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This week, we welcome back Ed Walters, Chief Strategy Officer at vLex, to discuss the latest advancements in legal AI. The conversation covers the evolving role of AI in legal research, the integration of multimodal AI capabilities, and the ethical considerations surrounding the technology. With the rapid pace of innovation in AI-powered tools, Walters provides insights into how vLex is adapting and pushing the boundaries of legal technology. His perspective underscores the importance of structured legal data, security measures, and law firms leveraging their proprietary data for competitive advantage.One of the key topics discussed is the impact of reasoning models in AI-powered legal research. Walters notes how tools such as OpenAI, Gemini, and Anthropic's latest models are transforming legal workflows by enabling more sophisticated research capabilities. These tools allow for more human-like interactions with AI, increasing efficiency in knowledge work by reducing non-billable research time. Walters emphasizes that while these advancements are impressive, legal professionals should always verify AI-generated content, ensuring that human judgment remains the final step in legal analysis.A particularly exciting development discussed in the interview is vLex's recent integration of multimodal AI capabilities, enabling the analysis of audio and video files. Walters explains how this feature allows lawyers to transcribe and analyze depositions, oral arguments, and client intake interviews securely within Vincent AI's SOC 2 Type 2 compliant environment. This breakthrough provides legal professionals with enhanced efficiency in document review and litigation preparation, reinforcing vLex's commitment to transparency and usability. The discussion highlights how these features bridge the gap between traditional and AI-powered legal workflows, streamlining processes while maintaining high-security standards.The conversation also explores vLex's integration of docket alarms into litigation workflows, allowing legal professionals to generate comprehensive profiles of opposing counsel and judges. This tool enables lawyers to analyze patterns in case filings, settlement tendencies, and motion success rates. Walters emphasizes that the ability to synthesize vast amounts of structured litigation data provides firms with a strategic advantage. However, he also acknowledges the ethical implications, stressing the need for transparency in AI-generated insights to maintain the integrity of legal practice.Finally, Walters shares his thoughts on the future of legal AI, predicting a shift toward the integration of law firms' proprietary data with public datasets. He highlights vLex's new initiative, Vincent Studio, which allows firms to create bespoke AI-driven workflows tailored to their specific needs. This, he argues, is the next frontier in legal tech, where law firms transition from passive AI adoption to active AI-driven innovation. As the industry continues to evolve, Walters reinforces the idea that while AI enhances legal practice, human expertise and oversight remain irreplaceable. His insights provide a compelling vision of how legal professionals can leverage AI to augment, rather than replace, their legal expertise.Vincent Studio Request: beta@vlex.comListen on mobile platforms:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Blue Sky: ⁠⁠@geeklawblog.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@marlgeb⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email: geekinreviewpodcast@gmail.comMusic: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerry David DeCicca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Transcript

We're pleased to welcome back Ed Walters, a thought leader in legal tech and innovation. Since Ed last spoke with us, he has become the chief strategy officer at vLex, which merged with Ed's previous company, Fastcase. vLex is a platform using AI solutions to streamline workflows and provide lawyers with greater access to knowledge and resources. About a year ago, the company launched Vincent AI, a legal intelligence platform that references real cases and materials from vLex's law library of over one billion legal documents. The tool is used by law firms, legal departments, and law schools around the world. In addition to his role at vLex, Ed continues to teach as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and at Cornell Law School. He also writes on various topics about innovation in the legal industry. Today, Ed talks about how Fastcase merged with vLex, the response to Vincent AI, and how he hopes generative AI will enhance access to justice and improve lawyer training.

This week we talk with Ed Walters from VLex to explore the Autumn 2024 release of VLex's Vincent AI platform. Ed discusses a series of transformative updates that are turning Vincent AI from a legal research tool into a comprehensive platform that integrates drafting, transactional, and research tasks. These updates include new workflow tools, redlining capabilities, and an innovative feature called Prompt Assist, which enables users to have more control over the AI's responses by asking follow-up questions to refine their queries. This added transparency and auditability make Vincent AI more user-friendly and trustworthy, as Ed highlights throughout the discussion. One key feature of the Autumn 2024 release is the introduction of multi-turn conversations within the AI's responses. This enhancement allows users to continue asking follow-up questions, enabling a deeper exploration of legal issues without needing to start from scratch each time. We discuss how this mirrors tools like Perplexity, where AI can provide follow-up prompts to help users navigate complex inquiries. Vincent AI goes further by asking clarifying questions to ensure the results are tailored to the specific needs of the user, such as identifying which party is at risk in a contract. Ed emphasizes that legal professionals are not just conducting research for academic curiosity—they need actionable tools integrated into their workflow. Vincent AI's new capabilities, such as drafting briefs or analyzing redlines, reflect this shift by focusing on providing immediate, actionable insights. Ed explains how these workflow tools enable lawyers to dive straight into their work instead of first sifting through research results, creating a more efficient and integrated process for legal professionals. A significant highlight of the episode is the introduction of VIDA (Vincent in Docket Alarm), a new feature that combines VLex's Vincent AI with Docket Alarm's vast repository of court documents. This integration allows legal professionals to conduct deeper analyses of litigation trends, law firm strategies, and individual lawyer performance, offering unprecedented insight into how cases are being handled. Ed humorously mentions a suggestion from the VLex team to call this feature “DIVA” (Dockets in Vincent AI), but for now, it remains VIDA. This new development provides law firms with enhanced analytical capabilities to explore their own practices and those of competitors. Finally, the episode concludes with Greg and Ed discussing the broader implications of these tools for law firms, especially in managing large, multi-jurisdictional projects. Ed explains how the 50-state survey feature, a traditionally burdensome task, can now be completed in minutes, making it easier for firms to scan legal landscapes across the U.S. and globally. As Greg points out, this capability not only streamlines the process for legal teams but also creates new opportunities for firms to offer innovative services to clients. Throughout the episode, the conversation showcases how Vincent AI's latest updates are pushing the boundaries of legal technology. Links:– https://www.vlex.com/vincent Listen on mobile platforms:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gebauerm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@glambert ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email: geekinreviewpodcast@gmail.com Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerry David DeCicca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Transcript

After a flood of sightings, encounters and abductions in the southern United States during the 1970's Bill Walters came on the scene in the late 1980's with fantastic claims of his ow and the pictures to match. Listen in to learn more.

In this special episode of The Geek in Review, host Greg Lambert sits down with Ed Walters, Chief Strategy Officer at vLex, to discuss two significant announcements: the integration of vLex's Vincent AI with iManage Work and the automated docket ingestion feature with iManage using vLex's Docket Alarm. The integration between Vincent AI and iManage's Insight Plus collection allows law firms to leverage their internal knowledge assets alongside vLex's extensive public law database. This combination of the "two halves of the legal brain" enables lawyers to create brilliant first drafts and analyze documents using the power of generative AI. Walters emphasizes the importance of data quality and the role of knowledge management teams in curating the best practice documents for training AI models. Security is a top priority for both vLex and iManage in this integration. Walters details the various measures taken to ensure data protection, including encryption, dedicated master keys for each firm, and compliance with industry standards such as ISO 27001 and SOC 2. He also clarifies that vLex uses retrieval-augmented generation, securely passing relevant documents to a closed instance of the foundation model without training on the data itself. The second announcement focuses on the automated docket ingestion feature, which seamlessly saves court filings from Docket Alarm into the correct iManage folders. This practical solution eliminates the manual process of saving documents and ensures that all team members have access to the most up-to-date versions of the filings. Looking ahead, Walters hints at future integration points between vLex and iManage, emphasizing the potential for generative AI to help law firms differentiate their services and meet client expectations. He sees Vincent AI as a secure bridge between generative AI and a firm's internal work product, enabling them to leverage their knowledge assets without the need for expensive, in-house foundation models. Listen on mobile platforms:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ Contact Us:  Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gebauerm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@glambert⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: geekinreviewpodcast@gmail.com Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerry David DeCicca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 08:34 - Thoughts on ILTA Evolve Conference (Selected by Joe Patrice) 16:47 - Legal tech acquisition Palooza (Selected by Stephanie Wilkins) 20:18 - Interview with Ed Walters on Robot Law, vLex merger, Start-ups, size of the legal market (Selected by Jean O'Grady) 27:40 - Fighting the bots is the new attorney niche (Selected by Victor Li) 32:04 - Harvey Underground (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 41:45 - From Intake to Outcome: An in-house lawyer's guide to matter management solutions (Selected by Niki Black) 45:55 - ABA Issues Ethics Opinion on 30-Year-Old Technology whose Use Is Waning. My Question: Why Now? (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)

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1987, a tranquil coastal town on the Florida panhandle became the center for one of the most controversial UFO incidents of the decade. Startling photographs taken by local contractor Ed Walters, captured the nation's attention and sparked a frenzy of both skepticism and belief. Walters' vivid images of strange hovering crafts lit by eerie lights became compelling evidence for a case of extraterrestrial visitation.As the story unfolded, more residents came forward with their own sightings, corroborating reports of unusual aerial phenomena over the sleepy town. These testimonies painted a picture of a community unwittingly thrust into the limelight of a UFO sensation, grappling with the implications of what they might truly have witnessed.This case file, join the Theorists as we load up on pocket sand and polish our spinning roundhouse kicks in... The Gulf Breeze UFO incident

Available now at patreon.com/floridawomanpodDid you know a small Florida Panhandle town is home to one of the most famous string of UFO sightings in history? Hundreds of witnesses corroborated Ed Walters' sightings, but it all came crashing down. Join our patreon to listen to this deep dive!Also, unrelated, I need the skunk ape to sit on my face. That's just a need of mine.Also apparently there was a shapeshifting alien at the Bayview Mall in Miami last week. True story.

Pull out your humanoid catalogs and put your flaps on a map, it's time for the season (maybe series?!) finale of Our Strange Skies. On this episode Nicole and Noëlle from The Quite Unusual Podcast stop by to talk about the landmark publication, The Humanoids. With the even longer subtitle of “a survey of World-Wide reports of landings of unconventional aerial objects and their alleged Occupants…” this special edition of Britain's Flying Saucer Review was the first of its kind, devoted solely to the humanoids that UFO investigators and the press had largely ignored to this point. We dive into this document, the larger implications it offers, what the true meaning of alien contact is, and we put all of these flaps up on map. Is Earth basically just a timeshare for aliens? Do they visit us at our most mundane moments? Are the Men in Black real estate brokers and did they pay Ed Walters to make Gulf Breeze more attractive to alien tourists? Why is the onesie the most efficient form of clothing? We explore this and so much more! Source: “The Humanoids” edited by Charles Bowen, Flying Saucer Review, Special Issue #1, October-November 1966 Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg T-Shirt Designs by The Great Desdymona Welcome UFO People Prints Are Now Available!  Check out ourstrangeskies.com for all things related to the podcast!

Our guest today is Damien Riehl, vice president and Solutions Champion at vLex, a platform using artificial intelligence solutions to streamline workflows and provide lawyers with greater access to knowledge and resources. Damien was a tech attorney for more than 10 years when he made the leap to Thomson Reuters as Senior Product Strategist, where he developed innovative legal technology involving artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing. Inspired by Ed Walters' efforts to democratize the law, Damien later joined Fastcase, where he served various roles building out legal tools and systems. In his current position at vLex, Damien helps lead the design, development, and expansion of products. Additionally, Damien is part of the leadership team at the Standards Advancement for the Legal Industry (SALI) Alliance. He is also co-founder of All the Music LLC, a project that involved copyrighting 471 billion melodies and placing them in the public domain. In 2019, Damien delivered a TED Talk in which he describes this process and offers a new way to handle copyright infringement lawsuits in music. In today's conversation, Damien discusses vLex's newest product—Vincent AI, his decision to leave practice and join Thomson Reuters, the genesis of All the Music, and the future of teaching legal research.

If you want to stay relevant, or better yet, ahead of the curve, you need to embrace AI and learn its uses for your legal practice. Gyi Tsakalakis welcomes Ed Walters, Alia Luria, Erin Walker, and Mitch Jackson to talk about their session dedicated to teaching lawyers how to implement AI technologies while also maintaining necessary ethical responsibilities. And no, robots aren't replacing you! But, you do need to proactively work with AI and automation to keep your firm from getting left behind.  Ed Walters is the Chief Strategy Officer of vLex and the founder of Fastcase.  Alia Luria is managing partner at LNK Law, PLLC. Erin Walker is the Director of Strategy and Enablement at Clio. Mitch Jackson is a California trial attorney and private mediator.

If you want to stay relevant, or better yet, ahead of the curve, you need to embrace AI and learn its uses for your legal practice. Gyi Tsakalakis welcomes Ed Walters, Alia Luria, Erin Walker, and Mitch Jackson to talk about their session dedicated to teaching lawyers how to implement AI technologies while also maintaining necessary ethical responsibilities. And no, robots aren't replacing you! But, you do need to proactively work with AI and automation to keep your firm from getting left behind.  Ed Walters is the Chief Strategy Officer of vLex and the founder of Fastcase.  Alia Luria is managing partner at LNK Law, PLLC. Erin Walker is the Director of Strategy and Enablement at Clio. Mitch Jackson is a California trial attorney and private mediator.

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we finish (for now) the story of Ed Walters and his family's close and frequent encounters with UFO spacecraft. After twenty visitations by UFOs buzzing through Gulf Breeze, Florida, do Ed and Frances Walters get any answers about the phenomenon? Do we come to understand why these beings seem to focus on Ed? And after a $200,000 book deal, does Ed Walters's story of alien intrigue and mystery break the field of ufology wide open? All this and more!

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week we continue the story of Ed and Frances Walters and their experience with a deluge of UFOs in the Gulf Breeze area during the 1980s. In this third episode, Ed continues to have absurd and up-close encounters with UFOs. This time, however, other people near Ed get to see the objects as well. With investigators from MUFON officially getting in on the story, will the Walters family finally get answers? Or will the UFO grift finally reveal itself? All this and more!

