The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) announced that it has named WestlawNext™ as its New Product of the Year for 2011. As you can imagine, we’re delighted. In the news release announcing the award, Mike Dahn, chief marketing and product development officer, Westlaw U.S. (and a former law librarian, himself), said: “The WestlawNext team is honored to be …
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Does race still matter? Examining racism in the criminal justice system
As part of the celebration of Black History Month, Justice Pam Alexander, who served as a Hennepin (Minn.) County District Court Judge for 25 years and is now president of the Council on Crime and Justice, visited our Eagan, Minnesota campus to speak to employees on the impact that race continues to have on the criminal …
- March 8, 2011
- Susan Martin
Indiana Supreme Court Justice discusses case management for courts
When it comes to paperwork, the court system definitely has its hands full. Each case generates voluminous amounts of data that often must be shared with other courts, law enforcement, state agencies and other parts of the judicial system. The State of Indiana is in the midst of an ambitious project to equip all state …
- February 22, 2011
- Susan Martin
Dodd-Frank Act a major feature in 2011 edition of Regulation of Investment Advisers
The Dodd-Frank Reform Act, recently signed into law, is ushering in some of the most pervasive changes in securities laws potentially since the 30s, says Gerald Lins, general counsel of ING Investment Management Americas in New York, and co-author of the 2011 edition of Regulation of Investment Advisers. Watch the brief video below to hear Lins …
- February 16, 2011
- Susan Martin
“The Game” stuns attendees at legal marketing awards program
Everyone was talking about “The Game” (in the Oscar-nominated Inception sort of way) at the recent 2011 Hubbard One Excellence in Legal Marketing Awards gathering. Yes, marketers were duly thrilled for Jeffrey J. Berardi, chief marketing officer, K& L Gates LLP, who was named Marketing Professional of the Year, and they were delighted for Fasken Martineau DuMoulin …
- February 15, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Using SharePoint for teamwork
LegalTech New York ended yesterday addressing key issues such as legal project management, e-discovery, creating efficiencies and excellence for clients, and the technologies that are shaping the legal industry. One of the last sessions of the day included Steve Fletcher, chief information officer, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, and Meredith Williams, director of knowledge …
- February 3, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Bob Ambrogi on LegalTech 2011
Bob Ambrogi, attorney and editor of the WebWatch column for Law Technology News, comments on what he’s seen at LegalTech. Bob says a lot of the focus this year, as it has been for several years, has been on e-discovery. This year, there’s also much discussion of cloud computing, and particularly the convergence of new e-discovery applications that …
- February 3, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Thoughts from Andy Adkins
What would our LegalTech coverage be without thoughts from Andy Adkins? Many of you are familiar with his work, but for those who aren’t, Adkins is a 20-year vet in this industry, currently serving as president of the Legal Technology Institute. He also owns the firm Adkins Consulting. When we talked with him, he shared …
- February 3, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Leveraging technology for better firm efficiencies
Some of the key topics being discussed at LegalTech New York are currently top of mind in the legal marketplace, including: AFAs, information management, legal process management, and mobility – both internally and externally – for law firms. Rob Saccone, vice president of Product Management for Hubbard One, moderated a panel on “Leveraging Technology for …
- February 2, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Alternative Fee Arrangement presentation at LegalTech
It piqued my interest when I learned Dan O’Day would be presenting at LTNY on Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs). AFAs are nothing new. In fact, as Dan pointed out during his presentation, AFAs used to be the standard billing practice for lawyers years ago. At the start of the 20th century, the legal profession was …
- February 2, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
