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Amarillo COA Holds Arbitration is Required in Construction Fee Dispute
November 3, 2014
Texas’ Seventh District Court of Appeals in Amarillo has reversed a district court’s decision to deny arbitration in a construction fee dispute. In Journeyman Const. Inc. v. Scottco Mechanical Contractors, Inc., No. 07-13-00393-CV, (Tex. App. – Amarillo, Sept. 26, 2014), a general contractor, Journeyman, entered into a number of subcontracting agreements related to the restoration of the Potter County Courthouse. Each identical subcontract included an alternative dispute resolution provision....
November 3, 2014
Texas’ Seventh District Court of Appeals in Amarillo has reversed a district court’s decision to deny arbitration in a construction fee dispute. In Journeyman Const. Inc. v. Scottco Mechanical Contractors, Inc., No. 07-13-00393-CV, (Tex. App. – Amarillo, Sept. 26, 2014), a general contractor, Journeyman, entered into a number of subcontracting agreements related to the restoration of the Potter County Courthouse. Each identical subcontract included an alternative dispute resolution provision....
Rule Revisions From 5 Top Global Arbitral Institutions
November 3, 2014
"Arbitration is an increasingly popular choice for commercial dispute resolution within the international business community" write Kiera Gans and Amy Billing with Corporate Counsel. Gans and Billing note that, while arbitration is popular, it is receiving some criticism that it's not meeting is goal of an expeditious and cost-effective technique. Arbitral institutions, in response to the criticism, have changed some of their rules as outlined in Corporate Counsel's article . Gans and Billing also...
November 3, 2014
"Arbitration is an increasingly popular choice for commercial dispute resolution within the international business community" write Kiera Gans and Amy Billing with Corporate Counsel. Gans and Billing note that, while arbitration is popular, it is receiving some criticism that it's not meeting is goal of an expeditious and cost-effective technique. Arbitral institutions, in response to the criticism, have changed some of their rules as outlined in Corporate Counsel's article . Gans and Billing also...
Fiscal Year Bankruptcy Filings Lowest in Seven Years
November 2, 2014
Bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts for the fiscal year 2014—the 12-month period ending September 30, 2014—totaled 963,739, down 13 percent from the 1.1 million bankruptcy filings in FY 2013, according to statistics released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. This is the lowest number of bankruptcy filings for any 12-month period since 2007. Additional statistics released today include: Business and non-business bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending...
November 2, 2014
Bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts for the fiscal year 2014—the 12-month period ending September 30, 2014—totaled 963,739, down 13 percent from the 1.1 million bankruptcy filings in FY 2013, according to statistics released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. This is the lowest number of bankruptcy filings for any 12-month period since 2007. Additional statistics released today include: Business and non-business bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending...
SCOTUS Watchers Make Court More Accessible
November 2, 2014
Want short and sweet summaries of U.S. Supreme Court decisions? Interested in predicting their outcomes? No problem. There may be a blog or a fantasy league for you. Those who follow the Supreme Court have turned to social media and technology in ways that can build interest in the court and make it more accessible, the Washington Post reports. The story highlights several people with unusual takes on the court: • Houston intellectual property lawyer Keith Jaasma gets to the essence of Supreme...
November 2, 2014
Want short and sweet summaries of U.S. Supreme Court decisions? Interested in predicting their outcomes? No problem. There may be a blog or a fantasy league for you. Those who follow the Supreme Court have turned to social media and technology in ways that can build interest in the court and make it more accessible, the Washington Post reports. The story highlights several people with unusual takes on the court: • Houston intellectual property lawyer Keith Jaasma gets to the essence of Supreme...
New Program at Hastings Law Teaches Students About Startups
November 2, 2014
Thanks to a pioneering program at UC Hastings, 3L Saman Shooshani can say to future clients with confidence: "I know how to protect your IP." Shooshani is participating in the 2-year-old Startup Legal Garage, which gives students a real-world, client-based education in representing early-stage technology and biotech companies. Professor Robin Feldman, who founded the program at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, says most client-based educational programs...
