Baker McKenzie, progenitor of the global law firm, created a buzz recently with a spate of “new law” hires. First, it tabbed David...

How will the legal industry be affected by the next recession? The thought came to mind several times recently as the stock market...

“Blockchain For Lawyers,” a recently-released eBook by Australian legal tech company Legaler, drew 1.7M views in two weeks. What does...

The 2019 Citi Hildebrandt Client Advisory, (Citi Report) an annual survey of law firm fiscal performance, drew considerable industry...

There is plenty of data confirming the migration of work from law firms to corporate legal departments. Once regarded as law’s junior...

Thomson Reuters will soon release its second biennial “Alternative Legal Service Study.” The inaugural study popularized the “alternative...

New business models are the key to innovation, not new technology. That’s the conclusion of a recent Wall Street Journal CIO article that...

Singapore’s cityscape is a glimpse into the future, tinged with remnants of a bygone colonial age. Its buildings are tall, bold, and push...

It’s not often that a law firm hears what’s expected directly from the client’s CEO. That’s what occurred at the recent DXC Strategic...

Last week’s column examined the disconnect between law’s “innovation” fixation and its low customer satisfaction and distribution...

Law is struggling to keep pace with the speed of business as well as to satisfy clients. One key reason is that there are too many...

Ferris Bueller famously quipped, “Life moves pretty fast.” Imagine what he would say now …The pace of change is accelerating at...

The staid legal industry is smitten by “innovation,” even as it lacks a common definition how the term applies to legal delivery and...

The rule of law is under siege and it's incoming on all sides. The judiciary, the Department of Justice, the intelligence community, and...

Anyone who has seen the film Cabaret or heard the soundtrack will remember Liza Minnelli’s ode to the power of money: Money makes the...

Vermont Law School (Vermont) recently announced it had issued pink slips to 14 of its 19 tenured faculty members. This is not the first...

Lawyers and accountants are professional allies, but who controls integration and delivery of their services is another story. A recent...

Law is staging its own version of “every kid gets a trophy.” Its award season is longer than baseball’s, and the list of award categories...

“Time is Money” wrote Benjamin Franklin in a 1748 essay titled Advice to a Young Tradesman. Franklin was a polymath—scientist, statesman,...

Big announcements by UnitedLex, Dentons, and Deloitte are getting drowned out by the noise of salary increases for associates. Milbank...