Lawyers as Project Management Professionals; Who Owns Legal Project Management, and What Training/Certification Do They Need. by Nathan Bowie, Thomson Reuters Engage I’ve just had the opportunity to moderate two panel discussions on Legal Project Management here at LegalTech. In both cases, I was very fortunate to have such personable and knowledgeable panelists, and I’d …
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Law firms, technology, competition and friction points
This post was written by Allison Guidette, managing director of Large Law Firms You don’t have to talk to too many law firm leaders these days before you get the sense that 2012 is shaping up to be a challenging year. While the recent headlines on the overall economy show some welcome rays of optimism, …
- February 1, 2012
- Susan Martin
60 new regulations added each day, says new study
Global regulators added 14,215 new regulatory announcements in 2011, according to a new study from Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk & Compliance. That’s about 60 new regulatory announcements every working day, and up 16% from 2011. The study says the problem will only grow worse in 2012. Major portions of the Dodd-Frank Act take effect later this year. …
- February 1, 2012
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters ProView eReader platform adds new countries, features
Mobile technologies are definitely a hot topic at LegalTech NY, and there’s a lot of excitement in the Thomson Reuters booth with demonstrations of the Thomson ReutersProView app for the iPad. ProView launches shortly in Australia, following its successful introduction in the US, UK and Canada. ProView has features including full-text Boolean search, and updating of content as new editions …
- February 1, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Legal project management comes full circle
by Nathan Bowie, Thomson Reuters Engage The first version of Microsoft ProjectTM for WindowsTM was released in 1990. Between then and now, many law firm CIOs have variously cajoled, begged and even threatened attorneys to apply even the meanest vestiges of project management tools and methodologies to their practices. Until very recently, these attempts have met with unmitigated failure, …
- February 1, 2012
- Susan Martin
It’s the value that sells, not the technology
This post was written by Jeff Friedman, director of marketing, Westlaw CaseLogistix Consumers always look for value. Quality at a price-point that reflects the appropriate amount of benefit. The word “sale” in the window is only slightly less effective than preceding it with the words “going out of business.” The more I listened to LegalTech …
- February 1, 2012
- Susan Martin
Westlaw Drafting Assistant – Transactional
For transactional attorneys, drafting contracts, agreements and other legal forms can be a time-consuming process. Westlaw Drafting Assistant – Transactional is the first comprehensive set of automated tools and content to help attorneys prepare transactional documents with greater efficiency and accuracy. Users can quickly and easily find a document or template to use as a …
- January 31, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Nixon Peabody forms preferred vendor relationship with Pangea3
Nixon Peabody LLP announced today at LegalTech New York that Pangea3 is now their preferred vendor for legal process outsourcing. Pangea3 was selected by Nixon Peabody following an extensive review of LPO providers. As a preferred vendor, Pangea3 will be Nixon Peabody’s recommended LPO provider, where appropriate, to meet its clients’ needs. Through this relationship, all of Nixon Peabody’s …
- January 31, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
“Attack of the project management solutions” at LTNY?
This post was written by Jeff Friedman, director of marketing, Westlaw CaseLogistix LegalTech New York rarely surprises. It’s always at the Hilton. It’s always at the end of January / beginning of February. It’s always cold. It always features new technology. After all the show is called LegalTech – as much emphasis on the ‘tech’ …
- January 31, 2012
- Susan Martin
MatterSphere matter management platform now available in US
MatterSphere, an industry-leading matter management platform, is now available to law firms in the U.S. market as part of Elite’s suite of integrated management solutions. MatterSphere integrates with Elite 3E, Elite Enterprise and many other financial management and document management platforms, and is embedded in the Microsoft Office environment to unite operations and promote collaboration across the enterprise and …
- January 30, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter