Data & Metrics

PMI Q3 Analysis: The Magnification of Demand

The market for legal services produced impressive demand growth in this year’s third quarter, seeing a 2.4% jump in hours worked compared to the third…

Isaac Brooks December 02, 2019

Forum Magazine: Cost of Compliance Report 2019 — 10 Years of Regulatory Change

Since the financial crisis, financial services firms have seen unprecedented levels of regulatory change as governments and policy makers have sought to ensure that a…

Susannah Hammond November 22, 2019

Accountability Gets Personal: A TRRI Special Report

“If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail” —Proverb December is the last step in the dance for the sector-by-sector roll-out to solo regulated…

Susannah Hammond November 20, 2019

PMI Q3 Analysis: The Many Peaks of Demand within Practices

“Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there." —Marcus Washling The legal service industry has made headlines of late for the impressive demand growth…

Isaac Brooks November 18, 2019

The 2019 Law Firm Business Leaders Report: Listening to the Business Side of the Law Firm

Most legal market surveys focus on law firm partners, and understandably so. With law firm C-suites becoming the rule rather than the exception, it’s important…

Barb McGivern November 12, 2019

Peer Monitor Economic Index Gains in Third Quarter as Demand Surges

While the large law market in 2019 isn’t an exact reflection of 2018 so far, there are some similarities — including improved demand and rates…

Isaac Brooks November 04, 2019

Are Litigation Filings a Predictor of Increased Legal Demand?

We’ve seen a steady rise in the use of predictability analysis and other data analytics at law firms. From estimating the cost of a matter…

Becky Stander October 29, 2019

Law Firm Business Leaders See Many Challenges for Future Profitability, Ability to Drive Change, New Report Finds

The business leaders who are increasingly being tapped as important sources of leadership for the business functions of law firms, such as finance and operations,…

Bill Josten October 28, 2019

Acritas ALSP Brand Index 2019: Acquisitions Lead to Huge Brand Gains for EY Law & Elevate

A new leader emerged in Acritas’ 3rd Annual Global Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs) Brand Index as EY Law surpassed PwC to gain the top…

Gregg Wirth October 16, 2019

2019 Legal Tracker LDO Index Report: Trends over Time

At times, the most profound insight can be found not by considering what has changed, but instead by focusing on what has remained the same.…

Legal Executive Institute October 15, 2019

Corruption Report 2019: As Regulators Extend Their Reach, Non-Financial Companies Need to Be Ready

“If you think compliance is expensive, try non-compliance.” — former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty For the past two decades, financial crime risk has…

Legal Executive Institute October 04, 2019

2019 Peer Monitor Midyear Report: A Return to Stability

When the 2019 Report on the State of the Legal Market was released last January, it centered its discussion by considering all available information and…

Legal Executive Institute September 23, 2019