14 Jan Defining themes from a decade of legal research
With the second decade of the 21st century drawing to a close, you may have noticed that end-of-decade retrospectives are cropping up everywhere. Here at LAC Group, we thought it was a good opportunity to review the predominant themes that defined legal research over the…
13 Jan Predicting the 2020 legal market
The “Roaring 20s” are back in a new century with new circumstances, but with a similar feeling of change and continuing advances in science and technology. We join the chorus in looking both forward and backward, focused on the legal industry, which underwent a period…
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…
06 Jan Tracking artificial intelligence across industries
Two related themes were prevalent in 2019: artificial intelligence or AI and data analytics. Following are some of the best quotes and observations we found on artificial intelligence in law, finance and insurance, healthcare and pharmaceuticals and recruiting. According to AI experts, one of the…
30 Dec Best of LAC Group’s blog in 2019
We’re jumping on the end-of-the-year bandwagon to compile a list of our most popular blog articles in 2019, in case you missed them. As a bonus, we’ll include our thoughts on why the topic attracted so much attention. We invite you to tell us about…
11 Dec Exploring the ROSS and Fastcase partnership
The legal research world has been abuzz with the recent announcement from ROSS Intelligence and Fastcase. The two legal research platforms have joined forces to create a content, research and development partnership to the benefit of their clients and the legal markets they serve. ROSS…
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…
09 Dec Librarian link in legal knowledge supply chain
LAC Group recently polled a select group of law librarians, research analysts and other legal information professionals both inside and outside our organization about their thoughts on the changing nature of their role. Despite the growing emphasis placed on the technological function of their jobs…
04 Dec 2019 Web Almanac now available
The 2019 Web Almanac is a helpful resource and reference for anyone involved in creating and managing both content and the underlying technologies and processes on the websites that contain the content. While the Web Almanac is primarily the domain of developers and web architects,…