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Google Maps is Only 10!
February 28, 2015
For 10 years Google Maps has made it easier to navigate and explore your world. If you hopped in your DeLorean for a trip back to before 2005, you’d remember the days when we were all dependent on paper maps, print-outs, post-its and sometimes even a compass for directions! Getting from point A to B is something we do all day, every day—from finding the fastest way to get to work, to dropping the kids off on a carpool route, to meeting friends for drinks at a new spot—so it should be as easy...
February 28, 2015
For 10 years Google Maps has made it easier to navigate and explore your world. If you hopped in your DeLorean for a trip back to before 2005, you’d remember the days when we were all dependent on paper maps, print-outs, post-its and sometimes even a compass for directions! Getting from point A to B is something we do all day, every day—from finding the fastest way to get to work, to dropping the kids off on a carpool route, to meeting friends for drinks at a new spot—so it should be as easy...
Online Workspaces Are Changing Litigation and Arbitration
February 28, 2015
As litigation becomes more global and attorneys’ relationships with clients become more value-driven, technology becomes an increasingly important part of law firm strategy. Law firms have already been transformed by the adoption of technologies that automate repetitive tasks like document assembly and help legal teams respond to the new world of big data and electronic discovery. Little attention, however, has been paid to technology that helps attorneys “lawyer” better. Just as doctors...
February 28, 2015
As litigation becomes more global and attorneys’ relationships with clients become more value-driven, technology becomes an increasingly important part of law firm strategy. Law firms have already been transformed by the adoption of technologies that automate repetitive tasks like document assembly and help legal teams respond to the new world of big data and electronic discovery. Little attention, however, has been paid to technology that helps attorneys “lawyer” better. Just as doctors...
Does Current Cyber Crime Really Cause $2+ Trillion in Damages?
February 27, 2015
The conventional wisdom 20 years ago, before the Internet took over the business world, was that only about 10% of cyber crime was reported since companies did not want to admit they had been hacked. Obviously the current Internet business environment makes it almost impossible to keep cyber hacks from the public. Recent estimates are that “the cost of cyber crime to businesses worldwide range from around US$445 billion (£291 billion) to US$2 trillion a year (£1.3 billion)” according to a February...
February 27, 2015
The conventional wisdom 20 years ago, before the Internet took over the business world, was that only about 10% of cyber crime was reported since companies did not want to admit they had been hacked. Obviously the current Internet business environment makes it almost impossible to keep cyber hacks from the public. Recent estimates are that “the cost of cyber crime to businesses worldwide range from around US$445 billion (£291 billion) to US$2 trillion a year (£1.3 billion)” according to a February...
Apple Is Ordered to Pay $532.9 Million in [EDTX] Patent Case
February 26, 2015
iTunes software infringes three Smartflash patents, a jury finds; Apple says it will appeal A Texas jury ordered Apple Inc. to pay $532.9 million after finding that the company’s iTunes software infringed three patents of privately held Smartflash LLC. The Cupertino, Calif., tech giant vowed to appeal the verdict. Smartflash owns three patents related to data storage and payment management. The Tyler, Texas, company alleged that, in 2000, patent co-inventor Patrick Racz shared his ideas...
February 26, 2015
iTunes software infringes three Smartflash patents, a jury finds; Apple says it will appeal A Texas jury ordered Apple Inc. to pay $532.9 million after finding that the company’s iTunes software infringed three patents of privately held Smartflash LLC. The Cupertino, Calif., tech giant vowed to appeal the verdict. Smartflash owns three patents related to data storage and payment management. The Tyler, Texas, company alleged that, in 2000, patent co-inventor Patrick Racz shared his ideas...
The Early Days of Legal Analytics
February 25, 2015
There is an interesting story in Forbes on Lex Machina, a legal start-up that provides analytics for use in LexMachina-logo1patent...
February 25, 2015
There is an interesting story in Forbes on Lex Machina, a legal start-up that provides analytics for use in LexMachina-logo1patent...
40 Essential Apps for Trial Lawyers (Part 2)
February 25, 2015
As we noted in Part One of this post, iPads have become ubiquitous in courtrooms and depositions since lawyers use them for everything from keeping organized to presenting evidence. Since 2011, when BullsEye first surveyed some of the most popular apps for trial, the number of litigation-related apps has grown significantly. When we recently decided to take another look at the best apps for trial lawyers, our list grew to 40. In Part One of this post, we covered apps for reviewing transcripts,...
February 25, 2015
As we noted in Part One of this post, iPads have become ubiquitous in courtrooms and depositions since lawyers use them for everything from keeping organized to presenting evidence. Since 2011, when BullsEye first surveyed some of the most popular apps for trial, the number of litigation-related apps has grown significantly. When we recently decided to take another look at the best apps for trial lawyers, our list grew to 40. In Part One of this post, we covered apps for reviewing transcripts,...
40 Essential Apps for Trial Lawyers (Part 1)
February 25, 2015
In courtrooms and depositions across the country, the iPad is replacing the legal pad as an essential accoutrement of trial...
February 25, 2015
In courtrooms and depositions across the country, the iPad is replacing the legal pad as an essential accoutrement of trial...
IBM Watson Might Transform the Practice of Law
February 24, 2015
It happened recently as I was looking at demonstrations of two very interesting new technology-based companies that help automate due diligence processes. eBrevia and Diligence Engine use machine-leaning technology to help lawyers review large sets of contracts in M&A situations, looking for risks and pitfalls. They are both classic examples of the type of technological innovation that’s happening at lightning speed in the legal industry today. They are addressing an enormous pain point in the industry:...
February 24, 2015
It happened recently as I was looking at demonstrations of two very interesting new technology-based companies that help automate due diligence processes. eBrevia and Diligence Engine use machine-leaning technology to help lawyers review large sets of contracts in M&A situations, looking for risks and pitfalls. They are both classic examples of the type of technological innovation that’s happening at lightning speed in the legal industry today. They are addressing an enormous pain point in the industry:...
Do Lawyers Distrust Many Technological Innovations?
February 22, 2015
Overall, there is a lack of trust in institutions among the general population and many lawyers apparently share in this skepticism when it comes to technology. The recently released 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer showed that issues related to trust are actually “hindering acceptance of technological advancements.” One of the key findings of the survey of the general population globally is that innovation is happening too quickly. Some 51 percent of the respondents said that the pace of development...
February 22, 2015
Overall, there is a lack of trust in institutions among the general population and many lawyers apparently share in this skepticism when it comes to technology. The recently released 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer showed that issues related to trust are actually “hindering acceptance of technological advancements.” One of the key findings of the survey of the general population globally is that innovation is happening too quickly. Some 51 percent of the respondents said that the pace of development...
The Chinese Equivalent of Amazon Starts Drone Deliveries
February 21, 2015
Amazon has talked about it, but now a Chinese online retailer is doing it: using drones to deliver goods to customers. Alibaba is roughly the Chinese equivalent of combining Amazon and eBay and last year took in revenue of 52.5 billion yen (approximately US $8.4 billion.) Its subdivision Taobao is running a very limited trial: it will run for three days, will only serve customers living close to its main distribution centers, and is restricted to the first 450 buyers. The test will only...
February 21, 2015
Amazon has talked about it, but now a Chinese online retailer is doing it: using drones to deliver goods to customers. Alibaba is roughly the Chinese equivalent of combining Amazon and eBay and last year took in revenue of 52.5 billion yen (approximately US $8.4 billion.) Its subdivision Taobao is running a very limited trial: it will run for three days, will only serve customers living close to its main distribution centers, and is restricted to the first 450 buyers. The test will only...
