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Simple Circuit Could Double Cell Phone Data Speeds
November 27, 2014
A relatively simple circuit invented by researchers at the University of Texas could let smartphones and other wireless devices send and receive data twice as fast as they do now. The circuit makes it possible for a radio to send and receive signals on the same channel simultaneously – something known as “full-duplex” communications. That should translate to a doubling of the rate at which information can be moved around wirelessly. Today’s radios must send and receive at different...
November 27, 2014
A relatively simple circuit invented by researchers at the University of Texas could let smartphones and other wireless devices send and receive data twice as fast as they do now. The circuit makes it possible for a radio to send and receive signals on the same channel simultaneously – something known as “full-duplex” communications. That should translate to a doubling of the rate at which information can be moved around wirelessly. Today’s radios must send and receive at different...
When Do Crowds Provide Wisdom?
November 26, 2014
Finding appropriate economic benchmarks for individual firms is a fundamental issue. Firms, managers, investors, and researchers all need to identify fundamentally similar benchmarks for such tasks as performance evaluation, executive compensation, equity valuation, statistical arbitrage, and portfolio construction. While traditional benchmarking methods rely primarily on industry classification schemes, more recent approaches introduce new dimensions by utilizing novel data sources or fresh data...
November 26, 2014
Finding appropriate economic benchmarks for individual firms is a fundamental issue. Firms, managers, investors, and researchers all need to identify fundamentally similar benchmarks for such tasks as performance evaluation, executive compensation, equity valuation, statistical arbitrage, and portfolio construction. While traditional benchmarking methods rely primarily on industry classification schemes, more recent approaches introduce new dimensions by utilizing novel data sources or fresh data...
Apex Witnesses Claim They Are Too Big to Depose
November 26, 2014
Consider three potential deponents. The first is a single parent who works two part-time, entry-level jobs and attends an online university so he can obtain his bachelor’s degree; he may have seen some of the alleged unwelcome behavior in a sexual harassment case. The second is the chief executive officer of a corporation doing about $20 million a year in business; he may have heard alleged racial slurs by co-employees of a plaintiff in a hostile environment suit. The third is the police chief...
November 26, 2014
Consider three potential deponents. The first is a single parent who works two part-time, entry-level jobs and attends an online university so he can obtain his bachelor’s degree; he may have seen some of the alleged unwelcome behavior in a sexual harassment case. The second is the chief executive officer of a corporation doing about $20 million a year in business; he may have heard alleged racial slurs by co-employees of a plaintiff in a hostile environment suit. The third is the police chief...
Summary Judgment on Copyright Damages: New Guidance
November 26, 2014
A decade after its seminal decision in Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens, the Fourth Circuit’s recent decision in Dash v. Mayweather,...
November 26, 2014
A decade after its seminal decision in Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens, the Fourth Circuit’s recent decision in Dash v. Mayweather,...
New Company Developing a Market for the Crowdfunding of Lawsuits
November 25, 2014
This is pretty interesting and sort of highlights the serious need to have better forecasting models (see our interest in topics...
November 25, 2014
This is pretty interesting and sort of highlights the serious need to have better forecasting models (see our interest in topics...
Judge Posner Takes a Critical Look at Coupon Settlements in Redman v. RadioShack
November 25, 2014
In a September 19, 2014, opinion issued in Redman v. RadioShack Corporation, Nos. 14-1470, -1471, -1658 (7th Cir.), released...
November 25, 2014
In a September 19, 2014, opinion issued in Redman v. RadioShack Corporation, Nos. 14-1470, -1471, -1658 (7th Cir.), released...
Increase in Attorney Fee Awards on the Horizon
November 25, 2014
Litigators are concerned about the possibility of paying their adversary’s attorney fees after losing a patent infringement case. In Octane Fitness, LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness, Inc., and Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management System, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court removed an almost 20-year-old rule that granted attorney fees for baseless claims brought in bad faith. Now the winning party need only show that the case stands out from others to receive an award of attorney fees. Redefining...
November 25, 2014
Litigators are concerned about the possibility of paying their adversary’s attorney fees after losing a patent infringement case. In Octane Fitness, LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness, Inc., and Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management System, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court removed an almost 20-year-old rule that granted attorney fees for baseless claims brought in bad faith. Now the winning party need only show that the case stands out from others to receive an award of attorney fees. Redefining...
Innovation and Emerging Legal Technology
November 24, 2014
This past Thursday Ron Dolin and I spole on a panel at the 19th Annual Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute Law Firm Leaders Forum. Above are Ron’s slides which many of you might find interesting. Below is a modified version of my presentation Five Observations Regarding Technology and the Legal Industry (which I gave at the LegalWeek Corporate Counsel Forum last month). Picture It Settled - Moneyball for Negotiation - mentioned at Katz deck slide 87. Thanks!
November 24, 2014
This past Thursday Ron Dolin and I spole on a panel at the 19th Annual Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute Law Firm Leaders Forum. Above are Ron’s slides which many of you might find interesting. Below is a modified version of my presentation Five Observations Regarding Technology and the Legal Industry (which I gave at the LegalWeek Corporate Counsel Forum last month). Picture It Settled - Moneyball for Negotiation - mentioned at Katz deck slide 87. Thanks!
Does the Violation of a Statutorily Created Right Create Article III Standing?
November 24, 2014
Can consumers establish Article III injury-in-fact standing, as required to maintain a lawsuit in federal court under the U.S. Constitution, by alleging that the defendant violated a federal statute in its conduct toward the plaintiff, if the plaintiff cannot, or does not try to, establish actual harm? On October 6, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General’s briefing on whether to grant certiorari review of this constitutional standing question in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, No. 13-1339....
November 24, 2014
Can consumers establish Article III injury-in-fact standing, as required to maintain a lawsuit in federal court under the U.S. Constitution, by alleging that the defendant violated a federal statute in its conduct toward the plaintiff, if the plaintiff cannot, or does not try to, establish actual harm? On October 6, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General’s briefing on whether to grant certiorari review of this constitutional standing question in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, No. 13-1339....
Factual Misrepresentations Result in Claim Dismissal
November 24, 2014
A Federal Circuit decision reminds attorneys that a party must provide factual evidence supporting their allegations. In Monsanto Co. v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that it was proper to impose sanctions striking the defendant’s counterclaim when documents produced in discovery showed no factual basis for a claim. Sanctions Include Striking Counterclaim In Monsanto, the plaintiff sued the defendant for breach of a license agreement and patent...
November 24, 2014
A Federal Circuit decision reminds attorneys that a party must provide factual evidence supporting their allegations. In Monsanto Co. v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that it was proper to impose sanctions striking the defendant’s counterclaim when documents produced in discovery showed no factual basis for a claim. Sanctions Include Striking Counterclaim In Monsanto, the plaintiff sued the defendant for breach of a license agreement and patent...
