Last month I launched a new Hits and Misses” survey which is replacing  the annual “Start Stop” Survey on products.  The new survey is more structured and should only take 5 to 7 minutes to complete. Please take a few minutes to share your insights on the state of legal publishing industry practices, products and technology. You can access the survey HERE.

This is an anonymous survey,  however respondents who wish to be entered in a drawing to win an Amazon Echo Dot have the option of including their name and contact information.

The survey will be open through Sunday February 3rd.

What Did You Think About Legal Publishing and Tech Trends in 2018?

2018 was a tumultuous year for legal publishing and technology. Consider just a few of the key events. The American Association of Law Libraries hired an attorney to represent the Association in response to  member complaints about LexisNexis “tying” of products. Thomson Reuters finally launched an analytics product as part of its new Westlaw Edge platform. But TR ended the year with an unprecedented wave of layoffs that some customers are viewing as a virtual “brain drain.” Bloomberg BNA announced both layoffs and a major content reorganization. The move appears to be gutting the deep expertise of the BNA editorial team while eliminating iconic newsletters such as The Daily Report for Executives and morphing other newsletters into “news feeds.” This package of changes was wrapped in a nearly incompressible pricing plan.  2018 was the year when Wolters Kluwer finally put the Intelliconnect platform out of its misery by mandating that all customers move to the Cheetah platform. New tech analytics company Fiscal Note swallowed up traditional government news and database publisher CQ (Congressional Quarterly). Fastcase embraced  both new tech and old tech  with  the purchase of Docket Alarm analytics product and the launch of a print publishing arm Full Court Press.

I will elaborate of these trends as well as the Hits and Misses survey results in a follow up  post in early February.

Thank you in advance for your participation in this survey. (Go ahead– just do it now — you can spare 5 minutes to help your colleagues gain insights into the legal publishing marketplace.)

The “projects and processes”  piece of the Start Stop survey will be launched separately following this webinar:

Feb 6, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST

Start It or Stop It? Jump Starting Initiatives and Innovation in 2019

Description:

Listen in on a lively conversation that will help you jump start your new year! Since 2013, Jean O’Grady has been conducting a Start Stop survey via her blog, Dewey B Strategic. As a prequel to the 2019 survey, Jean will be facilitating a panel discussion on the topic of new initiatives in the new year, including ways to remove obstacles and begin implementation. Gain wisdom from your colleagues as they disclose tactics for developing and executing new ideas, getting buy-in, etc., and be inspired as they share about some of the exciting new initiatives they’ve recently undertaken.

Host: 

Jean O’Grady, Director of Information Services, DLA Piper

Panelists:

Colleen Cable, Director of Information Services, Orrick

Martin Korn, Director of Research & Knowledge Services, Sheppard Mullin

Stacy Pangilinan, Digital Services Manager, DLA Piper

Emily Rushing, Competitive Intelligence Manager, Haynes & Boone

Registration: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6323657904760396289 

Contact:
Lindsey Carpino lcarpino@sidley.com and Denise Pagh dpagh@orrick.com
Education and Professional Development Committee Co-Chairs