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Top 10 Employment Discrimination Charges in 2017
February 19, 2018
A total of 84,254 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) nationwide...
February 19, 2018
A total of 84,254 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) nationwide...
Behavioral Law & Economics
February 19, 2018
Christoph Engel (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods) has posted The Proper Scope of Behavioral Law and Economics on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Behavioral law and economics applies the conceptual tools of behavioral economics to the analysis of legal problems and legal intervention. These models, and the experiments to test them, assume an institution free state of nature. In modern societies, the law’s subjects never see this state of nature. However, a rich arrangement...
February 19, 2018
Christoph Engel (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods) has posted The Proper Scope of Behavioral Law and Economics on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Behavioral law and economics applies the conceptual tools of behavioral economics to the analysis of legal problems and legal intervention. These models, and the experiments to test them, assume an institution free state of nature. In modern societies, the law’s subjects never see this state of nature. However, a rich arrangement...
AI Goes To Law School—In China
February 18, 2018
Legal educators helping future attorneys prepare for 21st century careers are certainly concerned with the influence of technology on the practice of law. But increasingly, legal technology education and research often comes from the United States and isn’t likely to help international law students keep pace. Peking University Law School is looking to change that. The elite Chinese law school will partner with cloud-based analytics platform Gridsum to introduce a new research center focused...
February 18, 2018
Legal educators helping future attorneys prepare for 21st century careers are certainly concerned with the influence of technology on the practice of law. But increasingly, legal technology education and research often comes from the United States and isn’t likely to help international law students keep pace. Peking University Law School is looking to change that. The elite Chinese law school will partner with cloud-based analytics platform Gridsum to introduce a new research center focused...
Assisted-DIY Divorce Site Launched
February 18, 2018
From Above The Law: For most ordinary folks, the prospect of hiring a lawyer who represents Hollywood A-listers in divorce proceedings is as much of a fantasy as a Hollywood’s movie version of real life. But with a little bit of techno-charged pixie dust, the dream of high-powered representation for run-of-the-mill divorce cases is now a reality. Last week, Los Angeles attorney Laura Wasser — whose clients have included Angelina Jolie, Ryan Reynolds, Heidi Klum, Ashton Kutcher, Christina...
February 18, 2018
From Above The Law: For most ordinary folks, the prospect of hiring a lawyer who represents Hollywood A-listers in divorce proceedings is as much of a fantasy as a Hollywood’s movie version of real life. But with a little bit of techno-charged pixie dust, the dream of high-powered representation for run-of-the-mill divorce cases is now a reality. Last week, Los Angeles attorney Laura Wasser — whose clients have included Angelina Jolie, Ryan Reynolds, Heidi Klum, Ashton Kutcher, Christina...
Suing Is Canada’s New Asset Class as Investors Bet on Claims
February 17, 2018
IMF Bentham Ltd. is looking to finance commercial litigation in the country, as well as restructurings and insolvencies,...
February 17, 2018
IMF Bentham Ltd. is looking to finance commercial litigation in the country, as well as restructurings and insolvencies,...
Uber Nearing Self-Driving Cars Without Human Backup Driver
February 17, 2018
Uber plans to carry passengers in autonomous vehicles without human backup drivers in about the same time frame as competitors, which expect to be on the road at the latest sometime next year, the service’s autonomous vehicle chief said Wednesday. Advanced Technology Group leader Eric Meyhofer wouldn’t give a specific start date but he said Uber won’t deploy the driverless cars without human backups unless they are proved safe. “Once we can check that box, which we call passing the robot...
February 17, 2018
Uber plans to carry passengers in autonomous vehicles without human backup drivers in about the same time frame as competitors, which expect to be on the road at the latest sometime next year, the service’s autonomous vehicle chief said Wednesday. Advanced Technology Group leader Eric Meyhofer wouldn’t give a specific start date but he said Uber won’t deploy the driverless cars without human backups unless they are proved safe. “Once we can check that box, which we call passing the robot...
Court of Arbitration for Sport Overturns Lifetime Olympics Ban for 28 Russian Athletes Accused of Doping
February 16, 2018
Last week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) delivered a decision related to 39 lifetime athlete bans that were issued by the Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”). The lifetime bans were originally issued against 43 Russian athletes in connection with large-scale doping allegations related to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games that were held in Sochi. Following the IOC’s order, 42 of the banned athletes filed an appeal with CAS. According...
February 16, 2018
Last week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) delivered a decision related to 39 lifetime athlete bans that were issued by the Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”). The lifetime bans were originally issued against 43 Russian athletes in connection with large-scale doping allegations related to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games that were held in Sochi. Following the IOC’s order, 42 of the banned athletes filed an appeal with CAS. According...
The Mistakes You Make in a Meeting’s First Milliseconds
February 16, 2018
A growing body of research shows the snap judgments people make about others’ trustworthiness are wrong more often than most people think. These first impressions are formed in milliseconds, based on instinctive responses in the brain’s emotion-processing center, the amygdala. Some people conclude a stranger is reliable because he or she looks like someone trustworthy the person already knows, says Alexander Todorov, a leading researcher and author of a 2017 book on the topic, “Face Value:...
February 16, 2018
A growing body of research shows the snap judgments people make about others’ trustworthiness are wrong more often than most people think. These first impressions are formed in milliseconds, based on instinctive responses in the brain’s emotion-processing center, the amygdala. Some people conclude a stranger is reliable because he or she looks like someone trustworthy the person already knows, says Alexander Todorov, a leading researcher and author of a 2017 book on the topic, “Face Value:...
Patent Litigation at the District Court Level
February 15, 2018
In the final quarter of 2017, a total of 981 patent cases were filed in U.S. District Courts, a 1.3% decrease over the previous quarter’s total of 994 cases. Cases filed in the calendar year 2017 (4,057 cases) represent a decline of 10.3% over 2016 (with 4,529 cases). Perhaps the most notable event of 2017 was the Supreme Court issuing its opinion in T.C. Heartland on May 22, holding unanimously that, under 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b) (the statute governing venue in patent suits), a domestic corporation...
February 15, 2018
In the final quarter of 2017, a total of 981 patent cases were filed in U.S. District Courts, a 1.3% decrease over the previous quarter’s total of 994 cases. Cases filed in the calendar year 2017 (4,057 cases) represent a decline of 10.3% over 2016 (with 4,529 cases). Perhaps the most notable event of 2017 was the Supreme Court issuing its opinion in T.C. Heartland on May 22, holding unanimously that, under 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b) (the statute governing venue in patent suits), a domestic corporation...
District Court Breaks New Ground by Vacating Arbitrator’s Class Certification Award
February 15, 2018
Here is the opening line of the article: “In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind ruling, the District Court for the Southern District of New York recently concluded that a federal district court has the authority to vacate an arbitrator’s class certification award based on the due process rights of absent class members.” The underlying case is Jock v. Sterling Jewelers, Inc., 08 Civ. 2875, 2018 WL 418571 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 15, 2018), and plaintiffs have already filed a notice of appeal. If...
February 15, 2018
Here is the opening line of the article: “In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind ruling, the District Court for the Southern District of New York recently concluded that a federal district court has the authority to vacate an arbitrator’s class certification award based on the due process rights of absent class members.” The underlying case is Jock v. Sterling Jewelers, Inc., 08 Civ. 2875, 2018 WL 418571 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 15, 2018), and plaintiffs have already filed a notice of appeal. If...
