After a string of seven consecutive quarters of rising demand, the Peer Monitor Economic Index saw flat demand for large law firm services in the fourth quarter of 2015. The new report showed that the PMI fell two points because of weak demand and rates. But much of the decline in overall demand was accounted …
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The Legacy of Justice Scalia and the Future of the Supreme Court
What impact did Justice Antonin Scalia have on the Supreme Court? And what lies ahead for the Court? Legal Current explores these questions with Prof. Ronald D. Rotunda, The Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at Chapman University, and co-author of Nowak and Rotunda’s Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure.
- February 17, 2016
- Leonard Lee
New Rules on Proportionality & Spoliation in E-Discovery
Last summer, in the case of HM Electronics Inc.v. R.F. Technologies Inc., a federal judge ordered severe sanctions because of e-discovery failures. How do new rules on proportionality and spoliation impact how e-discovery is handled? Robert Brownstone with Fenwick & West discusses.
- February 10, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Firm Central Adds New Features
If you haven’t had a chance to take a look at Firm Central lately, you may have missed out on some interesting new features. The most recent is the addition of an integrated time & billing module that works within the Firm Central dashboard and also intregates with QuickBooks Online. But there’s also been quite …
- January 29, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Can Marijuana Be Patented or Trademarked?
As more states move towards legalized marijuana, business entities such as medical marijuana dispensaries or other marijuana-related businesses are starting to bump up against patent and trademark issues that may prevent them from enjoying many of the intellectual property protections that other businesses use. Doug Sorocco of Dunlap Codding looks at some of the “grassroot” IP obstacles facing …
- January 22, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Failing at the Finish Line – How Law Firms Lose Prospective Clients at the Front Door
There’s a way for law firms to increase their number of clients and revenues without having to spend any additional money on market or advertising. Law firms invest significant effort and finances developing savvy marketing campaigns that drive traffic to their websites or phone calls to their law firms, only to drop the ball when …
- January 13, 2016
- Leonard Lee
2016 State of the Law Firm Market
James W. Jones, senior fellow at the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession, discusses the “2016 State of the Legal Market” report by the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor
- January 11, 2016
- Leonard Lee
The Legal Industry’s “Kodak Moment” – A Lesson for the Future of Law Firms?
Remember the Kodak Instamatic camera? Long before cellphones and selfies, it seems we all had one. But now they’ve faded away like aged Kodachrome film. The 2016 State of the Law Firm Market report from Georgetown Law and Peer Monitor provides a snapshot of the legal industry, warning that similar fates could be in store …
- January 7, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Fitbits, Wearable Fitness Monitors & Data Privacy
Are you sporting a new Fitbit or an Apple Watch with a fitness monitor app? If it’s part of your employer’s wellness program, who owns and has access to your data? Tyler Newby , litigation partner at Fenwick & West looks at the wearable fitness monitor craze and some of the data privacy implications they …
- December 22, 2015
- Leonard Lee
Thomson Reuters Collaborates With Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District Innovation Hub
Innovation is found in many different places around the world, and Thomson Reuters is collaborating with one of the world’s largest innovation hubs, the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. Thomson Reuters will sponsor MaRS Discovery District’s LegalX Cluster, which connects technology, high-growth ventures and the legal industry. The goal is to create bridges between the start-up community, …
- December 17, 2015
- Leonard Lee