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Data Analysis
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LawSites
It’s Your Blog; Don’t Ask Me How It’s Doing
The managing partner of a law firm called me and asked my opinion of how his firm’s blog was doing. This struck me as an odd question. After all, wouldn’t…
PropertyProf Blog
Analytical Alchemists and the Property Inspection Revolution
By propertyprof
Slate looks at how Mike Flowers used "big data" to revolutionize the way New York conducts building inspections:Among the first challenges the team tackled was “illegal conversions”—the practice of cutting…
The Legal Whiteboard
Thoughts on the Future of Law from ReInvent Law – Silicon Valley
I had the privilege of attending ReInvent Law—Silicon Valley – on Friday, March 8. Special kudos go to Professors Renee Knake and Daniel Martin Katz from the Michigan State University…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Centre Releases Paper on Big Data and Analytics
On February 28, 2013, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP announced the release of a paper intended to help organizations and policymakers develop a governance…
Inside Privacy
FTC and Senate Commerce Committee Staffers Suggest Cautious Approach to “Big Data”
Yesterday, industry and government panelists participated in a conference sponsored by the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee that included a panel discussion on “Plumbing the Policy Implications of Data Analytics…
Madison Ave Insights
2012: A Retrospective
It’s hard to believe 2012 is coming to an end. It was a big year for us here, with the launch of Madison Ave Insights in October, and a notable…
The Legal Whiteboard
“2012 was the First Moneyball Election”
So concludes John Sides (GW Political Science) at The Monkey Cage. John writes:Barack Obama’s victory tonight is also a victory for the Moneyball approach to politics. It shows us that…
Health Law Prof Blog
Guest Blogger Leslie Francis: Of “Datapaloozas”: Their Delights—and Dangers
For the last three Junes, HHS has sponsored “Datapaloozas”: summits (otherwise known as the “Health Data Initiative Forum I, II, and III”) designed to highlight the vast resources of health…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Launches New Data/Analytics Office
CMS has created a new Office of Information Products and Data Analysis to coordinate the agency’s development, management, use, and dissemination of data and information resources. The goal of the…
The Ethical Investigator
Sorting and Unsorting Facts
Context matters. We know this instinctively, and yet somehow we forget. We still tend to assume that facts live in their own separate bubbles. So when we research and analyze,…