Today LexisNexis Legal & Professional, released results from a survey of senior leadership at top U.S. law firms and legal professionals at Fortune 1000 companies. The survey   2024 Investing in Legal Innovation Survey: The Rise of GenAI at Top Firms & Corporations  explores  the business impact of generative AI technology on the legal industry.

I can’t recall any prior technology that has simultaneously trigged both of breathless enthusiasm and panicked resistance . While the technology shows game changing promise, there are significant ethical, client relations, security and intellectual property concerns which still need to be addressed. The C-Suite survey charts the issues of concern where are impeding adoption of GenAI.

Rapid Uptake and Generative AI investmentsContinue Reading LexisNexis Report: What Every C Suite Leader Needs to Know about Legal AI

Today Thomson Reuters is announcing the release of a major new workflow and pricing solution called Panoramic. The product merges features of Practical Law their knowledge management platform with their cloud based accounting solution 3E.

Several years ago I had an opportunity to see an early version of Panoramic when it was known as Project

AALL has published its 13th Salary Survey which the AALL Press Release describes as “ the only comprehensive, comparative salary information designed by and for legal information professionals at law schools, law firm/corporate law offices and government law libraries. “

In recent weeks there has been a rash of positive stories about the demand

The October issue of Thomson Reuters’ Practice Innovations has been released. Practice Innovations is a quarterly publication which focuses on best practices and innovations in law firm information and knowledge management for legal professionals.

Here is a  list of the latest articles:

Blockchain, Bitcoin, and Law: A Distributed Disruption, By Rohit Talwar, CEO, Fast

ALL President, Greg Lambert ( CKO, Jackson Walker) and Josh Becker, CEO, Lex Machina  and I will be speaking at an upcoming webcast panel sponsored by Lex Machina. We will exploring budgeting strategies, tools and techniques.

Date: Thursday October 5th, 12 pm (EST)/9 am PST.

Here is the program Description:

We all know how budgets

American Association of Law LibrariesIn response to the recent American Lawyer article on the outsourcing of law libraries, AALL President Keith Ann Stiverson released a statement today which underscored the important role which information professionals play in 21st century law firms. Stiverson recognized the value of limited, targeted outsourcing but warned of risks and hidden costs arising from the

Aric Press gives PLLIP Summit Keynote (c. O’Grady)

The 2015 Private Law Librarians and Information
Professionals Summit  was held on July
18th in conjunction with the annual AALL meeting in Philadelphia. This year’s
Summit  kicked off  with a keynote from Aric Press. Press is the former Editor-in-Chief of
American Lawyer and currently a law firm