The IP market has traditionally centered on the United States. It remains a key jurisdiction, but change is in the air. With the forthcoming unitary patent system, the European Union may be about to become the epicenter of global patent litigation. The new court will mark a seismic shift in global patent litigation. Assuming all …
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Georgetown-Peer Monitor report cites “irreversible” changes in law firm market
A new report from Georgetown Law Center for the Study of the Legal Profession and Peer Monitor says the market for legal services has undergone fundamental – and probably irreversible – changes. The “2015 Report on the State of the Legal Market” said that while the law firm market rebounded slightly in 2014, firms need to …
Red light cameras supported by a majority of people, says FindLaw survey
The hottest issue on election ballots last month, wasn’t taxes or immigration. Voters in Cleveland voted to ban so-called red light cameras that capture motorists illegally crossing intersections during red lights. Cleveland joins several other municipalities and states that ban red light cameras. Opponents says red light cameras aren’t proven to increase safety and may simply be a …
Podcast: The Equality Effect & justice for young girls in Africa
The Equality Effect is a non-profit charity that uses international human rights law as a crowbar to pry open justice for women and girls around the world. Drawing on a team of feisty international lawyers, the equality effect supports its regional legal partners by initiating creative legal advocacy projects to achieve systemic change. In Kenya, …
EXCLUSIVE: An Interview with {Marshall}+, the first computer algorithm for predicting Supreme Court cases
As we mentioned last week, the most interesting participant in this term’s FantasySCOTUS is a rookie – {Marshall}+. Legal Current scored an exclusive interview with the elusive and very private {Marshall]+ as he prepares to square off against some of the best Supreme Court predictors in the FantasySCOTUS tournament. The newest rookie to FantasySCOTUS gave off …
Podcast: America Invents Act, three years later
The America Invents Act marked the most significant change in US patent law in the last 50 years. The historic provisions have impacted patent filings and patent litigation, as well as non-practicing entities or “patent trolls” as they are commonly known. Bernie Knight was general counsel for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office when the …
Registrations still open for FantasySCOTUS
Think you know the Supreme Court? It’s not too late to sign up for FantasySCOTUS, sponsored by Thomson Reuters. Thousands of attorneys, law students, and other avid Supreme Court followers are preparing to make predictions about cases being heard before the Supreme Court this term. Participation is free and the best Supreme Court prognosticators can …
PMI shows improved law firm demand
The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI) rose two points to 57 in the third quarter, reflecting improved demand for law firm services. It was the third consecutive quarterly gain in demand and the strongest jump since Q4 2012. Year-to-date demand, as measured by billable hours, is now up 0.9 percent. However, weak rate growth and flat …
Podcast: Making sure your website is mobile and local optimized
Are you missing one-third of your potential clients? As people increasingly look for attorneys using mobile and local search, it’s more important than ever to make sure your firm’s website is optimized for those types of searches. A new white paper from FindLaw explains the importance of making sure that prospective clients can find you …
IRS selects Thomson Reuters for legal, tax research
Thomson Reuters today has been awarded a new multi-year contract from the Internal Revenue Service as the primary enterprise-wide provider of online legal and tax research. As many as 20,000 IRS professionals across the agency’s multiple divisions will have access to WestlawNext and WestlawNext Tax augmented by integrated content from Thomson Reuters Checkpoint. The solutions …
