“These days everyone has analytics in baseball,” begins Josh Becker, former Chairman of Lex Machina. It might seem strange, this use of a sports analogy in a discussion of legal data analytics. But the use of baseball metaphors in the law is nothing new. In many jurisdictions, for example, baseball sets the pace of criminal… Read More

I am always excited to meet and interview lawyer entrepreneurs who have wonderful stories about their “a-ha” moment — usually a moment of profound frustration while sitting at their desk at work on an assignment. Universally, they describe an interior voice yelling, “There has got to be a better way.” I am especially excited today… Read More

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October 28, 2021, marked the conclusion of a landmark case—the first jury trial addressing insurance coverage responsibilities for COVID-19 business interruption losses in the United States. A federal jury in the Western District of Missouri issued a verdict in favor of the Cincinnati Insurance Company, an action that began when K.C. Hopps, the owner and… Read More

With the rapid proliferation of Coronavirus companies across the globe are increasingly encountering interference with the regular course of business. These interruptions include supply chain holdups, quarantines, lockdowns, staff absences and travel restrictions, not to mention disruptions caused by sheer fear connected to the virus. Though, should the worldwide expansion of Coronavirus constitute a force… Read More