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Martindale-Hubbell Competitive Essentials
June 15, 2013
Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers an iPad app for analyzing your web presence and comparing it to law firms with which you compete (see article below), a WiFi surveillance camera, a searchable online database of tens of thousands of rates for legal services, and software for accessing the file system of iPads and iPhones. Don't miss the next issue. Having a web site nowadays is just table stakes. For your web site to help you win new clients, it must rank well in Google and other search engines....
June 15, 2013
Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers an iPad app for analyzing your web presence and comparing it to law firms with which you compete (see article below), a WiFi surveillance camera, a searchable online database of tens of thousands of rates for legal services, and software for accessing the file system of iPads and iPhones. Don't miss the next issue. Having a web site nowadays is just table stakes. For your web site to help you win new clients, it must rank well in Google and other search engines....
Three Reasons Why Law Firms Need More Research
June 15, 2013
Three are at least three reasons why law firms need to use more research in making decisions. In this context research refers...
June 15, 2013
Three are at least three reasons why law firms need to use more research in making decisions. In this context research refers...
13 Top Law Schools Teaching Law Practice Technology
June 15, 2013
The eLawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA was created in 2000 by then President of the ABA, William Paul. At that initial meeting Gary Munneke, a founding member of the Task Force and the leading law school educator and author on the subject of law practice management and then Chair of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA (now deceased), recommended that law schools update their law practice management courses to reflect the impact that the Internet...
June 15, 2013
The eLawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA was created in 2000 by then President of the ABA, William Paul. At that initial meeting Gary Munneke, a founding member of the Task Force and the leading law school educator and author on the subject of law practice management and then Chair of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA (now deceased), recommended that law schools update their law practice management courses to reflect the impact that the Internet...
Search emails, Google Drive, Calendar and More as You Type
June 15, 2013
As part of field trial we opened in October, it became possible to instantly see your relevant emails, Google Drive files, Calendar events, and more when you search in Gmail. Those of you who participated in the field trial told us that you like the time-saving convenience of searching for all your stuff from one place, and over the coming week, we'll be rolling out this feature in English to all U.S. users. Now you can find what you're looking for faster right in Gmail.
June 15, 2013
As part of field trial we opened in October, it became possible to instantly see your relevant emails, Google Drive files, Calendar events, and more when you search in Gmail. Those of you who participated in the field trial told us that you like the time-saving convenience of searching for all your stuff from one place, and over the coming week, we'll be rolling out this feature in English to all U.S. users. Now you can find what you're looking for faster right in Gmail.
Syntactic Ngrams over Time
June 15, 2013
We are proud to announce the release of a very large dataset of counted dependency tree fragments from the English Books...
June 15, 2013
We are proud to announce the release of a very large dataset of counted dependency tree fragments from the English Books...
One in Six California Law Grads Can’t Find Jobs
June 14, 2013
Sacramento Bee: One in Six Recent California Law School Grads Can't Find Jobs: The job market for California law school...
June 14, 2013
Sacramento Bee: One in Six Recent California Law School Grads Can't Find Jobs: The job market for California law school...
Lawyering for Groups
June 14, 2013
The papers from the Fordham Law Review Symposium Lawyering for Groups are now online. Howard Erichson & Ben Zipursky wrote the Foreword. Other contributors include..... Elizabeth Burch, Adquately Representing Groups Kristen Carpenter & Eli Wald, Lawyering for Groups: The Case of American Indian Tibal Attorneys Samuel Issacharoff, The Governance Problem in Aggregate Litigation Alexandra Lahav, The Political Justification for Group Litigation Troy McKenzie, "Helpless"...
June 14, 2013
The papers from the Fordham Law Review Symposium Lawyering for Groups are now online. Howard Erichson & Ben Zipursky wrote the Foreword. Other contributors include..... Elizabeth Burch, Adquately Representing Groups Kristen Carpenter & Eli Wald, Lawyering for Groups: The Case of American Indian Tibal Attorneys Samuel Issacharoff, The Governance Problem in Aggregate Litigation Alexandra Lahav, The Political Justification for Group Litigation Troy McKenzie, "Helpless"...
Weekly Contract Top Tens from the Social Science Research Council
June 14, 2013
RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal March 22, 2013 to May 21, 2013 Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 340 The Fiduciary Obligations of Financial Advisors Under the Law of Agency Robert H. Sitkoff, Harvard Law School 2 193 Private Equity Firms as Gatekeepers Elisabeth de Fontenay, Harvard Law School 3 185 Can an Arbitrator Conduct Independent Legal Research? If Not, Why Not? Paul...
June 14, 2013
RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal March 22, 2013 to May 21, 2013 Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 340 The Fiduciary Obligations of Financial Advisors Under the Law of Agency Robert H. Sitkoff, Harvard Law School 2 193 Private Equity Firms as Gatekeepers Elisabeth de Fontenay, Harvard Law School 3 185 Can an Arbitrator Conduct Independent Legal Research? If Not, Why Not? Paul...
Supreme Court Affirms Liability of SIGA Technologies to PharmAthene Based on Failure to Negotiate in Good Faith
June 14, 2013
SIGA Technologies, Inc. v. PharmAthene, Inc., Del. Supr., No. 314, 2012 (May 24, 2013). This Delaware Supreme Court decision was the subject of a BloombergBusinessweek article on Sunday, May 26. The Court of Chancery’s opinion was highlighted on these pages at this link. Also, several other prior Chancery decisions in this case were also outlined on these pages. Issue Addressed: Is an agreement to negotiate in good faith in accordance with a term sheet an enforceable obligation? Short...
June 14, 2013
SIGA Technologies, Inc. v. PharmAthene, Inc., Del. Supr., No. 314, 2012 (May 24, 2013). This Delaware Supreme Court decision was the subject of a BloombergBusinessweek article on Sunday, May 26. The Court of Chancery’s opinion was highlighted on these pages at this link. Also, several other prior Chancery decisions in this case were also outlined on these pages. Issue Addressed: Is an agreement to negotiate in good faith in accordance with a term sheet an enforceable obligation? Short...
ReInvent Law London 2013: STARTING NOW! Tweet Away!
June 14, 2013
We have some very exciting news to share about upcoming ReInvent Law London conference: This year's event will be on June...
June 14, 2013
We have some very exciting news to share about upcoming ReInvent Law London conference: This year's event will be on June...
