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EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE: US SAFE HARBOR SCHEME NOT SO SAFE
The European Court of Justice declared on Oct. 6 that the EU Commission’s U.S. Safe Harbor scheme is invalid. Large-scale information gathering programs in the U.S. surfaced by Edward Snowden gave rise to the Court’s concerns whether the requirements of EU law are observed when personal data is transferred to “undertakings” in the U.S. The …
THE END OF THE OFFICE AS WE KNOW IT, PART 2
Click here for part one of this post. What will work look like in 2025? Predicting the future is a risky business, so it’s something we lawyers ought to feel comfortable with – risk. We know all about risk, right? But as technology continues to develop and various trends, demographic shifts, and other factors create change, …
The Law Firm Leaders Forum Turns 20
We are convening our 20th annual meeting of the Law Firm Leaders Forum this week in New York. It has been a great joy for me to chair this meeting each year, especially in light of how significantly our legal ecosystem has changed over the course of those 20 years. We created the Forum to provide …
Westlaw and CLEAR Now Available on PROSECUTORbyKarpel
Prosecutors, investigators and attorneys now have access to the most up-to-date, accurate public records and legal information through the industry’s leading prosecutor case management system. Thomson Reuters premier legal research solution, Westlaw, and its powerful investigative platform, CLEAR, are now integrated into the PROSECUTORbyKarpel case management platform. PROSECUTORbyKarpel is a featured product from Karpel Solutions, …
Anatomy of a Decision: Enterprise Legal Management
As legal departments face mounting pressures to reduce their legal spend, manage costs and demonstrate value to the organization, enterprise legal management (ELM) systems are more and more in the fore as a key player to address those challenges. Blue Hill Research recently produced an “Anatomy of a Decision” report titled Selection of Thomson Reuters …
Who Controls the Internet?
Google still has not announced whether it will appeal a ruling earlier this year by the Court of Appeal for British Columbia ordering the Internet giant to remove certain links from its search engine – not just in British Columbia, but worldwide, because of a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by tech company Equustek. The ruling …
The end of the office as we know it, part 1
In previous articles for The Global Legal Post I have shared with you my insights about re-invention and why it is imperative for lawyers to embrace the requirement to become SocialHuman in order to future-proof their livelihoods from the ‘rise of the machine’. After all, the time may be approaching when we witness the end …
Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute to Host 20th Annual Law Firm Leaders Forum
EAGAN, Minn. – Legendary investigative journalist and associate editor of The Washington Post, Bob Woodward, will deliver the keynote address at the 20th annual Law Firm Leaders Forum. Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, a comprehensive resource for legal leaders and industry professionals, will host the annual forum Oct. 8-9, 2015, in New York. Woodward will discuss …
The Road to the Automotive Future
The 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show concluded over the weekend. The world’s largest auto show was a glittering showcase of automobiles of the future — some of which will be hitting showrooms soon, and some that are so futuristic that they may never see reality. The future of automobiles is facing an increasingly complex legal, regulatory, …
