Georgetown University Law Center and Peer Monitor today issued their “2014 Report on the State of the Legal Market.” The report highlights recent trends in the legal market, as well as factors that will likely impact the market in 2014 and beyond. The report warns that unless law firms re-examine their traditional business models and …
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Judge John Tunheim talks JFK assassination at Thomson Reuters
As chair of the U.S. Assassination Records Review Board, Judge John Tunheim has held one of the bullets that fatally wounded President Kennedy. He has examined the president’s coat and peered through the scope of the rifle alleged to have been used by Lee Harvey Oswald — three key pieces of evidence in the assassination …
Serengeti Law positioned the furthest for ability to execute in new Gartner report
Serengeti Law was positioned the furthest for “Ability to Execute” among eight software vendors in a recent report from Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Legal Management.” Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) is a category of software that helps corporate legal departments streamline legal processes, analyze legal risk and reduce their overall legal spend. According to Jim …
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, to implement Thomson Reuters C-Track Case Management Solution
Thomson Reuters announced last week that C-Track Case Management System (CMS) will serve as the official case management solution for the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento. C-Track CMS, designed specifically for courts to capture, track, process and report their cases, enhances the courts capability to manage information, improving performance tracking and maximizing efficiency. …
eBillingHub launches benchmarking and analytics tool to measure law firm performance
eBillingHub launched an enhancement this week, BillingHub Intelligence, to its namesake product. The new update is free of charge for all eBillingHub customers and delivers critical performance indicators to its administrator users, showing how a firm’s billing processes measure up to other firms. This makes it easy to identify where efficiencies and accuracies can be …
Podcast: Crowdsource funding – the pitfalls & promise
Crowdsource funding is the hot new buzzword among startups. The 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups (JOBS) Act was intended to open up crowdsource funding and other social media as a means for startups to raise capital. Tom Murphy of McDermott Will & Emery says the reality is somewhat muted compared with buzz, but says the …
Rebecca Thorkildsen on Metropolitan Corporate Counsel: Potential technology approaches for contract lawyers
This article was written by Rebecca Thorkildsen, director of legal solutions at Pangea3, and was originally published on Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. In many ways, law departments’ delivery of contract management services is still like the Wild West – a lawless frontier. Within a single law department, approaches to managing contracts can differ wildly among practices or …
FindLaw survey: 21 percent of workers injured on the job
You don’t have to be a Alaskan crab fisherman on “The Deadliest Catch” to worry about on-the-job injuries. Even seemingly harmless office jobs can pose risks on carpal tunnel syndrome and slip-and-fall accidents. A new FindLaw survey found that one in five Americans say that they have been injured while on the job. Here are …
Rethink how potential clients find your firm
Most law firms today realize the importance of search engines to their online marketing. They know that consumers are increasingly using Google and other search engines to find and research law firms before hiring them. No one really disputes this. At the same time, paying for search engine optimization (SEO) services to rank highly in …
Dan Bennett on technology game changers in 2014
Nanotechnology. Computer eyewear. 3D printing. Voice recognition. What do these things have in common? They are all considered to be upcoming game changers in technology. In the video below, Dan Bennett, head of mobile services at Thomson Reuters, discusses the two game changers that he sees in technology in 2014.
