We caught up with Heather Morse Milligan at the LMA Conference. She’s the director of marketing at Barger & Wolen LLP. We asked her to weigh in on the impact of the economy on the work of law firm marketers in this video interview:
Heather Morse Milligan has a blog, The Legal Watercooler. You also can find her on Twitter as @heathermilligan.
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Jennifer Manton, chief marketing officer at Loeb & Loeb LLP, also is the current president of the Legal Marketing Association and has been active with the LMA for several years.
In a video interview, Manton stresses the community aspect of the LMA Conference and how the desire to network sets the attendees, and their work within the legal profession, apart:
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As we’ve pointed out this week, the theme of the LMA Conference is “Change … Now What?”
We talked with two members of the LMA Conference Committee to get their perspectives on how attendees can maximize their time here and put into practice what they hear and learn.
Jeanne Hammerstrom is co-chair of the conference and the chief marketing officer at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP. She told us about some of the opportunities for the attendees at LMA, in this video interview:
We also talked with Doug Hoover, a consultant at Hildebrandt, part of Thomson Reuters, who served with Hammerstrom on the 2009 LMA Conference Committee. Hoover said the firms that sent people to the LMA Conference will be better off because of it:
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Thomson Reuters just rolled out a major expansion of its global Westlaw Business platform, that now included the Securities-UK Centre.
The new center provides lawyers in the United Kingdom (UK) and United States with keen insights on UK disclosure requirements.
It has fully searchable listings from the Financial Services Authority and relevant legislation and guidance. In addition to Securities UK, Westlaw Business features specialized work centers including Restructuring, Securities-U.S and Securities-Canada, M & A, Private Equity and LIVEDGAR.
In the news release announcing the expanded service, Thomson Reuters, Legal CEO Peter Warwick said, “The launch of Westlaw Business as a true global platform for business law professionals all over the world is a cornerstone for our efforts and our commitment to support legal practitioners on a global basis.”
Joe Jaksha, vice president of new product development, describes the global platform in this brief video.
Additional information on Westlaw Business is available on the Westlaw Business Web site.
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Timed for release this week from the LMA Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, the latest Westcast podcast features a discussion on legal marketing with someone who certainly knows the impact marketing can have on a law firm’s success.
Hubbard One named Deborah Roth Grabein, director of marketing at Andrews Kurth LLP, as its Marketing Professional of the Year in the 2009 Hubbard One Excellence in Legal Marketing Awards.
Roth Grabein has more than 25 years of experience in the legal industry. By leveraging leading marketing and business development technologies, she has built an impressive track record of working with her firm’s attorneys to develop and retain clients.
One of Grabein’s recent accomplishments was the implementation of an enterprise relationship management (ERM) system that reviews existing data sources to uncover valuable information about the firm’s network of relationships with clients and prospective clients. The initiative was delivered on time, on budget and has surpassed expectations, due in large part to Deborah Roth Grabein’s leadership, her team, and her partnership with other firm leaders.
Listen to the Westcast podcast with Deborah Roth Grabein.
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The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed David Kris as assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s National Security Division.
Kris is the co-author of National Security Investigations and Prosecutions, published by West.
His confirmation yesterday is the subject of this article on Law.com.
Kris spent the last six years as senior vice president and deputy general counsel at Time Warner. From 2000 to 2003, he was associate deputy attorney general. In that role, his unclassified responsibilities included supervising the government’s use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
To hear some of his insight on national security, listen to this Westcast podcast.
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Who hasn’t thought of someday being your own boss, relying on your own efforts - or the work of employees - to reach economic and career success?
A new FindLaw.com survey reveals that says most Americans – 61% – say they have at least considered starting their own business, or have actually done so at least once in their life.
The survey also found:
• 30% of Americans say they have started at least one small business
• An additional 31% of Americans have thought about starting their own business at some point in their lives
• 39% of Americans say they have never started, or even considered starting, their own business
Small businesses are defined as 500 or fewer employees.
They employ about half of all U.S. workers and have generated more than half of net new jobs annually over the last decade, according to the Small Business Administration.
There are an estimated 20 million businesses in the U.S. that consist of only the owner with no additional employees.
The FindLaw Small Business Center can provide helpful information on starting and managing a small business. It includes resources for business laws and regulations, finance, taxes, business forms and contracts, and a directory for finding attorneys who specialize in small business.
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Attorney – and West author – Careen Shannon recently paid a visit to the headquarters of the legal businesses of Thomson Reuters to help get the word out about a new book.
Shannon, along with Austin Fragomen and Daniel Montalvo, wrote the State Immigration Employment Compliance Handbook.
Shannon is with Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy. She also is an adjunct professor at at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
In this video interview, she told us there’s a real need for attorneys and businesses to pay closer attention to state immigration laws and the consequences of violating them:
Shannon, along with Fragomen and Montalvo, also is featured in this Westcast audio podcast, discussing the reason for the rise in state immigration laws and the challenges for abiding by them.
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The unique CLE course from LawProse was based on the book Scalia and Garner co-authored, “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges,” published by West.
They teamed up for the CLE on July 25, 2008 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The Kennedy Center has granted West permission to post one hour of the five hour event online.
The CLE excerpt provides a glimpse into how Scalia and Garner presented the points in their book about legal reasoning and argument, brief-writing and oral argument to the live audience.
It’s informative and often entertaining, with several memorable quotes from both men. All profits from the event went to Legal Aid of Washington, D.C.
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We wanted to let you know that West has been awarded a new multi-year contract from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for comprehensive research services, including legal, tax, news and business information.
It means that up to 25,000 IRS professionals across all of its divisions will have access to a special version of Westlaw geared expressly for tax, legal and regulatory research.
“Over the past several years, the Westlaw team has worked closely with the Tax & Accounting businesses of Thomson Reuters to integrate a content set designed specifically for attorneys and tax practitioners researching legal questions,” said President and CEO Peter Warwick, Thomson Reuters, Legal.
“This tax content has been expanded into a unique offering for the IRS, easily managed in a version of Westlaw that uses the structure of the U.S. Federal Tax code as the primary navigational architecture.”
The Westlaw package was customized for the unique needs of IRS staff and agents. Select assets from across the Legal and Tax & Accounting segments of Thomson Reuters, as well as from BNA, are tightly integrated within a tailored Westlaw interface.
The service also enhanced West’s unique KeyCite citator to allow users to quickly and easily retrieve a list of all Westlaw cases and statutes, administrative decisions and analytical sources that cite a particular subsection or paragraph of the tax code.
“We make it our business to know our customers better than anyone else in this industry,” Warwick said. “The IRS Westlaw platform showcases the unique ability of Thomson Reuters to bring together the right mix of content, analysis, technology and customer service to meet the needs of even our most complex customers. The selection by the IRS is a gratifying endorsement for our work and speaks well of the collective strength of Thomson Reuters.”
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The U.S. Constitution is one of the most powerful and impactful documents in existence. It literally touches every American’s life, and has since its creation in 1787. Recently, I had the opportunity to view the document first-hand as part of a new exhibit, “We the People: The First Official Printing of the U.S. Constitution,” sponsored [...]
Earlier this week, we released our 2011 Annual Report in an interactive format available online at thomsonreuters.com. Along with information on the company’s financial performance as well as business unit overviews, this year’s annual report contains a variety of dynamic content including interviews with our new business leaders as well as stories of how we [...]
We’ve got a great episode for you this month, kicking off with our “Chaos in the Courts” segment that, believe it or not, is yet another story about the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas. Since our March podcast, another person has fallen victim to the establishment’s trademark bypass burger.
Then in our “On the Blawgs” [...]
