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Don’t Steal My Employees When You Quit – the Anti-Raid Provision
September 14, 2017
The usual gamut of post-employment covenants includes non-compete restrictions, non-solicitation of customer restrictions, confidentiality restrictions, and in many cases the anti-raid provision designed to keep a departing employee from hiring away a former employer’s employees and contractors. The anti-raid is not always given a lot of thought, but it should be. Why? Because when there is an orchestrated departure, the odds are a departing employee will attempt to hire away the top lieutenants....
September 14, 2017
The usual gamut of post-employment covenants includes non-compete restrictions, non-solicitation of customer restrictions, confidentiality restrictions, and in many cases the anti-raid provision designed to keep a departing employee from hiring away a former employer’s employees and contractors. The anti-raid is not always given a lot of thought, but it should be. Why? Because when there is an orchestrated departure, the odds are a departing employee will attempt to hire away the top lieutenants....
How Artificial Intelligence Could Negotiate Better Deals for Humans
September 14, 2017
You may know the art of the deal, but there’s a science to it, too. And artificial intelligence is beginning to learn...
September 14, 2017
You may know the art of the deal, but there’s a science to it, too. And artificial intelligence is beginning to learn...
Delaware Dethroned by South Dakota as Top Corporate Lawsuit Venue, Report Says
September 13, 2017
South Dakota has replaced Delaware as the No. 1 choice of in-house counsel and business executives for handling corporate lawsuits, according to a new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform. The new Harris poll announced Tuesday morning at a Chamber conference in Washington, D.C., showed Vermont, Idaho, Minnesota and New Hampshire closely following South Dakota in the rankings. Delaware had been the top state in the studies for the past 15 years, but finished...
September 13, 2017
South Dakota has replaced Delaware as the No. 1 choice of in-house counsel and business executives for handling corporate lawsuits, according to a new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform. The new Harris poll announced Tuesday morning at a Chamber conference in Washington, D.C., showed Vermont, Idaho, Minnesota and New Hampshire closely following South Dakota in the rankings. Delaware had been the top state in the studies for the past 15 years, but finished...
Empathy Can Be Too Much of a Good Thing
September 13, 2017
Empathy is critical to being a good negotiator. You must address the other person’s needs and wants in order to reach an agreement. Being emotionally cut off from others is not a recipe for negotiation success. On the other hand being too tuned in to others’ emotions can weigh you down and overwhelm you. An article in Lifehacker has some suggestions on how to keep a balance. Author Melanie Pinola suggests using two tools to protect ourselves: clear boundaries and a shift in perspective...
September 13, 2017
Empathy is critical to being a good negotiator. You must address the other person’s needs and wants in order to reach an agreement. Being emotionally cut off from others is not a recipe for negotiation success. On the other hand being too tuned in to others’ emotions can weigh you down and overwhelm you. An article in Lifehacker has some suggestions on how to keep a balance. Author Melanie Pinola suggests using two tools to protect ourselves: clear boundaries and a shift in perspective...
What Do You Want?
September 12, 2017
It’s one of the first questions a lawyer should be asking a client in an initial meeting or as part of a more thorough process assessment. What is the potential client’s goal? Oddly, most lawyers in their initial meeting or consultation never ask this key question. For people involved in a dispute, the sooner you answer this question with clarity, the better off you will be in the long run. That clear answer is crucial to setting the course for the best way to approach your dispute. ...
September 12, 2017
It’s one of the first questions a lawyer should be asking a client in an initial meeting or as part of a more thorough process assessment. What is the potential client’s goal? Oddly, most lawyers in their initial meeting or consultation never ask this key question. For people involved in a dispute, the sooner you answer this question with clarity, the better off you will be in the long run. That clear answer is crucial to setting the course for the best way to approach your dispute. ...
ADR Legislative Update
September 11, 2017
As is his practice, Larson Frisby of the ABA Governmental Affairs Office has prepared his annual Federal Legislative Update, reporting on the status of federal ADR legislation and other related proposals and measures of interest to practitioners and public policy followers. Most prominent on the list is the CFPB’s final rule regulating the use of financial consumer pre-dispute arbitration agreements and requiring reporting of data concerning arbitrations that are held pursuant to such agreements....
