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Influential Papers for 2013
July 10, 2014
Googlers across the company actively engage with the scientific community by publishing technical papers, contributing open-source packages, working on standards, introducing new APIs and tools, giving talks and presentations, participating in ongoing technical debates, and much more. Our publications offer technical and algorithmic advances, feature aspects we learn as we develop novel products and services, and shed light on some of the technical challenges we face at Google. Below are some of the especially...
July 10, 2014
Googlers across the company actively engage with the scientific community by publishing technical papers, contributing open-source packages, working on standards, introducing new APIs and tools, giving talks and presentations, participating in ongoing technical debates, and much more. Our publications offer technical and algorithmic advances, feature aspects we learn as we develop novel products and services, and shed light on some of the technical challenges we face at Google. Below are some of the especially...
Surden: Computable Contracts – Part 2
July 8, 2014
Professor Harry Surden of the University of Colorado has posted Computable Contracts – Part 2, at Concurring Opinions. Here is a summary of the post: This is the second part of a series explaining “computable contracts.” For more about what a computable contract is, please see the first part here. [...] The goal of this second part is to explain the intuition behind how an ordinary contract can become a computable contract. Three Steps to Computable Contracting There are three steps...
July 8, 2014
Professor Harry Surden of the University of Colorado has posted Computable Contracts – Part 2, at Concurring Opinions. Here is a summary of the post: This is the second part of a series explaining “computable contracts.” For more about what a computable contract is, please see the first part here. [...] The goal of this second part is to explain the intuition behind how an ordinary contract can become a computable contract. Three Steps to Computable Contracting There are three steps...
CodeX FutureLaw 2014: Ethics
July 7, 2014
The recent CodeX FutureLaw 2014 Conference brought together all of the usual suspects in the tech law world, seemingly asking the same questions – Why aren’t reforms being adopted that would make our business models unfettered and why isn’t the ABA leading that charge? I had hoped to address those questions more effectively within the ethics panel discussion, but have a sense the Q&A format of that panel was a not a good vehicle to clearly make these points. Hopefully, this post will do a better...
July 7, 2014
The recent CodeX FutureLaw 2014 Conference brought together all of the usual suspects in the tech law world, seemingly asking the same questions – Why aren’t reforms being adopted that would make our business models unfettered and why isn’t the ABA leading that charge? I had hoped to address those questions more effectively within the ethics panel discussion, but have a sense the Q&A format of that panel was a not a good vehicle to clearly make these points. Hopefully, this post will do a better...
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL: Guy Flies a Drone with a Camera Into Fireworks Show
July 7, 2014
Jos Stiglingh used a GoPro — and a drone — to get really, REALLY up close and personal with the recent Fourth of July fireworks show over West Palm Beach, Florida.
July 7, 2014
Jos Stiglingh used a GoPro — and a drone — to get really, REALLY up close and personal with the recent Fourth of July fireworks show over West Palm Beach, Florida.
Stanford Computable Contracts Initiative
July 7, 2014
The Stanford Computable Contracts Initiative — a project of CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics — is apparently...
July 7, 2014
The Stanford Computable Contracts Initiative — a project of CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics — is apparently...
Bar Associations: Protecting Consumers or the Status Quo?
July 6, 2014
Some Bar Associations are behind the times. And some are challenged by the dual and potentially conflicting roles they play: one, to self-regulate the practice of law in order to protect consumers; and two, to protect the guild of lawyers from competition. A recent Texas State Bar ethics ruling demands a reaction because not only does it fail to protect consumers, it creates additional barriers for advancing the profession. The ruling states that a Texas law firm may not use “officer” or “principal”...
July 6, 2014
Some Bar Associations are behind the times. And some are challenged by the dual and potentially conflicting roles they play: one, to self-regulate the practice of law in order to protect consumers; and two, to protect the guild of lawyers from competition. A recent Texas State Bar ethics ruling demands a reaction because not only does it fail to protect consumers, it creates additional barriers for advancing the profession. The ruling states that a Texas law firm may not use “officer” or “principal”...
2013 Report Shows Increase in Federal and State Wiretaps
July 2, 2014
The number of federal and state wiretaps authorized in 2013 increased 5 percent over 2012, with telephone wiretaps the most...
July 2, 2014
The number of federal and state wiretaps authorized in 2013 increased 5 percent over 2012, with telephone wiretaps the most...
SmartWatch Fever
June 29, 2014
I catch a lot of flak from friends and others about my addiction to SmartWatches. Hey, buying and reviewing the latest in wearable computers is a dirty job; but, somebody has to do it. This is the first time I am waiting on two SmartWatches at the same time. Okay, one of them is a smartwatchphone that I bought from Asia just for fun; but, the other is the Gear Live, which is the newest member of the family of watches I might actually wear. I love my Gear 2 Neo and wear it every day. But, the appeal...
June 29, 2014
I catch a lot of flak from friends and others about my addiction to SmartWatches. Hey, buying and reviewing the latest in wearable computers is a dirty job; but, somebody has to do it. This is the first time I am waiting on two SmartWatches at the same time. Okay, one of them is a smartwatchphone that I bought from Asia just for fun; but, the other is the Gear Live, which is the newest member of the family of watches I might actually wear. I love my Gear 2 Neo and wear it every day. But, the appeal...
Preparing for the ‘Internet of Things’
June 28, 2014
In the early 1980s, programmers at Carnegie Mellon University connected a Coke machine to the World Wide Web. Users could check the status of the machine and availability of products over the Internet before walking to the machine. It's generally considered the first example of an Internet appliance, and the beginning of the "Internet of things." By 2008, the number of things connected to the Internet exceeded the number of people on Earth, with the number of connected things expected to reach...
June 28, 2014
In the early 1980s, programmers at Carnegie Mellon University connected a Coke machine to the World Wide Web. Users could check the status of the machine and availability of products over the Internet before walking to the machine. It's generally considered the first example of an Internet appliance, and the beginning of the "Internet of things." By 2008, the number of things connected to the Internet exceeded the number of people on Earth, with the number of connected things expected to reach...
Utah Lawyer Asks To Broadcast Divorce Court Proceedings
June 25, 2014
A Salt Lake City lawyer hopes to broadcast divorce court proceedings on his YouTube channel, but he has had little luck persuading judges to agree. Lawyer Eric Johnson came up with the idea after Utah opened its courts to electronic media coverage last year, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The state allowed TV cameras in courtrooms, as well as smartphones, tablets and laptops. Judges who objected to the electronic devices would have to justify banning them, according to previous coverage by the newspaper.
June 25, 2014
A Salt Lake City lawyer hopes to broadcast divorce court proceedings on his YouTube channel, but he has had little luck persuading judges to agree. Lawyer Eric Johnson came up with the idea after Utah opened its courts to electronic media coverage last year, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The state allowed TV cameras in courtrooms, as well as smartphones, tablets and laptops. Judges who objected to the electronic devices would have to justify banning them, according to previous coverage by the newspaper.
