In a new podcast, Natalie Runyon, the Head of Thought Leadership for the Talent Platform at Thomson Reuters' Legal Executive Institute, speaks to Michelle Wimes, the Chief Diversity and Professional Development Officer at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, one of the nation's largest labor and employment law firms, about the best ways foster better professional development within law firms.

In this new podcast, Charlotte Rushton, managing director for U.S. Law Firms at Thomson Reuters, will be speaking to Laura Empson, Professor in the Management of Professional Service Firms at Cass Business School in London and Senior Research Fellow at Harvard Law School. Professor Empson's new book, "Leading Professionals: Power, Politics & Prima Donnas", was published last fall by Oxford University Press.

In a new podcast, Charlotte Rushton, managing director for large and medium law firms at Thomson Reuters, speaks to Beth Cuzzone, Chief Business Growth Officer at Goulston & Storrs, about the highlights of the recent 25th Annual Marketing Partner Forum. Beth was co-chair of the Forum, held earlier this year in California.

At the recent Marketing Partner Forum, I had a chance to speak with Katherine D'Urso, Chief Client Development Officer for Wilmer Hale. I had the opportunity to listen to Katherine speak as part of a panel entitled "Advancing Collaboration: Integrating Legal Project Management in Firmwide Business Development."

In the second part of our podcast on the technology behind blockchain and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Joe Racyznski, a legal technologist and futurist for Thomson Reuters Legal, speaks with Judith Alison Lee, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair of the firm's International Trade Practice Group. Among her other areas of expertise, Ms. Lee advises clients on issues relating to virtual and digital currencies and related blockchain technologies. She is also the author of several articles on Blockchain Technology and Virtual Currencies for Thomson Reuters.

In the first part of our podcast on the technology behind blockchain and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Joe Racyznski, a legal technologist and futurist for Thomson Reuters Legal, speaks with Judith Alison Lee, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair of the firm's International Trade Practice Group. Among her other areas of expertise, Ms. Lee advises clients on issues relating to virtual and digital currencies and related blockchain technologies. She is also the author of several articles on Blockchain Technology and Virtual Currencies for Thomson Reuters.

In the second of our podcasts on autonomous vehicles, Joe Racyznski, a legal technologist and futurist for Thompson Reuters Legal, speaks to Phil Yannella, the co-practice leader of Ballard Spahr's Privacy and Data Security Group, about security and regulatory issues around driverless vehicles.

We're discussing the new Tax Reform Act that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump at the end of December, with Steve Looney, the chair of the Tax & Corporate department at the law firm of Dean Mead in Orlando, Fla.

In preparation for the upcoming Marketing Partner Forum, we recently sat down with Jill Weber, Chief Marketing Officer of Stinson Leonard Street, to talk with her about "metrics that matter," the title of the session she will be co-hosting as part of that event.

In our latest podcast, we speak to Perry Teicher, a corporate attorney that serves on the leadership of the Global Impact Finance and Investment Group at the law firm of Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe. Teicher explains Impact Finance, which involves working with investors or companies that are particularly concerned about environmental and social impact as a core part of their investment strategy. Impact Finance projects intentionally try to create a positive environmental or social impact, in addition to some type of financial return.