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PACER Survey Shows Rise in User Satisfaction
June 29, 2013
PACER has seen a sharp rise in overall user satisfaction since a comparable survey was conducted in 2009, with 90 percent of users saying they are satisfied or highly satisfied with the internet-based public case information system. That compares with 75 percent satisfaction with the overall user experience in the previous survey. Conversely, only 3 percent of users consider themselves “dissatisfied,” compared with 15 percent four years ago. On a scale of 1 to 5, users also gave a higher average...
June 29, 2013
PACER has seen a sharp rise in overall user satisfaction since a comparable survey was conducted in 2009, with 90 percent of users saying they are satisfied or highly satisfied with the internet-based public case information system. That compares with 75 percent satisfaction with the overall user experience in the previous survey. Conversely, only 3 percent of users consider themselves “dissatisfied,” compared with 15 percent four years ago. On a scale of 1 to 5, users also gave a higher average...
Don’t Be Evil. Google Rejects Glass Apps With Facial Recognition
June 29, 2013
Google won't approve Glassware that use facial recognition at this time | Android Central. Well, I certainly feel better, knowing that, FOR NOW, Google intends to reject apps for Google Glass that can recognize faces. Of course, future Robocops will certainly have sensors that can do this, and we will all have electronic tattoos that make the job easier for the robot masters as we march, single file, to our jobs. The jobs will certainly be those that future humans can do; likely, menial tasks that...
June 29, 2013
Google won't approve Glassware that use facial recognition at this time | Android Central. Well, I certainly feel better, knowing that, FOR NOW, Google intends to reject apps for Google Glass that can recognize faces. Of course, future Robocops will certainly have sensors that can do this, and we will all have electronic tattoos that make the job easier for the robot masters as we march, single file, to our jobs. The jobs will certainly be those that future humans can do; likely, menial tasks that...
Review: Court Directory by Bloomberg BNA
June 29, 2013
Attorneys frequently have to look up contact information for courts, whether it be to call a judge's chambers, send an email...
June 29, 2013
Attorneys frequently have to look up contact information for courts, whether it be to call a judge's chambers, send an email...
Patent Trolls Threaten to Bankrupt Companies and Stifle Innovation
June 28, 2013
Without patent reform, Living Direct might have to file for bankruptcy, said Mark Baker, its general counsel. The online retailer, founded in 2000 now has 60 employees, and faces multiple “patent troll” lawsuits which threaten to drain it of all of its cash, Baker told a seven-person panel Thursday morning meeting on patent reform at HomeAway’s headquarters in downtown Austin. “As soon as we were listed as one of the fastest growing retailers in the country, we became the target...
June 28, 2013
Without patent reform, Living Direct might have to file for bankruptcy, said Mark Baker, its general counsel. The online retailer, founded in 2000 now has 60 employees, and faces multiple “patent troll” lawsuits which threaten to drain it of all of its cash, Baker told a seven-person panel Thursday morning meeting on patent reform at HomeAway’s headquarters in downtown Austin. “As soon as we were listed as one of the fastest growing retailers in the country, we became the target...
Is the Tech Revolution Here Already?
June 28, 2013
Big Data is big news in litigation discovery — and predictive coding has arrived as a best practice to deal with the mountain of data. But that's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. While Big Data looms large in the litigation arena, it is also appearing in the context of internal law firm data — documents, email, and other data objects, including voice and video — with repositories in one larger firm exceeding 50 million items just for documents and selectively retained email records....
June 28, 2013
Big Data is big news in litigation discovery — and predictive coding has arrived as a best practice to deal with the mountain of data. But that's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. While Big Data looms large in the litigation arena, it is also appearing in the context of internal law firm data — documents, email, and other data objects, including voice and video — with repositories in one larger firm exceeding 50 million items just for documents and selectively retained email records....
ALM Debuts Arsenal of 14 iPhone, iPad & iPod Apps
June 28, 2013
ALM today launched 14 smartphone apps for use on Apple Inc.'s iPhones, iPods, and iPads. The apps provide content from the company's...
June 28, 2013
ALM today launched 14 smartphone apps for use on Apple Inc.'s iPhones, iPods, and iPads. The apps provide content from the company's...
Roadmap for Driverless Cars: Five Highlights
June 27, 2013
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday came out with a road map for navigating the future of self-driving cars. Here are some highlights from the 14-page policy paper. Revved up: Yellow light: Stop sign: Potholes: Down the road: Bryant Walker Smith, a lecturer at Stanford Law School who studies driverless vehicles, said there’s still no consensus on how we’ll know these cars are safe enough. Should it be as safe as the average driver or better?...
June 27, 2013
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday came out with a road map for navigating the future of self-driving cars. Here are some highlights from the 14-page policy paper. Revved up: Yellow light: Stop sign: Potholes: Down the road: Bryant Walker Smith, a lecturer at Stanford Law School who studies driverless vehicles, said there’s still no consensus on how we’ll know these cars are safe enough. Should it be as safe as the average driver or better?...
Learning to Pay Attention: A Fundamental Legal Skill
June 27, 2013
One of the biggest problems that law teachers face with the current generation of law students is getting them to pay attention. R. Lisle Baker & Daniel P. Brown have just posted an excellent article on this topic: On Engagement: Learning to Pay Attention. Abstract: In an age of electronic and mental distraction, the ability to pay attention is a fundamental legal skill increasingly important for law students and the lawyers and judges they will become, not only for professional effectiveness,...
June 27, 2013
One of the biggest problems that law teachers face with the current generation of law students is getting them to pay attention. R. Lisle Baker & Daniel P. Brown have just posted an excellent article on this topic: On Engagement: Learning to Pay Attention. Abstract: In an age of electronic and mental distraction, the ability to pay attention is a fundamental legal skill increasingly important for law students and the lawyers and judges they will become, not only for professional effectiveness,...
Rethink Ink: Digital Signatures Are Faster & Safer
June 26, 2013
Pen and paper is an inferior option for executing legally binding agreements. Yet a recent study commissioned by Adobe Systems Inc. found that 98 percent of surveyed managers "still rely on hard copy in the 'last mile' to deliver contracts to get clients and customers to sign on the dotted line." Such madness needs to cease. Electronic signatures are an idea whose time has long since come. First, a confession of bias: I lose physical objects. At this point, family members gift me key finders...
June 26, 2013
Pen and paper is an inferior option for executing legally binding agreements. Yet a recent study commissioned by Adobe Systems Inc. found that 98 percent of surveyed managers "still rely on hard copy in the 'last mile' to deliver contracts to get clients and customers to sign on the dotted line." Such madness needs to cease. Electronic signatures are an idea whose time has long since come. First, a confession of bias: I lose physical objects. At this point, family members gift me key finders...
