Last week I had the honor of introducing the 11th annual Liberty Achievement Award winner, Judge Lourdes Ventura, at the American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Section Conference in New York. The annual award is bestowed by the TIPS committee – in partnership with Thomson Reuters – to lawyers and judges …
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Marketing Partner Forum: Insights for Legal Leaders, From Legal Leaders
“The legal industry has moved away from a time of calling for great change but not really changing.” This is how Mike Abbott, global lead of Enterprise Thought Leadership & Content Strategy at Thomson Reuters, characterized the legal space in his opening address at the most recent Marketing Partner Forum. “Today’s most successful law firms are …
Reuters Reporters Freed After 500+ Days in Myanmar Jail
Read the coverage and view the impactful slideshow from Reuters highlighting the release of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. Additional coverage includes: Reuters TV Key Facts Journalist Reactions And the story that led to their being arrested
Are You Equipped to Answer?
What is the most difficult question asked of a lawyer? Might it be, “Where are we on this matter?” And it doesn’t matter if the question comes from the firm’s partner or the client. It’s not as if you don’t know, but pulling together the insights from the team, how much budget has been …
Special Podcast Series: Prof. Arthur Miller on Federal Practice & Procedure Today – Episode 1: Building the Wright & Miller Treatise
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure, one of the most respected and enduring legal treatises. The treatise has been cited by federal courts over 90,000 times, according to Westlaw estimates, and by the United States Supreme Court every year since 1973. In honor …
Will AI Lead To The Legal Singularity???
The law is sometimes presented as a monolithic construct. Fixed and (relatively) immovable. “The Rule of Law.” “The Letter of the Law,” and so forth. But like any man-made construct, it is made and managed by people. And the result is countless variations in interpretation and application of the law. Is Artificial Intelligence about to …
Can Your Legal Workflow Benefit From Innovation?
How many different technology systems does your firm use? Five? Ten? More? One AmLaw 200 firm conducted a recent audit and discovered more than 200 distinct systems in use. This could be easy to dismiss this as the inevitable result of the complex work law firms perform. The legal workflow landscape is often comprised of …
So You Think You Can Carlton Dance? Not So Fast!
Know how to bust some sweet dance moves? You might want to find a good attorney. Epic Games, maker of Fortnite and NBA 2K has put the Carlton Dance into some of its video games, and the actor who portrayed Carlton on The Fresh Prince, Alfonso Ribeiro, is suing, saying Epic Games is unfairly profiting …
“Law Has Serious Complexity Challenges” – Is Technology the Answer?
Is the legal system, at its core, a simple and straightforward system of laws and rules, or a far more complex system encompassing everything from algorithms and mathematical patterns to human behavior at a level more akin to economics? One of the emerging key thinkers in this area, Daniel Martin Katz of the Illinois Institute of …
Complete Solution: Beyond Legal Project Management
As the legal industry evolves, few things are certain. The “2019 Report on the State of the Legal Market” said that traditional law firm models have “broken apart” from new competition resulting in “unprecedented levels” of client and talent poaching. The report urges law firms to “jettison some long-held assumptions and … imagine a new …