Let's talk AI. Guests Nina Steinbrecker Jack and Ed Walters worked from the start to build Fastcase, now merged with international legal research firm vLex, striving to make legal research faster, better, and cheaper. Digging through law books is so 2010. Under the merger, incorporating generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), lawyers today have fingertip access to not only U.S. case law but also international law.  We're witnessing a revolution in the use of generative AI, often producing results so good that it's hard to determine what was written by a human and what was generated by the program. This is becoming the bedrock of legal research, saving attorneys time and money, allowing them work on strategy and building cases instead of hunting for case law. But regular, layman's, AI is still experiencing some hiccups, “hallucinating” incorrect information as it struggles to learn. Breaking news only on New Solo: Coming soon to vLex and Fastcase, an AI Lab is developing a new class of AI built just for law, globally, called (for now) “Research Assistant.” This new level of AI will be so up to date it will include cases decided in as little as 12 hours prior to each request, fully vetted and referenced.  Got questions or ideas about solo and small practices? Drop us a line at NewSolo@legaltalknetwork.com    Topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a great tool, but it's also prone to errors. One popular tool, ChatGPT, is fun, but it's not for legal research. Can lawyers trust an AI program to create bullet-proof results? Breaking news on New Solo: Coming soon, vLex and Fastcase legal research together have built an AI Lab developing a new class of AI honed just for law, globally, tentatively called “Research Assistant.” AI results you can trust. AI is not going away. If you're not keeping up, you're falling behind. Get involved and stay current. The world of computer assisted legal research is blowing up.

Let's talk AI. Guests Nina Steinbrecker Jack and Ed Walters worked from the start to build Fastcase, now merged with international legal research firm vLex, striving to make legal research faster, better, and cheaper. Digging through law books is so 2010. Under the merger, incorporating generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), lawyers today have fingertip access to not only U.S. case law but also international law.  We're witnessing a revolution in the use of generative AI, often producing results so good that it's hard to determine what was written by a human and what was generated by the program. This is becoming the bedrock of legal research, saving attorneys time and money, allowing them work on strategy and building cases instead of hunting for case law. But regular, layman's, AI is still experiencing some hiccups, “hallucinating” incorrect information as it struggles to learn. Breaking news only on New Solo: Coming soon to vLex and Fastcase, an AI Lab is developing a new class of AI built just for law, globally, called (for now) “Research Assistant.” This new level of AI will be so up to date it will include cases decided in as little as 12 hours prior to each request, fully vetted and referenced.  Got questions or ideas about solo and small practices? Drop us a line at NewSolo@legaltalknetwork.com    Topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a great tool, but it's also prone to errors. One popular tool, ChatGPT, is fun, but it's not for legal research. Can lawyers trust an AI program to create bullet-proof results? Breaking news on New Solo: Coming soon, vLex and Fastcase legal research together have built an AI Lab developing a new class of AI honed just for law, globally, tentatively called “Research Assistant.” AI results you can trust. AI is not going away. If you're not keeping up, you're falling behind. Get involved and stay current. The world of computer assisted legal research is blowing up.

Hey there friends and weirdos! This week, Kyle begins the journey through the tale of the Gulf Breeze UFO encounters of Ed Walters starting in the 1980s. We talk the Oprah interview, some tactics for dealing with aliens, and try to figure out what daytime talkshow hosts are alive. All this and much more in this week's It Gets Weird!

Noelle tells the story of the captivating Gulf Breeze UFO incident of 1987-1988 in Florida. Local contractor Ed Walters claimed his photos showed a UFO, dividing believers and skeptics. Explore the debate between UFOlogists, who believed the images were genuine, and critics, who suspected a hoax.  Sources:  https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2017/12/10/gulf-breeze-ufo-sightings-30-years-public-divided/915397001/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/06/11/ufo-model-suggests-photos-fake/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2020/10/15/ufo-sightings-near-pensacola/3664002001/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2008/01/22/ufo-sightings-puts-gulf-breeze-on-extraterrestrial-map/https://www.newspapers.com/article/98967401/pensacola-news-journal-april-22-1988/https://www.newspapers.com/article/98969265/pensacola-news-journal-march-11-1990/https://www.newspapers.com/article/98967941/pensacola-news-journal-may-21-1988-pa/ Support the showFor 20% off + free shipping on your MANSCAPED order, use code: QUITEUNUSUALhttps://www.manscaped.com Hit us up on social mediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/QuiteUnusualPod/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1349829115227754Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quiteunusualpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quiteunusualpodSend us your Listener Lore!Send us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/quiteunusualpodSend us an email: quiteunusualpod@gmail.com Wanna send us something spooky?P.O. Box 1212Des Plaines, IL, 60017

We Did it Folks!! Part Two. In this episode we finish the wild Ed Walters story. Will the aliens get Ed? Will M.U.F.O.N be any help? Lets Find Out!!

Zack sits down with Ed Walters, Chief Strategy Officer of vLex and founder of Fastcase, to discuss AI's role in legal research. Delve into why it's important to demystify AI and debunk misconceptions about "robot lawyers." Learn about using AI in discovery, the importance of choosing the right tools, and the limitations of language models like ChatGPT.  And explore how the industry is working to create dependable tools that can be verified by legal professionals, while maintaining human judgment in the legal process.  Links from the episode: Law Review Article  Data-Driven Law: Data Analytics and the New Legal Services (Data Analytics Applications)

Zack sits down with Ed Walters, Chief Strategy Officer of vLex and founder of Fastcase, to discuss AI's role in legal research. Delve into why it's important to demystify AI and debunk misconceptions about "robot lawyers." Learn about using AI in discovery, the importance of choosing the right tools, and the limitations of language models like ChatGPT. And explore how the industry is working to create dependable tools that can be verified by legal professionals, while maintaining human judgment in the legal process.  Links from the episode: Law Review Article  Data-Driven Law: Data Analytics and the New Legal Services (Data Analytics Applications)

Bruce spent his early year in Rutland, Vt. After high school he studied physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass (B.S. in physics) and then at The American University, Washington, DC (M.S. and Ph. D. in physics). In 1972 commenced his long career at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, presently headquartered at Dahlgren, Virginia. He has worked on optical data processing, generation of underwater sound with lasers and various aspects of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) using high power lasers. Bruce Maccabee has been active in UFO research since late 1960s when he joined the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) and was active in research and investigation for NICAP until its demise in 1980. He became a member of MUFON in 1975 and was subequently appointed to the position of state Director for Maryland, a position he still holds. In 1979 he was instrumental in establishing the Fund for UFO Research and was the chairman for the about 13 years. He presently serves on the National Board of the Fund. His UFO research and investigations (which are completely unrelated to his Navy work) have included the Kenneth Arnold sighting (Jun 24, 1947), the McMinnville, Oregon (Trent) photos of 1950, the Gemini 11 astronaut photos of September, 1966, the New Zealand sightings of December, 1978, the Japan Airlines (JAL1628) sighting of November 1986, the numerous sightings of Ed Walters and others in Gulf Breeze, Florida, 1987 - 1988, the "red bubba" sightings,1990-1992 (including his own sighting in September, 1991), the Mexico City video of August, 1997, the Phoenix lights sightings of March 13, 1997 at 10 PM, the Mexican Air Force case of March, 2004, the Iran Jet Case of Sept. 1976 and many others. He has also done historical research and was the first to obtain the "flying disc file" of the FBI (the REAL X-Files!). Dr. Maccabee is the author or coauthor of about three dozen technical articles and more than a hundred UFO articles over the last 25 years, including many which appeared in the MUFON Journal and MUFON Symposium proceedings. He wrote the last chapter of "The Gulf Breeze Sightings" by Edward and Frances Walters (Morrow, 1990). He wrote the UFO history chapter of the book "UFOs: Zeugen und Zeichen," published in Germany in 1995. He is co-author with Edward Walters of "UFOs Are Real, Here's The Proof," (Avon Books, 1997), he is the author of "The UFO/FBI Connection" (Llewellyn Books, May, 2000) and he is the author of novel, "Abduction in My Life," (November, 2000). He is listed in Who's Who in Technology Today and American Men and Women of Science an he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows and documentaries.The XZBN Network Programming is brought to you by BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE - For the coffee that your brain will love, visit Beautiful Mind Coffee, www.beautifulmindcoffee.ca.

