Advisory counsel of e-Court
( Note: for privacy reasons information given below may be fictious. Members will have access to the actual roster )
B.G
commercial law (HANDELSRECHT), company law (GESELLSCHAFTSRECHT), contract law (VERTRAGSRECHT), international private law (INTERNATIONALES PRIVATRECHT), european company law (EUROPÄISCHES GESELLSCHAFTSRECHT), insolvency law (INSOLVENZRECHT), groups of enterprises (KONZERNE), bank law (Bankrecht). Partnerships/Memberships >> MERCURIO Italian-German economic association (President). AIGLI - international association of italian speaking lawyer (Honorary President).G.N
Close to 20 years experience in drafting and negotiating cross border project, licensing and distribution agreements; legal advice on all aspects of information technology including outsourcing, cloud computing, data security, protection of personal data, e-commerce, online auctions and liabilty for third party content, introduction of new software such as CRM and ERP systems, Service Level Agreements (SLA), evaluation of licensing models (Software as a Service, SaaS, software leasing), disaster recovery; defense against and enforcement of copyright and unfair competition claims, protection of trademarks, domain names and designs, design and utility patents; experience in drafting and negotiating licensing and dubbing agreements for Hollywood blockbusters and independent film productions; over 10 years experience in the gaming and gambling industry representing sports betting and gambling operators in and out of court; longtime litigator in German courts, trained business mediator.
Knowledge Automation Software is a Disruptive Technology That May Replace Lawyers
Posted by James B. Levy, Legal Skills Prof Blog, July 12, 2013
In a New York Times Op-Ed, Paul Krugman discusses a new report by the business consulting firm McKinsey & Company that describes several disruptive technologies and the likely impact they will have on the labor market. One such technology is described generically as “automation of knowledge work.”
The McKinsey report describes this technology as sophisticated artificial intelligence software and “machine learning” which will be able to perform many “knowledge worker” tasks that had previously been considered “impossible or impractical” to do by machine. This new fangled software will be able to answer “unstructured” questions from clients and customers (i.e. those posed in the language of ordinary conversation rather than precisely formulated queries) which opens up the possibility of “sweeping change” in the way such knowledge work gets done. The report further posits that sophisticated analytical software might be used to augment the work of highly skilled workers (law partners, for example) meaning that some of the lower skilled workers who had previously provided support work (i.e. associates) would see their jobs disappear in favor of automation.
Clearly, this kind of thing has already been happening in the legal field for some time as predicative coding software has replaced armies of document review software at some large firms (and providing more sophisticated analytical data than its human counterpart in the process). It’s also the kind of thing Richard Susskind has been predicting for years would happen since, in his opinion, some of the day-to-day work done by lawyers is not that sophisticated and thus is easily amenable to automation.
Returning to Mr. Krugman’s Op-Ed, he thinks that if the above predictions turn out to be correct, the middle class is kind of screwed. The solution? We’re going to need a good government-funded safety net to provide for all the displaced “knowledge workers.” Yikes.
-
TOPICS:
- ABOUT e-COURT
- home
- preliminary information
- introduction ( About us )
- benefits
- scope of legal areas
- directorate
- supervisory board
- ADVISORY COUNCIL
- originating partners
- e-Court & ADRpartners
- articles of operation
- privacy
- legal information
- copyright
- in the news
- ( e-Court versus ADR )
- costs
- frequently asked questions
- OFFLINE NETWORKING
Endorsements ( 1/2000 + ):
- Patricia M. Swerhone
Waters and Associates, Barristers & Solicitors, Toronto - Kenneth J. Byrne
Immigration and Real Estate Lawyer at Benson Buffett, Newfoundland And Labrador - Kenneth J. Byrne
Immigration and Real Estate Lawyer at Benson Buffett, Newfoundland And Labrador - Tony Lafazanis
Personal injury lawyer at Tony Lafazanis, Toronto, - Amy M. Crosbie
Partner at Curtis, Dawe, Newfoundland And Labrador - Justice Clark
Partner at Simmons Da Silva + Sinton LLP, Toronto - Stanley Potter
Owner, Stanley J. Potter, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto - Tony Lafazanis
Personal injury lawyer at Tony Lafazanis, Toronto, - Steve A.
Lawyer at Defend Your Points - Traffic Ticket Lawyers, Toronto - Tina Schultz
Owner ~ Broken Link Divorce Planning, Calgary - Joseph W.J. F.
General counsel at Law Office, New Brunswick, Canada - Diana McGuire
Foord and Davies Law Firm, Ottawa - Anushika Anthony
Personal Injury Lawyers, Toronto - Abrams &
Krochak-Lawyers
Toronto, Ontario, Law Practice - Ennis Milne - Barristers & Solicitors
Toronto, Ontario, Law Practice - ( Endorsements continued.....)