Legal Innovation

Video: Legal Tech Open Innovation Challenge Pushes Efficiency & Collaboration, says Thomson Reuters’ Florida

The 2015 Legal Tech Open Innovation Challenge began this week, and things are off to a great start so far! Sponsored by Thomson Reuters and CodeX—The…

Karl Florida June 25, 2015

Is Big Law Running Out of Work? What Excess Capacity Really Tells Us about the Future of Legal Services

Citing the recent annual Altman Weil survey of law firm leaders, some commentators have interpreted the respondents’ complaints about too many lawyers in the marketplace…

June 24, 2015

Making Lawyer Careers Alluring Again

When I was a boy, I dreamed of being a lawyer. I wanted to be Perry Mason—cross examining witnesses until they admitted they were guilty…

Ralph Baxter June 23, 2015

Is Litigation Financing the Future of Law?

Litigation finance—the practice of allowing third-party entities to help plaintiffs fund their litigation efforts, usually for an agreed-upon portion of the final award—is being discussed…

Michael Allen June 17, 2015

In Defense of Efficiency

As we’ve observed on this blog, the anticipated “paradigm shift” in legal service is proceeding much slower than most observers expected. It is proceeding and…

Ralph Baxter June 16, 2015

Canadian In-House Counsel Embrace Law Blogs

Looking to have your insight and commentary reach in-house counsel in Canada? Looking to improve the chances you’ll get hired by those same in-house counsel?…

Kevin O'Keefe June 15, 2015

State and Local Governments: Unlikely Supporters of ODR

Innovation often takes place in waves, and the strongest, most prevalent one of our generation is without a doubt that of communication, specifically the Internet.…

Loic Coutelier June 11, 2015

Q&A Interview: Law Firms Need to be Pushed by Clients to Embrace Cybersecurity, says Segway’s Shariati

At the Legal Executive Institute’s 5th Annual Law Firm CFO/CIO/COO Forum, held last week in New York, law firm leaders, corporate counsels and cybersecurity experts…

Behrooz Shariati June 10, 2015

Enemies at the Gate: The Threat to Law Firm Data Security

The Legal Executive Institute’s 5th Annual Law Firm CFO/CIO/COO Forum in New York last week was devoted entirely to cybersecurity—and for good reason. The risk…

Ralph Baxter June 09, 2015

Auditable Contracts: Moving from Literary Prose to Machine Code

With the rise of contract analytics, there is a growing interest in—or at least awareness of—computable contracts. This post will seek to explain the concept,…

Kingsley Martin June 04, 2015

The AmLaw Data Is In: What Does It Tell Us?

The American Lawyer magazine completed its survey of America’s 200 highest grossing law firms this week. So, what can we glean from this year’s annual…

Ralph Baxter June 02, 2015

Web Trends 2015: Responsiveness, Group-Think and Seeking a Competitive Edge Online

For the last three years, I have been a judge for the Web Awards and each year the judges get together in advance to compare notes. This…

Burkey Belser May 28, 2015