New on LLRX – Manage Information Overload Resources 2019 – As we are challenged each day to expertly respond to an overwhelming amount of information, much of it not relevant to our requirements, it is a major undertaking to exercise our choices skillfully as well as to balance our knowledge resources to best serve our objectives. Marcus Zillman’s guide offers both broader resources on how to manage information overload, as well as sources, tools and techniques to facilitate research productivity.
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Monthly Archives: April 2019
Is it a “Good” Case? Can You Rely on BCite, KeyCite, and Shepard’s to Tell You?
New on LLRX – Is it a “Good” Case? Can You Rely on BCite, KeyCite, and Shepard’s to Tell You? – Kristina L. Niedringhaus calls our attention to a recent article by Paul Heller whose research identified 357 citing relationships that one or more of the three major citators labeled as negative. “Out of these,… Continue Reading
Move to a paperless law firm with these scanning tools
New on LLRX – Move to a paperless law firm with these scanning tools – Nicole L. Black discusses how e-filing mandates in many jurisdictions are causing lawyers to digitize their law firm’s documents, and as a result more firms are moving toward a paperless law office—or at the very least, an office with less… Continue Reading
Helping Future Citizens Navigate an Automated, Datafied World
Bennett Moses, Lyria, Helping Future Citizens Navigate an Automated, Datafied World (January 1, 2019). UNSW Law Research Paper No. 19-28. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3370016 “If there is one thing everyone has an opinion on, it is education. Everyone has been to school and many people go on to have opinions on the experiences of their… Continue Reading
District Judge, DC – Congressional Democrats’ emoluments lawsuit targeting President Trump’s private business can proceed
Washington Post – “Democrats in Congress can move ahead with their lawsuit against President Trump alleging that his private business violates the Constitution’s ban on gifts or payments from foreign governments, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The decision in Washington from U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan adopted a broad definition of the anti-corruption ban… Continue Reading
Mapping Motor Vehicle Collisions in New York City
Todd W. Schneider – Interactive heatmap of 1.4 million collisions highlights dangerous areas for motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians “The New York Police Department provides data for every motor vehicle collision in NYC since July 2012. Each record includes location coordinates and other metadata, most notably the number of injuries and fatalities, segmented further by motorists,… Continue Reading
Planting 1.2 Trillion Trees Could Cancel Out a Decade of CO2 Emissions
Yale Environment 360: “There is enough room in the world’s existing parks, forests, and abandoned land to plant 1.2 trillion additional trees, which would have the CO2 storage capacity to cancel out a decade of carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new analysis by ecologist Thomas Crowther and colleagues at ETH Zurich, a Swiss university.… Continue Reading
Sifting Through the Disruption of the Legal Industry to Divine the Skills Needed by New Attorneys
Dykstra, Jason, Beyond the ‘Practice Ready’ Buzz: Sifting Through the Disruption of the Legal Industry to Divine the Skills Needed by New Attorneys (March 25, 2019). Drexel Law Review [Vol. 11:149 2018]. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3359804 “A heightened velocity of change enveloped the legal profession over the last two decades. From big law to rural… Continue Reading
How to Argue with an Algorithm: Lessons from the COMPAS ProPublica Debate
Washington, Anne, How to Argue with an Algorithm: Lessons from the COMPAS ProPublica Debate (February 4, 2019). Accepted for publication. The Colorado Technology Law Journal. Volume 17 Issue 1 http://ctlj.colorado.edu. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3357874 “The United States optimizes the efficiency of its growing criminal justice system with algorithms however, legal scholars have overlooked how to… Continue Reading
Legal Intranets Are Back and Better Than Ever
Law Technology Today – “Everyone loves a good comeback story. We all know how it goes; a rising star with a promising future falls from grace only to fight their way back and become better than ever. From Hoosiers to Rocky, there’s nothing better than watching a hero rise from the ashes and reach their… Continue Reading
Status of State Medicaid Expansion Decisions: Interactive Map
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) – “To date, 37 states (including DC) have adopted the Medicaid expansion and 14 states have not adopted the expansion. Current status for each state is based on KFF tracking and analysis of state expansion activity. To view this data in a table format, click here. To download a Powerpoint slide of… Continue Reading
Cloud database removed after exposing details on 80 million US households
c/net – Exclusive: The cache included information on addresses, income levels and marital status. “In a blow to consumers’ privacy, the addresses and demographic details of more than 80 million US households were exposed on an unsecured database stored on the cloud, independent security researchers have found. The details included names, ages and genders as… Continue Reading
