Avoiding the Online Rip-Off

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There is a level of sophistication to the data collection on the Internet that I think most of us cannot fathom. Incisive conclusions can be drawn by the amount of time between purchases or inquiries or any given number of "inputs" that are recorded. This is why I have to take a deep breath whenever a client or potential client or a friend tells me of an intriguing deal that "might make all the difference." I take that deep breath to imagine all the whys and what-ifs that might justify a great deal falling into a talented person's lap like manna from heaven. And then I think of all the why-nots.

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Back to the Future of Business

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Back to the Future of Business

Go is the oldest game in the world. I used to play it when I was younger, and I was intrigued when I was told the greatest Go masters were more deft than a computer, because Go was as much an art as a discipline. When Garry Kasparov lost to Deep Blue in a 1996 chess match in which Kasparov had no ability to psych out his opponent, the supremacy of machine over man was seen as a watershed moment. Still, no computer had beaten a Go champion.

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What If My "Dick Whitman" is AI? (I Am Not Okay With That)

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What If My "Dick Whitman" is AI? (I Am Not Okay With That)

It's been 6 months since "Mad Men" closed a chapter in television history, and I am still in mourning. The writers and producers, let alone the actors, left an indelible mark, especially with the show's primary through-line {spoiler alert}: a "nobody" named Dick Whitman stole his dead commanding officer's identity, and became Don Draper, a somebody.

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Featured! The Law Practice Doctor Podcast Loves the Prywes Schwartz Business Model

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Featured! The Law Practice Doctor Podcast Loves the Prywes Schwartz Business Model

We are proud to be the latest subject of "The Law Practice Doctor," a podcast devoted to maximizing the efficiency and minimizing the overhead of law practices properly designed for the 21st century, hosted by the inimitable Sam Gaylord, a talented trial attorney in New Jersey. The half hour interview with Prywes Schwartz, PLLC attorney Michael Prywes covers a whole spectrum of  topics; during this episode, Michael discusses starting a new firm, the benefit of co-working spaces, alternative billing, and avatar clients.

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"Pay Per Page" is the New (in the) Black

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"Pay Per Page" is the New (in the) Black

Amazon.com has a new way of paying creative writers publishing under its “kindle unlimited” label: by the page. Starting yesterday, July 1, “[u]nder the new payment method, you'll be paid for each page individual customers read of your book, the first time they read it.” This is an unusual metric, but one our very own law firm adopted at its inception, because, “pay per page” is an excellent approach to simplifying the concept of valuable consideration.

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I Tech, Therefore I Am: The TI-994A, Enter Magazine, and Other Too-Forgotten Things

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I Tech, Therefore I Am: The TI-994A, Enter Magazine, and Other Too-Forgotten Things

I was giddy. As a little boy, I had learned how to code on a Timex Sinclair we brought home from the library in 1980, and then learned actual programs on the Texas Instruments 994A. And here it was, 1983, and the TI was selling for $50, just in time for the holidays. Our family was going to get its very own computer!

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3 Client Cultivation Lessons from Last Night's "The Good Wife" Episode

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3 Client Cultivation Lessons from Last Night's "The Good Wife" Episode

The Good Wife has consistently provided--week after week--high quality entertainment, let alone important business and legal lessons that make it stand apart from standard legal television fare. Its insights on the convergence between technology and law are surprising for a network drama, and its characters' complexities and moral failings are refreshing.

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