Sentences with phrase «drive change in the legal industry»

The technology - driven changes in the legal industry have spawned a fascinating network of organizations devoted to legal innovation in all its various forms.

She said that clients and law firms must «look together to find nuggets of opportunity to do something to drive change in the legal industry so that we are not talking about the same stuff in five years» time.»

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Observers point to key legal changes in the industry that have contributed to historical consolidation — the Riegle - Neal Act of 1994 expanded interstate banking and led to a wave of mergers and the Gramm - Leach - Bliley Act drove consolidation by permitting banks, securities firms and insurance businesses to merge.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Susskind is surely right that clients want more for less, and that technology has the potential to drive massive change in the legal industry, over time.

Business owners and executives need to drive the kind of change Grady talks about because the legal industry itself clings resolutely to the status quo — and, as he puts it: «Those in the position to drive change see no rewards in doing so».

As with other industries, changes to legal markets will increasingly be driven by organizations» collective ability to produce disruptive innovations, in addition to individual lawyers» skills and experience.

Under her leadership, Connie and her team have earned countless international accolades for driving positive change in the legal industry.

Working with the global industry group, Whitespace Legal Collab helped conceive the Innovation - in - Motion Awards (the IMA) as a five - month extended competition that aims to drive positive change in the practice of law.

We discussed how changes in the way lawyers practice are driving the evolution of the company's technology, its new Atlas Gold edition and redesigned mobile application, the importance of calendaring rules and security to law firm operations, and where the legal industry is headed.