After CEO Is Gunned Down, UnitedHealthcare Lawyers Up To Fight Against Getting Dragged Online
It remains to be seen if the law firm can fight the wave of insurance company hatred.
Morning Docket: 11.20.15
* Jared Fogle, Subway's former spokesman, pleaded guilty to federal charges related to sex with minors and child pornography, and was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison. His creative defense? Losing weight on the Subway diet made him choose to erm... "eat fresh." Yuck. [Washington Post] * Biglaw firms have been announcing their new partnership classes over the past few weeks, and it goes without saying that the vast majority of new partners attended highly ranked law schools. Take a wild guess at which school was the most represented. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * Per the latest report from the NALP, women and African-Americans continue to falter in their career progress at Biglaw firms. James Leipold says it's "troubling" that the numbers are "reversing course." We couldn't agree more. [DealBook / New York Times] * UnitedHealth recently announced that it expects to suffer in terms of its insurance sales under the Affordable Care Act, and has gone so far as to threaten that it may pull out of the exchange. Here are five things you need to know about that. [WSJ Law Blog] * One of the members of Survivor filed a copyright infringement suit against Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign after the song "Eye of the Tiger" was played during a rally held for Kentucky clerk Kim Davis. Now it's stuck in your head. Welcome! [Reuters]
Context Windows In Legal AI And Why Content Still Determines Quality
Legal teams ask a practical question. If large language models are so capable, why does legal AI still depend on curated content, and why does surfacing that content matter so much?
Morning Docket: 06.18.15
* You knew it was inevitable. The St. Louis Cardinals have lawyered up and are conducting their own internal investigation into allegations employees hacked Houston Astros databases. [Am Law Daily] * Real quick before you tweet that out -- New York has updated its ethical guidelines regarding social media. Are you familiar with the best practices? [New York Law Journal] * Norway has said goodbye to the old boys network -- at least when it comes to women's representation on corporate boards. The top down approach that was successful in Norway may not be politically palatable in the United States, but it certainly provides food for thought. [American Lawyer] * Recently released documents (thank you FOIA) reveal a years-long legal battle between the federal government and UnitedHealth Group over Medicare overbilling. [NPR] * If it walks like a tax hike and swims like a tax hike and quacks like a tax hike, it's probably a tax hike -- no matter what double talk Governor Sam Brownback tries to sell you. Seriously, what is the matter with Kansas? [Talking Points Memo] * Nine people are dead after a gunman attacked a historic black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Among the dead is State Senator Clementa Pinckney. The gunman is still at large. Our heart goes out to the families of the victims. [New York Times]