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Global Patent Map Reveals the Structure of Technological Progress
September 10, 2013
Global Patent Map Reveals the Structure of Technological Progress Navigating the web in the early 90s was never an easy business. The complaint echoed from one user to the next was that it was next to impossible to find anything. That began to change in the mid-90s thanks to the evolution of search companies such as Yahoo. But even the early incarnations of search were difficult to use. Yahoo is a good example. Its earliest search tool was a directory that categorised webpages according to a predetermined...
September 10, 2013
Global Patent Map Reveals the Structure of Technological Progress Navigating the web in the early 90s was never an easy business. The complaint echoed from one user to the next was that it was next to impossible to find anything. That began to change in the mid-90s thanks to the evolution of search companies such as Yahoo. But even the early incarnations of search were difficult to use. Yahoo is a good example. Its earliest search tool was a directory that categorised webpages according to a predetermined...
A Brief History of Cloud Computing
September 9, 2013
Believe it or not, “cloud computing” concepts date back to the 1950s when large-scale mainframes were made available to schools and corporations. The mainframe’s colossal hardware infrastructure was installed in what could literally be called a “server room” (since the room would generally only be able to hold a single mainframe), and multiple users were able to access the mainframe via “dumb terminals” – stations whose sole function was to facilitate access to the mainframes. Due to the cost...
September 9, 2013
Believe it or not, “cloud computing” concepts date back to the 1950s when large-scale mainframes were made available to schools and corporations. The mainframe’s colossal hardware infrastructure was installed in what could literally be called a “server room” (since the room would generally only be able to hold a single mainframe), and multiple users were able to access the mainframe via “dumb terminals” – stations whose sole function was to facilitate access to the mainframes. Due to the cost...
Comparing Firm Billing Rates by Practice, City, Size
September 8, 2013
For in-house counsel who want to do some comparison shopping on law firm billing rates, a new analysis from TyMetrix Legal...
September 8, 2013
For in-house counsel who want to do some comparison shopping on law firm billing rates, a new analysis from TyMetrix Legal...
Social Networking Abuse and Its Impact on Family Law Practice
September 8, 2013
Technology used in the context of separation and divorce is not always of the facilitating variety. To the contrary, family court judges and lawyers frequently observe how that same technology is used as a weapon -- either to gain an advantage in litigation or to intimidate or harass an opponent, writes commentator Mark A. Momjian.
September 8, 2013
Technology used in the context of separation and divorce is not always of the facilitating variety. To the contrary, family court judges and lawyers frequently observe how that same technology is used as a weapon -- either to gain an advantage in litigation or to intimidate or harass an opponent, writes commentator Mark A. Momjian.
For Paid Legal Research, WestlawNext is Most Popular, ABA Survey Says
September 7, 2013
Legal professionals have lots of options for fee-based legal research services these days, but the most popular among them all is WestlawNext, according to the latest ABA Legal Technology Survey Report. Of all lawyers who use fee-based online legal research services, 28 percent say the one they use most often is WestlawNext. And as if that wasn’t market share enough for Thomson Reuters, lawyers’ second choice is Westlaw, the “classic” version of the service that predated the 2010 launch...
September 7, 2013
Legal professionals have lots of options for fee-based legal research services these days, but the most popular among them all is WestlawNext, according to the latest ABA Legal Technology Survey Report. Of all lawyers who use fee-based online legal research services, 28 percent say the one they use most often is WestlawNext. And as if that wasn’t market share enough for Thomson Reuters, lawyers’ second choice is Westlaw, the “classic” version of the service that predated the 2010 launch...
Martindale-Hubbell, Internet Brands to Deliver Marketing Services for Lawyers
September 7, 2013
LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell and Internet Brands today announced a joint venture to market legal services. MH offers marketing...
September 7, 2013
LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell and Internet Brands today announced a joint venture to market legal services. MH offers marketing...
Mass. Moves to Require Technology Competence for Lawyers
September 7, 2013
For a geek like me, it was big news last August when the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates voted to amend the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to make clear that lawyers have a duty to be competent in technology. Specifically, the ABA voted to amend the comment to Model Rule 1.1, governing lawyer competence, to say that, in addition to keeping abreast of changes in the law and its practice, a lawyer should keep abreast of “the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.”...
September 7, 2013
For a geek like me, it was big news last August when the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates voted to amend the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to make clear that lawyers have a duty to be competent in technology. Specifically, the ABA voted to amend the comment to Model Rule 1.1, governing lawyer competence, to say that, in addition to keeping abreast of changes in the law and its practice, a lawyer should keep abreast of “the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.”...
New Details on ALM’s Digital Memberships
September 4, 2013
I noted last week that legal publisher ALM – parent to Law.com, The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, Law...
September 4, 2013
I noted last week that legal publisher ALM – parent to Law.com, The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, Law...
Tech Skills Are The Key To Law Students’ Future Employment, Says ‘13 Legal Rebel Dan Katz
September 4, 2013
Law professor Daniel Martin Katz is betting the pot–his future and those of his students–on a radical model of legal training and job placement. Katz's ReInvent Law Laboratory, which he co-founded and co-directs with fellow Michigan State University College of Law professor Renee Newman Knake, aims to prepare students and practicing lawyers for what the face of law will become as traditional delivery models stagnate and legal technology startups and alternative service providers continue to expand. "The...
September 4, 2013
Law professor Daniel Martin Katz is betting the pot–his future and those of his students–on a radical model of legal training and job placement. Katz's ReInvent Law Laboratory, which he co-founded and co-directs with fellow Michigan State University College of Law professor Renee Newman Knake, aims to prepare students and practicing lawyers for what the face of law will become as traditional delivery models stagnate and legal technology startups and alternative service providers continue to expand. "The...
A&O’s Morley On The Future of Legal Services: Reinvent or Disappear
September 4, 2013
Allen & Overy (A&O) senior partner David Morley says the world’s top firms will need to reinvent themselves...
September 4, 2013
Allen & Overy (A&O) senior partner David Morley says the world’s top firms will need to reinvent themselves...
