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New York Court Explains What It Takes for Promissory Estoppel to Trump the Statute of Frauds
July 12, 2017
A recent case out of New York, In re Estate of Edmund Felix Hennel, No. 78, explains when promissory estoppel will overcome the statute of frauds, and the answer is: not always. Sometimes unfairness may result from the failure to overcome the statute of frauds, but promissory estoppel only saves a party in cases of unconscionable injury. In the case, Hennel's grandsons allegedly reached an agreement with him whereby they would assume maintenance for a particular property and eventually assume...
July 12, 2017
A recent case out of New York, In re Estate of Edmund Felix Hennel, No. 78, explains when promissory estoppel will overcome the statute of frauds, and the answer is: not always. Sometimes unfairness may result from the failure to overcome the statute of frauds, but promissory estoppel only saves a party in cases of unconscionable injury. In the case, Hennel's grandsons allegedly reached an agreement with him whereby they would assume maintenance for a particular property and eventually assume...
How To Use Voice Pitch To Influence Others In Seconds
July 11, 2017
There is something about the voice which is effective in communicating status. Lowering the pitch of your voice in the first few seconds of an interaction can help you influence others, new research finds. Those who lowered their voice were also seen as more prestigious and admirable by their peers in the study.
July 11, 2017
There is something about the voice which is effective in communicating status. Lowering the pitch of your voice in the first few seconds of an interaction can help you influence others, new research finds. Those who lowered their voice were also seen as more prestigious and admirable by their peers in the study.
CFPB Shows Grit; Issues Rule Curtailing Financial Arbitration
July 11, 2017
The CFPB today issued a consumer-friendly rule that is likely to significantly curtail the use of arbitration in consumer...
July 11, 2017
The CFPB today issued a consumer-friendly rule that is likely to significantly curtail the use of arbitration in consumer...
Emerging Trends And Legal Analytics For Employment Litigation
July 11, 2017
What do recent political and economic changes mean for the employment litigation landscape? How can knowledge management...
July 11, 2017
What do recent political and economic changes mean for the employment litigation landscape? How can knowledge management...
U.S. Agency Moves to Allow Class-Action Lawsuits Against Financial Firms
July 10, 2017
The nation’s consumer watchdog is adopting a rule on Monday that would pry open the courtroom doors for millions of Americans,...
July 10, 2017
The nation’s consumer watchdog is adopting a rule on Monday that would pry open the courtroom doors for millions of Americans,...
Article on Recent Texas Cases Impacting the Wills, Probate, and Trust Practice
July 10, 2017
Gerry W. Beyer recently published an Article entitled, Recent Texas Cases Impacting the Wills, Probate, and Trust Practice,...
July 10, 2017
Gerry W. Beyer recently published an Article entitled, Recent Texas Cases Impacting the Wills, Probate, and Trust Practice,...
Here is a Condition Precedent
July 10, 2017
A recurring issue in contract litigation is whether a provision creates a “condition precedent” to the performance of other obligations. In Red Hook Communications I, LP v. On-Site Manager, Inc., the Fifth Circuit identified this provision as one that “plainly creates a condition precedent that both [parties] must comply with before either can bring suit (and thus, denying subject matter jurisdiction if it is not complied with): “[T]he Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party will, for a period...
July 10, 2017
A recurring issue in contract litigation is whether a provision creates a “condition precedent” to the performance of other obligations. In Red Hook Communications I, LP v. On-Site Manager, Inc., the Fifth Circuit identified this provision as one that “plainly creates a condition precedent that both [parties] must comply with before either can bring suit (and thus, denying subject matter jurisdiction if it is not complied with): “[T]he Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party will, for a period...
New Way to Test Self-Driving Cars Could Cut 99.9 Percent of Validation Costs
July 9, 2017
Mobility researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a new way to test autonomous vehicles that bypasses the billions of miles they would need to log for consumers to consider them road-ready. The process, which was developed using data from more than 25 million miles of real-world driving, can cut the time required to evaluate robotic vehicles’ handling of potentially dangerous situations by 300 to 100,000 times. And it could save 99.9 percent of testing time and costs, the researchers...
July 9, 2017
Mobility researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a new way to test autonomous vehicles that bypasses the billions of miles they would need to log for consumers to consider them road-ready. The process, which was developed using data from more than 25 million miles of real-world driving, can cut the time required to evaluate robotic vehicles’ handling of potentially dangerous situations by 300 to 100,000 times. And it could save 99.9 percent of testing time and costs, the researchers...
New ‘Lexis Answers’ Brings AI to Lexis Advance
July 9, 2017
LexisNexis is today announcing the launch of Lexis Answers, a feature that brings artificial intelligence to the Lexis Advance legal research platform. With Lexis Answers, a researcher can ask a natural-language question and get back the single-best answer in the form of what Lexis is calling a Lexis Answer Card. LexisNexis says that Lexis Answers uses powerful machine learning, cognitive computing and advanced natural language processing technologies to deliver the single best and most authoritative...
July 9, 2017
LexisNexis is today announcing the launch of Lexis Answers, a feature that brings artificial intelligence to the Lexis Advance legal research platform. With Lexis Answers, a researcher can ask a natural-language question and get back the single-best answer in the form of what Lexis is calling a Lexis Answer Card. LexisNexis says that Lexis Answers uses powerful machine learning, cognitive computing and advanced natural language processing technologies to deliver the single best and most authoritative...
Can Love Help You Forget Painful Memories?
July 9, 2017
It's now a firmly established fact that loving attachments are an important component of good health. According to dozens of epidemiological studies, people in long-term relationships are significantly less likely to suffer from cancer, viral infections, mental illness, pneumonia, and dementia. They have fewer surgeries, car accidents, and heart attacks. Their wounds heal faster and they have a lower risk of auto-immune diseases. Consider the results from the Harvard Study of Adult Development,...
July 9, 2017
It's now a firmly established fact that loving attachments are an important component of good health. According to dozens of epidemiological studies, people in long-term relationships are significantly less likely to suffer from cancer, viral infections, mental illness, pneumonia, and dementia. They have fewer surgeries, car accidents, and heart attacks. Their wounds heal faster and they have a lower risk of auto-immune diseases. Consider the results from the Harvard Study of Adult Development,...
