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AI Stats News: 34% Of Employees Expect Their Jobs To Be Automated In 3 Years
Forbes, March 31, 2020
Recent surveys, studies, forecasts and other quantitative assessments of the progress and impact of AI highlight the precarious nature of the future of work (long after the coronavirus pandemic ends), the continuing mixed attitudes of consumers about data privacy, and the possible resilience of this year’s investments in AI.
Facebook Acts Like a Social Media Platform But Thinks Like a Tech Titan
IAM, March 27, 2020
Facebook is undoubtedly one of the world’s top social networking platforms, but its patent strategy is more akin to that of a high-tech big wig. The company’s portfolio is far larger than other social media platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn and Snap.
Silicon Valley Trade Secrets Cases Put at Risk Industry Tradition of Job-hopping
San Francisco Chronicle, March 22, 2020
It wasn’t always easy for companies to get the courts to intervene when competitors were suspected of stealing trade secrets. That changed in 2016, when Congress passed a tough law, the Defend Trade Secrets Act, to allow businesses to more easily go after competitors in federal court if they felt they had stolen a product or idea.
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February 4, 2020
Lex Machina Celebrates 10 Years of Legal Analytics, Bringing Greater Knowledge, Efficiency and Transparency to the Legal Industry
Analytics are now an integral part of the practice and business and practice of law; company to finalize federal district court coverage and focus on state court analytics in 2020.
February 4, 2020
Lex Machina Launches State Law Modules, Extending Its Groundbreaking Legal Analytics to State Courts in California and Texas
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Harris County Court and Harris County District Court are the first new offerings; extensive new features for state courts include entity and document searching.
October 23, 2019
Lex Machina’s Consumer Protection Litigation Report Reveals Companies Paid More Than $34 Billion in Damages Over the Last Decade
Case filings rose nearly 20% over the last decade while class-action lawsuits tripled. Volkswagen paid more than $14 billion in consumer protection damages for its “clean diesel” claims.