by Adrian Cartland | Mar 26, 2020 | Ailira News, Legal AI News
Our contracts and the law surrounding them do not account for systemic risk. I believe that the common law has done a good job of balancing risks between parties (or rather a not-terrible job: it is difficult to determine whether law is truly good, merely whether...
by Adrian Cartland | Mar 12, 2020 | Ailira News
Last week I was reading Yet Another End of Billable-hour Story “YAE-BS” and decided the time is ripe for change in the legal industry: we need to see the end of YAE-BS. I have been reading YAE-BS tirades for 15 years. They are trotted out by people who want to show...
by Adrian Cartland | Mar 3, 2020 | Ailira News
Fair Work Australia has just ruled https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/the-40-hour-week-fair-work-rules-hit-law-firms-20200226-p544ol that law clerks must be paid overtime when they are working above full time. Some commentators have decried the end of...
by Adrian Cartland | Jan 6, 2020 | Ailira News
I have been enjoying salsa (and other Latin dancing) for a number of years, and one of the things that has fascinated me is the subtlety and connection in human interaction that dancers have. I have wondered if this subtlety is something that could be taught to...
by Adrian Cartland | Nov 28, 2019 | Ailira News
Earlier this year, I participated in my first MMA fight. I have been karate training for 25 years (3rd Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu) and have taken part in other martial arts (BJJ, wrestling), but this was, without a doubt, the hardest thing that I have done so far. ...
