Reports & White Papers

Innovation and the 2019 State of the Corporate Law Departments Report

Legal innovation goes hand-in-hand with a legal operations mindset, and it requires having the right team in place, the right technology, open collaboration with outside…

David Curle April 04, 2019

Opportunity Abounds for Small Law Firms Willing to Innovate: Thomson Reuters Study

Small law firms in the United States face a host of challenges, but within those challenges lies a lot of opportunity, according to a new…

Legal Executive Institute March 25, 2019

Delta Model Update: The Most Important Area of Lawyer Competency — Personal Effectiveness Skills

Many legal experts say the legal industry is at an inflection point because the pace of change is being driven by many factors — technology,…

Natalie Runyon March 21, 2019

State of Corporate Law Departments 2019: Doing Much More to Maximize the Value of Legal Services

Today’s corporate law departments have a fuller plate than perhaps any time before. First, they must exercise their primary duty to provide legal support that…

Legal Executive Institute March 14, 2019

White Paper: Government Vendor Fraud — Is Prevention the Ultimate Cure?

A new white paper, Government Vendor Fraud — Is Prevention the Ultimate Cure?, demonstrates that people and technology must work together to prevent government fraud.…

Legal Executive Institute March 06, 2019

Volatility in Markets and Politics Roiling the Future of Financial Regulation, New Report Shows

A newly released annual report, State of Regulatory Reform 2019: The Future of Financial Regulation, published by Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, covers the outlook for…

Legal Executive Institute February 26, 2019

The Dynamic Market Model & Life Along the Continuum: A Key Discussion from the “State of the Legal Market Report”

As early as 2013, Bruce MacEwen of AdamSmithEsq.com was writing about what he described as “the Hollow Middle” within the legal market. A somewhat controversial…

Bill Josten February 25, 2019

White Paper: Synthetic Identity Fraud — Catching the Thief Who Doesn’t Exist

A newly published white paper, Synthetic Identity — A New Path for Government Fraud? by author Tad Simons, asks the question: How do you catch…

Legal Executive Institute February 20, 2019

2019 Report on the State of the Legal Market — A View from Midsize Law Firms: A New Legal Executive Institute Report

When analyzing growth in the legal services market for most of the past few years, the focus has largely been on Am Law 100 firms,…

Bill Josten February 19, 2019

Fintech, Regtech and the Role of Compliance Report 2019: Gradual Acceptance Emerges

As technology continues to drive rapid change in financial services, there is an emerging sense of pragmatism around the adoption of this new technology. The…

Legal Executive Institute February 15, 2019

PMI Slips in Q4 as Productivity Softens and Demand Growth Is Offset by Other Shortcomings

Through the first three quarters of 2018, the large law firm market enjoyed average growth in demand, rates, and productivity. The fourth quarter, however, was…

Joe Blackwood February 12, 2019

TWLL Annual Report for 2018: Expansion & Recognition

The Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute's Transforming Women’s leadership in the Law (TWLL) initiative is excited to presents its 2018 annual report. This the second year of…

Transforming Womens Leadership February 08, 2019