Silvia LeBlanc of Morgan Lewis in Philadelphia discusses how the firm uses knowledge management and practice innovation, to collaborate with team members across Morgan Lewis’s global network and ensure they take full advantage of resources. She maps legal processes, creates productivity tools, and conducts training sessions that promote a culture of quality and consistency across …
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A Message to Customers Affected By Hurricane Harvey
As Hurricane Harvey continues to impact South Texas and surrounding areas, the country is watching the news and looking for ways to help. We have seen dramatic rescues by emergency responders, but we’re also hearing a number of accounts of neighbors helping neighbors. It’s in this spirit that Thomson Reuters is reaching out. We understand …
- August 28, 2017
- Jeff McCoy
Data Security vs. Employee Rights
Balancing employee rights with employer’s data security needs and data privacy requirements can be tricky. Anna Suh with Fenwick & West discusses how employers can manage this balance.
- August 25, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Mitchell & Mitchell on Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 17: Groups and Organizations Drive Program Decisions
This is Part 17 in an ongoing series regarding changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these shifts mean …
- August 22, 2017
- Alex Cook
Collaborative Disaggregation – a New Model for Firms? ILTACON 2017
Legal departments are increasingly turning to alternative legal service providers to handle certain legal tasks and matters on a more cost-effective basis. But now, some law firms are also engaging alternative legal service providers to help their client reduce costs and strengthen the firm’s client relationships. Jeffrey Sharer, co-chair of Akerman’s Data Law Practice, talked …
- August 17, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Innovation in Legal Services is Being Fueled by Technology & Business Need
We are witnessing a legal services market that is undergoing an enormous amount of change; new market entrants, technological disruption and the rise of the general counsel are just some of the forces driving this change. In response, forward-looking law firms are finding new ways of doing business, harnessing disruptive technologies and embracing the need …
- August 16, 2017
- Alex Cook
Thomson Reuters Analysis Reveals 484% Increase in New Legal Services Patents Globally as Law Firms Around the World Invest in Legal Tech
There has been a 484 percent increase in the number of patents filed covering new legal services technology globally in the last five years, reveals an analysis from the legal business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of news and information for businesses and professionals. According to Thomson Reuters, 579 patents relating to new …
- August 16, 2017
- Gretchen DeSutter
ILTACON Panel Recap – The Promise of Blockchain
Blockchain and distributed ledgers will transform contracts and transactions in finance, banking, insurance, real estate and other industries with complex supply chains. The promise of the distributed nature of blockchain is that it eliminates many costs and risks from large-scale transactions. And it will also create new roles for lawyers capable of understanding the unique …
- August 16, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Judge Lorna G. Schofield Receives 2017 Liberty Achievement Award
At the 2017 American Bar Association (ABA) annual meeting in New York City, the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) presented its annual Liberty Achievement Award to Judge Lorna G. Schofield of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The award recognizes lawyers and judges who take a leadership role by …
- August 15, 2017
- Alex Cook
Transforming the Business of Law with Cognitive Computing, ILTACON 2017 Keynote
Brian Kuhn, founder of IBM Watson Legal, addressed key misconceptions around artificial intelligence and cognitive computing in Tuesday’s keynote at ITLACON 2017. Kuhn talked with David Curle, Thomson Reuters director of market intelligence, and shared insights from business-of-law use case workshops IBM conducted with corporate legal departments and law firms over the last two years. …
- August 15, 2017
- Leonard Lee