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‘Brain Olympics for Lawyers’ Kicking Off at ReInvent Law NYC Conference
February 7, 2014
When Michigan State University College of Law professors and Daniel Katz and Renee Newman Knake held the inaugural ReInvent Law conference last year, they chose Silicon Valley as their venue of choice, because they wanted to focus on innovative tech startups and how they were changing the face of the legal industry. They then held events in Dubai and London. Now, ReInvent Law has come to New York City. On Friday, the ABA Journal, alongside Michigan State University College of Law and the Kauffman...
February 7, 2014
When Michigan State University College of Law professors and Daniel Katz and Renee Newman Knake held the inaugural ReInvent Law conference last year, they chose Silicon Valley as their venue of choice, because they wanted to focus on innovative tech startups and how they were changing the face of the legal industry. They then held events in Dubai and London. Now, ReInvent Law has come to New York City. On Friday, the ABA Journal, alongside Michigan State University College of Law and the Kauffman...
How Analytics Can Vastly Improve the Negotiation Process
February 7, 2014
Data plays a role in everything. And as we as a society collect more and more data, the ability to parse through it effectively...
February 7, 2014
Data plays a role in everything. And as we as a society collect more and more data, the ability to parse through it effectively...
Overstock.com Becomes Largest U.S. Retailer to Accept Bitcoin
February 5, 2014
If you want some cheap linens or towels, you can’t pay in Club Med beads, but you can pay in Bitcoin. Overstock.com just became the largest U.S. retailer to accept the futuristic currency, according to a post by Jacob Farber on Perkins Coie’s Virtual Currency Report. “Overstock.com struck a deal with Coinbase for the processing of Bitcoin payments last Tuesday and has been working around the clock since to prepare to go live,” he says. But while there is a new Bitcoin story every day,...
February 5, 2014
If you want some cheap linens or towels, you can’t pay in Club Med beads, but you can pay in Bitcoin. Overstock.com just became the largest U.S. retailer to accept the futuristic currency, according to a post by Jacob Farber on Perkins Coie’s Virtual Currency Report. “Overstock.com struck a deal with Coinbase for the processing of Bitcoin payments last Tuesday and has been working around the clock since to prepare to go live,” he says. But while there is a new Bitcoin story every day,...
The Rise of Legal Services Outsourcing: Risk and Opportunity
February 3, 2014
Here, Mary Lacity, Leslie Willcocks and Andrew Burgess present practices used by clients, providers and advisors to realize...
February 3, 2014
Here, Mary Lacity, Leslie Willcocks and Andrew Burgess present practices used by clients, providers and advisors to realize...
How to Build an Information Time Machine
February 2, 2014
Imagine if you could surf Facebook ... from the Middle Ages. Well, it may not be as far off as it sounds. In a fun and interesting talk, researcher and engineer Frederic Kaplan shows off the Venice Time Machine, a project to digitize 80 kilometers of books to create a historical and geographical simulation of Venice across 1000 years. (Filmed at TEDxCaFoscariU.) Frederic Kaplan seeks to digitize vast archives of historical information to make maps that move -- through time. Full bio »
February 2, 2014
Imagine if you could surf Facebook ... from the Middle Ages. Well, it may not be as far off as it sounds. In a fun and interesting talk, researcher and engineer Frederic Kaplan shows off the Venice Time Machine, a project to digitize 80 kilometers of books to create a historical and geographical simulation of Venice across 1000 years. (Filmed at TEDxCaFoscariU.) Frederic Kaplan seeks to digitize vast archives of historical information to make maps that move -- through time. Full bio »
LinkedIn Sues Bots for Fake Accounts
February 2, 2014
LinkedIn recently had some professional connections it wasn’t so fond of—bots. The networking site filed a lawsuit for breach...
February 2, 2014
LinkedIn recently had some professional connections it wasn’t so fond of—bots. The networking site filed a lawsuit for breach...
Attorney Disciplined Over Tweets
February 1, 2014
It was a job lost in 140 characters. Attorney Sarah Peterson Herr was a researcher at an appellate court in Kansas. According to her own disciplinary hearing, she watched a high-profile trial on a computer in her office and Tweeted her observations, speculations and reactions. Tweets included lofty observations, such as “Holy balls, there are literally 15 cops here for the Phil Kline case today” and “you don’t think a sealed document is meant to be confidential. BURN.” She also estimated...
February 1, 2014
It was a job lost in 140 characters. Attorney Sarah Peterson Herr was a researcher at an appellate court in Kansas. According to her own disciplinary hearing, she watched a high-profile trial on a computer in her office and Tweeted her observations, speculations and reactions. Tweets included lofty observations, such as “Holy balls, there are literally 15 cops here for the Phil Kline case today” and “you don’t think a sealed document is meant to be confidential. BURN.” She also estimated...
Flashback: Forbes: Your Negotiation Crystal Ball Has Arrived
February 1, 2014
Launching at LegalTech New York today, Picture It Settled® software is being billed as a highly-intelligent predictive analytics tool that guides inside and outside attorneys through the negotiation process, based on deep data harvested from thousands of cases. The online-accessible technology was created by a team of attorneys and statisticians led by Don Philbin, a nationally recognized attorney-mediator based in San Antonio. Using neural networks, probability theory and behavioral patterns,...
February 1, 2014
Launching at LegalTech New York today, Picture It Settled® software is being billed as a highly-intelligent predictive analytics tool that guides inside and outside attorneys through the negotiation process, based on deep data harvested from thousands of cases. The online-accessible technology was created by a team of attorneys and statisticians led by Don Philbin, a nationally recognized attorney-mediator based in San Antonio. Using neural networks, probability theory and behavioral patterns,...
Speeding Up Settlement With a Predictive App
February 1, 2014
Associate general counsel Mary Brennan Stitch credited a piece of software with helping her company settle a case by predicting the outcome of various moves during negotiations. “Despite all the books and classes we may have consumed on the art of negotiating, too often we rely largely on educated guesses and gut instinct to dictate our strategy and negotiation tactics,” said Stitch in a statement. She serves as chief litigation counsel at San Antonio–based Rackspace Hosting Inc., which...
February 1, 2014
Associate general counsel Mary Brennan Stitch credited a piece of software with helping her company settle a case by predicting the outcome of various moves during negotiations. “Despite all the books and classes we may have consumed on the art of negotiating, too often we rely largely on educated guesses and gut instinct to dictate our strategy and negotiation tactics,” said Stitch in a statement. She serves as chief litigation counsel at San Antonio–based Rackspace Hosting Inc., which...
LegalTech New York Primer: Advice From Veterans
February 1, 2014
Download apps, plan ahead, and drink lots and lots of coffee. Heading to the Big Apple for the Super Bowl LegalTech New York? Well, aside from the most important advice that applies to events at both Met Stadium and the New York Hilton Midtown (wear comfortable shoes and bring very warm coats) here's some instant mentoring for newbies: >> Sprint: For newbies, do a lap of the vendor floors to get a feel for things, then go back and target those vendors that have products or services...
February 1, 2014
Download apps, plan ahead, and drink lots and lots of coffee. Heading to the Big Apple for the Super Bowl LegalTech New York? Well, aside from the most important advice that applies to events at both Met Stadium and the New York Hilton Midtown (wear comfortable shoes and bring very warm coats) here's some instant mentoring for newbies: >> Sprint: For newbies, do a lap of the vendor floors to get a feel for things, then go back and target those vendors that have products or services...
