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Private Equity Firm Buys Intuit for $1 Billion
July 8, 2013
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has struck a deal to acquire Intuit Financial Services, an Intuit Inc. unit that provides...
July 8, 2013
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has struck a deal to acquire Intuit Financial Services, an Intuit Inc. unit that provides...
Negotiation Law Blog Lives On and On and On at The Library Of Congress
July 8, 2013
The LOC describes this archive as a “selective collection of authoritative sites” associated with law schools, research institutes, think tanks, and other expertise-based organizations. “These blogs contain journal-style entries, articles and essays, discussions, and comments on emerging legal issues, national and international,” the LOC says. No matter the fact that the joy of blogging is in the . . . . blogging, it's gratifying to be recognized as having contributed something valuable...
July 8, 2013
The LOC describes this archive as a “selective collection of authoritative sites” associated with law schools, research institutes, think tanks, and other expertise-based organizations. “These blogs contain journal-style entries, articles and essays, discussions, and comments on emerging legal issues, national and international,” the LOC says. No matter the fact that the joy of blogging is in the . . . . blogging, it's gratifying to be recognized as having contributed something valuable...
A Lawyer Reviews Microsoft Word for iPhone Plus 125 More Must-Reads
July 7, 2013
Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 126 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week. Getting More From Social Media Requires Breaking the Rules Review: Belkin Ultimate Keyboard Case Why Hourly Billing Kills the Art of Lawyering 50 Simple Ways to Market Your Law Firm Congratulations to Jeff Richardson of iPhone J.D. on winning ourBlawgWorld...
July 7, 2013
Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 126 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week. Getting More From Social Media Requires Breaking the Rules Review: Belkin Ultimate Keyboard Case Why Hourly Billing Kills the Art of Lawyering 50 Simple Ways to Market Your Law Firm Congratulations to Jeff Richardson of iPhone J.D. on winning ourBlawgWorld...
A Social Network Custom Made for Customers of Thomson Reuters Elite
July 7, 2013
Thomson Reuters announced something last week that I cannot think of any other vendor having done in the legal industry – the launch...
July 7, 2013
Thomson Reuters announced something last week that I cannot think of any other vendor having done in the legal industry – the launch...
Can Government Play Moneyball?
July 7, 2013
Based on our rough calculations, less than $1 out of every $100 of government spending is backed by even the most basic evidence that the money is being spent wisely. As former officials in the administrations of Barack Obama (Peter Orszag) and George W. Bush (John Bridgeland), we were flabbergasted by how blindly the federal government spends. In other types of American enterprise, spending decisions are usually quite sophisticated, and are rapidly becoming more so: baseball’s transformation...
July 7, 2013
Based on our rough calculations, less than $1 out of every $100 of government spending is backed by even the most basic evidence that the money is being spent wisely. As former officials in the administrations of Barack Obama (Peter Orszag) and George W. Bush (John Bridgeland), we were flabbergasted by how blindly the federal government spends. In other types of American enterprise, spending decisions are usually quite sophisticated, and are rapidly becoming more so: baseball’s transformation...
56% of People Use Social Media When Looking for Attorney
July 6, 2013
Pursuant to a recent survey by The Research Intelligence Group, 56% of consumers (72% of minorities) who looked for an attorney...
July 6, 2013
Pursuant to a recent survey by The Research Intelligence Group, 56% of consumers (72% of minorities) who looked for an attorney...
Review: TripIt — Manage Flights, Hotels, and Other Travel on Your iPhone and iPad
July 6, 2013
The other day I was talking to a group of attoneys about some of the most useful apps on my iPhone and I mentioned TripIt. Soon thereafter, I realized that I've never posted a review of TripIt on iPhone J.D. This review is long overdue because TripIt has long been one of my favorite apps on my iPhone. The TripIt app is free (as noted below there is also a $0.99 version) but to use it you need to sign up for an account. The TripIt website offers both a free account and a $49/year TripIt...
July 6, 2013
The other day I was talking to a group of attoneys about some of the most useful apps on my iPhone and I mentioned TripIt. Soon thereafter, I realized that I've never posted a review of TripIt on iPhone J.D. This review is long overdue because TripIt has long been one of my favorite apps on my iPhone. The TripIt app is free (as noted below there is also a $0.99 version) but to use it you need to sign up for an account. The TripIt website offers both a free account and a $49/year TripIt...
Baker & McKenzie Jumps to Office 2010 and Embraces Templates
July 6, 2013
Baker & McKenzie is by some measures the world's largest law firm. Currently it has approximately 10,000 lawyers and support...
July 6, 2013
Baker & McKenzie is by some measures the world's largest law firm. Currently it has approximately 10,000 lawyers and support...
Social Media Will Soon Drive More T To Law Firm Websites Than Search Engines
July 6, 2013
Law firms looking to draw traffic to their websites and blogs will want to move on from SEO to social media. Technology...
July 6, 2013
Law firms looking to draw traffic to their websites and blogs will want to move on from SEO to social media. Technology...
Rise Of The Machines
July 5, 2013
Researcher Dreams Up Machines That Learn Without Humans | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com. What will happen when the machines can learn from data they haven't seen before? What will happen when you don't have to train the machines? This researcher in deep learning has created algorithms which allow the computers to learn from data they have never seen before. On a large scale, this means that SkyNet is in our future. Thank goodness we will all be dead by that time.
July 5, 2013
Researcher Dreams Up Machines That Learn Without Humans | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com. What will happen when the machines can learn from data they haven't seen before? What will happen when you don't have to train the machines? This researcher in deep learning has created algorithms which allow the computers to learn from data they have never seen before. On a large scale, this means that SkyNet is in our future. Thank goodness we will all be dead by that time.
