The ILTACON 2015 Session “Is Big Data in Legal a Figment of Our Imaginations” challenged the concept that big data phenomena simply do not apply to the legal market, and then set out to arm every member of the audience with firsthand examples of big data at work in law firms, giving support in answering …
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ILTACON – Up, Up, and Away!
At the “Up, Up, and Away! Your Ascent into the Cloud!” session at ILTACON 2015, a panel of experts assembled to discuss the current state of cloud computing in the legal market. IT professionals from Broad and Cassle and Eagle Technologies discussed modern uses of cloud computing and analyzed its effectiveness in the legal marketplace. …
ILTACON – Careers in Legal Technology – The Numbers, The Buzz, The Shift
The ILTACON 2015 session “Careers in Legal Technology – The Numbers, The Buzz, The Shift” focused on the subject of careers, job security, skills and capacities, and future trends for the legal industry. The panel shared insights and offered their opinions on technology talent in law firms and the legal industry. When the panel was …
Forum Magazine: How MoloLamken plays larger than its size
Super Lawyers talked with Steve Molo and Jeff Lamken, founders of the litigation boutique MoloLamken, about their decision to leave large law and form their own firm. Molo was a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York and Lamken was a partner at Baker Botts in Washington, D.C. before joining forces in October …
The Data Explosion & Law Firms
The term “Big Data” is rather overused these days. Maybe they really should call it “Humongous Data” or something. According to IBM’s Jeopardy-winning Watson, an astounding 2.5 billion gigabytes of data are generated every day. Joseph Raczynski, a legal technologist futurist says we’ve reached the point where no one person can possibly absorb the vast …
What Most Attorneys Don’t Understand About Brands
Hear the word “brand,” and you might think of that apple with an oval bite taken out of it, or Target’s famous red bull’s-eye. In other words, you might think that branding doesn’t have much to do with running a law firm. If that describes your outlook on branding, you’re missing out on one of …
Robe Off! The Entrepreneur Lawyer interviews The Entrepreneur Advocate
Barrister Sinead King of 36 Bedford Row talks to Chrissie Lightfoot about the skills required to operate as a barrister in today’s fast-moving business environment. It’s time for barristers to de-robe and get with the program, The Naked Lawyer author Chrissie Lightfoot maintains. But what does barrister Sinead King make of this new world and …
Justice Alan Page Turns New Page in Distinguished Career
Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page is stepping down from the bench later this month, and he’ll be taking a unique momento with him. Justice Page was presented this week with a series of specially compiled hard cover volumes containing all of the opinions that he wrote during his 20+ years on the state’s highest …
Forum Magazine: The Yanks are coming! The Brits are coming!
In November 2013, The American Lawyer® published a provocative article by its Chief European Correspondent Chris Johnson entitled “How the Magic Circle Lost the Battle for New York.” In it, Johnson argued that, despite 25 years of work and huge investments, the leading UK law firms had failed to gain any significant share of the …
Thomson Reuters sponsors National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Central Regional Conference
The Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association (MNAPABA) is hosting the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s (NAPABA) Central Regional Conference from September 18-20, 2015 in Minneapolis, MN, and Thomson Reuters is one of the proud sponsors. NAPABA is the national association for Asian Pacific American legal professionals, representing the interests of over 40,000 attorneys …
