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Alex G Smith, LexisNexis Senior Product Development Lead, discusses why eBooks don’t seem so new after all…
25 May 2012 | 14:59 | 
Welcome to The LexisNexis Future of Law blog
Welcome to the LexisNexis Future of Law blog. Led by our own experts, we plan to draw on the trends, issues and developments facing the legal profession to stimulate discussion, offer insight and inspire our peers, customers and colleagues.
22 May 2012 | 15:31 |
Technology and the Law
Technology will impact on how lawyers work. Almost everyone agrees with that proposition now. Here's why: • The Internet has enhanced communication speed and accessibility which has fundamentally changed client service expectations and the respon...
11 May 2012 | 14:37
Legal careers – time for change?
Sometimes it feels like the only route open to qualified lawyers is the 'path of partnership' - a route often populated by; long hours, high business development targets and a work life imbalance that would make Margaret Thatcher blush... Ok, so maybe...
11 May 2012 | 14:30
How the legal services market has changed
It has been obvious for a long time that change was coming and that the increasing pace of the market meant traditional ways of formulating strategy were unlikely to be fast enough for law firms to be successful in the new world.
09 May 2012 | 10:45
Brand new banks - moves to fortify Spain's banking sector
After a radical overhaul, the Spanish savings bank system is now in better shape to tackle the crisis, write Uria’s Gabriel Nunez and Ignacio Zarzalejos
17 Feb 2012 | 00:00 |
Insuring success - the overhaul of Switzerland's Insurance Contract Act
With more money spent per head on insurance premiums in Switzerland than any other country, the first overhaul of Switzerland’s Insurance Contract Act in 100 years is causing much discussion, say Christian Lang and Zsuzsanna Kunszt
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
The political pay cheque - unrest in the Middle East creates more roles for lawyers
Unrest in the Middle East has prompted a prominent role for lawyers as scrutiny grows over the assets of the region’s key political players, as Bakers’ Paul Stibbard reports
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Made in Taiwan - the vogue for Asian tech companies to use Cayman Islands vehicles to list their shares
Taiwan’s most innovative tech businesses prefer to use Cayman Islands companies as their listing vehicle on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE). This trend reflects confidence generally in Taiwan’s securities markets backed by Taiwan’s growing econ...
06 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
The globe trotters - what international institutions taught an Aussie banking giant
“The idea first came about from the relationship the bank has with IBM, which provides significant IT and system support to us. In the course of setting up things with them we had a discussion with their general counsel about trying to get a better ...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
A mixed bag - current conditions in the world's largest legal market
Citi’s Dan DiPietro and Gretta Rusanow survey current market conditions in the world’s largest legal market
30 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Direct buy-in - how clients are giving personal encouragement to advisers to improve efficiency
While there remains some in-house scepticism about outsourcing, Caroline Hill finds that more clients are insisting their advisers innovate on costs
30 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Talking the talk - the plague of business jargon
Lawyers are becoming partial to business-speak – a nonsense language of jargon that many see as a way to shut out those who don’t understand it. JDG Chambers tells it like it is
30 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
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Managing expectations – why trustees must take a strong stance when dealing with settlors
RBC Wealth Management’s Joe Donohoe says trustees must take a strong stance when dealing with settlors or risk a bad relationship
23 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Through the grapevine - the attempts to update century-old laws on hearsay evidence
With Guernsey’s laws on admissibility of hearsay evidence over a century old, an update was sorely needed. So, what has changed? Ogier’s Simon Davies tells all
23 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
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