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Google Scholar – All The Law You’ll Ever Need
November 6, 2014
Caselaw is Set Free, What Next? - Google Scholar Blog. This is a great exposition of the history of Internet legal research...
November 6, 2014
Caselaw is Set Free, What Next? - Google Scholar Blog. This is a great exposition of the history of Internet legal research...
The Three Breakthroughs That Have Finally Unleashed AI on the World
November 6, 2014
A few months ago I made the trek to the sylvan campus of the IBM research labs in Yorktown Heights, New York, to catch an early glimpse of the fast-arriving, long-overdue future of artificial intelligence. This was the home of Watson, the electronic genius that conquered Jeopardy! in 2011. The original Watson is still here—it's about the size of a bedroom, with 10 upright, refrigerator-shaped machines forming the four walls. The tiny interior cavity gives technicians access to the jumble of wires...
November 6, 2014
A few months ago I made the trek to the sylvan campus of the IBM research labs in Yorktown Heights, New York, to catch an early glimpse of the fast-arriving, long-overdue future of artificial intelligence. This was the home of Watson, the electronic genius that conquered Jeopardy! in 2011. The original Watson is still here—it's about the size of a bedroom, with 10 upright, refrigerator-shaped machines forming the four walls. The tiny interior cavity gives technicians access to the jumble of wires...
What Peter Drucker Knew About 2020
November 3, 2014
When PwC released its annual survey of corporate chief executives for 2014, it was immediately obvious that change is on leaders’ brains: “As CEOs plan their strategies to take advantage of transformational shifts,” the consultancy reported, “they are also assessing their current capabilities – and finding that everything is fair game for reinvention.” It’s no wonder why. “Every few hundred years throughout Western history, a sharp transformation has occurred,” Peter Drucker...
November 3, 2014
When PwC released its annual survey of corporate chief executives for 2014, it was immediately obvious that change is on leaders’ brains: “As CEOs plan their strategies to take advantage of transformational shifts,” the consultancy reported, “they are also assessing their current capabilities – and finding that everything is fair game for reinvention.” It’s no wonder why. “Every few hundred years throughout Western history, a sharp transformation has occurred,” Peter Drucker...
SCOTUS Watchers Make Court More Accessible
November 2, 2014
Want short and sweet summaries of U.S. Supreme Court decisions? Interested in predicting their outcomes? No problem. There may be a blog or a fantasy league for you. Those who follow the Supreme Court have turned to social media and technology in ways that can build interest in the court and make it more accessible, the Washington Post reports. The story highlights several people with unusual takes on the court: • Houston intellectual property lawyer Keith Jaasma gets to the essence of Supreme...
November 2, 2014
Want short and sweet summaries of U.S. Supreme Court decisions? Interested in predicting their outcomes? No problem. There may be a blog or a fantasy league for you. Those who follow the Supreme Court have turned to social media and technology in ways that can build interest in the court and make it more accessible, the Washington Post reports. The story highlights several people with unusual takes on the court: • Houston intellectual property lawyer Keith Jaasma gets to the essence of Supreme...
IBM Teams Up With Twitter, Adds Tweets to Its Cloud
November 2, 2014
IBM announced its third big cloud-focused partnership in recent memory today, saying it will integrate the massive trove...
November 2, 2014
IBM announced its third big cloud-focused partnership in recent memory today, saying it will integrate the massive trove...
Why Lawyers Will Love the iPad Air 2
November 1, 2014
Yesterday, Apple announced the 2014 update to the iPad, and the newest full-size iPad is called the iPad Air 2. This is an incremental update, not unlike the update from the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 5s, but it hits all the high notes for the iPad and looks like it will be a fantastic tablet for any attorney. There is a 16GB model for $499 that you should NOT get, a 64GB model for $599 and a 128GB model for $699. The 64GB model will be perfect for most attorneys, and the 128GB model is great for attorneys...
November 1, 2014
Yesterday, Apple announced the 2014 update to the iPad, and the newest full-size iPad is called the iPad Air 2. This is an incremental update, not unlike the update from the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 5s, but it hits all the high notes for the iPad and looks like it will be a fantastic tablet for any attorney. There is a 16GB model for $499 that you should NOT get, a 64GB model for $599 and a 128GB model for $699. The 64GB model will be perfect for most attorneys, and the 128GB model is great for attorneys...
How Disruptive Technologies Will Transform the Role of Lawyers
November 1, 2014
I just finished reading an important new piece, The Great Disruption: How Machines Will Transform the Role of Lawyers in the Delivery of Legal Services, by Northwestern Law's John McGinnis and Fordham Law's Russell Pearce, that has implications for both lawyers and also for legal educators. Here is how the piece starts: "Law is an information technology—a code that regulates social life. In our age, the machinery of information technology is growing exponentially in power, not only in hardware,...
November 1, 2014
I just finished reading an important new piece, The Great Disruption: How Machines Will Transform the Role of Lawyers in the Delivery of Legal Services, by Northwestern Law's John McGinnis and Fordham Law's Russell Pearce, that has implications for both lawyers and also for legal educators. Here is how the piece starts: "Law is an information technology—a code that regulates social life. In our age, the machinery of information technology is growing exponentially in power, not only in hardware,...
LexisNexis Buys Moreover Technologies
November 1, 2014
LexisNexis Legal & Professional has acquired Reston, Va.-based Moreover Technologies Inc., which aggregates, monitors...
November 1, 2014
LexisNexis Legal & Professional has acquired Reston, Va.-based Moreover Technologies Inc., which aggregates, monitors...
Google Tests Waters for Potential Ultra-Fast Wireless Service
November 1, 2014
Google Inc is preparing to test new technology that may provide the foundation for a wireless version of its high-speed "Fiber" Internet service, according to telecommunication experts who scrutinized the company's regulatory filings. In a public but little-noticed application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Monday, Google asked the agency for permission to conduct tests in California across different wireless spectrums, including a rarely-used millimeter-wave frequency capable...
November 1, 2014
Google Inc is preparing to test new technology that may provide the foundation for a wireless version of its high-speed "Fiber" Internet service, according to telecommunication experts who scrutinized the company's regulatory filings. In a public but little-noticed application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Monday, Google asked the agency for permission to conduct tests in California across different wireless spectrums, including a rarely-used millimeter-wave frequency capable...
Google’s New Computer With Human-Like Learning Abilities Will Program Itself
November 1, 2014
The new hybrid device might not need humans at all. In college, it wasn’t rare to hear a verbal battle regarding artificial intelligence erupt between my friends studying neuroscience and my friends studying computer science. One rather outrageous fellow would mention the possibility of a computer takeover, and off they went. The neuroscience-savvy would awe at the potential of such hybrid technology as the CS majors argued we have nothing to fear, as computers will always need a programmer...
November 1, 2014
The new hybrid device might not need humans at all. In college, it wasn’t rare to hear a verbal battle regarding artificial intelligence erupt between my friends studying neuroscience and my friends studying computer science. One rather outrageous fellow would mention the possibility of a computer takeover, and off they went. The neuroscience-savvy would awe at the potential of such hybrid technology as the CS majors argued we have nothing to fear, as computers will always need a programmer...
