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Why Are So Many Law Firms Trapped in 1995?
October 8, 2015
After I graduated from law school, my first assignment at a large New York law firm was to assist in the discovery phase...
October 8, 2015
After I graduated from law school, my first assignment at a large New York law firm was to assist in the discovery phase...
New Tech and Client Needs Create a New Field of Legal Operations
October 5, 2015
The legal press frequently covers the travails of BigLaw, where partners worry that their highly profitable enterprises might go the way of Dewey & LeBoeuf, Heller Ehrman, Howrey—the list goes on. What is not well-understood, however, is that a substantial part of this unease is traceable to people like Brenton. General counsel are increasingly giving senior “legal ops” professionals the authority to improve legal department performance, including the hiring and managing of outside counsel....
October 5, 2015
The legal press frequently covers the travails of BigLaw, where partners worry that their highly profitable enterprises might go the way of Dewey & LeBoeuf, Heller Ehrman, Howrey—the list goes on. What is not well-understood, however, is that a substantial part of this unease is traceable to people like Brenton. General counsel are increasingly giving senior “legal ops” professionals the authority to improve legal department performance, including the hiring and managing of outside counsel....
Littler Mendelson’s Drive for Analytics Initiatives
October 4, 2015
The Am Law 100 firm is implementing new legal service and technology initiatives that let clients work smarter. Big Data and analytics are transforming the way we interact with the world, as they detect and decode detailed patterns that may be overlooked by their organic creators. In the legal space, the adoption of these technologies may at times have lagged behind others, but several law firms and legal departments are taking advantage of this new realty. For labor and employee stalwart Littler...
October 4, 2015
The Am Law 100 firm is implementing new legal service and technology initiatives that let clients work smarter. Big Data and analytics are transforming the way we interact with the world, as they detect and decode detailed patterns that may be overlooked by their organic creators. In the legal space, the adoption of these technologies may at times have lagged behind others, but several law firms and legal departments are taking advantage of this new realty. For labor and employee stalwart Littler...
3D Modeling Startup BioDigital Launches An API For The Human Body
October 3, 2015
Imagine a reality where surgeons practice difficult procedures on virtual renditions of their patients before walking into the operating room, and professional athletes review their exact muscle movements on a 3D game tape after they walk off the field. Now that BioDigital, a 3D human body modeling startup, is releasing its API to the public, this is possible. Over the past two years, the New York-based startup has worked closely with more than 100 organizations spanning all sectors of healthcare...
October 3, 2015
Imagine a reality where surgeons practice difficult procedures on virtual renditions of their patients before walking into the operating room, and professional athletes review their exact muscle movements on a 3D game tape after they walk off the field. Now that BioDigital, a 3D human body modeling startup, is releasing its API to the public, this is possible. Over the past two years, the New York-based startup has worked closely with more than 100 organizations spanning all sectors of healthcare...
Is LinkedIn Losing Its Luster for Lawyers?
October 3, 2015
Good Reasons to Stick With It There are plenty of good reasons for lawyers to be on LinkedIn and — so far at least — the pluses outweigh the minuses. If nothing else, LinkedIn is currently the default go-to directory for professionals and business peoples of every ilk. It is also a handy way of messaging people when you can’t find the information to contact them directly. And its relatively new publishing feature, LinkedIn Pulse, prompted my friend Amy Knapp — the woman who wrote the book...
October 3, 2015
Good Reasons to Stick With It There are plenty of good reasons for lawyers to be on LinkedIn and — so far at least — the pluses outweigh the minuses. If nothing else, LinkedIn is currently the default go-to directory for professionals and business peoples of every ilk. It is also a handy way of messaging people when you can’t find the information to contact them directly. And its relatively new publishing feature, LinkedIn Pulse, prompted my friend Amy Knapp — the woman who wrote the book...
Texas Courts Roll Out $72M E-Filing System
October 3, 2015
Multi-year effort to update the state's electronic court filing system is now operational in all 254 counties of the Lone...
October 3, 2015
Multi-year effort to update the state's electronic court filing system is now operational in all 254 counties of the Lone...
A Beginner’s Guide to Deep Neural Networks
September 26, 2015
Last year, we (a couple of people who knew nothing about how voice search works) set out to make a video about the research that’s gone into teaching computers to recognize speech and understand language. Making the video was eye-opening and brain-opening. It introduced us to concepts we’d never heard of – like machine learning and artificial neural networks – and ever since, we’ve been kind of fascinated by them. Machine learning, in particular, is a very active area of Computer Science...
September 26, 2015
Last year, we (a couple of people who knew nothing about how voice search works) set out to make a video about the research that’s gone into teaching computers to recognize speech and understand language. Making the video was eye-opening and brain-opening. It introduced us to concepts we’d never heard of – like machine learning and artificial neural networks – and ever since, we’ve been kind of fascinated by them. Machine learning, in particular, is a very active area of Computer Science...
Mercedes Mulls Over Limo Service With Driverless Cars
September 26, 2015
Imagine this: You call up a limo. Within minutes, a luxurious Mercedes-Benz car arrives at you door. As you peek inside, you notice it has no driver. The car's door opens, you sit inside and enjoy the scenery as it silently glides through the city, leaving you at your desired destination, all by itself. While not exactly launching such a service yet, Mercedes-Benz is definitely looking in this direction. "This is a concrete development goal of ours," Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Mercedes' parent...
September 26, 2015
Imagine this: You call up a limo. Within minutes, a luxurious Mercedes-Benz car arrives at you door. As you peek inside, you notice it has no driver. The car's door opens, you sit inside and enjoy the scenery as it silently glides through the city, leaving you at your desired destination, all by itself. While not exactly launching such a service yet, Mercedes-Benz is definitely looking in this direction. "This is a concrete development goal of ours," Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Mercedes' parent...
New Organization Aims to Kickstart Innovation in Legal Industry
September 25, 2015
A for-profit membership organization aimed at driving technology innovation and adoption in the legal industry made its formal launch yesterday. Called Evolve Law, its primary focus will be on promoting collaboration among a “community” of lawyers, law firms and innovative legal technology companies in order to speed adoption of new technology. “The focus is to make some noise and shake things up in the legal industry,” co-founder Jules Miller told me during an interview yesterday with...
September 25, 2015
A for-profit membership organization aimed at driving technology innovation and adoption in the legal industry made its formal launch yesterday. Called Evolve Law, its primary focus will be on promoting collaboration among a “community” of lawyers, law firms and innovative legal technology companies in order to speed adoption of new technology. “The focus is to make some noise and shake things up in the legal industry,” co-founder Jules Miller told me during an interview yesterday with...
Texas Considers Creating PACER-like System
September 23, 2015
Way in advance of a final deadline, all 254 Texas counties have gone live on EFileTexas.gov. And now the state is turning...
September 23, 2015
Way in advance of a final deadline, all 254 Texas counties have gone live on EFileTexas.gov. And now the state is turning...
