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Small Firms Struggling to Take the Technology Leap
October 8, 2016
Bruce MacPherson Selecting and using new technology that positively affects a firm's bottom line is an investment. The initial time investment alone can be daunting, given the way legal technology has ballooned in recent years. It's now a multibillion-dollar buffet of choices. The struggle to remain current is felt by the world's largest firms all the way down to the smallest. Smaller firms and solo practitioners face a unique set of challenges all their own that has led to a dearth...
October 8, 2016
Bruce MacPherson Selecting and using new technology that positively affects a firm's bottom line is an investment. The initial time investment alone can be daunting, given the way legal technology has ballooned in recent years. It's now a multibillion-dollar buffet of choices. The struggle to remain current is felt by the world's largest firms all the way down to the smallest. Smaller firms and solo practitioners face a unique set of challenges all their own that has led to a dearth...
Technology’s Part in Closing the Justice Gap
October 7, 2016
William Hubbard, immediate past president at the ABA and currently partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, said that 80 percent of the poor as well as 50 percent of people of "moderate means" currently don't have adequate access for addressing their legal concerns, while some 96 million Americans are currently qualified for legal aid. Among his suggestions, Hubbard urged the audience to "think more creatively about how we deliver legal services," which means attorneys should "embrace...
October 7, 2016
William Hubbard, immediate past president at the ABA and currently partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, said that 80 percent of the poor as well as 50 percent of people of "moderate means" currently don't have adequate access for addressing their legal concerns, while some 96 million Americans are currently qualified for legal aid. Among his suggestions, Hubbard urged the audience to "think more creatively about how we deliver legal services," which means attorneys should "embrace...
Venture Capital Firm Looks to Bridge Israel and SA Tech
October 3, 2016
A new player interested in the San Antonio market is looking to connect the military intelligence and tech industry with startups active in Tel Aviv, Israel. Janvest Capital Partners LLC, an American venture capital firm that invests in technology startups across Israel, is making moves locally and looking for connections between the two industry clusters, its co-founder told an audience during an event hosted by the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Marina Alderete Gavito...
October 3, 2016
A new player interested in the San Antonio market is looking to connect the military intelligence and tech industry with startups active in Tel Aviv, Israel. Janvest Capital Partners LLC, an American venture capital firm that invests in technology startups across Israel, is making moves locally and looking for connections between the two industry clusters, its co-founder told an audience during an event hosted by the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Marina Alderete Gavito...
Uber Enforces Arbitration Due To Delegation Clause And Opt Out
September 27, 2016
The 9th Circuit’s decision to enforce the arbitration agreement in Uber’s agreements with drivers made lots of news last week. And although it includes no new principles of law, it does emphasize some principles that come up regularly in consumer and employment arbitration, so it’s worth reviewing the details. Former drivers brought an action in federal court, alleging two primary things: that when Uber terminated them for having bad consumer credit, Uber violated statutes regulating...
September 27, 2016
The 9th Circuit’s decision to enforce the arbitration agreement in Uber’s agreements with drivers made lots of news last week. And although it includes no new principles of law, it does emphasize some principles that come up regularly in consumer and employment arbitration, so it’s worth reviewing the details. Former drivers brought an action in federal court, alleging two primary things: that when Uber terminated them for having bad consumer credit, Uber violated statutes regulating...
Chesterman on Driverless Cars
September 25, 2016
Simon Chesterman (National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law) has posted Do Driverless Cars Dream of Electric Sheep? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In August 2016, Singapore introduced the first driverless taxis in the world. Such autonomous vehicles offer the prospect of safer and cheaper transportation of people and goods, but technology is racing ahead of our laws — and our morals. This short article discusses some of the regulatory challenges raised by the introduction of self-driving...
September 25, 2016
Simon Chesterman (National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law) has posted Do Driverless Cars Dream of Electric Sheep? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In August 2016, Singapore introduced the first driverless taxis in the world. Such autonomous vehicles offer the prospect of safer and cheaper transportation of people and goods, but technology is racing ahead of our laws — and our morals. This short article discusses some of the regulatory challenges raised by the introduction of self-driving...
