Thomson Reuters Launches International Law App

Thomson Reuters launched Global Business Law for iPad. The app will give international lawyers information on about laws about laws in 160 countries and 47 practice areas including M&A, Labor and Employment, Dispute Resolution and more. It's free to download on iTunes and the software practice contents is $74.99 per practice area.

Lawyers and copyright

Copyright seems to be more convulted all the time. This article on Law.com goes through multiple scenarios of possible copyright infringement and how it is seen by the courts.

Lawyers and Copyrights: Copyright in the House
By Mark A. Fischer and Paul Sennott
August 6, 2012
Law.com
Copyright laws apply to lawyers too. Yet sometimes they seem to forget this seemingly obvious fact.
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It’s Magic Button Time (Again)

It’s Magic Button Time (Again) Toby Brown (3 Geeks and a Law Blog) writes about the wish for a "magic button" to pull together reports on who is charging what in the legal market, and decides it just doesn't exist at this time.

Legal Apps

Read this post from the Macs in Law blog detailing 60 apps lawyers should have for iPads. This is from a list presented at the ABA Tech Show, as detailed by Brett Burney, Josh Barrett, and Jeff Richardson. The list has a brief description of each app, the price, and a link to the app.

If you use Macs in your legal practice, I recommend bookmarking the Macs in Law blog.

Is "Self-Help" a Good Thing Or a Bad Thing?

Is "Self-Help" a Good Thing Or a Bad Thing? Greg Lambert posts on 3 Geeks and a Law blog about the trend for lawyers to handle tasks that they previously delegated to staff. Is this a good trend, bad trend, or neutral trend?

Managing the Law Firm Risk Role in Outsourcing

Managing the Law Firm Risk Role in Outsourcing Toby Brown at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog discusses risk and ethics for legal outsourcing

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