Westcast – A legal podcast from Thomson West, updated frequently with interviews and commentary about legal issues and the workflow of attorneys and law firms.
| Episode 42 – A discussion about the implications of Viacom’s lawsuit against Google, regarding online video parody. Rodney Smolla, dean of Washington and Lee School of Law, talks about the case and presents some of the points in his white paper from West, which is available as a free download at http://west.thomson.com/keyauthors/whitepapers.aspx (Audio: mp3) Runs 16:30 |
| Episode 41 – Bryan Garner, co-author with Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia on Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, published by West, discusses the writing process with justice Scalia, the intent of the book and what it offers legal practitioners (Audio: mp3) Runs 13:11 |
| Episode 40 – Highlights and interviews from a unique theater-based Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course from West LegalEdcenter at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis (Video: Windows Media) Runs 6:13 |
| Episode 39 – Author Tom Bois discusses environmental law issues for corporate counsel in this podcast for Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (Audio: mp3) Runs 7:03 |
| Episode 38 – Craig Miller from Metropolitan Corporate Counsel talks to Darla Agard from Thomson West about Westlaw Compliance Advisor (Audio: mp3) Runs 6:36 |
| Episode 37 – Insight into the credit crisis related to personal debt and the fallout surrounding subprime mortgages from Thomas F. Nealon III and Talcott J. Franklin, co-authors of the Mortgage and Asset Backed Securities Litigation Handbook from Thomson West and West Legalworks (Audio: mp3) Runs 15:04 |
| Episode 36 – William L. Norton III talks about trends in bankruptcy law and the third edition of Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice from Thomson West (Audio: mp3) Runs 10:13 |
| Episode 35 – Strategies for the use of expert witnesses from attorneys Walter Lancaster and Damian Capozzola, co-authors of the Thomson West book, Expert Witnesses in Civil Trials, Effective Preparation and Presentation (Audio: mp3) Runs 9:30 |
| Episode 34 – Interviews at LegalTech New York 2008 with Monica Bay from Law Technology News, Robert Ambrogi from Legaline.com and Adam Schlagman from Legal Tech Newsletter about trends in legal technology for 2008 (Audio: mp3) (Video: Windows Media) Runs 6:28 |
| Episode 33 – More litigators are turning to LiveNote for realtime information services and streaming video. Steve Priem, vice president of Litigation for Thomson West; and Will Roberts, general manager of LiveNote, discuss some new efforts by LiveNote for legal professionals (Download MP3) Runs 6:40 |
| Episode 32 – Three prominent legal bloggers - Monica Bay, Ashby Jones and Bob Ambrogi - talk about their blogs and the outlook for legal blogging. They also offer advice about blogging in general (Download MP3) Runs 21:43 |
| Episode 31 – Attorney Steve Baicker-McKee and professor William Janssen discuss their Federal Civil Rules Handbook, 2008 edition, and some recent changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Download MP3) (Watch Video) Runs 6:02 |
| Episode 30 – A discussion about immigration law trends for 2008 with Austin Fragomen and Robert Divine, contributing authors to the Thomson West newsletter, Interpreter Releases (Download MP3) Runs 14:08 |
| Episode 29 – Results of a national survey by Thomson West on product safety and an interview with attorney Michael Brown, former executive director of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Download MP3) Runs 12:54 |
| Episode 28 – The story behind the Thomson West Headnote of the Day with its developer, Al Maleson (Download MP3) Runs 7:50 |
| Episode 27 – A preview of the M&A Institute, October 30, 2007, hosted by West Legalworks. Conference chair James Woolery, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP, and Dennis Berman from The Wall Street Journal discuss the conference and the general outlook for deals in 2008 (Download MP3) Runs 6:30 |
| Episode 26 – A discussion about Global Securities Information and Westlaw Business with Kevin Ritchey, vice president, GSI and Westlaw Business (Download MP3) Runs 4:02 |
| Episode 25 – David Kris, co-author of National Security Investigations and Prosecutions published by Thomson West, talks about the laws related to intelligence gathering in the United States (Download MP3) Runs 14:05 |
