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Legal Geek Conference 2018: As Legal Tech Evolves, Partnerships Become Crucial

LONDON — Since it began in 2016, the Legal Geek Conference has evolved along with the UK’s legal tech community, carving further inroads within the legal…

Thomson Reuters Institute November 01, 2018

Should Law Firms Mimic What Accounting Firms Do? Not Necessarily: An Interview with Prof. Laura Empson

We hear often that the Big Four accounting firms are coming to eat Large Law’s lunch. Conversely, we also hear that to both combat this…

Gregg Wirth October 30, 2018

New Report Points to Significant Decline in UK Legal Sector if ‘No-Deal’ Brexit Happens

As government officials in the United Kingdom continue to negotiate the terms of the country’s exit from the European Union, the rising possibility that the…

Thomson Reuters Institute October 29, 2018

Forum Magazine: Legal Technology and Innovation from a European Perspective: Interview with Bucerius Law School’s Markus Hartung

Markus Hartung is a lawyer and mediator, and he directs the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany. Bucerius…

David Curle October 03, 2018

Australian Law Firms Saw Big Leaps in Demand and Revenue in FY2018, Says New Report

After an extended period of stagnation, Australian law firms saw levels of growth in revenue and demand in fiscal year 2018 that would have been…

Thomson Reuters Institute September 28, 2018

Forum Magazine: Beyond GDPR — What Does Best Practice in Data Privacy Mean?

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been one of the biggest regulatory concerns of the decade, across the EU and beyond, forcing…

Tom Bangay September 27, 2018

Introspective Moment: Will EY’s Purchase of Riverview Law Push Law Firms to Action?

The line between law firms and accounting firms as to where each sits on the spectrum of legal service delivery just got a little more…

Gregg Wirth August 15, 2018

Examining the Impact of Algorithms in the Courtroom: Law Society of England and Wales Takes Note

Imagine a courtroom of the future in which a federal prosecutor has all the ramped-up capabilities, research depth and legal knowledge that artificial intelligence (AI)…

Gregg Wirth July 26, 2018

New Report: Are Europe’s Lawyers Playing a “Wait & See” Game with Brexit?

In the two years since the UK voted in favor of leaving the European Union (EU) — now scheduled for March 29, 2019 — much…

Thomson Reuters Institute July 23, 2018

VANTAGE Executive Summit: What Law Firms Should Know About the State of Corporate Law Departments

NEW YORK — Corporate law departments have undergone (and are still undergoing) fundamental change in how they function as part of their corporate parents’ mission.…

Thomson Reuters Institute June 18, 2018

Forum Magazine: Brexit — Ireland Gears Up to Welcome EU Clients

The decision of the UK, by a slim majority during 2016’s referendum, to leave the European Union (EU), has raised many unexpected challenges — not…

Tom Bangay May 29, 2018

Under “No Deal” Brexit, UK Law Firms Expect to Lose Work, New Report Says

LONDON — Law firms in the United Kingdom may see a long-term decline in legal work if the current negotiations between the UK and the…

Thomson Reuters Institute April 27, 2018