Next month, New York City will become the latest city to require mandatory sick leave for private employers. Ever since San Francisco became the first city to implement such an ordinance in 2007, several cities and states have adopted similar measures. A new FindLaw survey found that seventy-one percent of Americans say they support such measures, while …
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Why most law firm websites are designed to fail
Most law firm websites are designed to fail. That’s a bold statement, and the theme of a new white paper from FindLaw. The white paper discusses how many law firms’ websites may be generating less business impact than they could. Why? Because they don’t focus enough on conversion – the process of getting visitors to …
- March 13, 2014
- Leonard Lee
5 Hour Energy = Secret recipe?
The maker of 5 Hour Energy is under investigation by attorneys general in Oregon and other states because of reports of consumer health problems. But the real battle may be over the popular energy shots’ proprietary formula, which the company is refusing to turn over to investigators. Eric Hagen with McDermott Will & Emery discusses the …
- March 11, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Podcast: Business Law Center on WestlawNext
Transactional law often involves pulling together information from a wide variety of sources, including the SEC and public and private deal data. A new resource, Business Law Center on WestlawNext, provides access from one easy-to-use source to several key information sources, including up-to-date SEC and global filings and disclosures, EDGAR precedent agreements, Thomson Reuters proprietary deal …
- March 6, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Peer Monitor Index falls in fourth quarter
The Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Economic Index fell 3 points to 52 in the fourth quarter. Demand for legal services was down 0.6 percent. For the year, demand was down 0.7 percent as the law firm market suffered its first down year since 2010. Law firms are struggling to maintain market share as clients bring more work …
- February 25, 2014
- Leonard Lee
New version of Thomson Reuters ProView eReader platform
Improved annotation, PDF and library functions are just part of the latest version of Thomson Reuters ProView eReader platform. Version 1.8 of ProView adds labeling and searching of annotations; the ability to create, print and email PDFs of eBook sections; and the ability to sort libraries by topic. ProView is available for iPad and Android …
- February 3, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Podcast: Bigger is not always better – the 2014 State of the Law Firm Market
A new report from Georgetown University Law Center and Peer Monitor warns that unless law firms re-examine their traditional business models and embrace change in how legal services are delivered, they will not be able to successfully adjust to the significant outside forces that are reordering the industry. The “2014 Report on the State of …
- January 31, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Podcast: BYOD, IP and legal holds
iPhone and Android lovers are rejoicing the increasing adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies that permit them to use their own smartphones on corporate networks. But Fabio Marino with McDermott Will & Emery says BYOD policies can create tremendous headaches for companies in dealing with legal holds and trying to prevent theft of intellectual …
- January 7, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Report issued by Georgetown Law and Peer Monitor: Law firms may be facing disruptive change
Georgetown University Law Center and Peer Monitor today issued their “2014 Report on the State of the Legal Market.” The report highlights recent trends in the legal market, as well as factors that will likely impact the market in 2014 and beyond. The report warns that unless law firms re-examine their traditional business models and …
- January 3, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Employees fear retaliation for reporting injuries, says survey
Many workers are not reporting injuries because of fear of retaliation from their employer. A new survey from FindLaw found that nine percent of American adults say they suffered an on-the-job injury but did not report it to their supervisor because they were afraid they would be fired, reprimanded, harassed or suffer some other consequence. …
- December 20, 2013
- Leonard Lee