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On Facebook, Dispute Resolution Goes Live
August 7, 2014
Facebook recently faced widespread criticism for conducting a psychology experiment on about 700,000 of its users without their informed consent. In the study, Facebook researchers manipulated users’ moods by exposing them to more positive or more negative posts than usual. Now CNNMoney reports that Facebook has been engaged in a more benign and possibly beneficial psychological experiment. The company has been under pressure to address the growing problem of “cyberbullying” among young...
August 7, 2014
Facebook recently faced widespread criticism for conducting a psychology experiment on about 700,000 of its users without their informed consent. In the study, Facebook researchers manipulated users’ moods by exposing them to more positive or more negative posts than usual. Now CNNMoney reports that Facebook has been engaged in a more benign and possibly beneficial psychological experiment. The company has been under pressure to address the growing problem of “cyberbullying” among young...
‘Hackcess to Justice’ is Aug. 7 and 8 in Boston
August 1, 2014
For anyone interested in legal technology or access to justice, possibly the most interesting event during the annual meeting is its first-ever hackathon, sponsored by the ABA Journal and Suffolk University Law School. If you are not familiar with the term, a hackathon is an event in which groups of people compete in teams to develop computer or mobile applications. The theme of this hackathon is Hackcess to Justice – and there is prize money to be had. A total of $3,000 will be awarded to the top three...
August 1, 2014
For anyone interested in legal technology or access to justice, possibly the most interesting event during the annual meeting is its first-ever hackathon, sponsored by the ABA Journal and Suffolk University Law School. If you are not familiar with the term, a hackathon is an event in which groups of people compete in teams to develop computer or mobile applications. The theme of this hackathon is Hackcess to Justice – and there is prize money to be had. A total of $3,000 will be awarded to the top three...
Algorithm Predicts US Supreme Court Decisions 70% of Time
July 31, 2014
A legal scholar says he and colleagues have developed an algorithm that can predict, with 70 percent accuracy, whether the US Supreme...
July 31, 2014
A legal scholar says he and colleagues have developed an algorithm that can predict, with 70 percent accuracy, whether the US Supreme...
10 Technologies that Have Changed the Practice of Law in a Cool Infographic
July 31, 2014
I’ve seen a lot of infographics, but never before have I been blamed credited for one. According to Nicole Black at the MyCase blog, the infographic I’ve embedded below, 10 Technologies that Have Changed the Practice of Law, was inspired by a post here on LawSites, A Chronology of Legal Technology, 1842-1995. Thanks Nicole and MyCase for turning my rudimentary list into something much nicer.
July 31, 2014
I’ve seen a lot of infographics, but never before have I been blamed credited for one. According to Nicole Black at the MyCase blog, the infographic I’ve embedded below, 10 Technologies that Have Changed the Practice of Law, was inspired by a post here on LawSites, A Chronology of Legal Technology, 1842-1995. Thanks Nicole and MyCase for turning my rudimentary list into something much nicer.
Jurors Not Hot on Tweeting at Trial
July 30, 2014
Tweeting at trial amongst jury members isn’t as big a problem as one might guess, according to a survey of U.S. district judges conducted by the Federal Judicial Center. Of the 494 respondents, only 33 said they had ever detected problematic social media use within the jury. The results indicated jurors access social media and blogs more often than forms of instant messaging, while a handful divulged confidential information about a case over it. Judges said they learned about inappropriate...
July 30, 2014
Tweeting at trial amongst jury members isn’t as big a problem as one might guess, according to a survey of U.S. district judges conducted by the Federal Judicial Center. Of the 494 respondents, only 33 said they had ever detected problematic social media use within the jury. The results indicated jurors access social media and blogs more often than forms of instant messaging, while a handful divulged confidential information about a case over it. Judges said they learned about inappropriate...
Microsoft Fighting the Feds Over Your Email
July 30, 2014
On Thursday Microsoft will oppose the U.S. government at a hearing in federal court in New York, arguing that it can’t force American tech companies to turn over customer emails stored exclusively in company data centers in other countries. This dispute should be important to you if you use email, because it could well turn on who owns your email—you or the company that stores it in the cloud. In December the government sent Microsoft a search warrant seeking a consumer’s emails as part...
July 30, 2014
On Thursday Microsoft will oppose the U.S. government at a hearing in federal court in New York, arguing that it can’t force American tech companies to turn over customer emails stored exclusively in company data centers in other countries. This dispute should be important to you if you use email, because it could well turn on who owns your email—you or the company that stores it in the cloud. In December the government sent Microsoft a search warrant seeking a consumer’s emails as part...
Goldman Sachs Asks Judge to Order Google to Delete Email Sent to Wrong Account
July 29, 2014
A contractor mistakenly sent "highly confidential brokerage account information" about Goldman Sachs Group Inc. clients to a stranger's email account, and the famed investment banking firm has asked a New York state court to help get it back. In a court complaint filed Friday in Manhattan, Goldman Sachs said Google Inc. appears willing to cooperate in deleting the email, but requires a court order to do so, Reuters reports. It is unclear how many customers are affected and it appears that even...
July 29, 2014
A contractor mistakenly sent "highly confidential brokerage account information" about Goldman Sachs Group Inc. clients to a stranger's email account, and the famed investment banking firm has asked a New York state court to help get it back. In a court complaint filed Friday in Manhattan, Goldman Sachs said Google Inc. appears willing to cooperate in deleting the email, but requires a court order to do so, Reuters reports. It is unclear how many customers are affected and it appears that even...
People Look to Yelp to Find Lawyers Online
July 29, 2014
Larry Bodine noted a survey of 3,465 people finding that 58 percent of those seeking lawyers make their first stop at business review site Yelp. And this is significant considering three out of four consumers seeking lawyers use online resources at some point in the process, according to a 2012 survey of 4,000 adult Internet users by marketing research company Research Intelligence Group. "Martindale-Hubbell, Avvo and Super Lawyers were much less trusted and used by people seeking an attorney,"...
July 29, 2014
Larry Bodine noted a survey of 3,465 people finding that 58 percent of those seeking lawyers make their first stop at business review site Yelp. And this is significant considering three out of four consumers seeking lawyers use online resources at some point in the process, according to a 2012 survey of 4,000 adult Internet users by marketing research company Research Intelligence Group. "Martindale-Hubbell, Avvo and Super Lawyers were much less trusted and used by people seeking an attorney,"...
Latest Legal Victory has LegalZoom Poised for Growth
July 29, 2014
In recent years, LegalZoom has faced lawsuits in eight states seeking to shut it down for violating state laws barring the unauthorized...
July 29, 2014
In recent years, LegalZoom has faced lawsuits in eight states seeking to shut it down for violating state laws barring the unauthorized...
Click to Resolve: Moving Mediation Online
July 29, 2014
Mediator Charlie Irvine makes the case for online dispute resolution in a recent post on the Kluwer Mediation Blog. “If precedent is anything to go by, it would be foolish to bet against the forward march of technology,” he says, and urges mediators and their clients alike to move past the “gold standard” of face time and explore other arrangements, such as video chatting on FaceTime. Irvine says his first foray into the virtual mediation space was conducting a one-hour workplace mediation...
July 29, 2014
Mediator Charlie Irvine makes the case for online dispute resolution in a recent post on the Kluwer Mediation Blog. “If precedent is anything to go by, it would be foolish to bet against the forward march of technology,” he says, and urges mediators and their clients alike to move past the “gold standard” of face time and explore other arrangements, such as video chatting on FaceTime. Irvine says his first foray into the virtual mediation space was conducting a one-hour workplace mediation...