Google Home and Chromecast Ultra Release Date October 4, 2016
September 24, 2016
Speaking to Android Police, two sources claim that Google will announce its Google Home and the 4K 'Chromecast Ultra' devices will be priced at $129 and $69, respectively, at its October 4th event. Google Home was announced at Google I/O in May. Our sources also confirmed that the personalized base covers Google showed at I/O will be a feature of the final device. The $129 price point for Google Home matches that of the previously-unrumored Google Wifi, a router that will allegedly be able to create...
September 24, 2016
Speaking to Android Police, two sources claim that Google will announce its Google Home and the 4K 'Chromecast Ultra' devices will be priced at $129 and $69, respectively, at its October 4th event. Google Home was announced at Google I/O in May. Our sources also confirmed that the personalized base covers Google showed at I/O will be a feature of the final device. The $129 price point for Google Home matches that of the previously-unrumored Google Wifi, a router that will allegedly be able to create...
Majority of Rides will be in Self-Driving Cars by 2021
September 23, 2016
Lyft President and co-founder John Zimmer released a 14-page document today in which he predicts that by 2021, "a majority" of rides on its network will be in autonomous vehicles. Also by 2025, Zimmer says personal car ownership in US cities will be a thing of the past. The end of car ownership will change cities in "huge ways," he said, echoing those experts and academics that predict streets and parking lots will be transformed into housing and open spaces with the mass adoption of autonomous...
September 23, 2016
Lyft President and co-founder John Zimmer released a 14-page document today in which he predicts that by 2021, "a majority" of rides on its network will be in autonomous vehicles. Also by 2025, Zimmer says personal car ownership in US cities will be a thing of the past. The end of car ownership will change cities in "huge ways," he said, echoing those experts and academics that predict streets and parking lots will be transformed into housing and open spaces with the mass adoption of autonomous...
Ray Kurzweil on the Amazing Future He Sees
September 17, 2016
Ray Kurzweil is a futurist, a director of engineering at Google and a co-founder of the Singularity University think tank...
September 17, 2016
Ray Kurzweil is a futurist, a director of engineering at Google and a co-founder of the Singularity University think tank...
How to Hack Health Care: Man Running Dell Medical School
September 3, 2016
“That liberal arts approach was important to who I am and it still impacts how I think about solving problems [with an interdisciplinary approach]. It comes from those roots,” he said. Johnston’s mashup style of thinking has certainly been put to the test the past two years since taking on his biggest challenge yet — as dean of the Dell Medical School, which waded through 4,528 applicants to pick its first class of 50 students who started in July. Though the brick-and-mortar buildings on the Dell...
September 3, 2016
“That liberal arts approach was important to who I am and it still impacts how I think about solving problems [with an interdisciplinary approach]. It comes from those roots,” he said. Johnston’s mashup style of thinking has certainly been put to the test the past two years since taking on his biggest challenge yet — as dean of the Dell Medical School, which waded through 4,528 applicants to pick its first class of 50 students who started in July. Though the brick-and-mortar buildings on the Dell...
Was Susskind Right? 3 Keys to Understanding the Direction of Legal Tech at ILTA
September 1, 2016
Where legal tech is, should be, and may be going, as discussed by those at the vanguard. Artificial intelligence (AI) in law is arguably the hottest topic in legal tech, but balancing the hype and actual power of the technology calls for taking information with a grain of salt. Embracing a refreshing sense of humor, the ILTA session “Grading Susskind: The State of Legal 20 Years After the ‘Future of Law,’” placed spotlights on predictions made by legal tech scholar Richard Susskind,...
September 1, 2016
Where legal tech is, should be, and may be going, as discussed by those at the vanguard. Artificial intelligence (AI) in law is arguably the hottest topic in legal tech, but balancing the hype and actual power of the technology calls for taking information with a grain of salt. Embracing a refreshing sense of humor, the ILTA session “Grading Susskind: The State of Legal 20 Years After the ‘Future of Law,’” placed spotlights on predictions made by legal tech scholar Richard Susskind,...
