Legal Innovation

Video: It’s Important for Law Firms to Anticipate Innovation, Says Stanford Law’s Dolin

Ron Dolin, of the Stanford Law School and Stanford School of Design, talks with Ralph Baxter, LEI Chairman, about the intersection of law and technology…

Ron A. Dolin December 12, 2014

Not Everything Is Going to Change

Most discussion of the future of law (including my blog posts) focuses on how different things will be. That’s appropriate. We need to understand the…

Ralph Baxter December 11, 2014

On the Growing Share of Legal Spend that’s NOT Going to Law Firms

Altman Weil’s recent Chief Legal Officer Survey provides new evidence of clients’ increasing market power and the availability of alternative sources of legal services. The…

David Curle December 10, 2014

Q&A Interview: Law Firms Need to be Innovative on Legal Services Delivery, Says Bank of America’s Trujillo

Thomas Trujillo, the Associate General Counsel and Director of Operations for Bank of America, participated in a recent Legal Executive Institute panel on “The Changing…

Thomas Trujillo December 04, 2014

Video: Today’s Markets Will Challenge Law Firms, Says ALM’s Press

Aric Press, editor-in-chief of American Lawyer Media, discusses his presentation on law firm finances at the 19th Annual Thomson Reuters Law Firm Leaders Forum, describing…

Aric Press December 04, 2014

Video: Firms Need a Strategy for Using Data & Analytics, Says MSU’s Katz

Dan Katz, an associate professor at Michigan State University’s Law School, talks with Ralph Baxter, LEI Chairman, about his talk on the intersection of law…

Daniel Martin Katz December 03, 2014

The Imperative for Change

Today’s legal service market creates a true imperative for change. As a result of factors discussed in earlier blog posts, over time the market will…

Ralph Baxter December 03, 2014

BigLaw Needs to Pick Up the Pace

As I wrote three weeks ago, new tools and new methods make possible a bright new world in law. Achieving that world will require change…

Ralph Baxter November 18, 2014

Q&A Interview: Evolution is Happening in Law Firm Pricing, Says Cisco’s Harmon

Steve Harmon, the Senior Director of Legal Services for Cisco, participated in a recent Legal Executive Institute panel on “Disruptive Changes in the Legal Market”.…

Steve Harmon November 18, 2014

Law Firms Can Not be Silent about Social Media Pitfalls

Anyone paying attention to the news can see that social media is an ethical minefield. Attorneys, firm managers and administrators who use platforms like Facebook,…

Stuart Teicher November 12, 2014

Law Firm Leaders Forum: Where We’re Headed Now

We conducted our 19th annual Law Firm Leaders Forum (the LFL Forum)  last week in New York. As it has been from the beginning, it…

Ralph Baxter November 12, 2014

Will Companies Adopt Potentially Cost-Saving Technologies In Litigation?

Reports that Microsoft has signed a letter of intent to acquire Equivio, a small provider of search and analytics software for use in litigation, for…

Gareth Evans November 06, 2014