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.

Neal Walters, the practice leader of Ballard Spahr's Product Liability and Mass Tort group, speaks with Joe Racyznski, a legal technologist and futurist for Thompson Reuters Legal, about the legal impact of the connectivity issues involving autonomous vehicles.

In our latest Legal Executive Institute podcast, we feature Charlotte Rushton, Managing Director for Large & Medium Law Firms at Thomson Reuters, speaking with Bill Caraher, Chief Information Officer at the Wisconsin-based law firm von Briesen & Roper. Mr. Caraher recently participated in a panel at the Legal Executive Institute's Emerging Legal Technology Forum, titled "The Pace of Progress: Assessing Innovative Design, Technology & Process in Law Firms & Corporate Legal Departments", which focused on the various ways law firms and legal departments are incorporating enterprise innovation as part of a broader strategic plan.