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Jay-Z Withdraws Motion for Preliminary Injunction After AAA Pledges to Diversify Arbitrator Roster
December 24, 2018
Hip-hop musician Jay-Z has formally withdrawn his request for a preliminary injunction and stay of arbitration...
December 24, 2018
Hip-hop musician Jay-Z has formally withdrawn his request for a preliminary injunction and stay of arbitration...
Flipping the Classroom to Teach Workplace ADR in an Intensive Environment
December 24, 2018
Professor Martin H. Malin, Director of the Institute for Law and the Workplace at Chicago-Kent College of Law, and Deborah Ginsberg, Educational Technology Librarian at Chicago-Kent Law Library, have published “Flipping the Classroom to Teach Workplace ADR in an Intensive Environment,” 67 Journal of Legal Education618 (2018). In their research paper, the authors explore both the successes and challenges they experienced when utilizing an alternative,...
December 24, 2018
Professor Martin H. Malin, Director of the Institute for Law and the Workplace at Chicago-Kent College of Law, and Deborah Ginsberg, Educational Technology Librarian at Chicago-Kent Law Library, have published “Flipping the Classroom to Teach Workplace ADR in an Intensive Environment,” 67 Journal of Legal Education618 (2018). In their research paper, the authors explore both the successes and challenges they experienced when utilizing an alternative,...
Elevate Acquires LexPredict, Expanding Capabilities in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
December 23, 2018
The LexPredict Team is excited to announce that our company has been acquired by Elevate. We believe that joining forces with Elevate is the most effective way to bring enterprise solutions to market more quickly, by combining the artificial intelligence, data science and data engineering capabilities of LexPredict with the award winning legal services of Elevate. Once again our team is very excited !
December 23, 2018
The LexPredict Team is excited to announce that our company has been acquired by Elevate. We believe that joining forces with Elevate is the most effective way to bring enterprise solutions to market more quickly, by combining the artificial intelligence, data science and data engineering capabilities of LexPredict with the award winning legal services of Elevate. Once again our team is very excited !
Cost of Divorce in Each State
December 23, 2018
From USA Today: Using survey data presented in Martindale Nolo Research’s 2015 divorce study, 24/7 Wall St. determined the average cost of a divorce in each state. All other factors being equal, the cost of a divorce ranges from as little as $8,400 to as much as $17,500. States with higher divorce costs tend to have overall higher costs of living. Of the 10 states where divorces are most expensive, only two have a lower than average cost of living. Whether or not high costs help discourage...
December 23, 2018
From USA Today: Using survey data presented in Martindale Nolo Research’s 2015 divorce study, 24/7 Wall St. determined the average cost of a divorce in each state. All other factors being equal, the cost of a divorce ranges from as little as $8,400 to as much as $17,500. States with higher divorce costs tend to have overall higher costs of living. Of the 10 states where divorces are most expensive, only two have a lower than average cost of living. Whether or not high costs help discourage...
A Game Theory Model Of Law Faculties: Turnover Helps Curb Antisocial Faculty Behavior
December 22, 2018
A standard account of group cooperation would predict that group stability would bring about greater cooperation, because repeat-play games would allow for sanctions and rewards. In an academic unit such as a department or a law faculty, one might thus expect that faculty stability would bring about greater cooperation. However, academic units are not like most other groups. Tenured professors face only limited sanctions for failing to cooperate, for engaging in unproductive conflict, or for shirking....
December 22, 2018
A standard account of group cooperation would predict that group stability would bring about greater cooperation, because repeat-play games would allow for sanctions and rewards. In an academic unit such as a department or a law faculty, one might thus expect that faculty stability would bring about greater cooperation. However, academic units are not like most other groups. Tenured professors face only limited sanctions for failing to cooperate, for engaging in unproductive conflict, or for shirking....
Evisort’s New Document Analyzer Offers Out-of-the-Box AI to Mine All A Company’s Contracts
December 22, 2018
Evisort might just be the hottest legal tech and AI company you’ve never heard of. Born out of Harvard Law School, MIT and the Harvard Innovation Lab; funded by an investment firm backed by Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and other Silicon Valley luminaries; recently profiled in a Columbia Business School case study on entrepreneurship; and its three founders named to Forbes 30 Under 30, it’s safe to say this is a company worth watching. Today, the company...
December 22, 2018
Evisort might just be the hottest legal tech and AI company you’ve never heard of. Born out of Harvard Law School, MIT and the Harvard Innovation Lab; funded by an investment firm backed by Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and other Silicon Valley luminaries; recently profiled in a Columbia Business School case study on entrepreneurship; and its three founders named to Forbes 30 Under 30, it’s safe to say this is a company worth watching. Today, the company...
KPMG To Hire 3,000 Lawyers
December 21, 2018
ABA Journal, KPMG Aims to Employ 3,000 Lawyers Within the Next Few Years: Accounting firm KPMG currently employs...
December 21, 2018
ABA Journal, KPMG Aims to Employ 3,000 Lawyers Within the Next Few Years: Accounting firm KPMG currently employs...
S.D. Texas Orders Independent Contractor’s Lawsuit Filed Against Nonsignatory to Arbitration
December 21, 2018
The Southern District of Texas has ordered a proposed class action lawsuit that was filed over an organization’s alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) to arbitration. In Randle v. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, No. H-18-1770 (S.D. Tex., Oct. 1, 2018), a Texas man, Randle, signed a series of independent contractor agreements to lease equipment from and drive for Yellow Cab Paratransit Services (“Yellow Cab”). Each of the independent contractor...
December 21, 2018
The Southern District of Texas has ordered a proposed class action lawsuit that was filed over an organization’s alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) to arbitration. In Randle v. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, No. H-18-1770 (S.D. Tex., Oct. 1, 2018), a Texas man, Randle, signed a series of independent contractor agreements to lease equipment from and drive for Yellow Cab Paratransit Services (“Yellow Cab”). Each of the independent contractor...
“Not Less Than Five Years” = Five Years
December 20, 2018
The dispute concerned a noncompete between a dance studio and Marik, one of its employees. The covenant not to compete stated that Marik wouldn't engage in any similar business "for a period of not less than five (5) years," and wouldn't solicit any teachers or students "for a period of not less than three (3) years." The parties were arguing over whether this language meant "five years" and "three years," or whether it meant that the noncompete could extend past five and three years. In...
December 20, 2018
The dispute concerned a noncompete between a dance studio and Marik, one of its employees. The covenant not to compete stated that Marik wouldn't engage in any similar business "for a period of not less than five (5) years," and wouldn't solicit any teachers or students "for a period of not less than three (3) years." The parties were arguing over whether this language meant "five years" and "three years," or whether it meant that the noncompete could extend past five and three years. In...
When Is Arbitral Jurisdiction Over Non-Signatories Delegated To the Tribunal?
December 20, 2018
At a recent gathering of arbitration lawyers that I attended, the leader of a seminar concerning the arbitration rights and duties of non-signatories asked if anyone in the audience disagreed with the proposition that under US arbitration law it is for the courts not arbitrators to decide whether and when a non-signatory may or must arbitrate. Not being totally at ease with the stated categorical proposition, I ventured the comment that the delegation of arbitrability issues to arbitrators pursuant...
December 20, 2018
At a recent gathering of arbitration lawyers that I attended, the leader of a seminar concerning the arbitration rights and duties of non-signatories asked if anyone in the audience disagreed with the proposition that under US arbitration law it is for the courts not arbitrators to decide whether and when a non-signatory may or must arbitrate. Not being totally at ease with the stated categorical proposition, I ventured the comment that the delegation of arbitrability issues to arbitrators pursuant...
