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  1. Workplace Law & Strategy

    Big issues impacting workplaces in 2018

    By Chris Gardner

    Social, technological and economic forces impacting the workplace will continue to pose challenges for employers, employees, unions, policy makers and regulators in 2018. Disruption In 2016 the CEDA reported that…

  2. The Right Coast

    The Robot Revolution: The New Age of Manufacturing – Moving Upstream

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Hundreds of millions of jobs affected. Trillions of dollars of wealth created. These are the potential impacts of a coming wave of automation. In this episode of Moving Upstream, we…

  3. The Right Coast

    The Robot Revolution: The New Age of Manufacturing – Moving Upstream

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Hundreds of millions of jobs affected. Trillions of dollars of wealth created. These are the potential impacts of a coming wave of automation. In this episode of Moving Upstream, we…

  4. The Right Coast

    California s $15 minimum wage may mean more automated jobs | The Sacramento Bee

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Boosting minimum wages will, indeed, prod employers to find ways to reduce their labor forces and thus, as the UW study found, may decrease total employee earnings, but those who…

  5. The Right Coast

    Can Washington Be Automated? – POLITICO Magazine

    By Thomas A. Smith

    If there s one central cog in the modern city of Washington, with its bustle of influence and steakhouses and exorbitant home prices, it s the in-the-know lobbyist or staffer…

  6. Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

    Why the New Tax Bill May Drive Retailers to Hire Less, Automate More

    By Gerry W. Beyer

    Companies like Amazon and Wal-Mart have been attempting for years to integrate automation into their warehouses and brick-and-mortar stores to better mitigate the high cost of labor. The capital expenditures…

  7. The Right Coast

    Why Nerds and Nurses Are Taking Over the U.S. Economy – The Atlantic

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Manufacturing will fall. Retail will wobble. Automation will inch along but stay off the roads, for now. The rich will keep getting richer. And more and more of the country…

  8. 3 Geeks and a Law Blog

    For Lawyers, Fear of Change Trumps Loss of Billable Hours

    By Greg Lambert

    Photo by Charlz Gutiérrez De Piñeres on Unsplash What I am about to write is completely anecdotal, but I think is relevant to the current disruption that we are seeing in the legal…

  9. Credit Chronometer

    On the Dark Side of Automation: Borrowers Will be Affected but Marketplace Lending is a Potential Bright Spot

    By Joseph Cioffi

    As lenders lean on data, algorithms and automation for more efficient loan underwriting, observers have noted that these largely untested tools have yet to go through an economic cycle. The…

  10. Credit Chronometer

    The Dark Side of Automation: Impact on Subprime Auto Borrowers

    By Joseph Cioffi

    Joseph Cioffi’s article, “The Dark Side of Automation: Impact on Subprime Auto Borrowers” was published in ValueWalk. Click here to view the full article.