It seems a staggering claim for a firm founded just over a year ago, but Mr Arruda says the calculation is based on this being the amount of time lawyers typically spend
on legal research using a normal database.
Shaunna thank you for sharing your thoughts
on legal research using social media at our conference.
Not exact matches
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and
research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and
uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of
legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU,
on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted
on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition
on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger
on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or
on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
Valeant spent $ 101 million
on research and development in the third quarter when it «could have put that
on hold,» Papa said, and
used that money to pay down debt instead, or save it for other problems, perhaps
legal, that Valeant may face.
Ride service behemoth Uber is currently
using its
legal resources to focus
on researching an internet address that could lead to locating the hacker behind...
Ride service behemoth Uber is currently
using its
legal resources to focus
on researching an internet address that could lead to locating the hacker behind its major data breach earlier this year.
Despite an explosion of
research on the
use of brain scans and other tools of science to help better determine a person's guilt or innocence, experts at a AAAS - organized discussion said hopes that neuroscience might transform the
legal system are unrealistic for now.
He also serves as Director of the MacArthur Foundation
Research Network
on Law and Neuroscience — a national team of scientists,
legal scholars, and judges who are jointly exploring both the promise of, and the limits of,
using neuroscientific findings in
legal contexts.
The interests of the CSFR and the NCLS aligned well
on many SFRL projects, conferences, publications, and AAAS annual meeting symposia such as
on the ethical and
legal implications of genetic testing;
use of animals in
research and education; scientific misconduct and
research integrity;
use of scientific and technical information in the courts; ethical and
legal aspects of computer network
use and abuse; effects of national security controls
on unclassified
research, and the impact of neuroscience
on the
legal system.
But since January 2009, Ari Daniel Shapiro — he
uses his middle name to avoid confusion with the Ari Shapiro who reports for NPR
on the Department of Justice and
legal affairs — has earned his living as an independent radio and multimedia producer, recording sounds, editing audio, and doing all the things necessary to create science - related radio shows for public radio and podcasts and audio slide shows for the Web sites of
research institutions.
«We hope that this
research can be
used by
legal authorities to help inform future policies
on identification for security purposes, particularly in the UK where individuals who normally wear glasses are required to remove them for their identification cards.»
At the time of the
research no clear
legal guidelines existed in France, but a new French biodiversity law is now to «implement the 2010 Nagoya Protocol, which complements the international Convention
on Biological Diversity and aims to guarantee a greater control of the states rich in biodiversity, and their indigenous populations, over how their biodiversity resources are
used and an equitable sharing of the benefits.»
A U.S. appeals court today upheld the legality of federally funded
research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)-- the latest in a string of wins for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in a 3 - year
legal battle with groups that for moral reasons want to block the
use of these cells.
Legal risks aside, it's important to note that because LSD is illegal (it's a Schedule I drug, with «no current accepted medical
use and a high potential for abuse»), it lacks both FDA regulation and a significant body of scientific
research on its short - and long - term effects.
Other
research interests include data mining
using high - dimensional and sparse (regularized) methods, with a focus
on text summarization and causal inference with text in contexts such as newspaper corpora,
legal decisions, and databases of free - text reports.
Perhaps, the most interesting thing about USEssayWriters.com is that it's 100 %
legal to purchase essay papers from us, because you can
use the essays as a source of ideas for your paper, as
research material for your own essays, or as a guide
on how to format your paper following a specific citation style (Chicago, MLA, APA, etc..)
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Its team of financial market, energy and
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By this point in the term, our advanced
legal research and writing class has covered all the favourite usual suspects:
research plans,
research records and journals, secondary
research using legal and library databases, federal legislative
research, provincial legislative
research, primary
research using the big three, UK
research, US
research, and so
on.
You can also cut corners
on your
legal research by using websites such as Google Scholar Legal (free), Fastcase (free via iPad / iPhone App and through many state bar associations), and Jenkins Law Library ($ 155 a year); or by hitting the books by visiting a local law lib
legal research by
using websites such as Google Scholar
Legal (free), Fastcase (free via iPad / iPhone App and through many state bar associations), and Jenkins Law Library ($ 155 a year); or by hitting the books by visiting a local law lib
Legal (free), Fastcase (free via iPad / iPhone App and through many state bar associations), and Jenkins Law Library ($ 155 a year); or by hitting the books by visiting a local law library.
Whereas other
legal research services rely
on usernames and passwords, Bloomberg Law requires you to log - in
using something it calls the B - Unit, a credit - card sized, biometric fingerprint reader that ensures that you and only you log - in to your Bloomberg Law account.
These include the
use of the term «historical databases» which it defines as «cases that predate CANLII that are not available
on CANLII», as if that were the starting point for
legal research in Canada.
On Tuesday, Dec. 16, I will be moderating a free webinar that will look at how «big data» analytics are being
used to provide new windows into
legal research.
The study also recommends companies should
use IP lawyers «efficiently and strategically,» and that, while it is essential to
use lawyers for all
legal tasks, it advises companies to do their own
research on the IP process and prepare documentation required by counsel.
As a matter of fact, I'll be talking about Casetext at ABA Techshow tomorrow as part of a presentation
on using crowdsourcing in
legal research.
They estimate as moderate the effect of automation
on «Case Administration» (contract review systems), «Document Drafting» (document assembly systems for internal
use, or offered directly to consumers à la LegalZoom), «Due Diligence» (document review systems), «
Legal Analysis Strategy» (prediction software) and «
Legal Research» (more
on this later).
