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OpenEDGAR: Open Source Software for SEC EDGAR Analysis
August 4, 2018
OpenEDGAR is an open source Python framework designed to rapidly construct research databases based on the Electronic Data...
August 4, 2018
OpenEDGAR is an open source Python framework designed to rapidly construct research databases based on the Electronic Data...
LexisNexis Launches Lexis Analytics, an Unmatched Suite of Advanced Tools Designed to Power Data-Driven Law
August 4, 2018
LexisNexis® Legal & Professional today announced the launch of Lexis Analytics, a comprehensive suite of analytics tools that leverages advanced technology, vast stores of legal content and expert curation to give lawyers a decisive competitive advantage in the business and practice of law. The suite consists of new and enhanced products fueled by smart content from Lexis Advance and the strategic acquisitions of Lex Machina, Intelligize and Ravel Law, and integrates the most powerful technologies...
August 4, 2018
LexisNexis® Legal & Professional today announced the launch of Lexis Analytics, a comprehensive suite of analytics tools that leverages advanced technology, vast stores of legal content and expert curation to give lawyers a decisive competitive advantage in the business and practice of law. The suite consists of new and enhanced products fueled by smart content from Lexis Advance and the strategic acquisitions of Lex Machina, Intelligize and Ravel Law, and integrates the most powerful technologies...
The Rationale for Motions in the Design of Adjudication
August 3, 2018
The conduct of adjudication is often influenced by motions––requests made by litigants to modify the course of adjudication. The question studied in this article is why adjudication should be designed so as to permit the use of motions. The answer developed is that litigants will naturally know a great deal about their specific matter, whereas a court will ordinarily know little except to the degree that the court has already invested effort to appreciate it. By giving litigants the right to bring...
August 3, 2018
The conduct of adjudication is often influenced by motions––requests made by litigants to modify the course of adjudication. The question studied in this article is why adjudication should be designed so as to permit the use of motions. The answer developed is that litigants will naturally know a great deal about their specific matter, whereas a court will ordinarily know little except to the degree that the court has already invested effort to appreciate it. By giving litigants the right to bring...
First Circuit: Uber’s Arbitration Clause Not Enforceable
August 3, 2018
There is a growing body of law analyzing the formation of online arbitration agreements, and the First Circuit’s recent opinion in Cullinane v. Uber Technologies, Inc., No. 16-2023 (1st Cir. June 25, 2018) (click here for a copy of the decision) adds to this growing corpus. This decision is a must-read for anyone creating or challenging online arbitration agreements.
August 3, 2018
There is a growing body of law analyzing the formation of online arbitration agreements, and the First Circuit’s recent opinion in Cullinane v. Uber Technologies, Inc., No. 16-2023 (1st Cir. June 25, 2018) (click here for a copy of the decision) adds to this growing corpus. This decision is a must-read for anyone creating or challenging online arbitration agreements.
Texas Court Finds Evidence to Establish Lack of Capacity
August 2, 2018
The Houston 14th Court of Appeals reversed the Brazoria County Court's granting of of summary judgement to the defendants in the Estate of Danford, remanding the case back to that court. The appellate court found that there was sufficient evidence for a trial after the contestants of Annie Ruth Danford's 2010 will showed that she may have lacked the testamentary capacity to execute the will. The contestant's nephews, Ervin Hunold, Jr., Michael Hunold, Steven Hunold, and Travis Hunold opposed when...
August 2, 2018
The Houston 14th Court of Appeals reversed the Brazoria County Court's granting of of summary judgement to the defendants in the Estate of Danford, remanding the case back to that court. The appellate court found that there was sufficient evidence for a trial after the contestants of Annie Ruth Danford's 2010 will showed that she may have lacked the testamentary capacity to execute the will. The contestant's nephews, Ervin Hunold, Jr., Michael Hunold, Steven Hunold, and Travis Hunold opposed when...
Article on A Critique of the American Arbitration Association’s Efforts to Facilitate Arbitration of Internal Trust Disputes
August 2, 2018
E. Gary Spitko published an Article entitled, A Critique of the American Arbitration Association's Efforts to Facilitate...
August 2, 2018
E. Gary Spitko published an Article entitled, A Critique of the American Arbitration Association's Efforts to Facilitate...
Article on Discretionary Trusts: An Update
August 1, 2018
Richard C. Ausness recently published an Article entitled, Discretionary Trusts: An Update, Wills, Trusts, & Estates...
August 1, 2018
Richard C. Ausness recently published an Article entitled, Discretionary Trusts: An Update, Wills, Trusts, & Estates...
The Rise of Mega Mediations #2
August 1, 2018
Having looked at The Rise of Co Mediation in Mega Mediations last month and the challenges such cases pose for mediators, let’s get a little closer to the inner workings of these mediations, especially at the intake stage. So many moving parts – the people, the paper, the posturing – like a long haul plane sitting on the tarmac, how do these huge mediations ever get off the ground? Well, they are surprisingly graceful once airborne and if done right, mega mediations become manageable...
August 1, 2018
Having looked at The Rise of Co Mediation in Mega Mediations last month and the challenges such cases pose for mediators, let’s get a little closer to the inner workings of these mediations, especially at the intake stage. So many moving parts – the people, the paper, the posturing – like a long haul plane sitting on the tarmac, how do these huge mediations ever get off the ground? Well, they are surprisingly graceful once airborne and if done right, mega mediations become manageable...
Law Firm Leaders Are Bullish: 70% Expect Growth In 2d Half Of 2018; Only 9% See Drop
July 31, 2018
Law firm leaders are taking a slightly dimmer view of the legal industry’s prospects in the second half of 2018 as their confidence in the U.S. and global economy wanes, according to a survey released Wednesday by Citi Private Bank. Citi’s latest edition of its Law Firm Leaders Confidence Index showed that while top brass at firms remain a confident group, they have some concerns about the state of the economy, and that has had an impact on overall confidence. The Citi index runs on a scale...
July 31, 2018
Law firm leaders are taking a slightly dimmer view of the legal industry’s prospects in the second half of 2018 as their confidence in the U.S. and global economy wanes, according to a survey released Wednesday by Citi Private Bank. Citi’s latest edition of its Law Firm Leaders Confidence Index showed that while top brass at firms remain a confident group, they have some concerns about the state of the economy, and that has had an impact on overall confidence. The Citi index runs on a scale...
Moneyball for Arbitrators
July 31, 2018
In Moneyball, Lewis quips that “baseball scouting was at roughly the same stage of development in the twenty-first century as professional medicine had been in the eighteenth.” The same could be said of modern international arbitrator selection. Much like the “fraternity of old scouts” who use their gut instincts to identify future baseball players, parties and attorneys select international arbitrators based on intuition, and supplement that intuition with ad hoc, person-to-person research,...
July 31, 2018
In Moneyball, Lewis quips that “baseball scouting was at roughly the same stage of development in the twenty-first century as professional medicine had been in the eighteenth.” The same could be said of modern international arbitrator selection. Much like the “fraternity of old scouts” who use their gut instincts to identify future baseball players, parties and attorneys select international arbitrators based on intuition, and supplement that intuition with ad hoc, person-to-person research,...
