Silvia L. Coulter, principal, LawVision Group LLC, writes about her experience at the West LegalEdcenter 22nd Annual Marketing Partner Forum, including firm marketing trends that may emerge over the coming months: Each year Thomson Reuters Marketing Partner Forum presents a host of opportunities for attendees. My favorites for 2015 included: Visiting with various sponsors and …
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Predict the future: What will the courts be like in 20 years?
We tend to see a lot of future-gazing around the changing role of the law firm, but relatively little on the future of the court system itself – the fundamental common law institution that for hundreds of years has served as a bedrock of legal process and justice across the globe. So, we set ourselves …
Bob Schukai: If it has a screen, it’s fair game
There has been exploding growth in the area we call the “Internet of Things,” particularly when it comes to wearable and automotive technologies. So what does this mean for Thomson Reuters? Well, according to Bob Schukai, head of advanced product innovation at Thomson Reuters, “if it has a screen, it’s fair game.” In the coming year, his …
Peer Monitor Index drops in Q4
The see-saw trends in the market for law firm services continues. The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI), which measures the relative health of the legal marketplace, fell in the fourth quarter, dropping three points to 54. Overall, 2014 saw weak but steady growth in demand. However, falling productivity and rate growth helped to dampen law …
China’s legal system: 2014 reviews and predictions for 2015
According to the Lunar Calendar, 2015’s Chinese Spring Festival is on February 19, ending the Year of Fire Horse and starting the Year of Wooden Sheep. At this transitional time, Legal Current invites Chang Wang and Nathan H. Madson to review the major legal events and developments in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over …
Drones: The future is up in the air
From farm fields in Nebraska to battlefields in Afghanistan, and from personal use to commercial, drones seem to be flying into controversy. Today, unmanned aircraft are flying in the National Airspace System (NAS) under very controlled conditions, performing border and port surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security, helping with scientific research and environmental monitoring …
Transitioning to a paperless office
This post was written by Katelyn Bossany, senior product marketer, Productivity Solutions, Thomson Reuters During LegalTech New York last week, Thomson Reuters sponsored a roundtable discussion on navigating the transition to an efficient, paperless office. Rudy Moliere, the firm director of Records & Information at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, moderated the discussion with three …
Fantasy SCOTUS team profile: ABBAMOUSE
Here’s our next FantasySCOTUS team profile, that Swedish-mus musculis powerhouse “outsider.” TEAM: ABBAMOUSE PREDICTOR: “I’m a Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University – Central Texas with an interest but little real training in Constitutional Law. My main area of research is military interventions in civil wars (all of them since 1816); I’ll have a book …
UK lawmakers approve three-parent babies law
Soon, when your little ones ask where babies come from, you might have to think twice. Last week, the UK’s lower house approved a bill that would allow IVF babies to be created using the DNA of three parents. The goal is to keep people with serious genetic diseases from passing them on to their …
Disruption: Three Forces Shaping the Legal Landscape at LTNY
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 …
