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Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Release Date
June 1, 2015
Microsoft will launch Windows 10 on July 29th. The technology giant had previously promised to release the next version of its computer...
June 1, 2015
Microsoft will launch Windows 10 on July 29th. The technology giant had previously promised to release the next version of its computer...
Uber Gutted Carnegie Mellon’s Top Robotics Lab
May 30, 2015
This January, as much of the world was getting over its post-holiday hangovers, people began disappearing from Carnegie Mellon University's robotics center. At first it was only a few individuals, mostly software developers. Then it became an entire team, and eventually the group included the center's director. They weren't going far. Just around the corner, Uber had set up shop in a renovated building that used to be a chocolate factory. Most people at CMU's National Robotics Engineering Center...
May 30, 2015
This January, as much of the world was getting over its post-holiday hangovers, people began disappearing from Carnegie Mellon University's robotics center. At first it was only a few individuals, mostly software developers. Then it became an entire team, and eventually the group included the center's director. They weren't going far. Just around the corner, Uber had set up shop in a renovated building that used to be a chocolate factory. Most people at CMU's National Robotics Engineering Center...
Let’s Stop Arguing About Whether Disruption Is Good or Bad
May 29, 2015
The idea of disruption excites some people and terrifies others. Consider the recent case of The New Republic, in which a new, disruptive CEO came in and vowed to “break shit.” The company’s top journalists balked, the brand was sullied, and the business still struggles. And all that for what? That was the essence of Jill Lepore’s essay last year in The New Yorker about the “disruption machine,” in which she argued that, “disruptive innovation is competitive strategy for an age seized...
May 29, 2015
The idea of disruption excites some people and terrifies others. Consider the recent case of The New Republic, in which a new, disruptive CEO came in and vowed to “break shit.” The company’s top journalists balked, the brand was sullied, and the business still struggles. And all that for what? That was the essence of Jill Lepore’s essay last year in The New Yorker about the “disruption machine,” in which she argued that, “disruptive innovation is competitive strategy for an age seized...
What Hiring Partners Think About New Lawyers
May 26, 2015
According to a study funded by LexisNexis, hiring partners have these views on new lawyers: 96% believe that newly graduated law students lack practical skills related to litigation and transactional practice. 66% deem writing and drafting skills highly important with emphasis on motions, briefs and pleadings Newer attorneys spend 40% – 60% of their time conducting legal research 88% of hiring partners think proficiency using “paid for” research services is highly important Students...
May 26, 2015
According to a study funded by LexisNexis, hiring partners have these views on new lawyers: 96% believe that newly graduated law students lack practical skills related to litigation and transactional practice. 66% deem writing and drafting skills highly important with emphasis on motions, briefs and pleadings Newer attorneys spend 40% – 60% of their time conducting legal research 88% of hiring partners think proficiency using “paid for” research services is highly important Students...
Could Facebook Become a Model for Legal Citations?
May 25, 2015
Think a moment of how Facebook works. Members of the social media network can make a post or share an article, reply to it, share it again, comment on it, etc. Who can see the post and those subsequent annotations depends on permissions set by the poster: specific friends, all friends and the public. Those comments and shares can be seen as a sort of commentary. Barker sees the Facebook model working in the world of legal citation indexes in a few different ways. Collaborative annotations...
May 25, 2015
Think a moment of how Facebook works. Members of the social media network can make a post or share an article, reply to it, share it again, comment on it, etc. Who can see the post and those subsequent annotations depends on permissions set by the poster: specific friends, all friends and the public. Those comments and shares can be seen as a sort of commentary. Barker sees the Facebook model working in the world of legal citation indexes in a few different ways. Collaborative annotations...
Dentons Invests in New Tech Through NextLaw Labs
May 25, 2015
Dentons is to invest in and test new technology from around the world under a newly-launched venture called NextLaw Labs. NextLaw Labs, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dentons, will focus on developing and investing in new products, services and fledgling technology companies, with the ambitious goal to “transform the practice of law.” The plan is for NextLaw Labs to develop a suite of technologies using Dentons lawyers as a global testing ground for new products. Dentons is set to become...
May 25, 2015
Dentons is to invest in and test new technology from around the world under a newly-launched venture called NextLaw Labs. NextLaw Labs, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dentons, will focus on developing and investing in new products, services and fledgling technology companies, with the ambitious goal to “transform the practice of law.” The plan is for NextLaw Labs to develop a suite of technologies using Dentons lawyers as a global testing ground for new products. Dentons is set to become...
Software Eats the Legal Profession
May 24, 2015
Marc Andreessen quipped in 2011: “Software is eating the world”. The legal profession is not immune from this development. Law has a high information component. In a large sense, law is information or as Bill Palin, the young lawyer who won the ABA’s Legal Hackathon at last year’s ABA Annual Meeting, says, Law is Code. We are already seeing how Andreesen’s prediction is working its way through the legal profession. We are still at the beginning of the beginning of these developments,...
May 24, 2015
Marc Andreessen quipped in 2011: “Software is eating the world”. The legal profession is not immune from this development. Law has a high information component. In a large sense, law is information or as Bill Palin, the young lawyer who won the ABA’s Legal Hackathon at last year’s ABA Annual Meeting, says, Law is Code. We are already seeing how Andreesen’s prediction is working its way through the legal profession. We are still at the beginning of the beginning of these developments,...
What Will Lawyers Be Doing In 5 To 10 Years?
May 24, 2015
For lawyers, on the other hand, it’s much tougher to predict how things will be in another five to 10 years. On Friday, the speakers who took to the stage for the final day of Lawyernomics tried to look into the crystal ball and talk about where the legal profession is heading and how it might look in the not-so-distant future. (The ABA Journal is a media co-sponsor of the conference.) * * * That’s assuming lawyers will still be lawyers by the time 2030 rolls around. F. Daniel Siciliano,...
May 24, 2015
For lawyers, on the other hand, it’s much tougher to predict how things will be in another five to 10 years. On Friday, the speakers who took to the stage for the final day of Lawyernomics tried to look into the crystal ball and talk about where the legal profession is heading and how it might look in the not-so-distant future. (The ABA Journal is a media co-sponsor of the conference.) * * * That’s assuming lawyers will still be lawyers by the time 2030 rolls around. F. Daniel Siciliano,...
Switch Raised Strategic Funding To Expand Cloud-Based Phone System
May 23, 2015
Switch follows a similar track of those earlier products, enabling communications via voice and text on multiple devices, including mobile phones and desktops. Users get a universal number that they can be reached at regardless of device, and apps to enable easy communications between team members. The company hopes to capitalize on a general trend of enterprises moving toward cloud apps and services. While that’s true for storage, collaboration and other communications services, most businesses...
May 23, 2015
Switch follows a similar track of those earlier products, enabling communications via voice and text on multiple devices, including mobile phones and desktops. Users get a universal number that they can be reached at regardless of device, and apps to enable easy communications between team members. The company hopes to capitalize on a general trend of enterprises moving toward cloud apps and services. While that’s true for storage, collaboration and other communications services, most businesses...
Adobe Acrobat DC Improves On A Law Office Staple
May 23, 2015
I reported here last month that Adobe had officially launched an all-new version of its Acrobat PDF software, Acrobat DC. In the weeks...
May 23, 2015
I reported here last month that Adobe had officially launched an all-new version of its Acrobat PDF software, Acrobat DC. In the weeks...
