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Past As Prologue: Arbitration as an Early Common Law Court
April 22, 2019
S.I. Strong, Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law, has published “Past As Prologue: Arbitration as an Early Common Law Court,” 57 Houston Law Review__ (2020, Forthcoming); University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-05. In her journal article, Professor Strong compares modern-day consumer and employment arbitration with early civil court practices. Here is the abstract: Two...
April 22, 2019
S.I. Strong, Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law, has published “Past As Prologue: Arbitration as an Early Common Law Court,” 57 Houston Law Review__ (2020, Forthcoming); University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-05. In her journal article, Professor Strong compares modern-day consumer and employment arbitration with early civil court practices. Here is the abstract: Two...
Exclusive Survey Report: Small Firms See Many Challenges, But Do Little To Address Them
April 21, 2019
Solo and small law firms face many challenges — from getting paid to managing time to keeping up with technology — but they do little to address them, according to the 2019 State of U.S. Small Law Firms survey report being released today by Thomson Reuters. This is the third year TR has surveyed firms of 29 or fewer lawyers, and the results each year have been alarmingly consistent in showing that, while small firms recognize the challenges they face, they show surprisingly little...
April 21, 2019
Solo and small law firms face many challenges — from getting paid to managing time to keeping up with technology — but they do little to address them, according to the 2019 State of U.S. Small Law Firms survey report being released today by Thomson Reuters. This is the third year TR has surveyed firms of 29 or fewer lawyers, and the results each year have been alarmingly consistent in showing that, while small firms recognize the challenges they face, they show surprisingly little...
Boston Dynamics’ Mechanical Ostrich That Loads Pallets
April 20, 2019
Boston Dynamics has a new YouTube video showing off its newest robot design. This one is a reimagining of the "Handle" robot that the company originally showed off in 2017. Back then the robot could jump four feet in the air and do all kinds of tricks; now its purpose is to load pallets.
April 20, 2019
Boston Dynamics has a new YouTube video showing off its newest robot design. This one is a reimagining of the "Handle" robot that the company originally showed off in 2017. Back then the robot could jump four feet in the air and do all kinds of tricks; now its purpose is to load pallets.
SCOTX: Economic Development Corporations Don’t Receive Governmental Immunity
April 19, 2019
Rosenberg Development Corp. v. Imperial Performing Arts, Inc., No. 17-0660, tackles the question of whether economic development corporations are protected by the sovereign immunity doctrine, concluded that they are not. Interesting for its analysis of how to treat economic development corporations in this breach of contract suit.
April 19, 2019
Rosenberg Development Corp. v. Imperial Performing Arts, Inc., No. 17-0660, tackles the question of whether economic development corporations are protected by the sovereign immunity doctrine, concluded that they are not. Interesting for its analysis of how to treat economic development corporations in this breach of contract suit.
ABA Passes New Guidelines on the Appointment and Use of Special Masters
April 18, 2019
At the January 2019 Midyear Meeting, the American Bar Association adopted the ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Use of Special Masters in Federal and State Civil Litigation. The new guidelines pinpoint two primary benefits of special masters. First, special masters can assist judges and magistrates with effective case management because special masters are able to focus their time on complex cases to a degree that judges with busy dockets cannot afford....
April 18, 2019
At the January 2019 Midyear Meeting, the American Bar Association adopted the ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Use of Special Masters in Federal and State Civil Litigation. The new guidelines pinpoint two primary benefits of special masters. First, special masters can assist judges and magistrates with effective case management because special masters are able to focus their time on complex cases to a degree that judges with busy dockets cannot afford....
Using Arbitration Agreements to Waive the Right to Petition for Inter Partes Review
April 17, 2019
Since the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) became effective in 2012, Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) has been a popular legal option for challenging patent validity. Any party, other than the patent owner, can petition for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) to institute an IPR. In an IPR proceeding, the PTAB determines the validity of a patent after holding a hearing between the patent owner and challenger. The PTAB is required...
April 17, 2019
Since the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) became effective in 2012, Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) has been a popular legal option for challenging patent validity. Any party, other than the patent owner, can petition for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) to institute an IPR. In an IPR proceeding, the PTAB determines the validity of a patent after holding a hearing between the patent owner and challenger. The PTAB is required...
Benefits of Data Analysis
April 16, 2019
In order to judge the likely outcome of a case, or the best strategy to pursue, attorneys often rely on the sum of their...
April 16, 2019
In order to judge the likely outcome of a case, or the best strategy to pursue, attorneys often rely on the sum of their...
2020 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings
April 15, 2019
The new 2020 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings include the dispute resolution programs at 92 law schools (the faculty survey had a 54% response rate). Here are the Top 50: RankScoreSchool14.5Ohio State24.4Pepperdine34.3Harvard34.3Missouri (Columbia)54.1Mitchell Hamline This year for the first time, law school faculty members who teach in each specialty area rated the other law schools in that specialty area on a 5-point scale.
April 15, 2019
The new 2020 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings include the dispute resolution programs at 92 law schools (the faculty survey had a 54% response rate). Here are the Top 50: RankScoreSchool14.5Ohio State24.4Pepperdine34.3Harvard34.3Missouri (Columbia)54.1Mitchell Hamline This year for the first time, law school faculty members who teach in each specialty area rated the other law schools in that specialty area on a 5-point scale.
America’s Disappearing Private Colleges
April 14, 2019
Wall Street Journal op-ed: America’s Disappearing Private Colleges, by Allen C. Guelzo (Gettysburg College): Over the past decade, the idea that the higher-education bubble is about to burst has been waved away as headline pessimism or conservative sour grapes over the leftward drift of college faculties. Yet the biggest threat to higher education comes not from rising tuition or political bias but demographics. The Great Recession not only played havoc with financial markets and subprime...
April 14, 2019
Wall Street Journal op-ed: America’s Disappearing Private Colleges, by Allen C. Guelzo (Gettysburg College): Over the past decade, the idea that the higher-education bubble is about to burst has been waved away as headline pessimism or conservative sour grapes over the leftward drift of college faculties. Yet the biggest threat to higher education comes not from rising tuition or political bias but demographics. The Great Recession not only played havoc with financial markets and subprime...
AI Has Beaten Humans at Lip-reading
April 13, 2019
A pair of new studies show that a machine can understand what you’re saying without hearing a sound. Lip-reading is notoriously difficult, depending as much on context and knowledge of language as it does on visual clues. But researchers are showing that machine learning can be used to discern speech from silent video clips more effectively than professional lip-readers can.
April 13, 2019
A pair of new studies show that a machine can understand what you’re saying without hearing a sound. Lip-reading is notoriously difficult, depending as much on context and knowledge of language as it does on visual clues. But researchers are showing that machine learning can be used to discern speech from silent video clips more effectively than professional lip-readers can.
