EAGAN, Minn. – Legendary investigative journalist and associate editor of The Washington Post, Bob Woodward, will deliver the keynote address at the 20th annual Law Firm Leaders Forum. Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, a comprehensive resource for legal leaders and industry professionals, will host the annual forum Oct. 8-9, 2015, in New York. Woodward will discuss …
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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 …
- August 28, 2015
- Leonard Lee
Solving the profitability problem
While overall demand for legal services is increasing, the share of corporate legal department spend going to large law firms is declining. The recent Great Recession redefined the approach corporate counsel employ in allocating legal spend. Corporate legal departments got innovative by necessity—finding high value in specialty law firms, bringing more work in-house, and by …
- August 6, 2015
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters Forms Legal Executive Institute
EAGAN, Minn. – Thomson Reuters has created a comprehensive resource for legal leaders and industry professionals: the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute. The Legal Executive Institute provides legal news, expert views, analytics, benchmark reports and industry-leading events to inform those who lead and manage the delivery of legal services. “We formed the Legal Executive Institute to …
- June 25, 2015
- Jeff McCoy
Legal Executive Institute to serve as industry resource hub
Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute has been created to serve as a comprehensive resource for legal leaders and industry professionals. The institute provides legal news, expert views, analytics, benchmark reports and industry-leading events to inform those who lead and manage the delivery of legal services. Mike Abbott, vice president of Client Management and Global Thought …
- June 23, 2015
- Alex Cook
Does your firm’s staff measure up?
Should our firm hire someone to do that? How much more support staff does the firm need? These may be just a few questions firms are asking themselves. Peer Monitor’s 2015 Staffing Ratio Survey points out some key trends. -Overall staffing ratios per 100 lawyers significantly increased in 2014 by 14 percent compared to 2013. …
- June 9, 2015
- Jeff McCoy
The 5th annual Law Firm CFO/CIO/COO Forum: Data privacy, security and the globalized law firm
This post was written by William Scarbrough, chief operating officer of Bodman PLC This year’s Law Firm CFO/CIO/COO Forum in New York City will focus on data privacy, security and the globalized law firm, certainly one of the biggest and most important management challenges facing law firm leaders today. Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute has assembled a particularly …
- June 1, 2015
- Alex Cook
Don’t think that’s weird: Emerging Legal Technology Forum review
This post was written by Ryan McClead, legal technology innovation architect, Norton Rose Fulbright contributor, 3 Geeks and a Law Blogger A few weeks ago I was in the midst of one of my typical breathless explanations of the latest technology that was going to revolutionize nearly everything about the firm. It was going to …
- April 15, 2015
- Gretchen DeSutter
Marketing Partner Forum: Using collaboration in marketing & business development efforts
This post was written by Gregg Wirth, content manager for the Legal Executive Institute, Thomson Reuters Law firms’ marketing and business development efforts are becoming more important in today’s competitive legal marketplace, according to several speakers at the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute’s 22nd Annual Law Firm Marketing Partner Forum. And this is especially true …
- January 26, 2015
- Susan Martin
