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Watson as a service: IBM preps artificial intelligence in the cloud, and e-discovery asks “can we have a bite?”
By: Gregory P. Bufithis, Esq. Founder/CEO 19 November 2013 – The biggest news last week was probably the IBM announcement that it was offering Watson’s machine-learning system in the cloud,
Continue readingBlind ads on Craigs List : should you send in your resume?
25 October 2013 – In the past two weeks we have been swamped by Posse List members who have asked “should I submit my resume to a Craigs List ad when the employer is unknown?” We
Continue readingIs a blended document review rate of $466 per hour … um … excessive?
23 September 2013 – We have done a fair amount of reporting on the In re Citigroup Inc. Securities Litigation, a shareholder lawsuit against Citigroup which involved a lot of guns and
Continue readingBATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES!! Airlines’ Antitrust Lawyers: “We’re Litigating, Period”
15 August 2013– Ummm … not to put too fine a point on it but where was the DOJ when Continental Airlines announced the merger between Continental and United Airlines in 2010? So now the
Continue readingA new website makes it easier to compare law-school jobs data
24 July 2013 – A new website aims to make it easier for would-be law students to research how graduates of different law schools are faring in the jobs market. The website is called Law Jobs:
Continue reading18-year low for law grad employment according to NALP [with VIDEO]
21 June 2013 – Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia interviewed NALP’s Executive Director James Leipold about NALP’s recently released annual report on the job market for law school
Continue readingLaw for laymen: U.S. law schools expand master’s degree programs for non-lawyers
20 May 2013 – Interesting piece in today’s National Law Journal on how law schools are expanding their programs for non-lawyers. They lead with Emory law school which is among nearly
Continue readingJudge Slams Contract Attorney Charges In Madoff Feeder Fund Case
14 May 2013 – A federal judge in New York approved a hotly disputed fee for lawyers who negotiated a $217 million settlement with Madoff “feeder funds,” but only after leveling
Continue readingD.C.’s Finnegan Henderson: “we will reimburse non-lawyer staff members who seek to better themselves by pursuing a law degree. And the better your grades, the more we pay”
25 April 2013 – Interesting story in the Washington Post a few days ago in case you missed it: the law firm Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner will reimburse non-lawyer
Continue readingLaw firms’ excessive fees, Part II: “DLA Piper Is Not Alone: Why Law Firms Overbill”
28 March 2013– Coming hot and heavy after the New York Times piece (click here) on the lawsuit involving DLA Piper and law firm over billing (“churn that bill, baby!”) comes —
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