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Are You a Workplace ‘Flight Risk’?
March 24, 2015
Some companies are so focused on retaining employees that they employ experts to figure out, statistically, which workers are most likely to leave. Employers such as Wal-Mart and Credit Suisse Group use the analytics to warn managers about possible workplace “flight risks” so they can boost retention efforts, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) reports. * * * The median tenure for all workers at least 16 years of age is 4.6 years with their present employer, according to a Wall Street...
March 24, 2015
Some companies are so focused on retaining employees that they employ experts to figure out, statistically, which workers are most likely to leave. Employers such as Wal-Mart and Credit Suisse Group use the analytics to warn managers about possible workplace “flight risks” so they can boost retention efforts, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) reports. * * * The median tenure for all workers at least 16 years of age is 4.6 years with their present employer, according to a Wall Street...
Google’s Approach to Dispute Resolution
March 24, 2015
In the face of antitrust charges, Google’s new guiding principle for dispute resolution is “Don’t litigate, negotiate,” according to the Wall Street Journal. In recent years, U.S. and European regulators have accused Google of abusing its dominance in online searches by promoting its own services, such as Google Shopping, at the expense of its competitors’ services. Rival comparison-sites such as Nextag complain that Google lists their products far below Google Shopping results, where...
March 24, 2015
In the face of antitrust charges, Google’s new guiding principle for dispute resolution is “Don’t litigate, negotiate,” according to the Wall Street Journal. In recent years, U.S. and European regulators have accused Google of abusing its dominance in online searches by promoting its own services, such as Google Shopping, at the expense of its competitors’ services. Rival comparison-sites such as Nextag complain that Google lists their products far below Google Shopping results, where...
Hedge Fund Betting on Lawsuits Is Spreading
March 24, 2015
For better or worse, the lawsuit-finance market continues to grow. Hedge funds and others speculating on litigation are making...
March 24, 2015
For better or worse, the lawsuit-finance market continues to grow. Hedge funds and others speculating on litigation are making...
11 Years at #1: Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution Tops New Rankings
March 23, 2015
The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution builds on its 29-year history and continues to top the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings as the number one dispute resolution program for an unprecedented eleven years in a row. Established in 1986, the Straus Institute grew from the first dispute resolution program in the nation’s leading mediation market to what may be the broadest and deepest program at any institution of higher learning. US News & World Report has been ranking...
March 23, 2015
The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution builds on its 29-year history and continues to top the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings as the number one dispute resolution program for an unprecedented eleven years in a row. Established in 1986, the Straus Institute grew from the first dispute resolution program in the nation’s leading mediation market to what may be the broadest and deepest program at any institution of higher learning. US News & World Report has been ranking...
Law Firm Trends: AmLaw Firms Handle Smaller Percentage of 2014 IP Cases
March 23, 2015
Based on these charts some clear trends emerge: AmLaw100 firms traditionally handle a higher percentage of cases on the defense-side...
March 23, 2015
Based on these charts some clear trends emerge: AmLaw100 firms traditionally handle a higher percentage of cases on the defense-side...
Merging Law Schools, Merging Firms: What Does It Mean?
March 23, 2015
With law school enrollment down by a third and no signs of a turnaround, will one third of schools merge? Let’s think through the situation from the perspective of the “weaker” law schools. Despite everything we say here at The New Normal about the value of innovation and the potential for doing a better job in law, law services and education remain highly subjective and so will remain dominantly about reputation. In the U.S. News ranking schema, it is almost impossible to move your ranking...
March 23, 2015
With law school enrollment down by a third and no signs of a turnaround, will one third of schools merge? Let’s think through the situation from the perspective of the “weaker” law schools. Despite everything we say here at The New Normal about the value of innovation and the potential for doing a better job in law, law services and education remain highly subjective and so will remain dominantly about reputation. In the U.S. News ranking schema, it is almost impossible to move your ranking...
10 Myths About Psychology, Debunked
March 22, 2015
How much of what you think about your brain is actually wrong? In this whistlestop tour of dis-proved science, Ben Ambridge walks through 10 popular ideas about psychology that have been proven wrong — and uncovers a few surprising truths about how our brains really work.
March 22, 2015
How much of what you think about your brain is actually wrong? In this whistlestop tour of dis-proved science, Ben Ambridge walks through 10 popular ideas about psychology that have been proven wrong — and uncovers a few surprising truths about how our brains really work.
Sean Fitzpatrick of LexisNexis on Big Data and Predictive Analytics
March 22, 2015
ALM’s Mike Sacks is joined by Sean Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of North American Research Solutions at LexisNexis, at ALM’s...
March 22, 2015
ALM’s Mike Sacks is joined by Sean Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of North American Research Solutions at LexisNexis, at ALM’s...
Big Law Brings Big Knowledge Management
March 22, 2015
O'Melveny & Myers is building a litigation support tool atop an intranet and enterprise search engine. “Too big to fail” does not apply to law firms. After Bingham McCutchen, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Heller Ehrman, Howrey and Thelen, everyone knows that. Big law firms, however, are too big to ignore past precedents and their expert knowledge in litigation and transactions, which can differentiate them from other firms. O’Melveny & Myers knows that. The Am Law 100 firm is rolling out a new firm-wide...
March 22, 2015
O'Melveny & Myers is building a litigation support tool atop an intranet and enterprise search engine. “Too big to fail” does not apply to law firms. After Bingham McCutchen, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Heller Ehrman, Howrey and Thelen, everyone knows that. Big law firms, however, are too big to ignore past precedents and their expert knowledge in litigation and transactions, which can differentiate them from other firms. O’Melveny & Myers knows that. The Am Law 100 firm is rolling out a new firm-wide...
Can Computers Practice Law?
March 21, 2015
Can computers practice law? Many are inclined to say yes when using them affects us in so many ways. When scanning the pages of Law Journal Newsletters' Legal Tech Newsletter, we learn a good deal about the use of computers in the practice of law, but what I am really asking here is how far can—or will—we go to automate dispute resolution? Everyone associated with legal technology supports the use of computers in managing the practice of law. Years ago, many of the tasks easily accomplished...
March 21, 2015
Can computers practice law? Many are inclined to say yes when using them affects us in so many ways. When scanning the pages of Law Journal Newsletters' Legal Tech Newsletter, we learn a good deal about the use of computers in the practice of law, but what I am really asking here is how far can—or will—we go to automate dispute resolution? Everyone associated with legal technology supports the use of computers in managing the practice of law. Years ago, many of the tasks easily accomplished...
