Why US Legal Regulation Needs A British Makeover

I gave a talk last week at University College London. The topic was The Changing Legal Services Marketplace: A View From Across the Pond. It began with my admission of ‘acute ABS envy.’ No, ABS is not a Midlands light lager. It refers to ‘alternative business structures,’ an element of The Legal Services Act of 2007 (LSA). LSA—and ABS–is the UK’s re-regulation of its legal industry intended to spur innovation and competition to better serve the public. ABS–among other things– removes long-standing regulations preventing non-lawyers from ownership, profit sharing, and other managerial functions in law firms. Those restrictions made sense when legal delivery was solely about selling legal expertise. But they are now impediments to structural changes necessary to jump start new models at a time when legal delivery involves legal, IT, and process expertise.

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HP’s EliteBook Folio G1 Super Thin And Light Notebook Nails It for Business Workers And IT

The consumer PC market has been rough the last few years, but business notebooks, 2in1s and micro-desktops keep chugging along. It’s hard to do a spreadsheet or PowerPoint on your phone, no matter how big smartphone screens have gotten. Microsoft Windows 10, Skylake/Kaby Lake and the desire for better security and user demands for thinner and lighter are driving the next generation of corporate upgrades. HP Inc.’s new EliteBook Folio G1 breaks the mold of enterprise-class mobile computers and brings many things to the table that were simply unaddressed in the past by HP or others.

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Trump’s Post-Election YouTube Channel Would Fail, Bigly

In an October 10th MSNBC report on the GOP imploding, MSNBC host Tamron Hall and panelists discussed Trump’s post election plans should he fail to be elected… and one possibility mentioned was a YouTube channel with Breitbart. A YouTube career as a fallback to losing the presidential election? Not the worst I’ve heard from the GOP…

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