September 11, 2017
As is his practice, Larson Frisby of the ABA Governmental Affairs Office has prepared his annual Federal Legislative Update, reporting on the status of federal ADR legislation and other related proposals and measures of interest to practitioners and public policy followers. Most prominent on the list is the CFPB’s final rule regulating the use of financial consumer pre-dispute arbitration agreements and requiring reporting of data concerning arbitrations that are held pursuant to such agreements....
IBM Invests $240M in MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
September 11, 2017
Most in the local tech field believe that Boston is poised to be a leading player in a new generation of companies built around artificial intelligence. That theory got a major vote of confidence on Thursday when International Business Machines Corp. announced a 10-year plan to fund cutting-edge AI research at MIT. The $240 million investment will create the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, which will "carry out fundamental artificial intelligence research and seek to propel scientific breakthroughs...
September 11, 2017
Most in the local tech field believe that Boston is poised to be a leading player in a new generation of companies built around artificial intelligence. That theory got a major vote of confidence on Thursday when International Business Machines Corp. announced a 10-year plan to fund cutting-edge AI research at MIT. The $240 million investment will create the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, which will "carry out fundamental artificial intelligence research and seek to propel scientific breakthroughs...
Learning More About Yourself Could Help You Better Understand Others
September 10, 2017
As social creatures, accurately recognising and understanding the mental states of others (their intentions, knowledge, beliefs, etc.) is crucial to our social bonds and interactions. In fact, in today’s multi-cultural world and strongly divided political climate, this skill – known as Theory of Mind – is perhaps more important than ever. A recent study published in the Journal of Cognitive Enhancementproposes that an effective way to develop our Theory of Mind lies in learning to better...
September 10, 2017
As social creatures, accurately recognising and understanding the mental states of others (their intentions, knowledge, beliefs, etc.) is crucial to our social bonds and interactions. In fact, in today’s multi-cultural world and strongly divided political climate, this skill – known as Theory of Mind – is perhaps more important than ever. A recent study published in the Journal of Cognitive Enhancementproposes that an effective way to develop our Theory of Mind lies in learning to better...
Irma Shifting Forecasts: It’s All a Matter of Probability
September 10, 2017
Many people trying to use forecasts like those provided by the National Hurricane Center, however, do not fully understand the cone of probability and focus instead on the line that runs down the middle, taking it as an accurate prediction of the storm’s path. J. Marshall Shepherd, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Georgia, explained the fallacy in a Facebook post. “Anywhere in that cone is a possibility,” Dr. Shepherd wrote, “and it has always been a challenge communicating...
September 10, 2017
Many people trying to use forecasts like those provided by the National Hurricane Center, however, do not fully understand the cone of probability and focus instead on the line that runs down the middle, taking it as an accurate prediction of the storm’s path. J. Marshall Shepherd, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Georgia, explained the fallacy in a Facebook post. “Anywhere in that cone is a possibility,” Dr. Shepherd wrote, “and it has always been a challenge communicating...
Divorce Research Summary
September 10, 2017
From Business Insider: In 2015, the US divorce rate hit a 40-year low. According to data from Bowling Green State University, there were 16.9 divorces for every 1,000 women that year. To determine the factors that make divorce more likely and the effects — positive and negative — of ending your marriage, we dug into years of research on the predictors and consequences of marital dissolution. Below, we've highlighted some of the most intriguing findings. Keep in mind that all these studies offer...
September 10, 2017
From Business Insider: In 2015, the US divorce rate hit a 40-year low. According to data from Bowling Green State University, there were 16.9 divorces for every 1,000 women that year. To determine the factors that make divorce more likely and the effects — positive and negative — of ending your marriage, we dug into years of research on the predictors and consequences of marital dissolution. Below, we've highlighted some of the most intriguing findings. Keep in mind that all these studies offer...
