Reports & White Papers

New Thomson Reuters Report Examines Women on UK Company Boards: Where Are We Now?

Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law UK recently published an extract from its upcoming trends report Annual Reporting and AGMs 2015, What’s Market Practice?, which to be…

Sameena Kluck November 10, 2015

LEI Litigation Report: Heightened Competition Reigns as More Firms Vie for Litigation Work

It is no longer headline news that demand for litigation in large law firms is shrinking. This is a trend much of the industry has…

Jennifer Roberts October 21, 2015

Legal Demand Up, but Poor Productivity Hampers Law Firms, PMI Report Shows

A key path to improving law firm productivity is to increase billable work product output without increasing either headcount or hours. Like most industries, large…

Charlotte Rushton September 21, 2015

Peer Monitor Report: Demand Still Weak in Australian Legal Market, But Some Firms are Thriving

Demand for commercial legal services in the Australian legal market has been on a relatively steady downward trajectory for the past five years, and 2015…

Jeremy Crowther August 31, 2015

Peer Monitor Midsize Firm Report: 2015 Proving to be an Interesting Year

An increasingly competitive market filled with cost pressures, commoditization and change has made for an interesting year for midsize law firms as they navigate through…

Jennifer Roberts August 24, 2015

Using Big Data, IPs and Technology to Solve World Hunger: a Thomson Reuters Report

How will we feed 9 billion people in 2050? That’s the question at the crux of a new multimedia report, 9 Billion Bowls, by Thomson…

Tim Nixon August 20, 2015

The Limited Options for a Corporation Dealing with Cyber Hostilities by State Actors

Author Note: This blog post was co-written with the assistance of Shane R. Reeves, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army, a Professor and…

Daniel Garrie August 13, 2015

Law Firm Leaders, GCs Lament Lack of Impact in Diversity Despite Strong Efforts

“We can, and should, do better.” This comment, by Ahmed Davis, the national chair of Fish & Richardson’s diversity initiative, highlights the continuing challenges of…

Sameena Kluck August 12, 2015

Mid-Size Firms Remain Optimistic Despite Challenges, New Report Shows

No firm has come out unscathed in the new legal climate and this could not be truer for the mid-size market. Charged with going against…

Jennifer Roberts August 11, 2015

Peer Monitor Economic Index Holds Steady for Second Consecutive Quarter

EAGAN, Minn.—The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI), which measures the relative health of the legal marketplace, was unchanged for the second consecutive quarter, holding steady…

Peer Monitor August 06, 2015

Critical Considerations for a Successful Law Firm Merger

Law firm merger activity is heating up. Altman Weil reported last week that the first half of 2015 saw a record number of merger announcements,…

Ralph Baxter July 14, 2015

UK Looking Glass Report Identifies Law Firms’ Low-Hanging Fruit

In a legal market that’s demanding more and more of law firms, sometimes the most important question is, “Where to Start?” In the UK, the…

David Curle July 13, 2015