Legal news and trends for Canadian in-house counsel and c-suite executives
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VIBERT: I think I probably get half a dozen news feeds a day, and, you know, probably actively read 10 articles, and probably only a five-to-10-minute read each, but those news feeds and that continuing legal education is invaluable. It would have been very, very difficult to keep up in this way 10 years ago. ALLGOOD: The ACC puts out some- thing called the ACC Newsstand, which I get every day . . . and [you can] scan for those areas where something has come up that you want to look at, and they then directly feed into the particular law firm's longer version. If the headline catches your attention on a privacy issue, or a regulatory issue, or a case, that it is these aggregators . . . rather than getting, 10 or 15 e-mails from the law firms, you can go to an aggregation site and it is a very quick and efficient way to have a look at what has been happening, and what people have been writing about. KREBS: It actually has been one of our most popular services, and it allows the individual to select their topic too, so you don't have to get everything. You can cus- tomize [it to the] practice area to receive the information in the newsletter, and it has been exceptionally well-received. BROLEY: There was one not long ago, I think on occupational health and safety, something that I would not ordi- narily think of myself. But it was just, "pending legislative changes" popped up, and I thought, "OK. Well, that is . . . a good thing to have on your radar screen as it goes forward." And it was just on a first reading. And so, it was something in the back of my mind that I will put a little note down to follow up on that, without that service, may not have triggered. So it is very helpful. LLOYD: It also helps to highlight some of the practising experts in vari- ous fields. If we do have something specific to go to external counsel on, sometimes a particular article will allow us to know who to look to for some guidance. ntitled-10 1 VIBERT: Exactly. Or even when you do go to external counsel, one of the first things I ask about is, "What have they already published?" so I am not being charged for something that has already been distributed, because maybe that is all I really want to receive is just the basics. And if I want more detail, I can choose then to do a bit of research myself. LLOYD: One thing that I have found on some of the insurance questions that we deal with at Aon is that some of the provincial regulators are actu- ally quite accessible. Send an e-mail to the contact person on their web site and they actually respond back on specific questions. So that has been also a good time saver for us if it is a specific question that they are able to Litigation Services Win More … Spend Less What e-discovery software is your counsel using? Insist on LexisNexis® E-Discovery Solutions — fast, effi cient, reliable. • LAW PreDiscovery™ Reduce processing and review costs by up to 80%. • Concordance® FYI™ — Control outside counsel review costs with real-time, remote access to your data. Find out how LexisNexis e-discovery solutions can help you control your litigation costs. Call 1-800-668-6481 or email litigationservices@lexisnexis.ca. and Concordance® — LexisNexis and the Knowledge Burst logo are registered trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under licence. Concordance is a registered trademark, and PreDiscovery and FYI are trademarks, of Applied Discovery Inc. © 2009 LexisNexis Canada Inc. All rights reserved. INHOUSE OCTOBER 2009 • 19 8/24/09 12:23:04 PM