Step into the captivating world of the unknown on this episode of THAT WOULD BE RAD as we unravel the astonishing tale of the Gulf Breeze UFO incident. Join us on a thrilling journey through time, exploring the mind-boggling sightings that rocked the picturesque town of Gulf Breeze, Florida, in 1987. From the very first moment Ed Walters, a local building contractor, gazed up at the sky and saw a hovering saucer-shaped craft, the mystery began to unfold. We delve deep into the heart of this enigmatic case, examining the photographic evidence that stirred the imaginations of skeptics and believers alike. With unprecedented access to eyewitness accounts and in-depth research, we peel back the layers of this otherworldly event. Discover how the Gulf Breeze community became a hotbed of sightings, with reports flooding in from stunned residents, each encounter more incredible than the last. But the intrigue doesn't stop there. Immerse yourself in the pop culture frenzy that swept the nation during this era, as TV shows and books amplified the fascination with UFOs and extraterrestrial encounters. Explore the impact the Gulf Breeze incident had on popular culture, leaving an indelible mark on the zeitgeist of the time. Join us as we navigate the murky waters of conspiracy, skepticism, and wonder, leaving no stone unturned in our quest for answers. Whether you're a seasoned UFO enthusiast or a curious skeptic, this episode promises to captivate your imagination and challenge your perceptions. Tune in to our podcast, where we bring the Gulf Breeze UFO incident to life, blending meticulous research, riveting storytelling, and captivating interviews. Unveil the mystery, indulge your curiosity, and embark on an extraordinary adventure that will leave you questioning the boundaries of our reality. Don't miss this spellbinding episode that will keep you on the edge of your seat, craving more, as we present "The Gulf Breeze UFO Incident." Listen now! Subscribe to That Would Be Rad on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss a new episode.

Fastcase and vLex have merged to form the world's largest law library, containing the law from over 100 countries and more than a billion documents. One platform with all these resources means attorneys around the world will have bigger, better, faster access to everything they need to do legal research. Jared chats with Ed Walters of Fastcase about their goals for democratizing the law and what plans they have to continue developing this global library and legal AI for easier use. This time on the Rump Roast, Jared and Ed play “Wack-Ass Responses from AI to Completely Reasonable Prompts,” but that title seems a bit unwieldy, so you can just think of it as: “ChatGPT Jeopardy!” And, since AI will probably take over the world eventually, let's prove our superiority while we still can. Jared's found the clincher: we're funny, and AI's sense of humor is decidedly lame. We win. Ed Walters is the CEO and co-founder of Fastcase, an online legal research software company. Read more about the merger: Legal tech disruptors vLex and Fastcase merge to form world's largest global law library ----- Legal research is all about searching, but there's a lot of other stuff you can look for, too. ----- Our opening track is Two Cigarettes by Major Label Interest. Our closing track is Yellow Letter by Sam Barsh.

Fastcase and vLex have merged to form the world's largest law library, containing the law from over 100 countries and more than a billion documents. One platform with all these resources means attorneys around the world will have bigger, better, faster access to everything they need to do legal research. Jared chats with Ed Walters of Fastcase about their goals for democratizing the law and what plans they have to continue developing this global library and legal AI for easier use. This time on the Rump Roast, Jared and Ed play “Wack-Ass Responses from AI to Completely Reasonable Prompts,” but that title seems a bit unwieldy, so you can just think of it as: “ChatGPT Jeopardy!” And, since AI will probably take over the world eventually, let's prove our superiority while we still can. Jared's found the clincher: we're funny, and AI's sense of humor is decidedly lame. We win. Ed Walters is the CEO and co-founder of Fastcase, an online legal research software company. Read more about the merger: Legal tech disruptors vLex and Fastcase merge to form world's largest global law library ----- Legal research is all about searching, but there's a lot of other stuff you can look for, too. ----- Our opening track is Two Cigarettes by Major Label Interest. Our closing track is Yellow Letter by Sam Barsh.

It was major news April 4 when the legal research and technology companies Fastcase and vLex announced their merger, creating a single entity that they say now has the world's largest subscriber base of lawyers and law firms and a legal research library of more than 1 billion documents from more than 100 countries.  It is a deal that could reshape the legal tech landscape on a global basis and potentially even threaten the longstanding legal research duopoly of Westlaw and LexisNexis. So what does it mean for the companies? What does it mean for their customers? And what does it mean for the legal market more broadly? To explore these questions and more, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi is joined by the four founders of the two companies:  Lluis Faus, cofounder and CEO of vLex and now global CEO of the combined entity, known as the vLex Group.  Angel Faus, cofounder and chief technology officer of vLex. Ed Walters, cofounder and former CEO of Fastcase and now chief strategy officer of vLex. Phil Rosenthal, cofounder and former president of Fastcase and now chief growth officer of vLex. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. Lawmatics, providing legal client intake, law practice CRM, marketing automation, legal billing, document management, and much more, all in one easy-to-use law practice software.   If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.  

With the news last week of the merger of legal research companies Fastcase and vLex, it seemed a good time to revisit our 2019 interview with the founders of Fastcase, Ed Walters and Phil Rosenthal. The occasion of this interview was the company's 20th anniversary, and we recorded it live, on the exhibit hall floor, at the annual conference of the American Association of Law Libraries.  In this interview, Walters and Rosenthal recount how, as two young associates at the law firm Covington & Burling, they came to found Fastcase in 1999. They also recall some of their greatest successes and worst mistakes over the years as founders, and offer their predictions for the future of Fastcase. How do their predictions in 2019 stand up in 2023? Well, you'll have to listen to find out the answer to that. Although Fastcase started as a legal research company, in recent years, it had diversified and expanded into areas such as legal analytics, legal publishing, legal news, and even legal document automation. That diversification had already started when we spoke to Walters and Rosenthal in 2019. The year before, they had acquired the legal dockets and analytics company Docket Alarm, and, as you will hear, they were already seeing analytics as a key component of their future growth.   Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. Lawmatics, providing legal client intake, law practice CRM, marketing automation, legal billing, document management, and much more, all in one easy-to-use law practice software. If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.  

