Topic
Decision Making
149 published works
The Faculty Lounge
Coronary Complacency and Cognitive Biases
Mimi Swartz had an excellent oped in last Friday’s New York Times exploring a paradox about the fear of disease. Although heart disease is the leading killer of Americans, she…
Aileen Leventon Blog
Learning from clients to improve decision-making
Clients are using data analytics and machine learning methodologies to move beyond intuition to facts in making decisions. Together with Gill Eapen of Decision Options, we contributed the lead chapter…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
NLRB GC Institutes Changes to Certain Decision-Making Processes
By Blaine A. Veldhuis, Howard M. Bloom, Philip B. Rosen
The National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel’s office has issued an internal Memorandum (“Changes to Case Processing Part 1”) to all regional directors, officers-in-charge, and resident officers announcing immediate enactment…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on Undue Influence: The Gap Between Current Law and Scientific Approaches to Decision-Making and Persuasion
Dominic J. Campisi, Evan D. Winet, & Jake Calvert recently published an Article entitled, Undue Influence: The Gap Between Current Law and Scientific Approaches to Decision-Making and Persuasion, 43 ACTEC…
Minnesota Family Law Blog
How Do You Make a Smart Decision About Something Deeply Personal? A Look At the Science
By Jason Brown
You make important decisions every day, but not all hold the same emotional weight. Personal decisions can be uniquely difficult to make; what if your emotions steer you the wrong…
donuts.lexblog
Gut decision to change course
I was reminded of a meeting yesterday with my COO, Garry Vander Voort, while watching the College Football National Championship game last night. Alabama Coach Nick Saban changed quarterbacks at…
In-House Ops
Data Should Drive Decisions: It can help counter conscious or unconscious bias
By Corporate Counsel Business Journal
By Rees Morrison/Altman Weil, Inc. Day after day, managers confront operational problems, think about them and make choices about what to do or not to do. In other words, they…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Ability to Make Decisions and Correlation to Elder Mistreatment
By rmorgan
The National Center on Elder Abuse released a new research to practice brief on Decision-Making Ability and Risk of Elder Mistreatment. This is the introduction to the brief: There are many factors relevant…
The Contingency
Pessimism Promotes Gambling in Decision-Making
Election results Many voters believed that the major U.S. political parties offered them two disappointing choices for President this year. Although their reasons for disparaging their options varied from voter…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
End-of-Life Estate Plan Lessons
It can be hard to think about the time you might be incapable of making basic decisions, but it is an absolute must for someone with estate plans. There are…