Via LLRX.com –Will Data Analytics Allow Us to “Do Less Law?” Ron Friedmann is an expert on the legal market, where hardly a day goes by without an article or blog post about alternative fee arrangements (AFA) or delivering more value. Yet both clients and law firms struggle to define value and adopt alternatives to… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2013
New on LLRX – E-Books and the Miami-Dade Library Crisis
Via LLRX.com – E-Books and the Miami-Dade Library Crisis: One Way to Help Thwart the Misers David Rothman makes a case that the time has come for a coherent national strategy to help speed up digitization of library systems like Miami’s and use the efficiencies of e-books and other digital items to squeeze more out… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Can We Do Less Law? (ILTA Presentation)
Via LLRX.com – Can We Do Less Law? (ILTA Presentation) At the International Legal Technology Association 2013 meeting in Las Vegas, Ron Friedmann was a panelist on a program, “Do Less Law”. Ron has shared the outline of his speech, with links to sources he cited. Continue Reading
NYT – Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.S.A.’s
Scott Shane and Colin Moynihan: “For at least six years, law enforcement officials working on a counternarcotics program have had routine access, using subpoenas, to an enormous AT&T database that contains the records of decades of Americans’ phone calls — parallel to but covering a far longer time than the National Security Agency’s hotly disputed collection of phone… Continue Reading
Prescription Sleep Aid Use Among US Adults
CDC – Prescription Sleep Aid Use Among Adults: United States, 2005–2010. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey About 4% of U.S. adults aged 20 and over used prescription sleep aids in the past month. The percentage of adults using a prescription sleep aid increased with age and education. More adult women (5.0%) used… Continue Reading
CRS – National Security Strategy
National Security Strategy: Mandates, Execution to Date, and Issues for Congress. Catherine Dale, Specialist in International Security. August 6, 2013 “Strategy – together with decision-making, planning and execution, budgeting, and congressional oversight – is a critical component of U.S. government thinking and practice in the arena of national security. In theory, effective national security strategy-making… Continue Reading
CRS – The National Nanotechnology Initiative
The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Overview, Reauthorization, and Appropriations Issues. John F. Sargent Jr., Specialist in Science and Technology Policy, August 9, 2013 “Nanotechnology – a term encompassing the science, engineering, and applications of submicron materials—involves the harnessing of unique physical, chemical, and biological properties of nanoscale substances in fundamentally new and useful ways. The economic… Continue Reading
Bee Health: Background and Issues for Congress
CRS – Bee Health: Background and Issues for Congress. Renée Johnson, Specialist in Agricultural Policy; M. Lynne Corn, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy. August 27, 2013 “Bees, both commercially managed honey bees and wild bees, play an important role in global food production. In the United States alone, the value of insect pollination to U.S.… Continue Reading
Searching for a better way to cover a campaign
Did Twitter Kill the Boys on the Bus? Searching for a better way to cover a campaign. By Peter Hamby, Shorenstein Center Fellow, Spring 2013. CNN Political Reporter.Research Assistant: Karly Schledwitz. Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Discussion Paper Series #D-80, September 2013. “This paper will examine the merits of being… Continue Reading
Australia – The Coalition’s Policy for E-Gov and Digital Economy
The Coalition’s Policy for E-Government and the Digital Economy, August 2013 “One of the Coalition’s core principles is a preference for markets, because markets typically produce better outcomes than governments. But government can play a valuable leadership role in the economy, particularly in periods of structural change. If elected, a Coalition government intends to play… Continue Reading
WSJ – More Young Adults Live With Parents
“The share of young adults living with their parents edged up last year despite improvements in the economy—a sign that the effects of the recession are lingering. In a report on the status of families, the Census Bureau on Tuesday said 13.6% of Americans ages 25 to 34 were living with their parents in 2012,… Continue Reading
UK Surveillance Camera Code of Practice comes into force
“The code sets out guidelines for CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems to ensure their use is open and proportionate and that they are able to capture quality images that give police a better chance to catch criminals and cut crime. It follows Andrew Rennison’s appointment as the first surveillance camera commissioner last year. The commissioner… Continue Reading
