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Predicting the Future – Digital Life in 2025
April 3, 2014
Pew reported it canvassed “2,558 experts and technology builders” who “predict the Internet will become ‘like electricity’ — less visible, yet more deeply embedded in people’s lives for good and ill.” Included in the Report were my comments about education by 2025: The greatest social change between now and 2025 will be to raise the educational standards for people regardless of their locale. The Internet has already proven to be a great educational tool, and such wonderful bodies...
April 3, 2014
Pew reported it canvassed “2,558 experts and technology builders” who “predict the Internet will become ‘like electricity’ — less visible, yet more deeply embedded in people’s lives for good and ill.” Included in the Report were my comments about education by 2025: The greatest social change between now and 2025 will be to raise the educational standards for people regardless of their locale. The Internet has already proven to be a great educational tool, and such wonderful bodies...
Robotic Attorneys and the Future
April 1, 2014
Will legal work soon be performed by robots? Drones may soon be delivering your Amazon packages, but will they also be taking over your legal career? James O’Toole in a story in CNN Money contemplates whether “the lawyers of the future may be less J.D. than R2D2.” “Lots of legal work is already being computerized by some firms, including the drafting of simple contracts and the search for evidence in reams of documents,” O’Toole says. Though industry experts admit a robotic attorney...
April 1, 2014
Will legal work soon be performed by robots? Drones may soon be delivering your Amazon packages, but will they also be taking over your legal career? James O’Toole in a story in CNN Money contemplates whether “the lawyers of the future may be less J.D. than R2D2.” “Lots of legal work is already being computerized by some firms, including the drafting of simple contracts and the search for evidence in reams of documents,” O’Toole says. Though industry experts admit a robotic attorney...
LexisNexis UK Launches as an Alternative Business Structure
April 1, 2014
The legal publisher is approved to provide advisory services. Are lawyers being replaced by legal software? There are many...
April 1, 2014
The legal publisher is approved to provide advisory services. Are lawyers being replaced by legal software? There are many...
BREAKING: Citing Legal Industry Disruption, West, Lexis Open their Data to Free Access
April 1, 2014
Last month, Harvard Law School hosted the conference, Disruptive Innovation in the Market for Legal Services, featuring Harvard Business School Prof. Clayton M. Christensen, author of the seminal 1997 book, The Innovator’s Dilemma. That came not long after ReInvent Law NYC, another conference that focused on innovation and disruption in the legal industry. Indeed, as I wrote then, we may be in the midst of a time of unprecedented innovation in legal technology. Citing this very trend towards...
April 1, 2014
Last month, Harvard Law School hosted the conference, Disruptive Innovation in the Market for Legal Services, featuring Harvard Business School Prof. Clayton M. Christensen, author of the seminal 1997 book, The Innovator’s Dilemma. That came not long after ReInvent Law NYC, another conference that focused on innovation and disruption in the legal industry. Indeed, as I wrote then, we may be in the midst of a time of unprecedented innovation in legal technology. Citing this very trend towards...
Yes, Your Google Presence Matters
March 30, 2014
In short, your online presence is your living résumé — the best evidence to the world of what you are the very best at. You need to consistently work to build it up. How to go about this? Recognize that past performance is the best predictor of future performance. How can you tailor your online presence to show a pattern of success? Two words: Be specific. If you have hit five home runs in high-stakes litigation, highlight that in your online law firm and LinkedIn biographies. Don't make...
March 30, 2014
In short, your online presence is your living résumé — the best evidence to the world of what you are the very best at. You need to consistently work to build it up. How to go about this? Recognize that past performance is the best predictor of future performance. How can you tailor your online presence to show a pattern of success? Two words: Be specific. If you have hit five home runs in high-stakes litigation, highlight that in your online law firm and LinkedIn biographies. Don't make...
Microsoft Releases Word (and Excel and PowerPoint) for iPad
March 30, 2014
I'm at ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago right now, and the big news on Thursday was that Microsoft released a version of Word (and Excel, and PowerPoint) for the iPad. I have been kicking the tires on this app since it was released Thursday afternoon, and I am incredibly impressed. Unlike Microsoft Office Mobile for iPhone released last year, the new Word app for the iPad has virtually every feature that lawyers want to use. Every attorney who uses an iPad will want to get this app. Unlike...
March 30, 2014
I'm at ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago right now, and the big news on Thursday was that Microsoft released a version of Word (and Excel, and PowerPoint) for the iPad. I have been kicking the tires on this app since it was released Thursday afternoon, and I am incredibly impressed. Unlike Microsoft Office Mobile for iPhone released last year, the new Word app for the iPad has virtually every feature that lawyers want to use. Every attorney who uses an iPad will want to get this app. Unlike...
Microsoft Office for iPad – It’s About Time
March 30, 2014
Yep, it’s finally here. After lots of promises and years of delay, Microsoft has finally released a true Office for iPad suite (no more emulations from third parties). Maybe this move is to counter Apple’s semi-recent decision to bundle its iLife apps (Pages, Numbers and Keynote) for free. Maybe they just finally got around to it. Who knows? But here it is, so I figured I should check out exactly what Microsoft is offering to Apple users. As expected, Office for iPad is a collection of three...
March 30, 2014
Yep, it’s finally here. After lots of promises and years of delay, Microsoft has finally released a true Office for iPad suite (no more emulations from third parties). Maybe this move is to counter Apple’s semi-recent decision to bundle its iLife apps (Pages, Numbers and Keynote) for free. Maybe they just finally got around to it. Who knows? But here it is, so I figured I should check out exactly what Microsoft is offering to Apple users. As expected, Office for iPad is a collection of three...
Bloomberg Law App Keeps Lawyers Current With Instant, Personalized Practice News
March 29, 2014
Bloomberg Law Pat your smartphone on the back: it just got smarter. Or at least less put-down-able. In an apparent effort...
March 29, 2014
Bloomberg Law Pat your smartphone on the back: it just got smarter. Or at least less put-down-able. In an apparent effort...
On Social Media, In-House Lawyers Like to Look
March 29, 2014
How are in-house counsel employing social media? By listening—according to Bev Cline, in a recent article in Lexpert....
March 29, 2014
How are in-house counsel employing social media? By listening—according to Bev Cline, in a recent article in Lexpert....
Jurisdiction in the Facebook Era
March 29, 2014
What cases can be used as precedent when social media hasn’t been around long enough to fill a body of case law on every...
March 29, 2014
What cases can be used as precedent when social media hasn’t been around long enough to fill a body of case law on every...
