Although artificial intelligence has been the subject of academic research since the 1950s and has been used commercially in some industries for decades, it is still in its infancy across much of the broader economy.
Over my past two columns, I’ve focused on reviewing two related television series, The Practice and Boston Legal, with the ultimate goal of comparing them. To conduct my review, I utilized the top-rated episode from each series as calculated by episodeninja.com. So, which series came out victorious? The Practice? Boston Legal? Not so fast.
In October, I reviewedThe Practice. It’s now time to take a look at Boston Legal, compare the two related series and crown the better “legal TV” option. As was the case with The Practice, I am going into this viewing session blind; I'd never before watched an episode of Boston Legal. Let’s dig in.
There is little doubt that October 2021-2022 term will be most remembered for its decisions about state laws imposing restrictions on abortion. In November, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases—Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson and United States v. Texas—that involved a Texas law prohibiting abortions after about the sixth week of pregnancy. On Wednesday, the court will hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which involves a Mississippi law prohibiting abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Rob Stote, the managing director of profitability products at BigHand, a provider of financial and operational productivity software; Michael Grupp, the CEO of Bryter, a no-code software platform; and Tom Obermaier, the CEO of SurePoint Technologies, a provider of financial and practice management software, about the recent report—Implementing Financial Intelligence to Give Law Firms a Competitive Advantage in 2022 and Beyond—that the three companies commissioned to identify key trends among law firm financial leaders.
Just like an old and worn wardrobe, your website may need a major overhaul. But the idea of having to pitch everything and start over may be intimidating enough to keep you wearing embarrassingly outdated trends. Unfortunately, your prospects won’t be able to see past your old-fashioned choices. Instead, they’ll assume you’re just out of touch.
"A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client." A phrase often attributed to Abraham Lincoln. Given that we see so many self-reps in our courts these days, this is as good a time as any to discuss this phenomenon, also known as pro se representation.
Two unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decisions on Oct. 18 show the justices are continuing to broadly interpret qualified immunity to limit suits against government officials, especially police officers. Perhaps this will help fuel pressure on Congress to enact a law to revise qualified immunity, but so far such efforts have passed the House of Representatives and stalled in the Senate.
Now that we’re well into the second year of the pandemic, remote working has become the norm. While the impact of the pandemic on law firms has varied, in part based on firm size and location, the fact remains that for many legal professionals, a permanent, full-time return to the office remains elusive due to the continued unpredictability wrought by COVID-19 variants and surges.