Each week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 03:23 - In Major Legal Tech Deal, vLex and Fastcase Merge, Creating A Global Legal Research Company, Backed By Oakley Capital and Bain Capital (With guest Ed Walters) 38:00 - BigLaw associate's admonition to be available 24/7 with ‘no exceptions, no excuses' goes viral (Selected by Victor Li and Stephanie Wilkins) 49:45 - An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Federal Judges (Selected by Niki Black) 51:37 - Thomson Reuters Spins Off Elite As Independent Company Now Owned By Asset Manager TPG (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 54:55 - Can the Copyright Office establish rules around AI generated material? (Selected by Steve Embry)

This week I got COVID... so I got my buddies, Brian and Angelo of the Double Density podcast, to step in and host this bad boy this week. Philip Julian Klass is one of the most reviled figures in UFO history. A skeptic by nature, Klass would become synonymous with bad faith debunking, badgering Ed Walters on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and his $10,000 challenge. This week, Brian and Angelo talk about his life in UFOs, his ufological principles, the fallacies in his thinking, his few victories, and they somehow get him to review this podcast? Special thanks to Brian and Angelo for stepping up and helming the ship this week! Welcome UFO People Prints Are Now Available! Sources: interview with PBS: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aliens/philipklass.html George Knapp interviews him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKWhcDvh5sk https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/extraterrestrials-may-be-out-there Don Ecker on Phil Klass: https://web.archive.org/web/20070203091643/http://www.destinationspace.net/ufo/ufomag/ufomag1008.asp https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/the-war-of-the-words/ Randle vs Klass Friedman vs Klass on Nightline - part 1 of 2 Friedman vs Klass on Nightline - part 2 of 2 Letter PJK sent about Stanton Friedman moving to Canada: https://web.archive.org/web/20120801084846/http://keyholepublishing.com/New%20Klass%20Letter%20Found.htm National Tattler worm cover: https://www.pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/slip_slidin'_away.jpg Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg T-Shirt Designs by The Great Desdymona Check out ourstrangeskies.com for all things related to the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce spent his early year in Rutland, Vt. After high school he studied physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass (B.S. in physics) and then at The American University, Washington, DC (M.S. and Ph. D. in physics). In 1972 commenced his long career at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, presently headquartered at Dahlgren, Virginia. He has worked on optical data processing, generation of underwater sound with lasers and various aspects of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) using high power lasers. Bruce Maccabee has been active in UFO research since late 1960s when he joined the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) and was active in research and investigation for NICAP until its demise in 1980. He became a member of MUFON in 1975 and was subequently appointed to the position of state Director for Maryland, a position he still holds. In 1979 he was instrumental in establishing the Fund for UFO Research and was the chairman for the about 13 years. He presently serves on the National Board of the Fund.His UFO research and investigations (which are completely unrelated to his Navy work) have included the Kenneth Arnold sighting (Jun 24, 1947), the McMinnville, Oregon (Trent) photos of 1950, the Gemini 11 astronaut photos of September, 1966, the New Zealand sightings of December, 1978, the Japan Airlines (JAL1628) sighting of November 1986, the numerous sightings of Ed Walters and others in Gulf Breeze, Florida, 1987 - 1988, the "red bubba" sightings,1990-1992 (including his own sighting in September, 1991), the Mexico City video of August, 1997, the Phoenix lights sightings of March 13, 1997 at 10 PM, the Mexican Air Force case of March, 2004, the Iran Jet Case of Sept. 1976 and many others. He has also done historical research and was the first to obtain the "flying disc file" of the FBI (the REAL X-Files!). Dr. Maccabee is the author or coauthor of about three dozen technical articles and more than a hundred UFO articles over the last 25 years, including many which appeared in the MUFON Journal and MUFON Symposium proceedings. He wrote the last chapter of "The Gulf Breeze Sightings" by Edward and Frances Walters (Morrow, 1990). He wrote the UFO history chapter of the book "UFOs: Zeugen und Zeichen," published in Germany in 1995. He is co-author with Edward Walters of "UFOs Are Real, Here's The Proof," (Avon Books, 1997), he is the author of "The UFO/FBI Connection" (Llewellyn Books, May, 2000) and he is the author of novel, "Abduction in My Life," (November, 2000). He is listed in Who's Who in Technology Today and American Men and Women of Science an he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows and documentaries.The XZBN Network Programming is brought to you by BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE - For the coffee that your brain will love, visit Beautiful Mind Coffee, www.beautifulmindcoffee.ca.

Change is difficult, but that doesn't mean it isn't needed. So, what might we need to do to change the way we conceive of legal services? Lynda Shely, Darth Vaughn, Jayne Reardon, and Ed Walters share highlights from their keynote—a fictional public hearing—debating the idea of modifying attorney Rules of Professional Conduct to address challenges in access to justice and legal service delivery. Lynda Shely, of The Shely Firm, PC, Scottsdale, Arizona, provides ethics and risk management advice to lawyers and law firms. Darth Vaughn serves as Litigation Counsel and leads the Legal Innovation & Technology Operations team for Ford Motor Company's Office of General Counsel. Jayne Reardon is the former executive director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Ed Walters is the CEO and co-founder of Fastcase.

Change is difficult, but that doesn't mean it isn't needed. So, what might we need to do to change the way we conceive of legal services? Lynda Shely, Darth Vaughn, Jayne Reardon, and Ed Walters share highlights from their keynote—a fictional public hearing—debating the idea of modifying attorney Rules of Professional Conduct to address challenges in access to justice and legal service delivery. Lynda Shely, of The Shely Firm, PC, Scottsdale, Arizona, provides ethics and risk management advice to lawyers and law firms. Darth Vaughn serves as Litigation Counsel and leads the Legal Innovation & Technology Operations team for Ford Motor Company's Office of General Counsel. Jayne Reardon is the former executive director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Ed Walters is the CEO and co-founder of Fastcase.

The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe Ed Walters - an experiencer who experienced quite a few experiences. Mr Ed would first see sights, before seeing lights and losing time. Finally, Mr Ed would regress in to his mind and recall what he experienced. DOG PEOPLE. No, wait, that's not right. A lot of people have investigated this one and concluded that it was possible… But will we? Alongside all this, Kev comes up with the allegedly truthful new workout regime to get you in the best of shape. Drop down and give us 20 of these… All that and more on this week's file.     Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/butitwasaliens   Store: https://butitwasaliens.co.uk/shop/     Probe us: Email: butitwasaliens@gmail.com Instagram @ ButItWasAliensPodcast Twitter @ ButItWasAliens Facebook: @ ButItWasAliens - join Extraterrestrial Towers     Music:  Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com and Purple Planet via www.purpleplanet.com - thank you most kindly good people.