November 2, 2014
Thanks to a pioneering program at UC Hastings, 3L Saman Shooshani can say to future clients with confidence: "I know how to protect your IP." Shooshani is participating in the 2-year-old Startup Legal Garage, which gives students a real-world, client-based education in representing early-stage technology and biotech companies. Professor Robin Feldman, who founded the program at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, says most client-based educational programs...
IBM Teams Up With Twitter, Adds Tweets to Its Cloud
November 2, 2014
IBM announced its third big cloud-focused partnership in recent memory today, saying it will integrate the massive trove...
November 2, 2014
IBM announced its third big cloud-focused partnership in recent memory today, saying it will integrate the massive trove...
Before You Respond to that Email, Pause
November 2, 2014
Buying Time There are a few practical ways to buy some time when you get a message where your gut tells you not to respond or where you are not sure how to respond. The non-response response – “Got your message.” This is meant to serve as an acknowledgement but really is only filler. It may aggravate someone in the midst of a negotiation or other serious exchange. The expectation-setter – “Got it. Lot on the plate today, I’ll get back to you tomorrow afternoon.” This is often...
November 2, 2014
Buying Time There are a few practical ways to buy some time when you get a message where your gut tells you not to respond or where you are not sure how to respond. The non-response response – “Got your message.” This is meant to serve as an acknowledgement but really is only filler. It may aggravate someone in the midst of a negotiation or other serious exchange. The expectation-setter – “Got it. Lot on the plate today, I’ll get back to you tomorrow afternoon.” This is often...
Why Lawyers Will Love the iPad Air 2
November 1, 2014
Yesterday, Apple announced the 2014 update to the iPad, and the newest full-size iPad is called the iPad Air 2. This is an incremental update, not unlike the update from the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 5s, but it hits all the high notes for the iPad and looks like it will be a fantastic tablet for any attorney. There is a 16GB model for $499 that you should NOT get, a 64GB model for $599 and a 128GB model for $699. The 64GB model will be perfect for most attorneys, and the 128GB model is great for attorneys...
November 1, 2014
Yesterday, Apple announced the 2014 update to the iPad, and the newest full-size iPad is called the iPad Air 2. This is an incremental update, not unlike the update from the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 5s, but it hits all the high notes for the iPad and looks like it will be a fantastic tablet for any attorney. There is a 16GB model for $499 that you should NOT get, a 64GB model for $599 and a 128GB model for $699. The 64GB model will be perfect for most attorneys, and the 128GB model is great for attorneys...
How Disruptive Technologies Will Transform the Role of Lawyers
November 1, 2014
I just finished reading an important new piece, The Great Disruption: How Machines Will Transform the Role of Lawyers in the Delivery of Legal Services, by Northwestern Law's John McGinnis and Fordham Law's Russell Pearce, that has implications for both lawyers and also for legal educators. Here is how the piece starts: "Law is an information technology—a code that regulates social life. In our age, the machinery of information technology is growing exponentially in power, not only in hardware,...
November 1, 2014
I just finished reading an important new piece, The Great Disruption: How Machines Will Transform the Role of Lawyers in the Delivery of Legal Services, by Northwestern Law's John McGinnis and Fordham Law's Russell Pearce, that has implications for both lawyers and also for legal educators. Here is how the piece starts: "Law is an information technology—a code that regulates social life. In our age, the machinery of information technology is growing exponentially in power, not only in hardware,...
LexisNexis Buys Moreover Technologies
November 1, 2014
LexisNexis Legal & Professional has acquired Reston, Va.-based Moreover Technologies Inc., which aggregates, monitors...
November 1, 2014
LexisNexis Legal & Professional has acquired Reston, Va.-based Moreover Technologies Inc., which aggregates, monitors...
