U.K.-based Richard Susskind, whose most recent book is Tomorrow’s Lawyers. We thought it would be fun to take a look backward at Susskind’s earliest book, The Future of Law (1998 – revised in paperback from the 1995 edition). We do so fondly — his predictions were made a long time ago — and we ourselves have eaten so much liberally-salted crow pie with respect to our own predictions that we have practically...
New iPads to be Revealed on Oct. 22
October 20, 2013
Yesterday, Apple announced that it will make an announcement at an event on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Apple did not say what it would announce, but it is widely expected that this is the date on which Apple will reveal the 2013 models of the iPad and iPad mini. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple also used this event to make other iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac announcements (such as more information on the next version of OS X for the Mac and the upcoming and newly designed Mac Pro).
October 20, 2013
Yesterday, Apple announced that it will make an announcement at an event on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Apple did not say what it would announce, but it is widely expected that this is the date on which Apple will reveal the 2013 models of the iPad and iPad mini. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple also used this event to make other iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac announcements (such as more information on the next version of OS X for the Mac and the upcoming and newly designed Mac Pro).
