Topic
Data Analysis
368 published works
PropertyProf Blog
Map of thr Day: Umm… vs. Uh…
From Quartz:Every language has filler words that speakers use in nervous moments or to buy time while thinking. Two of the most common of these in English are “uh” and “um.”…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Symposium: Democratizing Data on Non-Citizens and the Possibility of Legalization/Regularization without Federal Immigration Reform
Tomorrow, the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) will host a conference, entitled, “Democratizing Data and Promoting Legalization/Regularization without Federal Immigration Reform.” The conference will feature the release…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Does Immigration Enforcement Reduce Crime? Evidence from ‘Secure Communities'”
Main September 25, 2014"Does Immigration Enforcement Reduce Crime? Evidence from 'Secure Communities'"The title of this post is the title of this new empirical paper by Thomas Miles and Adam Cox…
Business and Commercial
Navigating the New Normal — Where to Start
The new normal for law firms is data. John Strange, Director of Pricing and Legal Project Management of Baker Botts; Holly Montalvo, Director of Legal Analytics of TyMetrix; Peter Eilhauer,…
Food Safety News
NYC Uses Yelp Reviews to Track Foodborne Illnesses
By Lydia Zuraw
Last September, Food Safety News reported on Yelp’s efforts to start posting health grades on its restaurant pages. Now health officials are experimenting with using Yelp reviews to track down…
The D&O Diary
Preparing for the SEC’s Accounting Quality Model Enforcement Tool Implementation
As part of the SEC’s efforts under chairman Mary Jo While to refocus the agency’s efforts to detect and pursue accounting fraud, the agency has undertaken a number of initiatives,…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Nate Silver Uses Stata, Doesn’t Care About Getting Standard Errors Right
By BDG
Both propositions seemingly demonstrated convincingly here. Even putting aside heteroskedasticity, with 29 observations, I think you have to at least type ", small" at the end of that command line, don't…
Business of Law
Technology’s Growth in Law Firms Has Enabled Lawyers to Use Data to Be More Proactive
Technology enables companies of all types—law firms included—to work what can affectionately be described as "black magic." "So what's behind this?" "Oh, some new technology." But while, in some places,…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Data perhaps the most valuable asset of legal blog networks
During a luncheon meeting with a LexisNexis executive last week in New York, I shared general word of LexBlog's initiative relating to our network, LXBN. His counsel was above all…
Food Safety News
Letter From the Editor: Algorithms and Analytics
By Dan Flynn
Most people probably don’t buy more than about one refrigerator every decade or so. This past summer, for reasons too long to explain, I bought a couple of big ones…