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This is the Boat: Stop Waiting for the Next Big Thing

Legal Lean, held on February 21 at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, had a little different feel than many of the other “Future of…

David Curle February 24, 2015

New Study Shows What Your Corporate Clients are Worried About

Law firms and their leaders are usually willing to gaze into any crystal ball to divine what their clients are thinking, and more importantly, determine…

Gregg Wirth February 23, 2015

Law Firm Ownership: the Great Canadian Debate of 2015

In 2015, all the noise in Canada is about alternative business structures (ABS). Last year, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) released its Futures report, which…

Gail J. Cohen February 19, 2015

Legaltech 2015, Part 2: Room for the Newbies: The Stages of Technological Innovation

(This is the second part of David Curle’s coverage of the Legaltech 2015 conference. Read the first part of his coverage here.) CodeX, the Stanford Center…

David Curle February 19, 2015

Peer Monitor Economic Index Falls in 4th Quarter

The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI), which measures the relative health of the legal marketplace, fell in the fourth quarter, dropping three points to 54.…

Peer Monitor February 18, 2015

Legaltech 2015, Part 1: Cutting Edge Comes to the Old School

Legaltech, which takes place early every year in New York City, is the biggest trade show and conference covering the legal technology industry. In recent…

David Curle February 18, 2015

Women’s Transformative Leadership Summit: Leveling the Playing Field for Tomorrow’s Business Leaders

Thomson Reuters’ Women’s Transformative Leadership Summit is fast approaching. The day-long event, entitled Empowerment by Improving Participation and Representation, will be held on March 3…

Gregg Wirth February 12, 2015

IBM Watson Might Transform the Practice of Law. Will it Fix Law Itself, Too?

It happened recently as I was looking at demonstrations of two very interesting new technology-based companies that help automate due diligence processes. eBrevia and Diligence…

David Curle February 09, 2015

Law Firm Profitability: It’s All in How You Count It

As many are probably aware, Congress has, for some time, been tinkering with the idea of tweaking the tax code to change the way law…

Bill Josten January 26, 2015

Marketing Partner Forum Preview: Collaboration within Firms is Vital

In today’s crowded and hyper-competitive legal landscape, it may be more important than ever to establish and promote a brand that breaks through the noise…

Gregg Wirth January 15, 2015

Georgetown Law/Peer Monitor Report: From Evangelism to Execution

The annual Report on the State of the Legal Market, a collaboration between Georgetown Law's Center for the Study of the Legal Profession and Thomson…

David Curle January 09, 2015

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