Legal Speak
Summary: Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what's happening in the legal industry. Sponsored by Econ One and Planet Depos, each episode tackles a subject that's worthy of a deep dive—from law firm profit hacks to Supreme Court showdowns to the most promising plays in legal tech. Hosted by Law.com editors Leigh Jones and Vanessa Blum, Legal Speak offers straight talk from experts, plus inside-the-newsroom perspective on market-shaping stories.
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Making Sense of Legal AI: What It Means for Your Practice and What’s Ahead
The Justice Department’s trial to block AT&T’s $85 billion merger with Time Warner kicked off this past week in Washington, D.C., and it’s expected to be the most influential antitrust showdown in decades. In this episode, Law.com editor Jenna Greene and D.C. reporter Cogan Schneier make sense of what’s been happening in court. Plus, Jenna asks former FTC attorney David Balto to explain the legal strategies on each side and why the case matters even beyond Big Media.
This week’s Legal Speak podcast with Law.com editors Vanessa Blum and Leigh Jones takes a close look at Law.com’s ranking of the law schools that send the most graduates into first-year Big Law associate jobs.
John Kuppens is a product liability and commercial litigator at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough and is president of DRI. In the latter role, he's focused on innovation in the law and what skills the future lawyer and law firm will need.
Live From #Legalweek18: Artificial Intelligence Accepted, Innovation Unpacked and More
We live in information environment that is unique to this point in time (social media, information overload). How do we know what’s true and what’s not?
For nearly 40 years, John Keker and Robert Van Nest have been building their trial-centric, single-office San Francisco law firm to navigate clients’ toughest litigation matters. If this past year is any indicator, the model is working: The firm scored blockbuster IP defense wins for clients Google, Arista Networks and Pure Storage, and won a nationwide injunction barring the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions.”
Phishing is one of the more pervasive cyber attacks in the world, and while we've all received phishing emails, phishing attacks have become more sophisticated and come in different forms other than emails from Persian princes. By Jason Thomas, Chief of Innovation for Thomson Reuters Special Services.
Hot Topics at the USPTO: A Conversation with Baker Botts' Eliot Williams
Duration: 00:17:19 The U.S. Supreme Court is taking a close look this term at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Most of the spotlight is on a constitutional challenge. But if that challenge fails, then a second, largely overlooked case will take center stage. Law.com intellectual property reporter Scott Graham talks with Latham & Watkins partner Bob Steinberg, about the potential impact for the patent landscape.
What Firm Comp Systems Are Really Rewarding: A Podcast With David Barnard of Blaqwell Inc.
Exploring the Annual NLJ 500 Survey on Law Firm Growth, Diversity and Demographics
D.C. Litigation Departments of the Year: Conversations With Our Winners
How to Serve the President Without a Secret Service Run-In: A Podcast with Scott Rome of Veritas Law
Key Findings From the Am Law 100: A Podcast With Roy Strom
