Interesting article on the Google & Facebook decision not to co-operate on blending search with social network data. John Battelle gives plenty of background for this and Venture Beat took up the issue of reduced trust, but what I find interesting are implications for the practice of law. Just as the average lawyer is finally [...]
I’ve taken a few years off from actively working on my Agile Law concept…and 2012 is when you will finally see what I’ve been hinting at over the last 3 years. Writing another book is daunting. The first book I wrote was 1994,–and that was a LONG time ago both in terms of technology and [...]
I will have a detailed and reasoned critique of The Sedona Conference® Commentary on Achieving Quality in the E-Discovery Process out as soon as possible. I think this is pretty important stuff, so I want to take the time to do it properly. Until then, read the work done by Tobias Mayer. It will give [...]
I’m in love with H5 and not just because of their killer website and name that has more cowbell than I can handle, but I also am having special moments with Cataphora. In the run up to the Sedona Conference, I’m taking another look at legal tech from the perspective of what lawyers really need [...]
Found an incredible site today, the H5 site. It’s a lot easier doing this when you have 30 industrial-strength brains to my 1 eco-friendly noggin, but OK, I’ve never been put off by a [ huge freakin' ] challenge. [sigh] Anyway, through their site, I found the site I’d been looking for, which talks about [...]
I didn’t think so. So, I totally agree that we can do away with the Bates system for identifying unique documents in litigation and move towards hashing them instead. Here’s why: Question: you’re ITM and you’ve been sued 1,000 times. Probably not an exaggeration. How often did you get a discovery request for your organizational [...]
Something to think about, that goes beyond the issue of multi-byte data ( a problem that can be solved ). Law is a process of communication that reflects and re-inforces what is and is not “OK.” Even though we have only a few major systems of law (Anglo-American, Civil, tribal, communist, etc), the complexity of [...]
Pilots think using checklists and mechanics don’t. Pilots need perfection, mechanics solve problems creatively. This marks a fundamental difference in the way they process information and a reason why intercession is often necessary to make sure that the plane gets into the air and stays there until the time it’s supposed to land. And then, [...]
I was thinking today about the prospect for a program that refits the homes of the elderly (while they’re off visiting the grands or something) so that they can be self-sufficient longer. A very good reason to move to Florida. But, then I started thinking about Oxo products (which I use and love). Since I [...]
Law 2.0 and it’s bratty little sister, 3.0 is a form of apostasy, the beginning and maturation of a fundamental shift in the way legal services are conceived, produced and consumed. Law is a type of religion,–much like science. There is a technique to legal analysis that one learns in a “law seminary.” Catechismic competency [...]