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Texas to Offer Tax Breaks to Data Center Operators
June 22, 2013
State lawmakers have approved a plan to offer tax incentives to companies that open data centers throughout the state, as part of a move to attract more technology companies and capital investment to Texas. Texas had long been a preferred location for large data centers given its central location, economic climate, reliable electric grid, historically low occurrences of natural disasters, educated workforce and pro-business environment, proponents of the measure say. However, Texas began falling...
June 22, 2013
State lawmakers have approved a plan to offer tax incentives to companies that open data centers throughout the state, as part of a move to attract more technology companies and capital investment to Texas. Texas had long been a preferred location for large data centers given its central location, economic climate, reliable electric grid, historically low occurrences of natural disasters, educated workforce and pro-business environment, proponents of the measure say. However, Texas began falling...
FROM THE BENCH: Obituary: The American Trial Lawyer
June 22, 2013
The American trial lawyer (ATL), who, in innumerable ways, enhanced the lives of so many Americans and made the United States a fairer, healthier, safer, more egalitarian, and just nation, passed away recently. Although a precise age is uncertain, ATL is believed to have been at least 371 years old at the time of death. The cause of death is uncertain. A blue-ribbon panel of forensic coroners performed one of the most extensive autopsies in history. They were unable to determine the precise cause...
June 22, 2013
The American trial lawyer (ATL), who, in innumerable ways, enhanced the lives of so many Americans and made the United States a fairer, healthier, safer, more egalitarian, and just nation, passed away recently. Although a precise age is uncertain, ATL is believed to have been at least 371 years old at the time of death. The cause of death is uncertain. A blue-ribbon panel of forensic coroners performed one of the most extensive autopsies in history. They were unable to determine the precise cause...
Good TED Talks On The Law
June 21, 2013
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation,...
June 21, 2013
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation,...
Use Your Mind to Change Your Brain
June 21, 2013
I realized today that in all my posts regarding the brain and how to sculpt it with mindfulness, I’ve never actually explained how and why meditation works. Specifically, the science behind how your brain changes the longer you meditate. I think this is important for many reasons, but one of the most salient is that this information serves as a great motivator to keep up a daily practice (or start one). I’m sure you’ve heard people extol the virtues of meditation. You may be skeptical...
June 21, 2013
I realized today that in all my posts regarding the brain and how to sculpt it with mindfulness, I’ve never actually explained how and why meditation works. Specifically, the science behind how your brain changes the longer you meditate. I think this is important for many reasons, but one of the most salient is that this information serves as a great motivator to keep up a daily practice (or start one). I’m sure you’ve heard people extol the virtues of meditation. You may be skeptical...
The Benefits of Mindfulness for Litigators
June 21, 2013
“I am calling for an all-out revolution.” These words reverberated through the federal district courthouse in Miami in the spring of 2012, but there was no one calling for security. In fact, it was eerily quiet in the conference room in which the call for revolution was sounded. How can that be? Well, the audience was a group of well-regarded litigation counsel and judges and the revolutionary leader a prominent federal district court judge. The revolution: Mindfulness in law as a vehicle...
June 21, 2013
“I am calling for an all-out revolution.” These words reverberated through the federal district courthouse in Miami in the spring of 2012, but there was no one calling for security. In fact, it was eerily quiet in the conference room in which the call for revolution was sounded. How can that be? Well, the audience was a group of well-regarded litigation counsel and judges and the revolutionary leader a prominent federal district court judge. The revolution: Mindfulness in law as a vehicle...
Revolutionary Mutterings from Stanford’s FutureLaw Conference: The Machines Are Coming
June 21, 2013
It's hard enough to get lawyers to agree about things happening right now. Getting them to agree about the future? That's impossible. So it's no surprise that there were many different views of the future at Stanford's FutureLaw Conference. The event, hosted by the "CodeX" Center for Legal Informatics, brought together a broad mix of legal, technology, business, academic and finance people for a busy day of future-gazing. What follows is my personal take on the conference highlights and some impressions...
June 21, 2013
It's hard enough to get lawyers to agree about things happening right now. Getting them to agree about the future? That's impossible. So it's no surprise that there were many different views of the future at Stanford's FutureLaw Conference. The event, hosted by the "CodeX" Center for Legal Informatics, brought together a broad mix of legal, technology, business, academic and finance people for a busy day of future-gazing. What follows is my personal take on the conference highlights and some impressions...
This Robot Learns to Pour Beer by Predicting Your Future
June 21, 2013
Have you ever dreamed of owning a personal robot servant to pour your beers for you? The idea is now one step closer to reality. Researchers at Cornell University have programmed a robot that can predict what you’re about to do and offer up a helping hand. Using a Microsoft Kinect sensor, the robot watches your body movements. Then, it accesses a video database of about 120 household activities — ranging from putting food in the microwave, eating, brushing teeth, making cereal, and yes, pouring...
June 21, 2013
Have you ever dreamed of owning a personal robot servant to pour your beers for you? The idea is now one step closer to reality. Researchers at Cornell University have programmed a robot that can predict what you’re about to do and offer up a helping hand. Using a Microsoft Kinect sensor, the robot watches your body movements. Then, it accesses a video database of about 120 household activities — ranging from putting food in the microwave, eating, brushing teeth, making cereal, and yes, pouring...
No Emotional Distress Damages For Legal Malpractice
June 20, 2013
The Vermont Supreme Court reversed an award of damages for emotional distress in a legal malpractice case. The court did not rule out the possibility of such damages but found an insufficient basis here: ...we conclude that the trial court erred in awarding damages for plaintiff’s emotional distress in this case. Assuming without deciding that Vermont law follows the modern trend of allowing damages under certain circumstances for serious emotional distress in legal malpractice claims...
June 20, 2013
The Vermont Supreme Court reversed an award of damages for emotional distress in a legal malpractice case. The court did not rule out the possibility of such damages but found an insufficient basis here: ...we conclude that the trial court erred in awarding damages for plaintiff’s emotional distress in this case. Assuming without deciding that Vermont law follows the modern trend of allowing damages under certain circumstances for serious emotional distress in legal malpractice claims...
Stanford Law is a Hotbed for Tech Startups and Legal Entrepreneurs
June 20, 2013
Taking a cue from the academic origins of many Silicon Valley inventors, Stanford Law School has become an incubator for legal...
June 20, 2013
Taking a cue from the academic origins of many Silicon Valley inventors, Stanford Law School has become an incubator for legal...
Cognitive Biases Are Bad for Business
June 20, 2013
The conventional wisdom in classical economics is that we humans are “rational actors” who, by our nature, make decisions...
June 20, 2013
The conventional wisdom in classical economics is that we humans are “rational actors” who, by our nature, make decisions...