For the latest “Year in UFO History” episode, Seriah welcomes Mike Clelland and Aaron Gulyas. Topics include the increased public acceptance of the UFO phenomenon, military projects out-sourced to corporations for secrecy, glimmer man invisibility suits, the late Betty Andreasson Luca, Raymond Fowler, an OBE experience with a vision of a phoenix, relationships orchestrated by aliens, Howard Menger, Orfeo Angelucci, 1950's and 60's contactees, George Adamski, Carl Jung, “In Advance of the Landing” book, an encounter with seven owls, Congressional UFO hearings, disclosure and its contradictions, Bill Moore, Paul Bennewitz, disinformation, gullibility in Ufology, Tom Delonge, To The Stars Academy, Cheryl Costa and Linda Miller Costa's “UFO Sightings Desk Reference: United States of America 2001-2015”, grifting in Ufology, a quote from Jane Pauley, Whitley Strieber, Ed Walters and the Gulf Breeze incident, the Calvine UFO photo, the Aurora experimental aircraft, Nick Pope, the UK Ministry of Defense, changing U.S. government definitions of “UFO” and “UAP”, Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck's “Wonders in the Sky”, time travel, a youth experiences time distortion, the “Wilson memo”, alleged UFO craft retrieval, pregnancy irregularities connected to UFO encounters, Roswell, Steven Greer, early 2000's search engines, government credibility hindering disclosure, the phenomena and the individual experiencer, Garry Nolan and metamaterials, UFO Twitter, Havana Syndrome, pilots injured by UFO contact, Skinwalker Ranch, the Ubatuba UFO incident in Brazil, Kenneth Ring and NDEs, the UK Rendlesham incident and its connection to the Texas Cash-Landrum incident, interrogation of troops at Rendlesham, Larry Warren, the “Mirrors” podcast, Professor Jeffrey Kripal and Rice University's special collections, an academic conference at Rice, Kripal's latest book “The Superhumanities”, “White Mountain” a Netflix film produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's company about the Betty and Barney Hill abduction case, the interesting timing of the Hill incident and President Obama's birth, the Hill incident as both high strangeness and/or a government psyop, Wren Collier, Kathleen Martin niece of the Hills, “Interrupted Journey” by John Fuller, Zelia Edgar and alien clothes, Alta and Chad Dillard, a bizarre incident involving a triangle, “Orbducted in the French Quarter” book, Brian Short, “The Seventh Dead” book, Joshua Cutchin, “Ecology of Souls”, UFO and other paranormal phenomenon and connections to death, Anne Strieber, and much more! This is absolutely riveting discussion, packed with little-known facts and connections!

For the latest “Year in UFO History” episode, Seriah welcomes Mike Clelland and Aaron Gulyas. Topics include the increased public acceptance of the UFO phenomenon, military projects out-sourced to corporations for secrecy, glimmer man invisibility suits, the late Betty Andreasson Luca, Raymond Fowler, an OBE experience with a vision of a phoenix, relationships orchestrated by aliens, Howard Menger, Orfeo Angelucci, 1950's and 60's contactees, George Adamski, Carl Jung, “In Advance of the Landing” book, an encounter with seven owls, Congressional UFO hearings, disclosure and its contradictions, Bill Moore, Paul Bennewitz, disinformation, gullibility in Ufology, Tom Delonge, To The Stars Academy, Cheryl Costa and Linda Miller Costa's “UFO Sightings Desk Reference: United States of America 2001-2015”, grifting in Ufology, a quote from Jane Pauley, Whitley Strieber, Ed Walters and the Gulf Breeze incident, the Calvine UFO photo, the Aurora experimental aircraft, Nick Pope, the UK Ministry of Defense, changing U.S. government definitions of “UFO” and “UAP”, Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck's “Wonders in the Sky”, time travel, a youth experiences time distortion, the “Wilson memo”, alleged UFO craft retrieval, pregnancy irregularities connected to UFO encounters, Roswell, Steven Greer, early 2000's search engines, government credibility hindering disclosure, the phenomena and the individual experiencer, Garry Nolan and metamaterials, UFO Twitter, Havana Syndrome, pilots injured by UFO contact, Skinwalker Ranch, the Ubatuba UFO incident in Brazil, Kenneth Ring and NDEs, the UK Rendlesham incident and its connection to the Texas Cash-Landrum incident, interrogation of troops at Rendlesham, Larry Warren, the “Mirrors” podcast, Professor Jeffrey Kripal and Rice University's special collections, an academic conference at Rice, Kripal's latest book “The Superhumanities”, “White Mountain” a Netflix film produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's company about the Betty and Barney Hill abduction case, the interesting timing of the Hill incident and President Obama's birth, the Hill incident as both high strangeness and/or a government psyop, Wren Collier, Kathleen Martin niece of the Hills, “Interrupted Journey” by John Fuller, Zelia Edgar and alien clothes, Alta and Chad Dillard, a bizarre incident involving a triangle, “Orbducted in the French Quarter” book, Brian Short, “The Seventh Dead” book, Joshua Cutchin, “Ecology of Souls”, UFO and other paranormal phenomenon and connections to death, Anne Strieber, and much more! This is absolutely riveting discussion, packed with little-known facts and connections! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast Outro Music by Cactus Cathedral with "The Encounter" Live on The Last Exit for the Lost Download

Bruce spent his early year in Rutland, Vt. After high school he studied physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass (B.S. in physics) and then at The American University, Washington, DC (M.S. and Ph. D. in physics). In 1972 commenced his long career at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, presently headquartered at Dahlgren, Virginia. He has worked on optical data processing, generation of underwater sound with lasers and various aspects of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) using high power lasers. Bruce Maccabee has been active in UFO research since late 1960s when he joined the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) and was active in research and investigation for NICAP until its demise in 1980. He became a member of MUFON in 1975 and was subequently appointed to the position of state Director for Maryland, a position he still holds. In 1979 he was instrumental in establishing the Fund for UFO Research and was the chairman for the about 13 years. He presently serves on the National Board of the Fund. His UFO research and investigations (which are completely unrelated to his Navy work) have included the Kenneth Arnold sighting (Jun 24, 1947), the McMinnville, Oregon (Trent) photos of 1950, the Gemini 11 astronaut photos of September, 1966, the New Zealand sightings of December, 1978, the Japan Airlines (JAL1628) sighting of November 1986, the numerous sightings of Ed Walters and others in Gulf Breeze, Florida, 1987 - 1988, the "red bubba" sightings,1990-1992 (including his own sighting in September, 1991), the Mexico City video of August, 1997, the Phoenix lights sightings of March 13, 1997 at 10 PM, the Mexican Air Force case of March, 2004, the Iran Jet Case of Sept. 1976 and many others. He has also done historical research and was the first to obtain the "flying disc file" of the FBI (the REAL X-Files!). Dr. Maccabee is the author or coauthor of about three dozen technical articles and more than a hundred UFO articles over the last 25 years, including many which appeared in the MUFON Journal and MUFON Symposium proceedings. He wrote the last chapter of "The Gulf Breeze Sightings" by Edward and Frances Walters (Morrow, 1990). He wrote the UFO history chapter of the book "UFOs: Zeugen und Zeichen," published in Germany in 1995. He is co-author with Edward Walters of "UFOs Are Real, Here's The Proof," (Avon Books, 1997), he is the author of "The UFO/FBI Connection" (Llewellyn Books, May, 2000) and he is the author of novel, "Abduction in My Life," (November, 2000). He is listed in Who's Who in Technology Today and American Men and Women of Science an he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows and documentaries.The XZBN Network Programming is brought to you by BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE - For the coffee that your brain will love, visit Beautiful Mind Coffee, www.beautifulmindcoffee.ca.

