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FutureLaw 2019: Rearranging the Bits of the LegalTech Revolution

STANFORD, Calif. — The annual FutureLaw conference — produced by CodeX, the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, with the sponsorship of Thomson Reuters — has…

David Curle April 18, 2019

New Video: “2019 State of the Legal Market in China” Shows Country is Ready to Embrace Change

In a new video interview, Mike Abbott, Global Lead of Enterprise Thought Leadership and Content Strategy at Thomson Reuters, speaks with Lisa Hart Shepherd, CEO…

Legal Executive Institute April 17, 2019

Knocking on Government Doors: How Do You Respond to the Government Knocking on Your Door?

In the conclusion of her blog series, “Knocking on Government Doors”, Irene Liu, vice president and general counsel at Checkr, discusses proactive engagement strategies to…

Irene Liu April 15, 2019

The Secret to Mastering Law Firm Stress: Shifting to a Stress-Enhancing Mindset

Stress is bad. This is a message we hear over and over again in discussions about attorney burn-out and resilience. There is some truth to…

Legal Executive Institute April 10, 2019

General Counsel Q&A: Diversity & Inclusion is a Company-Wide Goal, Says Kristin Sverchek of Lyft, Inc.

Kristin Sverchek, General Counsel of Lyft, Inc., recently spoke with Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal: Transactions & Business (PLJ) about the law department’s top goals and…

Legal Executive Institute April 08, 2019

UPFRONT & PERSONAL: A Talk with Laura Stein, GC of Clorox

We continue our monthly feature, “Upfront & Personal”, a column created by Rose Ors that brings “the person behind the title” to the forefront in…

Rose D. Ors April 08, 2019

Corporate Law Departments in Australia Face Pressure, Need to Focus on Value, New Report Says

Corporate law departments in Australia are realizing that this year may become one fraught with risk, elevated expectations, reduced resources and a strict need to…

Legal Executive Institute April 01, 2019

CURIOUS MINDS: Talking to Prof. Dan Katz about Complex Systems in Law

We continue our new column, “Curious Minds” created and written by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers…

Rose D. Ors April 01, 2019

From the World of Law Firm Pricing: Train Your Lawyers

During the first week of January, I was fortunate enough to be invited to attend the True Value Partnering Institute’s (TVPI) annual meeting in Miami. Being able…

Bill Josten March 29, 2019

New Start-Up In-house Focus Innovates in the Legal CLE Marketplace

Andrew Dick, CEO of In-House Focus, a start-up company that is looking to revolutionize how in-house attorneys consume continuing legal education (CLE) content, saw a…

Natalie Runyon March 28, 2019

Legal Service as Software

In 2011, Marc Andreessen wrote his famous article for The Wall Street Journal, Why Software is Eating the World. He described how traditional corporations were…

Ryan McClead March 27, 2019

Machine Learning-Enabled Judgment: Baker McKenzie on the Law Firm of the Future

The conversation around innovation in the legal industry is fashionable right now. As with any topic du jour, there's a fair amount of hype around…

Danielle Benecke March 25, 2019