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Don’t Call It a “Trial”: What Litigators Should Know About Arbitration
September 8, 2014
Though the demand for arbitration may ebb and wane, it will likely grow substantially over the next decade. International trade will continue to expand. foreign companies fear our courts, and we fear theirs. Even some domestic companies distrust certain jurisdictions in the United States and, thus, bargain for arbitration. Privacy concerns will continue to draw many contracting companies under the blanket of a confidential proceeding. And parties to disputes involving a high degree of complexity...
September 8, 2014
Though the demand for arbitration may ebb and wane, it will likely grow substantially over the next decade. International trade will continue to expand. foreign companies fear our courts, and we fear theirs. Even some domestic companies distrust certain jurisdictions in the United States and, thus, bargain for arbitration. Privacy concerns will continue to draw many contracting companies under the blanket of a confidential proceeding. And parties to disputes involving a high degree of complexity...
Judge Says BigLaw Firm Tried to ‘Litigate Plaintiff to Death’
September 8, 2014
A Georgia judge has ordered Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan to pay $175,000 in attorney fees, saying the firm had a strategy of trying to "litigate [the] plaintiff to death." Judge Dax Lopez of DeKalb County ordered the payment of attorney fees as a sanction in an amended order last Tuesday, according to the Daily Report, which quotes from the order. "In sum, defendants gambled on a bad-faith strategy and lost," Lopez wrote. "Defendant vigorously litigated baseless defenses in hopes of litigating...
September 8, 2014
A Georgia judge has ordered Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan to pay $175,000 in attorney fees, saying the firm had a strategy of trying to "litigate [the] plaintiff to death." Judge Dax Lopez of DeKalb County ordered the payment of attorney fees as a sanction in an amended order last Tuesday, according to the Daily Report, which quotes from the order. "In sum, defendants gambled on a bad-faith strategy and lost," Lopez wrote. "Defendant vigorously litigated baseless defenses in hopes of litigating...
Teaching Machines to Read Between the Lines
September 7, 2014
Language understanding systems are largely trained on freely available data, such as the Penn Treebank, perhaps the most widely used linguistic resource ever created. We have previously released lots of linguistic data ourselves, to contribute to the language understanding community as well as encourage further research into these areas. Now, we’re releasing a new dataset, based on another great resource: the New York Times Annotated Corpus, a set of 1.8 million articles spanning 20 years....
September 7, 2014
Language understanding systems are largely trained on freely available data, such as the Penn Treebank, perhaps the most widely used linguistic resource ever created. We have previously released lots of linguistic data ourselves, to contribute to the language understanding community as well as encourage further research into these areas. Now, we’re releasing a new dataset, based on another great resource: the New York Times Annotated Corpus, a set of 1.8 million articles spanning 20 years....
Humanity’s Cultural History Captured in 5-Minute Film (via Science)
September 7, 2014
More coverage is here. This builds upon ideas that were expressed at the High Throughput Humanities track at the 2010 European Complex Systems Conference.
September 7, 2014
More coverage is here. This builds upon ideas that were expressed at the High Throughput Humanities track at the 2010 European Complex Systems Conference.
What’s Apple Introducing on September 9?
September 7, 2014
Late yesterday morning, Apple announced that is hosting an event on September 9, 2014 at the Flint Center in Cupertino. My first reaction was that we finally have official confirmation of the date on which I expect Apple to debut the iPhone 6. That was quickly followed by my second reaction, which was that it seems pretty special for Apple to host the event at the Flint Center — the only time I could remember Apple doing so was when Steve Jobs first debuted the Macintosh in January of 1984. (Jim...
September 7, 2014
Late yesterday morning, Apple announced that is hosting an event on September 9, 2014 at the Flint Center in Cupertino. My first reaction was that we finally have official confirmation of the date on which I expect Apple to debut the iPhone 6. That was quickly followed by my second reaction, which was that it seems pretty special for Apple to host the event at the Flint Center — the only time I could remember Apple doing so was when Steve Jobs first debuted the Macintosh in January of 1984. (Jim...
Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out
September 7, 2014
Begrudgingly, Google Offers a Form for People Who Want to Be Forgotten | Re/code. If the post title sounds familiar to you, you may continue reading. If not, before you continue, Google it, and get some historical context and perspective. Okay. You back? Google wants to be the repository of all human knowledge. They are getting there. However, it appears that some people and courts don't want to be part of the parade. Like the Sixties generation in which I grew up, they want no part of whatever this...
September 7, 2014
Begrudgingly, Google Offers a Form for People Who Want to Be Forgotten | Re/code. If the post title sounds familiar to you, you may continue reading. If not, before you continue, Google it, and get some historical context and perspective. Okay. You back? Google wants to be the repository of all human knowledge. They are getting there. However, it appears that some people and courts don't want to be part of the parade. Like the Sixties generation in which I grew up, they want no part of whatever this...
Glassmeyer and Smith: Open law: Technology in Service of the Rule of Law
September 7, 2014
Sarah Glassmeyer and Pete Smith have posted their new article entitled Open law: Technology in service of the rule of law,...
September 7, 2014
Sarah Glassmeyer and Pete Smith have posted their new article entitled Open law: Technology in service of the rule of law,...
Computer Program Predicts 7 out of 10 Supreme Court Decisions
September 6, 2014
The story is here. Full form interview with Mike + Josh is here. (I unfortunately could not participate because I was teaching my ICPSR class). Our paper is available on SSRN and on the physics arXiv.
September 6, 2014
The story is here. Full form interview with Mike + Josh is here. (I unfortunately could not participate because I was teaching my ICPSR class). Our paper is available on SSRN and on the physics arXiv.
Samsung Announces The Gear S
September 6, 2014
Samsung's new smartwatch, the Gear S, can make calls and go online without a smartphone - The Next Web. Gear S (Gear Solo) was announced by Samsung yesterday, to be available in October. It has a 3G chip, and can take and receive phone calls, texts, emails, and other data without connection to a smartphone. While I need the bigger screen of my Note 3, this will be a useful device for those who don't want to carry a phone around. In fact, it is a smartphone on the wrist, and, with S Voice, will be a repository...
September 6, 2014
Samsung's new smartwatch, the Gear S, can make calls and go online without a smartphone - The Next Web. Gear S (Gear Solo) was announced by Samsung yesterday, to be available in October. It has a 3G chip, and can take and receive phone calls, texts, emails, and other data without connection to a smartphone. While I need the bigger screen of my Note 3, this will be a useful device for those who don't want to carry a phone around. In fact, it is a smartphone on the wrist, and, with S Voice, will be a repository...
Could We Soon Send Emails ‘Telepathically’?
September 6, 2014
Brain-wave sensing machines have been used to ‘telepathically’ control everything from real-life helicopters to characters in a computer game. Now the technology has gone a step further by allowing someone in India to send an email to his colleague in France using nothing but the power of his mind. The researchers used electroencephalography (EEG) headsets to record electrical activity from neurons firing in the brain, and convert the words ‘hola’ and ‘ciao’ into binary. Read...
September 6, 2014
Brain-wave sensing machines have been used to ‘telepathically’ control everything from real-life helicopters to characters in a computer game. Now the technology has gone a step further by allowing someone in India to send an email to his colleague in France using nothing but the power of his mind. The researchers used electroencephalography (EEG) headsets to record electrical activity from neurons firing in the brain, and convert the words ‘hola’ and ‘ciao’ into binary. Read...
