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El Paso COA Rules on Pre-Arbitration Discovery in Mandamus Relief Case
January 4, 2019
The Eighth District Court of Appeals in El Paso has once again conditionally granted mandamus relief in an arbitration...
January 4, 2019
The Eighth District Court of Appeals in El Paso has once again conditionally granted mandamus relief in an arbitration...
When and Why Defaults Influence Decisions: A Meta-Analysis of Default Effects
January 3, 2019
When people make decisions with a pre-selected choice option—a “default”—they are more likely to select that option. Because defaults are easy to implement, they constitute one of the most widely employed tools in the choice architecture toolbox. However, to decide when defaults should be used instead of other choice architecture tools, policy-makers must know how effective defaults are, and when and why their effectiveness varies. To answer these questions, we conduct a literature search...
January 3, 2019
When people make decisions with a pre-selected choice option—a “default”—they are more likely to select that option. Because defaults are easy to implement, they constitute one of the most widely employed tools in the choice architecture toolbox. However, to decide when defaults should be used instead of other choice architecture tools, policy-makers must know how effective defaults are, and when and why their effectiveness varies. To answer these questions, we conduct a literature search...
The Sound and Fury of Patent Activity
January 3, 2019
Patent reform is a hotly contested issue, occupying the attention of Congress, the Supreme Court, and many of the most innovative companies in the world. Most of that dispute centers on patent enforcement, and in particular on the role of non-practicing entities (NPEs) or “patent trolls” – companies that don’t themselves make products but sue those that do. To technology companies, NPEs are a drag on innovation, taxing them tens of billions of dollars every year while achieving no social...
January 3, 2019
Patent reform is a hotly contested issue, occupying the attention of Congress, the Supreme Court, and many of the most innovative companies in the world. Most of that dispute centers on patent enforcement, and in particular on the role of non-practicing entities (NPEs) or “patent trolls” – companies that don’t themselves make products but sue those that do. To technology companies, NPEs are a drag on innovation, taxing them tens of billions of dollars every year while achieving no social...
Martinez Alles on Tort Remedies
January 2, 2019
Maria Guadalupe Martinez Alles has posted to SSRN Tort Remedies as Meaningful Responses to Wrongdoing. The abstract provides: Tort theorists’ unceasing efforts to draw a clear-cut line between tort law (i.e., private law) and criminal law (i.e., public law) has cabined the understanding of tort remedies as private responses to wrongdoing which are predominantly compensatory. The practice of awarding additional damages contradicts this view. It indicates that in fact tort remedies...
January 2, 2019
Maria Guadalupe Martinez Alles has posted to SSRN Tort Remedies as Meaningful Responses to Wrongdoing. The abstract provides: Tort theorists’ unceasing efforts to draw a clear-cut line between tort law (i.e., private law) and criminal law (i.e., public law) has cabined the understanding of tort remedies as private responses to wrongdoing which are predominantly compensatory. The practice of awarding additional damages contradicts this view. It indicates that in fact tort remedies...
Article on Disregarding Donors and Tinkering with Texas Trusts: Judicial Modification of Restricted Charitable Gifts
January 2, 2019
Matthew Roland recently published an Article entitled, Disregarding Donors and Tinkering with Texas Trusts: Judicial...
January 2, 2019
Matthew Roland recently published an Article entitled, Disregarding Donors and Tinkering with Texas Trusts: Judicial...
Legal Research Gets Smarter and More Comprehensive in 2018
January 1, 2019
3 Given that it started off with a “robot fight”between two AI-driven legal research products, you knew 2018 was going to be a momentous – and even pugilistic – year for legal research. Not only did research get smarter, thanks to a whole new generation of tools powered by AI and natural language processing, but it also got more expansive, thanks to a momentous project that put all U.S. case law online. On the pugilism front, it was a year in which legal research platforms introduced...
January 1, 2019
3 Given that it started off with a “robot fight”between two AI-driven legal research products, you knew 2018 was going to be a momentous – and even pugilistic – year for legal research. Not only did research get smarter, thanks to a whole new generation of tools powered by AI and natural language processing, but it also got more expansive, thanks to a momentous project that put all U.S. case law online. On the pugilism front, it was a year in which legal research platforms introduced...
The 20 Most Important Legal Technology Developments of 2018
January 1, 2019
For several years now, I’ve closed out the year with a round-up of the 10 most important legal developments (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013)....
January 1, 2019
For several years now, I’ve closed out the year with a round-up of the 10 most important legal developments (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013)....
Patents Per Year: 2018 takes No. 2 Spot
December 31, 2018
The also PTO continues to save the world from claims to pure information by asking applicants to limit information storage to non-transitory storage mechanisms.
December 31, 2018
The also PTO continues to save the world from claims to pure information by asking applicants to limit information storage to non-transitory storage mechanisms.
2018: Law Gets Liberated
December 31, 2018
Remarkably, the question has persisted: Can states or anyone else own copyright in public laws? This year, three separate...
December 31, 2018
Remarkably, the question has persisted: Can states or anyone else own copyright in public laws? This year, three separate...
Does ADR Really Have A Place on the Lawyer’s Philosophical Map?
December 31, 2018
For nearly two decades, proponents of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) have touted the advantages of institutionalizing...
December 31, 2018
For nearly two decades, proponents of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) have touted the advantages of institutionalizing...
