K&L Gates global managing partner and chairman Peter Kalis says women, machines and legal journalists are among the biggest agents of change for law firms, and that those that do not grapple with them will find innovation “disruptive as hell”.
“I believe that the legal industry is one of the most highly competitive in the world. There is, however, nothing unique about us,” K&L Gates’ Kalis told The Lawyer Business Leadership Summit recently. “If you don’t grapple with it, it will be disruptive as hell.” [continued]
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