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A Proposal for Handling Digital Assets After Death
June 13, 2013
Chelsea Ray (J.D. 2013, Oregon), Til Death Do Us Part: A Proposal for Handling Digital Assets After Death, 47 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J. 583 (2013) (First Place, 2012 Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section Student Writing Competition): As electronic communication continues to pervade the daily lives of modern individuals and allow us to instantaneously develop and document intellectual property, this Article questions whether states are prepared to protect these digital assets after owners'...
June 13, 2013
Chelsea Ray (J.D. 2013, Oregon), Til Death Do Us Part: A Proposal for Handling Digital Assets After Death, 47 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J. 583 (2013) (First Place, 2012 Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section Student Writing Competition): As electronic communication continues to pervade the daily lives of modern individuals and allow us to instantaneously develop and document intellectual property, this Article questions whether states are prepared to protect these digital assets after owners'...
ReInvent Law London 2013: Conference Schedule TOMORROW MORNING
June 13, 2013
We have some very exciting news to share about upcoming ReInvent Law London conference: This year's event will be on June 14th, at the CBI Conference Centre in central London – 12:30pm – 6:00pm with a reception to follow. That's 6:30am Central Time. Tickets are available now for FREE, but there are a limited number of seats so reserve your place now at ReInventLawLondon.com! ReInvent Law London will be featuring 20+ speakers, including: Richard Susskind, "The Past, Present, &...
June 13, 2013
We have some very exciting news to share about upcoming ReInvent Law London conference: This year's event will be on June 14th, at the CBI Conference Centre in central London – 12:30pm – 6:00pm with a reception to follow. That's 6:30am Central Time. Tickets are available now for FREE, but there are a limited number of seats so reserve your place now at ReInventLawLondon.com! ReInvent Law London will be featuring 20+ speakers, including: Richard Susskind, "The Past, Present, &...
Big Law Whipped for Poor Tech Training
June 11, 2013
D. Casey Flaherty, corporate counsel at Kia Motors America, really does have good intentions as he humiliates Big Law firms about their dismal technology skills — and he is careful never to embarrass a partner. Flaherty mesmerized a standing-room-only crowd on the opening day of LegalTech West Coast at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles with his electric keynote, "Raising the Bar on Technological Competence — the Outside Counsel Tech Audit." Frustrated by ridiculous bills for routine...
June 11, 2013
D. Casey Flaherty, corporate counsel at Kia Motors America, really does have good intentions as he humiliates Big Law firms about their dismal technology skills — and he is careful never to embarrass a partner. Flaherty mesmerized a standing-room-only crowd on the opening day of LegalTech West Coast at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles with his electric keynote, "Raising the Bar on Technological Competence — the Outside Counsel Tech Audit." Frustrated by ridiculous bills for routine...
TyMetrix Releases Advanced User Interface
June 10, 2013
TyMetrix, the global leader in intelligent solutions for managing the business of law, today released an advanced user interface for its global TyMetrix 360˚platform, which enables legal professionals to access and manage legal matters, invoices, claims and e-billing. The updated platform provides users with increased functionality, allowing for quicker access to important documents to make better, faster decisions, saving users time to focus on their core tasks. In addition, the platform responds...
June 10, 2013
TyMetrix, the global leader in intelligent solutions for managing the business of law, today released an advanced user interface for its global TyMetrix 360˚platform, which enables legal professionals to access and manage legal matters, invoices, claims and e-billing. The updated platform provides users with increased functionality, allowing for quicker access to important documents to make better, faster decisions, saving users time to focus on their core tasks. In addition, the platform responds...
A Data-Driven Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions
June 10, 2013
These range from complex structures such as Neural-Networks (Haykir, 1999), to simpler ones, such as Decision-Trees (Russell and Norvig, 2003), which make decisions based on a series of steps, to much more advanced quadratic programming optimization techniques.
June 10, 2013
These range from complex structures such as Neural-Networks (Haykir, 1999), to simpler ones, such as Decision-Trees (Russell and Norvig, 2003), which make decisions based on a series of steps, to much more advanced quadratic programming optimization techniques.
