The Blog of Legal Times advises that the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the United States Judicial Conference has  developed pattern jury  instructions "to address the increasing incidence of juror use of such devices as cellular telephones or comp ...

Thanks to Ed. at Blawg Review for passing along this (somewhat rambling but well worth watching) lecture at Stanford University by  Deborah Kolb, the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership at the Simmons College School of Management.  Hat tip to Guy Kawasaki ...

A green garbage truck crashed onto the metal drive-through fixture just outside a day care center after it collided with an installation van of the Dish Network in Folsom Boulevard recently. The vehicle collision killed the driver of the van, who was identified as a technician of the network.No one ...

The Development of Structure in the SCOTUS Citation Network The visualization offered above is the largest weakly connected component of the citation network of the United States Supreme Court (1800-1829). Each time slice visualizes the aggregate network as of the year in question. In our paper ent ...

I’ve written a fair bit — in my book, in a couple of articles here and here, and on this blog from time to time — about the extraordinary development of the new science of networks, an amalgam of research in biology, physics, systems engineering, mathematics, sociology, and other disciplines, all fo ...

By:  LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ. Yesterday Oprah interviewed four child molesters on her television show.  It is shocking how many children are abused each year….. tens of thousands of children are sexually abused each year in the U.S. and hundreds of thousands more are victims of other forms ...

The Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management has come out with "Proposed Model Jury Instructions" on "The Use of Electronic Technology to Conduct Research on or Communicate about a Case".  They follow: Before Trial: You, as jurors, must decide this case bas ...

My latest technology column for the ABA Journal is out. It's called "Going Mobile: Your future work platform is on the phone " and it takes a practical look at what is starting to seem like a smartphone revolution. My goal in this column was to provide a simple introduction and primer to what To ...

Today we bring you Part II of my conversation with Wayne Burton and Cyndy Nayer of the Center for Health Innovation, where we get into some specific examples of successful programs.  The Center represents over 40 million lives, and brings together employers and providers to focus on a limited number ...

Previously on The Good Wife: The Good Wife married The Bad Husband and took a 13-year hiaitus before reclaiming her career as an attorney.  This week's episode raised two topics for discussion: 1. Professional Rewards Based on Personal Connections, e.g. The Old Boys Club TGW's firm is represent ...