The October issue of Thomson Reuters of Practice Innovations is out.This issue focuses on emerging issues and transformative trends in law firms. I am particularly happy to highlight an article by John Hokkanen on predictive analytics, I first met John at a Lawyers Technology Roundtable meeting in the early 1990s. After practicing law John
Lex Machina has taken the most mundane of legal data sets– docket entries– and spun it into a
goldmine of legal insights. Lex Machina is not a hard product to use, but it offers a dizzying array of options which a lawyer with minimal training can master.
Privacy
Thomson Reuters announced today that they have entered into a collaboration with IBM to deliver cognitive technology solutions to their customers. Before the legal profession falls into a swoon of anticipation —lets be clear. The press release makes no mention of the legal market in particular. Thomson Reuters is a very large multinational organization that
For the second time in 2015, The United States Supreme Court is relying on the advice of law librarians. (Ok they probably rely on the advice of the terrific team of the Supreme Court Librarians all the time — but in this post I am referring to advice coming from librarians working for other institutions).
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| Kyla Moran of IBM Watson Team at AALL |
I wrote an article about the program: ” Hand in Hand with IBM Watson: How Will Augmented Intelligence will Transform the Way We Work?” which has been
Shake Out in Low Cost
Casey Flaherty, formerly, the GC of Kia Motors, made headlines in 2013 by developing a basic technology audit which he administered to outside law firms. Taking a page from Casey’s technology audit and AALL’s Principles and Standards for Legal Research Competencies, The Private Law Libraries and Information Professionals SIS of AALL has published a