The emergence of alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) is having a notable – and growing – impact on the legal market. The implications for law firms and corporations, and where the ALSP market is heading, was the subject of a comprehensive new study of ALSPs that was discussed at a panel today at Legal Tech …
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Trainer: TPP a Missed Opportunity for IP Protection & Enforcement
The U.S. is usually a proponent of efforts to raise the standards for the protection and enforcement of IP rights (copyrights, patents, trademarks, designs, trade secrets, etc.). The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement includes a strong IP Chapter that received support from a cross-section of industries. It is, therefore, disappointing that the Trump administration has decided to …
Geoffrey the Giraffe, Supreme Court & Online Sales Taxes
What do those three things have in common? The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case this term that could have provided some clarity to the bewildering array on jurisdictions and taxes involved with online sales. Will the move lead to new action by the states or Congress, or the potential for even …
Finding the Right Documents
Finding the right document for a matter can make all the difference. Firm Central users can now find the most relevant documents faster and easier, whether from Westlaw research or their own firm documents. Westlaw Global Search results now include content from Firm Central document folders. A single search by Firm Central customers provides comprehensive results …
Mitchell & Mitchell on Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 1: Plans for Change
This is the first post in an ongoing series regarding changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the new 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 …
Competition, Innovation & the Death of the Billable Hour
The billable hour model of decades past where firms experienced little pushback on rates or number of hours spent is effectively dead, and the traditional law firm franchise is increasingly at risk. Law firms must either find ways to effectively adapt to these and other evolving competitive conditions or risk further erosion of their market …
A CALL FOR NOMINEES FOR THE 2017 WILLIAM L. NORTON, JR. JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
Nominations are now open for the 2017 William L. Norton, Jr. Judicial Excellence Award, which recognizes distinguished bankruptcy judges. The 11th annual award, created by Thomson Reuters and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), honors a bankruptcy judge whose career embodies the same dedication to the insolvency community as did that of the award’s namesake, former bankruptcy judge and …
How Do Small & Solo Law Firms View Success? The State of the US Small Law Firms Study
Managing a successful solo or small law practice means overcoming many challenges. These days, running a small practice requires many skills in addition to being a good lawyer: one often also needs to be a project manager, technologist, marketer and small business expert. The State of the US Small Law Firms Study surveyed more …
What Safer Roads Could Mean for Personal Injury Practices
Our nation’s roads are getting safer. Traffic fatalities and injuries have generally been declining for more than two decades. But law firms that have staked their futures on motor vehicle accident (MVA) injuries or fatalities may face significant business challenges on the horizon unless they prepare now. FindLaw has published a new white paper that …
Trade Secrets & the Defend Trade Secrets Act
Companies in the U.S own an estimated $5 trillion in trade secerts and about $3 billion is lost due to theft every year. The federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 went into effect in May\. While it’s still early to interpret how it will affect trade secret litigation, some things are clear, especially that …
