Day archives: January 9th, 2016

Fin (Legal) Tech – Law’s Future from Finance’s Past

Fin (Legal) Tech – Law’s Future from Finance’s Past – Professors Daniel Martin Katz & Michael J. Bommarito II – “In today’s analogy du jour – we explore a variety of innovations in the financial technology space (i.e. fintech) and how they map to the current and future legal technology space.”

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Audubon’s Birds and Climate Change Report

“The National Audubon Society has completed a continental analysis of how North America’s birds may respond to future climate change – Audubon’s Birds and Climate Change Report – Using extensive citizen science data and detailed climate layers, we developed models that characterize the relationship between the distribution of each species and climate. Then, we used …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Knowledge Management

Shifts and Ladders: Comparing the Role of Internal and External Mobility in Executive Careers

Shifts and Ladders: Comparing the Role of Internal and External Mobility in Executive Careers – Matthew Bidwell, Ethan Mollick. June 2015. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 10/2015; 2014(1):10178-10178. DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2014.92 “Employees can build their careers either by moving into a new job within their current organization or else by moving to a different organization. We …

Subjects: Economy, Knowledge Management

OCLC agreement with leading publishers worldwide expands metadata access

“OCLC has signed agreements with leading publishers to add metadata for books, e-books, journals, databases and other materials that will make their content discoverable through WorldCat Discovery Services. “OCLC partners with leading content providers around the world to ensure discovery and access to libraries’ most important and popular resources,” said Suzanne Kemperman, OCLC Director, Business …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Marketing

US Complaint Against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

“The Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), [on January 4, 2016] filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit, Michigan, against Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Volkswagen Group of America Inc., Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations LLC, Porsche AG and Porsche Cars North America Inc. (collectively referred to as …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Transportation