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In Minnesota, Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure Highlight Proportionality
April 4, 2013
On February 4, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota adopted amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure, including...
April 4, 2013
On February 4, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota adopted amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure, including...
Does Your CEO Own Her LinkedIn Account? One Court Says Yes, But…
April 4, 2013
In legal circles, we’ve all been anxiously awaiting a result in the case of Eagle v. Morgan (download here) – a case...
April 4, 2013
In legal circles, we’ve all been anxiously awaiting a result in the case of Eagle v. Morgan (download here) – a case...
The Transformation of the Legal Profession and Legal Education
April 3, 2013
This article is by Professor E. Thomas Sullivan and is available at 46 Ind. L. Rev. 145 (2013). Professor Sullivan is President of U. of Vermont and former Chair of the ABA Section of Legal Education. From the introduction: For many years, critics have sounded the alarm that the pyramid structure of America's largest private law firms was not a financially sustainable model. This model may well have served the leadership and senior partners of the large law firms for many years, but no student...
April 3, 2013
This article is by Professor E. Thomas Sullivan and is available at 46 Ind. L. Rev. 145 (2013). Professor Sullivan is President of U. of Vermont and former Chair of the ABA Section of Legal Education. From the introduction: For many years, critics have sounded the alarm that the pyramid structure of America's largest private law firms was not a financially sustainable model. This model may well have served the leadership and senior partners of the large law firms for many years, but no student...
Federal Law Proposed to Require Warrants for GPS Data
April 3, 2013
Privacy of GPS data location in the US may improve if Congress passes the proposed bill that would require court-order search...
April 3, 2013
Privacy of GPS data location in the US may improve if Congress passes the proposed bill that would require court-order search...
You Have 2 Pokes, 53 Messages,12 Photo Tags and One….Summons?
April 2, 2013
Defendants in Texas could be served notice of a lawsuit through social media sites under state legislation introduced last week. Texas judges could offer that option if a defendant maintains a profile page on a social media site, regularly accesses the account and “could reasonably be expected to receive actual notice if the electronic communication were sent to the defendant’s account,” according to the bill text. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Jeff Leach, a Republican who describes...
April 2, 2013
Defendants in Texas could be served notice of a lawsuit through social media sites under state legislation introduced last week. Texas judges could offer that option if a defendant maintains a profile page on a social media site, regularly accesses the account and “could reasonably be expected to receive actual notice if the electronic communication were sent to the defendant’s account,” according to the bill text. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Jeff Leach, a Republican who describes...
Report: Predictive Coding Replaces Sanctions as the Big News in E-Discovery
April 2, 2013
For the last several years, year-end reports on e-discovery have highlighted sanctions as the lead headline. (For examples from this blog, see Report: Sanction Requests Rise But Awards Hold Steady for 2011 and E-Discovery Sanctions Reach an All-Time High, Survey Finds.) For 2012, however, a different story took the lead spot — the rise of predictive coding. Such is the conclusion of the 2012 Year-End Electronic Discovery and Information Law Update published by the law firm Gibson Dunn. In...
April 2, 2013
For the last several years, year-end reports on e-discovery have highlighted sanctions as the lead headline. (For examples from this blog, see Report: Sanction Requests Rise But Awards Hold Steady for 2011 and E-Discovery Sanctions Reach an All-Time High, Survey Finds.) For 2012, however, a different story took the lead spot — the rise of predictive coding. Such is the conclusion of the 2012 Year-End Electronic Discovery and Information Law Update published by the law firm Gibson Dunn. In...
Breaking: Super Lawyers Wins Patent on Lawyer Rating System
April 2, 2013
The lawyer-rating service Super Lawyers today won a U.S. patent on its system for rating excellence within the legal profession....
April 2, 2013
The lawyer-rating service Super Lawyers today won a U.S. patent on its system for rating excellence within the legal profession....
BriefMine Emerges from Beta, Unveils Paid Version
April 1, 2013
Last September, I wrote here about the private beta launch of BriefMine, a database of legal briefs that lawyers can mine for arguments and legal theories they can use in their own legal briefs. As I wrote then, the site uses intuitive, natural-language search to allow users to explore a database of legal briefs collected from around the country. Today, BriefMine is coming out of private beta and launching its paid version, with subscriptions available either for $34 a month or $297 a year....
April 1, 2013
Last September, I wrote here about the private beta launch of BriefMine, a database of legal briefs that lawyers can mine for arguments and legal theories they can use in their own legal briefs. As I wrote then, the site uses intuitive, natural-language search to allow users to explore a database of legal briefs collected from around the country. Today, BriefMine is coming out of private beta and launching its paid version, with subscriptions available either for $34 a month or $297 a year....
Supreme Court Mapping Project @ University of Baltimore
March 31, 2013
Professor Colin Starger of the University of Baltimore School of Law tells us of The Supreme Court Mapping Project. Here are excerpts of the description: The SCOTUS Mapping Project has two distinct components: Enhanced development of the Mapper software. This software enables users to create sophisticated interactive maps of Supreme Court doctrine by plotting relationships between majority, concurring and dissenting opinions. With the software, users can both visualize how different “lines”...
March 31, 2013
Professor Colin Starger of the University of Baltimore School of Law tells us of The Supreme Court Mapping Project. Here are excerpts of the description: The SCOTUS Mapping Project has two distinct components: Enhanced development of the Mapper software. This software enables users to create sophisticated interactive maps of Supreme Court doctrine by plotting relationships between majority, concurring and dissenting opinions. With the software, users can both visualize how different “lines”...
Eight Tips to Quash the Cost of E-Discovery
March 31, 2013
The following tips are offered to help you slash the outsize cost of e-discovery: Eliminate Waste Reduce Redundancy and Fragmentation Don’t Convert ESI Review Rationally Test your Methods and Know your ESI Use good tools Communicate and cooperate Price is what the seller accepts
March 31, 2013
The following tips are offered to help you slash the outsize cost of e-discovery: Eliminate Waste Reduce Redundancy and Fragmentation Don’t Convert ESI Review Rationally Test your Methods and Know your ESI Use good tools Communicate and cooperate Price is what the seller accepts
