02 Apr Legal information vendor and market updates
We’re witnessing rapid changes across the legal information and legal technology vendor landscape. To keep firms ahead of the curve and help them understand their options, we expect to be sharing periodic updates.
05 Mar Tracking legal technology vendors, trends and products
As more law firms are adopting the products we saw at Legaltech, one of the main issues we see is how to best internally market a new technology to drive user adoption at the firm. Many AI products seem useful, but the reality is that…
08 Jan Latest securities research tool
Kaleidoscope is the creation of the key developers of 10-K Wizard, once acknowledged as the “gold standard” in SEC research tools. Through Kaleidoscope’s prism researchers slice through the roiling sea of business and industry news, stock data, social media, blogs and authoritative international financial filings…
10 Dec New options for electronic information resources
Research professionals across law firms and corporations have seen both the expansion and consolidation of electronic information resources (EIR) in recent years. As new technologies are developed, they are often acquired by the large industry players: Bloomberg, LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters. The landscape changes quickly, and…
14 Nov Should you do multi-year vendor contracts?
When procurement professionals are involved in a request-for-proposal (RFP) process to fulfill a specific business need, one of the most critical factors in structuring the vendor contract with vendors is the contract duration: long-term or short-term?
23 Oct Mapping information resources to user needs
Today’s research challenge is not a lack of information; it’s knowing where to start the search, which services provide the most reliable and current information or what represents a credible source. So much information exists that researchers are often overwhelmed and paralyzed. The buyers of…
21 Aug When to bring in spend management consultants
Before law firms and corporations enlist the help of spend management consultants, we find they manage their indirect spend internally in several ways. Typically they: Gather recommendations from peers within their industry or markets. Send requests for proposals and bids that includes the peers’ vendors…
05 Aug Essential resources for M&A due diligence
One of our clients recently inquired about the resources most frequently used and most helpful for due diligence on European mergers and acquisitions. With rising concerns over information security during M&A transactions and uncertainties over Brexit, it’s never been more important to make well-informed, data-driven…
29 Jul Innovative updates on Bloomberg Law platform
After visiting Bloomberg's flagship offices in New York City to view demos of newly unveiled enhancements and upgrades to Bloomberg Law, we returned quite impressed with what Bloomberg has in the pipeline and how it may appeal to the decision-makers responsible for managing legal research…