Blockchain technology holds promise for enabling so-called “smart contracts” that greatly streamline the process for creating, reviewing and approving contracts. Combined with document automation technology, it could revolutionize contracts, creating tremendous efficiencies and opening new product possibilities in the financial world and beyond. Thomson Reuters and OpenLaw set out to demonstrate how these technologies could …
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HighQ Adds Enhancements: Scalable and Repeatable Collaboration, Process Management Solutions
HighQ is making it easier for users to collaborate while building and scaling advanced solutions. The new version 5.2 brings templating capabilities that improve efficiency and make it easier to create standardized, repeatable solutions using HighQ’s collaboration, workflow and project management capabilities. Enhancements also include other transactional efficiency and security improvements: Solutions templating: Standardize sites …
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Discussion, part 1 – Special Podcast Series: Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure Marks 50 Years of Publication, episode 4
The law and the courts have undergone many changes over the years. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses what she believes is “the most heartening change” in the legal profession. Episode 4 of our special podcast series marking the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure is a discussion …
The “Secret Sauce” for Your Client Intelligence: Best of SLA 2019
At the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Legal Division’s annual conference this summer, attendees could choose from more than 200 education and social events. Among the standouts was the presentation “Secret sauce: Where you’re probably not looking to find your client intelligence,” by Zena Applebaum, Thomson Reuters director of Market Insights & Engagement for Legal and …
Stability Returns to the Large Law Market: Peer Monitor Midyear Report
“It is encouraging to note that we have seen a return to stability in the legal market.” That’s the conclusion of the 2019 Peer Monitor Midyear Report, noting that demand for legal services was modestly higher in the first half of 2019, while rates grew at some of the highest levels seen this decade. Much …
Counterfeit Goods: Challenging Europe’s Customs Administrations
The European Commission (EC) released a report on September 19, detailing the intellectual property (IP) enforcement efforts of the European Union’s 28 member state customs administrations. The EC report of seized IP infringing goods at the European Union’s border points to China and Hong Kong as the country of origin for 60% of the seized …
Upcoming Interview of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Prof. Arthur Miller
As we continue our special series of podcasts on the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure, we’re pleased to announce that our upcoming episodes will feature a discussion between Professor Arthur Miller, one of the treatise’s founding authors, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the United …
Wild Wild West Coast Bar Associations: Developments in Regulating Nonlawyer Ownership of Legal Businesses
“Now let me welcome everybody to the Wild Wild West A state that’s untouchable like Eliot Ness” -Tupac Shakur Is the practice of law in west coast states really untouchable? Rules on law firm ownership and nonlawyer ability to provide legal delivery services could be changing in some western American states, ushering in possibilities of …
NFL v. Antonio Brown
The Antonio Brown saga continues to spawn new revelations involving the New England Patriots wide receiver. On the heels of the NFL initiating an investigation into allegations of sexual assault stemming from a civil lawsuit filed by Brown’s former personal trainer, an attorney representing a painter commissioned by Brown has asked the NFL to investigate allegations …
Special Podcast Series: Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure Marks 50 Years of Publication – episode 3: The Evolution & Future of Personal Jurisdiction & Pleadings
The cases Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal still reverberate through the Federal court system for placing new standards on specificity and “plausibility” in pleadings. Similarly, cases such as World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson are still much discussed and debated for their impact on personal jurisdiction. Episode 3 of our special podcast …