This is the last of what has turned into a five-part series looking into the events that led up to, and the people who would become involved with the television production UFO Cover-Up? Live!, which aired on October 14, 1988. It seems that the show's producer, Michael Seligman, believed that it would be the vehicle for an earth-shaking UFO disclosure. What resulted was a clumsy and awkward production where the only disclosure anyone remembers is that aliens like strawberry ice cream.Robert Skvaria wrote a three-part series of articles titled, “The Cover-Up Behind UFO Cover-Up? Live!” for Diabolique magazine, the first of which was posted on May 17, 2022. Skvaria spoke to Curtis Brubaker, who came up with the idea for the show, and Tracy Tormé, who produced the segment of the show devoted to the Gulf Breeze, Florida, sightings and the pictures taken by Ed Walters.Read more →

The lending environment in 2022 is vastly different than it was in 2019 – rising rates and inflation have made lending more expensive for consumers. However, leveraging AI and machine learning can help banks continue to serve their existing customers' borrowing needs as well as acquire new customers. In this episode, Candace Caruso, SVP Chief retail Lending Officer at WSFS Bank, and Ed Walters, VP, Accounting Management at Upstart, discuss their partnership and how the Upstart Referral Network and bank-branded solutions have have helped WSFS expand their customer base safely in an uncertain economic landscape. Join us as Ed and Candace discuss: Expanding digital delivery channels for more efficient lending with better customer insights How WSFS is leveraging AI for more accurate credit decisioning WSFS' strategy behind delivering a differentiated service to grow their loan portfolio in a competitive landscape Leveraging the Upstart Referral Network and its bank-branded solutions to provide a seamless digital experience to both their existing and potential customers

In this episode we talk about the weather. But only for a minute. Mostly we're going to talk about the use of big data in the practice of law. There is a reason IBM acquired the digital assets of The Weather Channel, and it's not because they are climate nerds. They bought it to put weather data to work to “operationalize [the] understanding of the impact of weather on business outcomes.” Think about the economic impact of snowstorms, hurricanes, and even less dramatic weather conditions, or the impact on the durability of manufacturing or building materials as temperatures rise or fall outside the norm.  While we all crave meteorological precision, we also crave precision when making legal and business decisions. Clients ask questions like these all the time: What is our case worth? What size award will we get? Where should I file? Will the judge grant summary judgment? Should I even bring this suit?  Lawyers will draw on experience to offer their best advice, providing ranges followed by caveats and usually preceded by the most lawyerly of lawyer answers: “It depends.”  As my guest points out, lawyers also get business-related questions. Business-related answers may begin with "it depends," but must end with a number. When a CEO asks how much revenue your project will generate, "more" is not the answer they're looking for. I know. I've tried. Lawyers who seek greater precision in their predictions can take comfort in the increasing sophistication of analytical tools that can evaluate massive troves of data and account for myriad variables. Not only are we seeing advances in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and language processing, but there is greater access to important litigation-related data – BIG DATA – than ever before. Using new technologies to comb through millions of records – combined with an attorney's insights – cannot only sharpen their predictive capabilities, but it can help them build, defend, and resolve cases. For insights on the past, present and future of legal guidance and analysis, listen to my interview with Ed Walters, co-founder and CEO of our partners on this podcast, Fastcase, the legal research and software company whose divisions include Fastcase Full Court Press (publishing), Law Street Media (legal news), Docket Alarm (docket tools), and NextChapter (software).  An entrepreneur, writer and professor, Ed brings his experience advising global Fortune 500 tech and pharma companies and sports leagues, serving in the White House on media affairs and speechwriting, and contributing to several major newspapers and journals. Ed is an adjunct law professor at Georgetown and Cornell universities. He is also a self-described "weather nerd," which explains my tortured introduction.  This podcast is the audio companion to the Journal on Emerging Issues in Litigation. The Journal is a collaborative project between HB Litigation Conferences and the Fastcase legal research family, which includes Full Court Press, Law Street Media, and Docket Alarm. The podcast itself is a joint effort between HB and our friends at Law Street Media. If you have comments or wish to participate in one our projects please drop me a note at Editor@LitigationConferences.com.Tom HagyLitigation Enthusiast andHost of the Emerging Litigation PodcastHome PageLinkedIn

Episode Notes We're finishing up our look at the Ed Walters's Gulf Breeze sightings with his book about the abduction hypnosis he underwent to try to find out THE TRUTH about what happened to him in 1987 and 1988. And, as we find out, much earlier.... Like the show and want more? Subscribe to our Patreon! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes We're back for the second part of our look at the Gulf Breeze UFO sightings! This time, we'll be focusing largely on investigations of Ed Walters's claims and his debunkers. Guest starring Phil Klass! Additional sources The Randle Report: UFOs in the 90s by Kevin Randle A pretty good archive of clips from the "For the People" radio show from the early 90s A collection of UFO newsletters discussing Gulf Breeze (at the Internet Archive) And here's a link to a page with some of the photos I mentioned in the episode. Like the show and want more? Subscribe to our Patreon! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

We're back people! and we're diving into the mystical land of... Florida! Josh uses his newly obtained MUFON credentials to give us the classic alien interaction story of Ed Walters, then we discuss random paranormal hotspot stories from the Orange State! And of course Florida man ALSO makes an appearance... So mix yourself a mojito and get a leathery tan, for this episode of Cosmic Cantina!https://www.thecosmiccantina.com/https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1028285/pg1https://www.amazon.com/UFO-Abductions-Gulf-Breeze-Walters/dp/0380773333https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJzLKIqp-3w

The legal operations community was barely nascent a decade ago. Now there is a booming LegalOps profession and a number of professional associations have sprouted up to help the community learn and collaborate. Legal Operators is one of those communities. We asked the founder of Legal Operators, Colin McCarthy, to come on the show and talk about why he took a small legal ops community that started with a few people doing TED-Talk style presentations over drinks, to a community of thousands. Legal Operators produces online learning programs, a list of legal operations software and services, job board, and an innovation hub in order to support the growing legal operations profession. Recently, Legal Operators created a magazine with the planned distribution in the tens of thousands. While this may seem outside of what you would think a technology-forward operations would do, McCarthy says he believes in doing the unexpected, and providing the best platform for the distribution of knowledge and information. Even if that means going "old-school" from time to time. Check out the online version of the Legal Operators Magazine here. In September, Legal Operators is hosting the Summit By the Sea at Half Moon Bay, California. The September 14-16, 2022 curated, in-person event is designed for 100 legal ops professionals to gather together and share in conversation, networking, and best practices exchanges. There are a few seats still available. Information Inspirations If you are looking for great podcast content that includes some of our peers in the legal community, check out Steven Poor's Pioneers and Pathfinders podcast where he's recently brought on the likes of Ed Walters, Colin Levy, Bob Ambrogi, and more. Speaking of Bob Ambrogi, check out his article, "Why Legal Tech Fans Should Attend AALL in July" on his LawSites blog. Bob is a long-time supporter of the law library and legal information profession and has said for years that the AALL conference is truly a legal tech conference as well as an information conference. Add to this, it is in Denver this year, and you now have multiple reason to attend. Contact Us Twitter: @gebauerm or @glambert Voicemail: 713-487-7270 Email: geekinreviewpodcast@gmail.com Music: Jerry David DeCicca Transcript available on 3 Geeks and a Law Blog

