Debates about innovation in law can be a bit tribal. The Creative Destroyers decry the billable hour. They mock Big Law as a broken model and see law as a dusty rule book in need of big data and a scientific reinvention. Law is vastly complex and inefficient.
Rest of the article: http://lawyerwatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/innovation-in-law-are-you-one-of-us/
After reading this article I have to wonder if innovation is stifled in other areas such as education, medical and other communities where some rules or guidelines seem to exists. There is also always someone saying “you can’t do it that way its against this policy or that one”.