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Wilson Sonsini Launches SixFifty, Combining Technology and Expertise to Deliver Automated Online Legal Products
February 22, 2019
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced the formation of SixFifty, a new software subsidiary. Backed by WSGR, SixFifty is developing automated tools designed to make legal processes efficient and affordable. SixFifty operates in tandem with attorneys from WSGR to provide companies the optimal combination of automation and human expertise. "The price and complexity of many...
February 22, 2019
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced the formation of SixFifty, a new software subsidiary. Backed by WSGR, SixFifty is developing automated tools designed to make legal processes efficient and affordable. SixFifty operates in tandem with attorneys from WSGR to provide companies the optimal combination of automation and human expertise. "The price and complexity of many...
The State of Legal Tech
February 22, 2019
Very late last year, Tel Aviv-based business-to-business company LawGeex announced that total 2018 investment in legal technology...
February 22, 2019
Very late last year, Tel Aviv-based business-to-business company LawGeex announced that total 2018 investment in legal technology...
This is why AI has yet to reshape most businesses
February 21, 2019
AI might eventually transform the economy—by making new products and new business models possible, by predicting things humans couldn’t have foreseen, and by relieving employees of drudgery. But that could take longer than hoped or feared, depending on where you sit. Most companies aren’t generating substantially more output from the hours their employees are putting in. Such productivity gains are largest at the biggest and richest companies, which can afford to spend heavily on the talent...
February 21, 2019
AI might eventually transform the economy—by making new products and new business models possible, by predicting things humans couldn’t have foreseen, and by relieving employees of drudgery. But that could take longer than hoped or feared, depending on where you sit. Most companies aren’t generating substantially more output from the hours their employees are putting in. Such productivity gains are largest at the biggest and richest companies, which can afford to spend heavily on the talent...
Big Data: Legal Firms Play ‘Moneyball’
February 21, 2019
Is the hunt for data-driven justice a gimmick or a powerful tool to give lawyers an advantage and predict court outcomes?
February 21, 2019
Is the hunt for data-driven justice a gimmick or a powerful tool to give lawyers an advantage and predict court outcomes?
More on Field-Based Mediation Research
February 20, 2019
Michael Leathes in his recent thought provoking post argues for the need for more “field-based” mediation...
February 20, 2019
Michael Leathes in his recent thought provoking post argues for the need for more “field-based” mediation...
Fifth Circuit Reverses Arbitrator’s Ruling in Southwest Airlines Labor Dispute
February 20, 2019
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has overturned an arbitrator’s ruling in a labor dispute that was filed against Texas-based Southwest Airlines. In Southwest Airlines v. Local 555, No. 18-10122 (5thCir., January 9, 2019), a labor union, Local 555, entered into a newly negotiated collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) with Southwest Airlines in 2016. The terms of the CBA stated “it would become ‘effective’ after Southwest...
February 20, 2019
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has overturned an arbitrator’s ruling in a labor dispute that was filed against Texas-based Southwest Airlines. In Southwest Airlines v. Local 555, No. 18-10122 (5thCir., January 9, 2019), a labor union, Local 555, entered into a newly negotiated collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) with Southwest Airlines in 2016. The terms of the CBA stated “it would become ‘effective’ after Southwest...
Levy on Visiting Judges
February 19, 2019
Marin K. Levy (Duke University School of Law) has posted Visiting Judges (California Law Review, Vol. 107, No. 67, 2019) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Despite the fact that Article III judges hold particular seats on particular courts, the federal system rests on judicial interchangeability. Hundreds of judges “visit” other courts each year and collectively help decide thousands of appeals. Anyone from a retired Supreme Court Justice to a judge from the U.S. Court of International...
February 19, 2019
Marin K. Levy (Duke University School of Law) has posted Visiting Judges (California Law Review, Vol. 107, No. 67, 2019) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Despite the fact that Article III judges hold particular seats on particular courts, the federal system rests on judicial interchangeability. Hundreds of judges “visit” other courts each year and collectively help decide thousands of appeals. Anyone from a retired Supreme Court Justice to a judge from the U.S. Court of International...
What If Mediation Science Originated In The Real World?
February 19, 2019
But as we start a New Year, soon a new decade, let’s dare to be a bit adventurous. What if a vast range of mediation skills and techniques could be radically improved by new data derived from large-scale national and international field research? What if mediation field research could happen in a coordinated manner, maintaining a critical level of universal definitions that allows comparison of findings, thus avoiding duplication of effort and cost, accelerating the generation...
February 19, 2019
But as we start a New Year, soon a new decade, let’s dare to be a bit adventurous. What if a vast range of mediation skills and techniques could be radically improved by new data derived from large-scale national and international field research? What if mediation field research could happen in a coordinated manner, maintaining a critical level of universal definitions that allows comparison of findings, thus avoiding duplication of effort and cost, accelerating the generation...
KPMG Legal Services Division Reports Record Revenue Growth
February 18, 2019
KPMG’s legal services division revenue rose by more than 30 percent in 2018 in a record-setting performance, according...
February 18, 2019
KPMG’s legal services division revenue rose by more than 30 percent in 2018 in a record-setting performance, according...
Zabinski & Black: Med Mal Caps Diminish Deterrent Effect
February 18, 2019
Zenon Zabinski & Bernard Black have posted to SSRN The Deterrent Effect of Tort Law: Evidence from Medical Malpractice Reform. The abstract provides: We examine whether caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases affect in-hospital patient safety. We use Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) — measures of adverse events — as proxies for safety. In difference-in-differences (DiD) analyses of five states that adopt caps during 2003-2005, we find that patient safety...
February 18, 2019
Zenon Zabinski & Bernard Black have posted to SSRN The Deterrent Effect of Tort Law: Evidence from Medical Malpractice Reform. The abstract provides: We examine whether caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases affect in-hospital patient safety. We use Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) — measures of adverse events — as proxies for safety. In difference-in-differences (DiD) analyses of five states that adopt caps during 2003-2005, we find that patient safety...
