Silvia LeBlanc of Morgan Lewis in Philadelphia discusses how the firm uses knowledge management and practice innovation, to collaborate with team members across Morgan Lewis’s global network and ensure they take full advantage of resources. She maps legal processes, creates productivity tools, and conducts training sessions that promote a culture of quality and consistency across …
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Data Security vs. Employee Rights
Balancing employee rights with employer’s data security needs and data privacy requirements can be tricky. Anna Suh with Fenwick & West discusses how employers can manage this balance.
- August 25, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Collaborative Disaggregation – a New Model for Firms? ILTACON 2017
Legal departments are increasingly turning to alternative legal service providers to handle certain legal tasks and matters on a more cost-effective basis. But now, some law firms are also engaging alternative legal service providers to help their client reduce costs and strengthen the firm’s client relationships. Jeffrey Sharer, co-chair of Akerman’s Data Law Practice, talked …
- August 17, 2017
- Leonard Lee
ILTACON Panel Recap – The Promise of Blockchain
Blockchain and distributed ledgers will transform contracts and transactions in finance, banking, insurance, real estate and other industries with complex supply chains. The promise of the distributed nature of blockchain is that it eliminates many costs and risks from large-scale transactions. And it will also create new roles for lawyers capable of understanding the unique …
- August 16, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Transforming the Business of Law with Cognitive Computing, ILTACON 2017 Keynote
Brian Kuhn, founder of IBM Watson Legal, addressed key misconceptions around artificial intelligence and cognitive computing in Tuesday’s keynote at ITLACON 2017. Kuhn talked with David Curle, Thomson Reuters director of market intelligence, and shared insights from business-of-law use case workshops IBM conducted with corporate legal departments and law firms over the last two years. …
- August 15, 2017
- Leonard Lee
ILTA Day 1 Podcast: Artificial Intelligence & Ethics
Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest topics in the legal profession. But while the focus is usually on the technology, AI raises complex ethical issues as well. Chris Mammen, a partner at Hogan Lovells and a faculty member of University of California – Hastings’ Innovation Law Institute, participated in a panel at ILTACON today …
- August 14, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Big Law & the Battle for Market Share
Large law firms have faced their share of challenges in recent years. But while the challenges and opportunities may be similar across firms, how they respond – and consequently, the rewards and downturns – have been far from similar across the market. On the surface, the latest Peer Monitor report shows a large law market …
- August 9, 2017
- Leonard Lee
“Big Law” Finds Renewed Strength at the Top: Peer Monitor
The large law firm market has largely been split so far this year, with the very largest segment of firms seeing gains, while other segments of the market are facing more challenging conditions. The latest Peer Monitor report shows that through the first six months of the year, much of the strength in the market …
- August 7, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Drafting Assistant Enhancements Streamline Document Creation
Drafting legal documents can be a complicated, tedious task. Drafting Assistant has some new enhancements that can boost drafting productivity. A PDF converter allows any PDF to be converted into a Microsoft® Word document. This is particularly useful when a user wants to closely examine an image-based PDF received from counterparties, clients or colleagues by running …
- July 27, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Brexit, Cuba & Trademarks
Brexit and Cuba may be oceans apart, but they share one common issue: a potential disruption of trademarks in both markets. Jeffrey Greene, a trademark partner with Fenwick & West discusses what issues need to be aware of if they are doing business or plan on doing business there.
- July 20, 2017
- Leonard Lee