As Day One of the Law Firm Leaders Forum came to a close, Dr. Heidi Gardner, lecturer on law and distinguished fellow, Center on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School, led an introspective panel on how successful firms innovate and change in the face of an uncertain future. Lucy Endel Bassli, assistant general counsel, Legal …
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Law Firm Leaders Forum 2015 — Bob Woodward on Leadership: Presidents, CEOs and the Larger Lessons
After a busy morning of sessions at Law Firm Leaders Forum, Bob Woodward, associate editor, The Washington Post, delivered the keynote address to the assembled attendees. Woodward began with advice his father, himself a lawyer, gave Woodward in his youth. “The lawyers are the key to everything. Lawyers say profound things, unless you listen closely.” …
Law Firm Leaders Forum 2015 — The Parallax View: An Annual Report on the State of the Profession and Business of Law
The 20th annual Law Firm Leaders Forum began this morning with an introspective look at the state of the legal industry. Ralph Baxter, chairman of Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute began with a review of key data points from the Peer Monitor Index. Citing that the total size of the current legal market sits at …
THE END OF THE OFFICE AS WE KNOW IT, PART 2
Click here for part one of this post. What will work look like in 2025? Predicting the future is a risky business, so it’s something we lawyers ought to feel comfortable with – risk. We know all about risk, right? But as technology continues to develop and various trends, demographic shifts, and other factors create change, …
The Law Firm Leaders Forum Turns 20
We are convening our 20th annual meeting of the Law Firm Leaders Forum this week in New York. It has been a great joy for me to chair this meeting each year, especially in light of how significantly our legal ecosystem has changed over the course of those 20 years. We created the Forum to provide …
Westlaw and CLEAR Now Available on PROSECUTORbyKarpel
Prosecutors, investigators and attorneys now have access to the most up-to-date, accurate public records and legal information through the industry’s leading prosecutor case management system. Thomson Reuters premier legal research solution, Westlaw, and its powerful investigative platform, CLEAR, are now integrated into the PROSECUTORbyKarpel case management platform. PROSECUTORbyKarpel is a featured product from Karpel Solutions, …
The end of the office as we know it, part 1
In previous articles for The Global Legal Post I have shared with you my insights about re-invention and why it is imperative for lawyers to embrace the requirement to become SocialHuman in order to future-proof their livelihoods from the ‘rise of the machine’. After all, the time may be approaching when we witness the end …
Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute to Host 20th Annual Law Firm Leaders Forum
EAGAN, Minn. – Legendary investigative journalist and associate editor of The Washington Post, Bob Woodward, will deliver the keynote address at the 20th annual Law Firm Leaders Forum. Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, a comprehensive resource for legal leaders and industry professionals, will host the annual forum Oct. 8-9, 2015, in New York. Woodward will discuss …
“Happy Birthday” lyrics – the copyright party is over
Judge George H. King of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently ruled that Warner-Chappell Music does not own a valid copyright in the lyrics to “Happy Birthday.” The decision came in a class action case brought by a group of plaintiffs, which like many others before, were compelled to pay a …
The Volkswagen Emissions Case Elevates Compliance to the “Front Office”
Recent reputational scandals have thrust corporate compliance into mainstream conversations around water coolers and in break rooms worldwide. The revelations about Volkswagen’s purposeful manipulation of software to circumvent emissions requirements underscores the importance compliance plays in day-to-day operations and how it must be moved from the “back-office” to the “front office.” Wherever the pieces ultimately …