For further details see (pdf downloads): (1) «Access to Justice — Unaffordable
Legal Services» Concepts and Solutions»; (2) «The Technology of Centralized
Legal Research Can Solve the Unaffordable
Legal Services Problem»; (3) «Access to Justice — Canada's Unaffordable
Legal Services — CanLII as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A Solution to the Unaffordable
Legal Services Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them
Use Alternative
Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important to be Left to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access to justice (A2J) articles
on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author's page.
You are probably already
using some form of cloud computing
on a daily basis; any web - based email service is considered cloud computing, and online
legal research tools like Westlaw and LexisNexis are really the original SaaS software delivering
legal research via the web.
Kenneth Swift of the University of Houston Law Center notes that, in teaching
legal research and writing, his students make extensive
use of laptops in class, but he, too, controls device
use by having an absolute ban
on mobile phone
use.
To be sustainable beyond the first - year
research unit, law students» understanding of
legal research strategy must be based
on a credible framework that they actually
use.78 It must also be broad enough to transcend the media in which they will choose to work, both now and in the future.
While
legal research platforms are becoming increasingly easy to
use, they are simultaneously making it more difficult for novice researchers to understand and analyze the results that they provide.31 Thus
legal research teaching should leave the method and means of information gathering to the researcher, focusing instead
on the foundational knowledge necessary to accurately categorize the information and assess its completeness.
Jenny Holloway, Associate Dean, Nottingham Law School and Nick Johnson, Pro Bono Director, Nottingham Law School
Legal Advice Centre, explain how the law school's newly created ABS can be used to create a research center focused on developing new models for the delivery of legal serv
Legal Advice Centre, explain how the law school's newly created ABS can be
used to create a
research center focused
on developing new models for the delivery of
legal serv
legal services:
[5] Other examples are not so commonly predicted (if, indeed, they are predicted at all), yet are no less significant: business models that facilitate free
legal services, the
use of non-
legal (notably industry and business) knowledge and experience to increase client trust in and comfort with the firm and with
legal services more generally, the collection of knowledge about the
legal issues of individual clients in the same industry for
use by a trade association to assist and defend the rights of all in that industry
on a collective basis, a severely injured client's reassurance and comfort in knowing that in selecting a certain
legal services provider the client is not just receiving highly specialized advice but also benefitting an association that helps others with the same type of severe injury, the development of a
legal research establishment for experimentation with different ways of providing
legal services.
This blawg provides technology news affecting lawyers as well as tips
on conducting
legal research using technology or new book titles.
I gave a presentation yesterday to some friends at the CBA Alberta
Research Lawyers North subsection on using social media sources for legal r
Research Lawyers North subsection
on using social media sources for
legal researchresearch.
Whom will I be counting
on when I
use NLRG's Texas
legal research services?
Recent
research in law and psychology — particularly the
research highlighted by The Situationist blog published by the Project
on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School — emphasizes how context affects people's understanding and
use of
legal information.
Last month, Intendance, a U.K. - based digital agency that does website design, competitor
research, and online marketing, released a report
on the U.K.
legal sector's
use of Twitter.
A number of these measures rely
on the
use by others of LCO discussion papers, reports and the like as
research materials by academics and
legal researchers for government, not only in Ontario, but also in other jurisdictions, and the judiciary.
First, people are now
used to relying
on computerization for everything (which, in the
legal area, can include
research and online dispute resolution, as well as mathematical calculations of probable outcomes given a set of variables).
If that creates a sufficient connection to one of SLAW's themes of
legal research then I have justified the true purpose of this Friday fillip: Immediately go to http://www.simpsonsmovie.com (and click «Enter the Site») and click
on the link to create your own Simpsons character (or «avatar»)
using simple - to -
use online tools.
For example, are you
using free search alternatives to cut down
on legal research fees?
This belief is based
on joint
research with the SRA published in July 2015 which found that ABSs are being
used to extend service range, improve service quality, and attract new clients (see «Innovation in
legal services»).
Why you want it: This is a can't - miss app — not only because it allows you to conduct
legal research on the go
using your iPad or iPhone — but because the app is free.
«I have always
used National
Legal Research Group, Inc. for outside research and the service on his particular case was exceptionally expedient which met the client'
Research Group, Inc. for outside
research and the service on his particular case was exceptionally expedient which met the client'
research and the service
on his particular case was exceptionally expedient which met the client's needs.
Southwestern Law School, for example, has incorporated empirical
research on lawyers» careers into a class in its mandatory first - year curriculum: «Professionalism explicitly grounds the course through the introduction of case studies of lawyers» careers that have been drawn from empirical
research...» 23 Indiana University's Mauer School of Law has introduced a four - credit first - year course
on the
Legal Profession that similarly involves students in learning about lawyers» careers
using empirical
research and discussions with practicing lawyers.24 Interestingly, in both cases, the deans of the law schools themselves are part of the professor team teaching these new first - year courses.
This insight is based in part
on my own empirical
research on legal education and the
legal academy, which is primarily housed at and funded by the American Bar Foundation,
on legal education and the
legal academy.5 In this Article, I will also draw
on several current examples of law schools that incorporate social science into
legal training,
using them to illustrate how interdisciplinary
research can bridge theory and practice for lawyers and the
legal profession.
The traditional analysis lawyers
use to predict case outcomes relies heavily
on legal research.
We are
used to developing substantive expertise in unfamiliar
legal issues.95 An effective LRW problem needs to challenge the students to think creatively about
research, to
use the available sources effectively, and to take
on the role of counselor or advocate.96 Including the world broadens the possibilities for problem issues and enriches existing problems by adding a new dimension.