Demand for large law firm services surged in the third quarter to one of its highest levels since the end of the recession. The Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Economic Index Report (PMI) says the PMI rose three points to 56 — its second consecutive quarterly gain. However, lagging productivity and rising costs dampened profitability slightly. …
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Discussion, part 2 – Special Podcast Series: Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure Marks 50 Years of Publication, episode 5
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has served on the bench for nearly forty years. She was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993 after serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit. Prior to that, she was a professor of law at both Rutgers Law School and Columbia Law School teaching civil …
- November 4, 2019
- Leonard Lee
Blockchain Technology Can Combine Smart Contracts & Document Automation
Blockchain technology holds promise for enabling so-called “smart contracts” that greatly streamline the process for creating, reviewing and approving contracts. Combined with document automation technology, it could revolutionize contracts, creating tremendous efficiencies and opening new product possibilities in the financial world and beyond. Thomson Reuters and OpenLaw set out to demonstrate how these technologies could …
- October 17, 2019
- Leonard Lee
HighQ Adds Enhancements: Scalable and Repeatable Collaboration, Process Management Solutions
HighQ is making it easier for users to collaborate while building and scaling advanced solutions. The new version 5.2 brings templating capabilities that improve efficiency and make it easier to create standardized, repeatable solutions using HighQ’s collaboration, workflow and project management capabilities. Enhancements also include other transactional efficiency and security improvements: Solutions templating: Standardize sites …
- October 16, 2019
- Leonard Lee
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Discussion, part 1 – Special Podcast Series: Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure Marks 50 Years of Publication, episode 4
The law and the courts have undergone many changes over the years. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses what she believes is “the most heartening change” in the legal profession. Episode 4 of our special podcast series marking the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure is a discussion …
- October 8, 2019
- Leonard Lee
Stability Returns to the Large Law Market: Peer Monitor Midyear Report
“It is encouraging to note that we have seen a return to stability in the legal market.” That’s the conclusion of the 2019 Peer Monitor Midyear Report, noting that demand for legal services was modestly higher in the first half of 2019, while rates grew at some of the highest levels seen this decade. Much …
- September 24, 2019
- Leonard Lee
Upcoming Interview of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Prof. Arthur Miller
As we continue our special series of podcasts on the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure, we’re pleased to announce that our upcoming episodes will feature a discussion between Professor Arthur Miller, one of the treatise’s founding authors, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the United …
- September 23, 2019
- Leonard Lee
Wild Wild West Coast Bar Associations: Developments in Regulating Nonlawyer Ownership of Legal Businesses
“Now let me welcome everybody to the Wild Wild West A state that’s untouchable like Eliot Ness” -Tupac Shakur Is the practice of law in west coast states really untouchable? Rules on law firm ownership and nonlawyer ability to provide legal delivery services could be changing in some western American states, ushering in possibilities of …
- September 20, 2019
- Leonard Lee
NFL v. Antonio Brown
The Antonio Brown saga continues to spawn new revelations involving the New England Patriots wide receiver. On the heels of the NFL initiating an investigation into allegations of sexual assault stemming from a civil lawsuit filed by Brown’s former personal trainer, an attorney representing a painter commissioned by Brown has asked the NFL to investigate allegations …
- September 20, 2019
- Leonard Lee
Special Podcast Series: Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure Marks 50 Years of Publication – episode 3: The Evolution & Future of Personal Jurisdiction & Pleadings
The cases Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal still reverberate through the Federal court system for placing new standards on specificity and “plausibility” in pleadings. Similarly, cases such as World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson are still much discussed and debated for their impact on personal jurisdiction. Episode 3 of our special podcast …
- September 12, 2019
- Leonard Lee