IBM’s Watson Now A Customer Service Agent, Coming To Smartphones Soon
June 9, 2013
IBM’s question-answering Watson supercomputer is building quite the résumé. First it won a much-publicized showdownagainst the two greatest Jeopardy! champions of all time, then it went to medical school and emerged as a budding oncologist. Now Watson has a new job–as a customer-service agent with the mostest. The help desk is a bit of a step down from fighting cancer, but IBM is nothing if not pragmatic. U.S. organizations spend $112 billion on call center labor and software, yet half of the 270 billion...
June 9, 2013
IBM’s question-answering Watson supercomputer is building quite the résumé. First it won a much-publicized showdownagainst the two greatest Jeopardy! champions of all time, then it went to medical school and emerged as a budding oncologist. Now Watson has a new job–as a customer-service agent with the mostest. The help desk is a bit of a step down from fighting cancer, but IBM is nothing if not pragmatic. U.S. organizations spend $112 billion on call center labor and software, yet half of the 270 billion...
LawTech Day in S.F. Caps LegalTech
June 9, 2013
The Recorder's second LawTech Day San Francisco, held Thursday at the Merchants Exchange Club, examined the impact of emerging technologies on the practice and business of law. Associate professor Renee Knake, co-founder of the Reinvent Law Lab at Michigan State University College of Law, put the event into gear with a keynote focused on harnessing innovation to democratize legal services. She identified as "a delivery challenge" the fact that 50 to 80 percent of the U.S. population is not getting...
June 9, 2013
The Recorder's second LawTech Day San Francisco, held Thursday at the Merchants Exchange Club, examined the impact of emerging technologies on the practice and business of law. Associate professor Renee Knake, co-founder of the Reinvent Law Lab at Michigan State University College of Law, put the event into gear with a keynote focused on harnessing innovation to democratize legal services. She identified as "a delivery challenge" the fact that 50 to 80 percent of the U.S. population is not getting...
List Of Apps And Accessories From IPad For Lawyers Webinar
June 9, 2013
We had a ton of requests for a list of iPad apps and accessories that Tom Mighell covered in his excellent presentation earlier today: Using IPads In Your Law Practice. Here it is: Apps Creating Notes and Documents Noteshelf Notability GoodNotes Documents To Go Quickoffice Pro HD CloudOn Working with PDF Files PDF Expert (recommended) Adobe EchoSign iAnnotate iPad for Litigators FormConnect TranscriptPad eDepo (in beta) iJuror JuryPad Legal Research WestlawNext Lexis Advance Fastcase Federal...
June 9, 2013
We had a ton of requests for a list of iPad apps and accessories that Tom Mighell covered in his excellent presentation earlier today: Using IPads In Your Law Practice. Here it is: Apps Creating Notes and Documents Noteshelf Notability GoodNotes Documents To Go Quickoffice Pro HD CloudOn Working with PDF Files PDF Expert (recommended) Adobe EchoSign iAnnotate iPad for Litigators FormConnect TranscriptPad eDepo (in beta) iJuror JuryPad Legal Research WestlawNext Lexis Advance Fastcase Federal...
Your iPhone as an Assistant: Siri and Google Now
June 9, 2013
I suspect that the top app that I use on my iPhone is the Mail app, but if you ask me about my favorite use of my iPhone, you'll get a different answer. I love using my iPhone to act as a sort of a second brain, helping me to remember things that I might otherwise forget and helping me to figure things out quickly. This type of technology is often called virtual assistant technology, and its usefulness is enhanced with the excellent voice recognition that has been a part of the iPhone since the iPhone...
June 9, 2013
I suspect that the top app that I use on my iPhone is the Mail app, but if you ask me about my favorite use of my iPhone, you'll get a different answer. I love using my iPhone to act as a sort of a second brain, helping me to remember things that I might otherwise forget and helping me to figure things out quickly. This type of technology is often called virtual assistant technology, and its usefulness is enhanced with the excellent voice recognition that has been a part of the iPhone since the iPhone...
Majority of Consumers Use Social Media When Searching for Attorneys
June 8, 2013
The Rainmaker Institute recently commissioned a survey by The Research Intelligence Group to find out how consumers use social...
June 8, 2013
The Rainmaker Institute recently commissioned a survey by The Research Intelligence Group to find out how consumers use social...
