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July 12, 2016 - Ian McDougall, EVP & General Counsel, participates in the United Nations High-level Thematic Debate - Human rights at the centre of the global agenda. See link below for full discussion. http://webtv.un.org/watch/2nd-meeting-high...

The REPH Legal team in Manila is going from strength to strength – made up of 6 paralegals, supervised by another lawyer, the UK Legal team has been supported since 2014 and James Harper and Blair Macdonald have been training and working with the...

eBooks can benefit lawyers and law firms in more ways than simply being resources to read while preparing for a case or boning up on a key area of practice. Indeed, as an author, eBooks can offer the lawyer or firm greater visibility, positioning as...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Donald Rumsfeld is not always popular or easily understood, but he is often quotable. For example, in one of his most famous encounters with the media while serving as U.S. secretary of defense prior...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Times are changing. Mobile technology is shifting the parameters of the workplace (and work/life balance), while the rise of big data is forcing legal professionals to evolve from traditional ways of...

When we look at how we carry out our Rule of Law strategy in the UK (and around the world), we have two key routes to achieve our aims: how can we use the assets we have as a business? who can we partner with that will advance our goals? ...

In the coming months NOOK® and OverDrive will partner in providing digital magazines and newspapers to libraries. Specifically, the combination of the OverDrive platform and content from the NOOK Newsstand will enable public libraries to provide readers...

Reading content via a mobile device continues to grow, according to THIS STORY by Forbes . This is interesting background on the general trends in eReading as more and more lawyers adopt and use eBooks.

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Two of the dirtiest words in business are usually associated with patents: “unpredictable” and “expensive.” Now that the America Invents Act (AIA) is being implemented, three...

GoodEReader has published key findings from the 2014 Digital Publishing Survey . While this survey covers the whole publishing industry rather than just the legal marketplace, there are some interesting findings to note, such as: 84% of all publishers...

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) held its 2014 annual meeting recently in San Antonio, Texas. Sean Doherty from Law Technology News runs down product and service news from the gathering.

Read this SLAW article by F. Tim Knight regarding the LITA guide by Kenneth J. Varnum. For those looking to develop a technology road map for your library, you may be interested in this book recommendation.

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team “Regulations cover life, death and everything in between,” the saying goes . That wry outlook is supported by another inescapable reality: virtually every segment of the U.S. economy—from...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Fortune tellers have a colorful variety of means at their disposal. Wikipedia ® , for example, lists several dozen common methods used for predicting the future. They range from alectromancy (observation...

Julie A. Chapman Senior Legal Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer LexisNexis Canada Legal privilege has been expressly recognized as a fundamental rule of law in Canada. The policy reason for this rule is to protect communications between lawyers...

Recently, Amazon launched a new subscription-based eBook service. But they aren't the only one doing so. The Next Web now reports that a company called Oyster has launched a similar service and offers a similar number of titles. As the eBook...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team “Everyone agrees the title was a work of pure genius,” says *** Phillips of K&L Gates in a recent podcast , referring to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. “It’s...

Despite the proliferation of so many different smartphones over the past several years, one brand continues to dominate...the iPhone. The Digital Book World story about the latest numbers from Apple for iPhone sales is informative. As law firms...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team With thousands of visits and lots of feedback so far, you’ve told us that the stories here have been interesting. We’ve heard that you want to know more about your profession and what the future...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team “ Quarter to three is the new ten to two. ” That mnemonic refers to where the American Automobile Association, the National Highway Traffic Safety Authority and many driving instructors now...

Time has more on the developing story around the potential for an Amazon eBook subscription service. As use of eBooks increases generally and in the legal profession, staying up to date on the latest and potential ways titles could be available is...

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional announced today that it has been named official publisher of the Massachusetts Reports, the Commonwealth's authoritative body of appellate decisions, including all opinions of the Supreme Judicial Court and...

The Library Journal reports on Florida Polytechnic University and their innovative approach beyond their electronic collection. Read the full article here.

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Like at most trade conventions, LegalTech® New York 2014 offered its share of novelties. For LexisNexis, the event provided an opportunity to host an inaugural series of Google+ Hangouts, the first...

Predictions of the demise of print books, the rise of eBooks as a "disruptive" force and ultimately dominance of electronic titles have been made for some time. The online publication Inside Higher Ed provides a perspective on if, when or...