We all know that it takes some "outside of the box thinking" to help improve the legal system in the United States, especially when it comes to Pro Se litigants. Courtroom5 CEO and co-founder Sonja Ebron does exactly that with her startup focused on guiding Pro Se litigants through complex court processes. Ed Walters, CEO and co-founder of Fastcase wants the legal industry to stop trying so hard to reinforce that "box." Together, Ebron and Walters are creating a process to help litigants access and navigate the court system through a combination of case process instructions, legal information, Artificial Intelligence, and collaboration with legal professionals. Eventually, Ebron would like to see the courts themselves leverage Courtroom5's abilities to help those seeking legal recourse. Walters stresses that the "North Star" of legal practice should be the wellbeing of clients. In a system where according to The World Justice Project, over 75% of legal needs go unmet, and some 80% of citizens seeking judicial action do so without the use of legal professionals. Part of that solution lies with the courts and the need to focus on the ability "to filter out people who need lawyers helping people who don't." Once again, this is not about replacing lawyers with robots, or encouraging Pro Se litigants to not seek legal assistance. Courtroom5 and Fastcase are seeking ways to improve the overall process of placing the right information in front of litigants, at the right time. Even if those instructions are to highly recommend seeking legal counsel. Links Mention: Courtroom5 Fastcase Ed Walters on Stephen Poor's Pioneers and Pathfinders Podcast TGIR Ep. 158 with Maya Markovich and Yousef Kassim on The Justice Technology Association Duke Law Tech Lab Contact Us Twitter: @gebauerm or @glambert Voicemail: 713-487-7270 Email: geekinreviewpodcast@gmail.com Music: Jerry David DeCicca Transcript to on 3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Today we are joined by Ed Walters, a true pioneer in legal tech and driver of change in the legal industry. Ed is the CEO and co-founder of Fastcase, which has grown into one of the world's largest cloud-based legal software providers for the legal industry. It currently serves more than 800,000 subscribers from around the world. Before founding Fastcase, Ed spent time in Big Law serving a number of large companies, and worked as a speechwriter in the White House. Ed is active in the A2J space, serving on the boards of Pro Bono Net, Public.Resource.org, Friends of Telecom Without Borders, and Salsa Labs. He also teaches Law of Robots, a class about the frontiers of law and technology, at Georgetown University Law Center. Ed is the creator of the Fastcase 50, a yearly list of 50 legal industry innovators who are drawn from all corners of the legal ecosphere. If you want to know who's who and who's coming up, it's a can't miss. Listen in to learn how this self-professed “beer and softball lawyer” became an entrepreneur and founder of a pioneering legal tech company, how launching during the dot-com bubble burst worked out for him, and what's next for Fastcase.

Bruce spent his early year in Rutland, Vt. After high school he studied physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass (B.S. in physics) and then at The American University, Washington, DC (M.S. and Ph. D. in physics). In 1972 commenced his long career at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, presently headquartered at Dahlgren, Virginia. He has worked on optical data processing, generation of underwater sound with lasers and various aspects of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) using high power lasers. Bruce Maccabee has been active in UFO research since late 1960s when he joined the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) and was active in research and investigation for NICAP until its demise in 1980. He became a member of MUFON in 1975 and was subequently appointed to the position of state Director for Maryland, a position he still holds. In 1979 he was instrumental in establishing the Fund for UFO Research and was the chairman for the about 13 years. He presently serves on the National Board of the Fund. His UFO research and investigations (which are completely unrelated to his Navy work) have included the Kenneth Arnold sighting (Jun 24, 1947), the McMinnville, Oregon (Trent) photos of 1950, the Gemini 11 astronaut photos of September, 1966, the New Zealand sightings of December, 1978, the Japan Airlines (JAL1628) sighting of November 1986, the numerous sightings of Ed Walters and others in Gulf Breeze, Florida, 1987 - 1988, the "red bubba" sightings,1990-1992 (including his own sighting in September, 1991), the Mexico City video of August, 1997, the Phoenix lights sightings of March 13, 1997 at 10 PM, the Mexican Air Force case of March, 2004, the Iran Jet Case of Sept. 1976 and many others. He has also done historical research and was the first to obtain the "flying disc file" of the FBI (the REAL X-Files!). Dr. Maccabee is the author or coauthor of about three dozen technical articles and more than a hundred UFO articles over the last 25 years, including many which appeared in the MUFON Journal and MUFON Symposium proceedings. He wrote the last chapter of "The Gulf Breeze Sightings" by Edward and Frances Walters (Morrow, 1990). He wrote the UFO history chapter of the book "UFOs: Zeugen und Zeichen," published in Germany in 1995. He is co-author with Edward Walters of "UFOs Are Real, Here's The Proof," (Avon Books, 1997), he is the author of "The UFO/FBI Connection" (Llewellyn Books, May, 2000) and he is the author of novel, "Abduction in My Life," (November, 2000). He is listed in Who's Who in Technology Today and American Men and Women of Science an he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows and documentaries. For Your Listening Pleasure all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network with our compliments, visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv. Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other! That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com

This week, we're once again taking a look back at the last nine episodes of the show, recapping the main points, and adding a little more perspective and discussion. We've had such great guests, and want to really sink these lessons and takeaways in, and give you a chance to hear the main points on any episodes you might have missed. 81. The Art of Email Delegation w/ Lizzy Brooks 82. Email Delegation for Attorneys w/ Maddy Martin, Jess Birken, and Tyson Mutrux 83. Finding Your Email Solutions w/ Jess Birken 84. Delivering Real Value with Subscriptions w/ Jonathan Tobin 85. Going Solo and Thriving with Your Practice w/ Carolyn Elefant 86. Tech Trends You Shouldn't Spend Money On (Yet) w/ Jess Birken and Jared Correia 87. Building the Data-Driven Law Firm w/ Ed Walters 88. FSC Live from ABA TECHSHOW! 89. The Consumerization of Legal w/ Kim Bennett As we mention at the end of the episode, if you have questions for our upcoming Q&A, please send those our way at john@fivestarcounsel.com or on any of our social channels! ----- FiveStarCounsel.com Get our FREE client service whitepaper! Join the Five Star Counsellors FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1575616019297055 Here's a link for you to get 20% off your first year of using TextExpander! - https://fivestarcounsel.com/textexpander

How often do you make decisions based on a limited sample size? A hunch? A loose smattering of options and outcomes you've experienced? It's time you start making your business and legal decisions based on hard data. Our guest this week, Ed Walters, is the founder and CEO of Fastcase, a legal intelligence company, and author of the book Data-Driven Law. He joins to tell us how to get started and go from anecdotes to anec-data. We discuss how you can start using data that's currently available to start making better-informed decisions, win more cases, and attract more clients. Data can even provide a new class of legal services, growing the entire market for legal services, and reduce the risk your firm and clients take. We even discuss what AI is likely to bring to the practice of law. This is a fascinating interview, and one that could change the way you practice, for the better. Find Ed at www.fastcase.com, www.docketalarm.com, or Twitter at https://twitter.com/EJWalters ----- FiveStarCounsel.com Get our FREE client service whitepaper! Join the Five Star Counsellors FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1575616019297055 Here's a link for you to get 20% off your first year of using TextExpander! - https://fivestarcounsel.com/textexpander