| Episode 24 – The newest workflow tool from Thomson West is Case Evaluator. Jeff Arvidson, director, Product Development, West, discusses how it can help attorneys decide whether to pursue a case for a client (Download MP3) Runs 6:40 |
| Episode 23 – Attorney and American Law Reports expert Alan Cohen explains some of the features and benefits of using ALR on Westlaw (Download MP3) Runs 4:57 |
| Episode 22 – New attorneys need better legal research skills. Anne Ellis, senior director, Librarian Relations, Thomson West, discusses what West has learned from talking to academic and law firm librarians (Download MP3) Runs 6:06 |
| Episode 21 – IP Monitor is a new tool from Thomson West to help law firms expand and manage their intellectual property focus. Mark Medice, manager, IP Monitor, talks about its benefits (Download MP3) Runs 9:51 |
| Episode 20 – Bob Azman, vice president of Customer Experience Operations at Thomson West, talks about some new strategies, programs, processes and technology investments in customer service at West (Download MP3) Runs 3:52 |
| Episode 19 – KeyCite is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Forrest Rhoads, vice president, Technology, Thomson Global Resources, discusses how it got started and its impact on legal research (Download MP3) Runs 7:54 |
| Episode 18 – An interview with Frederick L. Whitmer, attorney and author of the West Legalworks book, "Litigation Is War" (Download MP3) Runs 10:10 |
| Episode 17 – West reference attorneys Ed Fisher, Katy Hauck and Andy O'Meara discuss how they help customers with legal research. (Download MP3) Runs 13:21 |
| Episode 16 – An interview with Jon Bellis, director of the law department consulting group of Hildebrandt International. He discusses the results of the 2006 Hildebrandt Law Department Survey and looks ahead to the 2007 survey. (Download MP3) Runs 15:00 |
| Episode 15 – A discussion about the capabilities and purpose of West km with George May, vice president and general manager, West km, Thomson West (Download MP3) Runs 11:38 |
| Episode 14 – Monica Bay, editor, Law Technology News, previews New York LegalTech and technology issues for 2007 (Download MP3) Runs 13:16 |
| Episode 13 – The technology outlook for law firms in 2007 from lawyer and consultant Dennis Kennedy (Download MP3) Runs 14:48 |
| Episode 12 – A discussion about product development at Thomson West with Denis Hauptly, vice president, New Product Development, Thomson West (Download MP3) Runs 5:55 |
| Episode 11 – A discussion of LiveNote's capabilities with Will Robberts, general manager of LiveNote Technologies (Download MP3) Runs 8:58 |
| Episode 10 – Steve Buege, president and CEO of Thomson Elite, offers a closer look at what Thomson Elite offers law firms in 2007 (Download MP3) Runs 7:44 |
| Episode 9 – A discussion about Westlaw Medical Litigator with Jeff Willhite, manager, New Product Development, Thomson West (Download MP3) Runs 6:09 |
| Episode 8 – 2006 Legal Year in Review: West names Hamdan v. Rumsfeld the most significant U.S. Supreme Court case of 2006. Attorney and legal analyst Laurie Levenson discusses the case (Download MP3) Runs 11:42 |
| Episode 7 – 2006 Legal Year in Review: West names The Pension Protection Act the most significant piece of legislation of 2006. Attorney Frederick Brodie discusses the details (Download MP3) Runs 13:22 |
| Episode 6 – 2006 Legal Year in Review: West names the federal crackdown on backdating stock options the most significant legal event of 2006. Attorney Lee Petillon discusses the issue (Download MP3) Runs 12:15 |
| Episode 5 – Attorney Lauren Stiller Rikleen discusses her book "Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women's Success in the Law," published by West Legalworks (Download MP3) Runs 19:10 |
| Episode 4 – Thomson Elite's Chris Poole and Dan Tacone and Frank Gilman, chief technology officer with law firm Allen Matkins, discuss Web Services and Elite 3E, Thomson's Elite new business process platform (Download MP3) Runs 11:18 |
| Episode 3 – Attorneys Ed Regalia and Christina Lawson discuss the impact of the Supreme Court's controversial Kelo decision and the future of eminent domain legislation (Download MP3) Runs 9:58 |
| Episode 2 – Law technology trends for 2006 in a discussion with lawyer and consultant Dennis Kennedy and Allison Guidette, Thomson West (Download MP3) Runs 14:34 |
| Episode 1 – Thomson West authors Hugh Ray and Joe Lee discuss bankruptcy reform (Download MP3) Runs 16:16 |