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US News Law School Dispute Resolution Program Rankings
April 1, 2013
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the US News rankings came out today. Here’s the rankings of law school dispute resolution programs. Pepperdine Harvard Missouri Hamline Ohio State Yeshiva (Cardozo) Oregon Marquette UC Hastings Willamette UNLV
April 1, 2013
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the US News rankings came out today. Here’s the rankings of law school dispute resolution programs. Pepperdine Harvard Missouri Hamline Ohio State Yeshiva (Cardozo) Oregon Marquette UC Hastings Willamette UNLV
Supreme Court Mapping Project @ University of Baltimore
March 31, 2013
Professor Colin Starger of the University of Baltimore School of Law tells us of The Supreme Court Mapping Project. Here are excerpts of the description: The SCOTUS Mapping Project has two distinct components: Enhanced development of the Mapper software. This software enables users to create sophisticated interactive maps of Supreme Court doctrine by plotting relationships between majority, concurring and dissenting opinions. With the software, users can both visualize how different “lines”...
March 31, 2013
Professor Colin Starger of the University of Baltimore School of Law tells us of The Supreme Court Mapping Project. Here are excerpts of the description: The SCOTUS Mapping Project has two distinct components: Enhanced development of the Mapper software. This software enables users to create sophisticated interactive maps of Supreme Court doctrine by plotting relationships between majority, concurring and dissenting opinions. With the software, users can both visualize how different “lines”...
Eight Tips to Quash the Cost of E-Discovery
March 31, 2013
The following tips are offered to help you slash the outsize cost of e-discovery: Eliminate Waste Reduce Redundancy and Fragmentation Don’t Convert ESI Review Rationally Test your Methods and Know your ESI Use good tools Communicate and cooperate Price is what the seller accepts
March 31, 2013
The following tips are offered to help you slash the outsize cost of e-discovery: Eliminate Waste Reduce Redundancy and Fragmentation Don’t Convert ESI Review Rationally Test your Methods and Know your ESI Use good tools Communicate and cooperate Price is what the seller accepts
LegalTechNY Discussion: Barriers to Social Media Adoption
March 31, 2013
At LegalTechNY, Steve Mann, chief marketing officer of the Research & Litigation Solutions business at LexisNexis,...
March 31, 2013
At LegalTechNY, Steve Mann, chief marketing officer of the Research & Litigation Solutions business at LexisNexis,...
7 Useful Google Chrome Tips
March 31, 2013
I’ve forsaken Firefox, my longtime favorite browser, for Chrome. Firefox became too frustratingly bloated and slow, even...
March 31, 2013
I’ve forsaken Firefox, my longtime favorite browser, for Chrome. Firefox became too frustratingly bloated and slow, even...
Private Investment in US Legal Services
March 31, 2013
I had the honor of speaking at ReInventLawSiliconValley, a conference on innovation and the legal system sponsored by the ReInvent...
March 31, 2013
I had the honor of speaking at ReInventLawSiliconValley, a conference on innovation and the legal system sponsored by the ReInvent...
CyberSettle Helps Patients Settle and Pay Hospital Bills
March 30, 2013
Healthcare - Saving Hospitals that Save Lives™ We provide solutions for U.S. healthcare providers who critically need to increase recovery of patient-pay revenue, a $740 billion market that is increasing each year. In 2012, Cybersettle launched PayMD™, a cloud based solution that incorporates retail-oriented incentives and proprietary technology to motivate patients to engage, settle and pay, resulting in increased transactions and revenue for our clients. PayMD™ employs consumer-friendly...
March 30, 2013
Healthcare - Saving Hospitals that Save Lives™ We provide solutions for U.S. healthcare providers who critically need to increase recovery of patient-pay revenue, a $740 billion market that is increasing each year. In 2012, Cybersettle launched PayMD™, a cloud based solution that incorporates retail-oriented incentives and proprietary technology to motivate patients to engage, settle and pay, resulting in increased transactions and revenue for our clients. PayMD™ employs consumer-friendly...
CFOs Shifting from Risk to Growth
March 30, 2013
Miriam Connole thought preparing budgets for a large insurance company was tough enough, considering all the unforeseen risks that can come into play. But then she became CFO of Burford Capital, a London-based start-up that provides seed money for litigation services. Calling it a lumpy business, Connole says the challenges of a start-up can make mundane tasks — like budgeting — all the more difficult. “After budgeting in big organizations, it was so much easier to see the link between a pound...
March 30, 2013
Miriam Connole thought preparing budgets for a large insurance company was tough enough, considering all the unforeseen risks that can come into play. But then she became CFO of Burford Capital, a London-based start-up that provides seed money for litigation services. Calling it a lumpy business, Connole says the challenges of a start-up can make mundane tasks — like budgeting — all the more difficult. “After budgeting in big organizations, it was so much easier to see the link between a pound...
Texas Considers Bill Prohibiting New Home Contracts from Including an Arbitration Clause
March 30, 2013
Texas lawmakers are currently considering a bill that would not allow a binding arbitration clause to be included in contracts between Texas homebuilders and new home buyers. HB 3736, “Relating to the sale of newly constructed homes and requiring the Texas Real Estate Commission to adopt contract forms to be used in the sale of a newly constructed home,” was filed by Representative Lon Burnum of Fort Worth. The proposed law would reportedly remove a binding arbitration clause from a currently...
March 30, 2013
Texas lawmakers are currently considering a bill that would not allow a binding arbitration clause to be included in contracts between Texas homebuilders and new home buyers. HB 3736, “Relating to the sale of newly constructed homes and requiring the Texas Real Estate Commission to adopt contract forms to be used in the sale of a newly constructed home,” was filed by Representative Lon Burnum of Fort Worth. The proposed law would reportedly remove a binding arbitration clause from a currently...
The Tyranny of the Billable Hour
March 30, 2013
“THAT bill shall know no limits,”wrote one DLA Piper lawyer to another in 2010 in what the firm is now calling “unfortunate banter” between associates about work for a client. But what is truly unfortunate is the underlying billable-hour regime and the law-firm culture it has spawned. Lost in the furor surrounding one large firm’s current public relations headache are deeper problems that go to the heart of the prevailing big law-firm business model itself. Regrettably, as with previous...
March 30, 2013
“THAT bill shall know no limits,”wrote one DLA Piper lawyer to another in 2010 in what the firm is now calling “unfortunate banter” between associates about work for a client. But what is truly unfortunate is the underlying billable-hour regime and the law-firm culture it has spawned. Lost in the furor surrounding one large firm’s current public relations headache are deeper problems that go to the heart of the prevailing big law-firm business model itself. Regrettably, as with previous...
