Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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About F. E. Guerra-Pujol

When I’m not blogging, I am a business law professor at the University of Central Florida.

But can it solve Bayesian equations?

Posted on October 22, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Pocket Calculator, Meet the “PhotoMath” App: Complements or Substitutes?

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Multiple Comparisons and the Law

Posted on October 21, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Originally posted on Error Statistics Philosophy:
. The following is from Nathan Schachtman’s legal blog, with various comments and added emphases (by me). He will try to reply to comments/queries. “Courts Can and Must Acknowledge Multiple Comparisons in Statistical Analyses”…

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Martian Monday

Posted on October 20, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

We like drmickhead’s comment: “The fact that we have robots on another planet that will be photographing this event makes [us] inordinately happy.“

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“The possibility of a general theory of emergency”

Posted on October 19, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

That is the subtitle of this fascinating paper — the full title of the paper is “Exception and Necessity: The Possibility of a General Theory of Emergency” — written by our colleague William Vazquez-Irizarry, a law professor at the University of Puerto Rico. … Continue reading →

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John Suh is not a lawyer

Posted on October 18, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

He is, however, a graduate of the Harvard Business School and the CEO of LegalZoom. So, will new business models like LegalZoom and new technologies like Watson Debater make lawyers and law firms obsolete? We’ve just read Susan Beck’s excellent report “Emerging Technology … Continue reading →

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Zombie Hunting Permits

Posted on October 18, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Originally posted on Economics of the Undead:
The city of Clarendon Hills, Illinois, has begun issuing zombie hunting permits.  A permit system is typically used to limit the amount of something.  Which raises an intriguing question:  why does Clarendon Hills want…

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“I am a Liberian, not a virus”

Posted on October 17, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Check out #IamALiberianNotAVirus and this report by Yesha Callahan. Thanks to Shoana Cachelle for her video.

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Watson Law?

Posted on October 16, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Remember Watson, IBM’s Jeopardy-winning supercomputer? According to this report in LTN (Law Technology News), IBM is developing Watson Debater, a computer that can synthesize rules and cases and argue different sides of a legal issue. Robert C. Weber, Senior Vice President of Legal & Regulatory Affairs … Continue reading →

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The Mission Playground Incident

Posted on October 15, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Does this four-and-one-half-minute video depict a Tragedy of the Commons? Does it falsify or confirm the main tenets of the Coase Theorem? After all, “transaction costs” are low, yet we don’t we see any Coasean bargaining in this situation, or do we …? At last count (12 … Continue reading →

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Nobel Prize 2014: Jean Tirole

Posted on October 15, 2014 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Originally posted on A Fine Theorem:
A Nobel Prize for applied theory – now this something I can get behind! Jean Tirole’s prize announcement credits him for his work on market power and regulation, and there is no question that…

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