What are the skills and mindset needed to adjust, innovate and thrive in the legal landscape? Colleen Casey Voshell, managing director, FTI Technology, moderated the “Disruption: Three Forces Shaping the Legal Landscape” panel at Legal Tech New York last week. In the video clip below, Voshell and her panelists, including the Honorable John M. Facciola, United …
Information and commentary on the business and practice of law at Thomson Reuters.
Articles
ACA: 2015 Income tax affected by health plan
This post was written by Ferd H. Mitchell and Cheryl C. Mitchell, Thomson Reuters authors and attorney partners at Mitchell Law Office in Spokane, WA Income tax filings for 2015 are being affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Everyone who received a subsidy through a Health Benefit Exchange during 2014 must now complete IRS …
Jean O’Grady offers insights at LegalTech New York
While we were in New York for LegalTech this past week, we sat down with Jean O’Grady, law librarian, knowledge strategist and blogger at Dewey B. Strategic, to talk about the future of the law librarian profession, why she attends LegalTech, and what readers of her blog can take away from reading it. Watch the …
Podcast: Ed Sohn on e-discovery insourcing vs outsourcing
A panel discussion at LegalTech New York 2015 focused on the key issues attorneys, paralegals and litigation support staff should consider when deciding whether to insource or outsource e-discovery. While they may seem elementary, time, cost and complexity continue to be some of the greatest challenges e-discovery practitioners face today. The panel discussed some of …
Who gets to keep the engagement ring?
A broken engagement can result in many problems, not the least of which is the pesky question: who gets to keep the engagement ring? The question is surprisingly fraught with a number of legal questions: Is it a gift? Is it a conditional gift? Can keeping the ring be considered compensation for a broken engagement? A recent FindLaw …
A send-off to Monica Bay
I first met Monica Bay when, as editor of The Recorder, she participated in the West-sponsored Editor Exchange conference, which gathered legal trade and bar association editors together to discuss critical issues of the day and attend writing and editing workshops. Because of her passion for law, and for writing, Monica instantly became a leader …
Thomson Reuters Intelligence Center adds new features
Last April, Thomson Reuters launched Thomson Reuters Intelligence Center, a new business development tool that helps law firms find new business. It presents actionable, client-focused information to gain deeper insight into new business opportunities and strengthen current relationships, while staying abreast of industry news and legal activity of current and prospective clients. This week, to …
Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection – Legal Challenges in the Digital Age
LegalTech New York 2015 kicked off today with a panel on “Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection Legal Challenges in the Digital Age.” Erin Harrison, the incoming editor-in-chief of ALM’s Legaltech News, moderated a panel of privacy and security experts from some of the most visible companies out there: Eran Feigenbaum, director of security, Google Apps, Google …
Read the fine print before you click “buy”
Apparently, not very many of us actually bother to read those long, boring “Terms & Conditions” on websites. A new survey from FindLaw says most of us either skim through or completely ignore all that legal mumbo-jumbo and just go ahead and click “Complete Purchase.” The problem is, the buyer is agreeing to the terms set …
Shaping the future: Views from top Canadian general counsels
Canadian Lawyer InHouse has just published its third annual View feature for 2015 — an annual “look ahead” series of interviews in which they talk to leading Canadian corporate counsel about their current challenges and projects for the year. While two of this year’s in-house lawyers have increasingly global interests, the other two are squarely …
