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Stem Client Roundup for January 2012
2012 is off to a great start, if the momentum gained by Stem’s clients in January is any indication. Here’s a look at what they’ve been up to: Inspired by his experience in litigating cerebral palsy cases, elder and child injuries lawyer Jonathan Rosenfeld launched a new microsite, Cerebral Palsy Lawyers FAQ, which contains a vast number of… more »
Stem client Clio announces major private equity investment
Big news is breaking at Legal Tech New York today, and we’re especially proud here at Stem Legal because it involves one of our clients, Clio. Jack Newton, Rian Gauvreau and friends have just announced that Clio has raised $6 million in its Series B round of financing from Acton Capital Partners, a Munich-based growth equity… more »
Introducing the Greenhouse
We’ve decided, after several weeks of WordPress Wednesdays posts and some feedback from our readers, to move the posts to a new area on the site, the Greenhouse! The purpose of the Greenhouse is to discuss Stem’s internal projects and experiments, as well as talk about new technologies, and share code experiments that we’ve done on our own, or… more »
Congratulations to the 2011 CLawBie Winners
The sixth annual Canadian Law Blog Awards went live on New Year’s Eve. Here’s a random list of this year’s winners and finalists: Canadian Legal History Blog, ClickLaw, Legal Feeds, Legal Post, Slater Vecchio Connected, Doorey’s Workplace Law Blog, Legal Frontiers: McGill’s Blog on International Law, The Court, Entertainment… more »
Stem Client Roundup for December 2011
As December draws to an end, here’s a brief look at what our clients were up to during the final days of 2011: Gowlings announced that two top restructuring & insolvency lawyers, Derrick Tay and Jennifer Stam, will join the firm in January, and securities lawyer Kelley McKinnon was featured on CBC’s Lang & O’Leary Exchange.… more »
Recap: Stem’s First Corporate Retreat
This year, while our US clients were celebrating Thanksgiving, the five folks who make up Stem Legal were gathered in Mission, BC for our first ever corporate retreat. It’s taken me a little while to put together, but this post aims to shed a little light on the inner workings of our small but energetic company. We spent our… more »
Stem Client Roundup for November 2011
With microsite launches, speaking engagements, and awards and honours, Stem’s clients were a busy lot in November. Here’s a quick look at what they were up to: BC legal support services provider Dye & Durham won “Large Business of the Year” at the Celebration of Business Excellence Awards, presented by the New Westminster, BC Chamber of Commerce.… more »
Stem Client Roundup for October 2011
Happy Halloween! October has seen lots of big news and events for Stem’s clients. Here’s a quick look at what they’ve been up to: Former cabinet minister Lawrence Cannon joined Gowlings as a strategic adviser and chairman of its government affairs group. The firm also opened an office in Beijing, China, bringing its number of overseas offices… more »
COLPM Fellow-Elect
I’m humbled to share with you some very exciting news: I’m being inducted as a Fellow into the College of Law Practice Management later on this week, at the College’s 2011 Annual Meeting and Futures Conference in Chicago. A little about the College: “The COLPM is an honorary organization, unassociated with any bar association, which formally recognizes individuals… more »
Stem Client Roundup for September 2011
Fall is definitely here, and everyone’s in back-to-work mode… just take a look at what Stem’s clients have been up to over the past month:
BC legal support services provider Dye & Durham will be part of a pilot project that allows them to file Court of Appeal documents via ETray. Dye & Durham also announced an
The legal social media influence list
The current edition of The Lawyers Weekly contains a column jointly written by Warren Smith, Regional Director of The Counsel Network, and me called “The 24: Canada’s top legal social media influencers.” We assembled two lists of 12 people (lawyers in private practice and everyone else) who, based on a series of factors such as Twitter follow ratio,… more »
Stem Client Roundup for August 2011
Summer is drawing to an end, and Stem’s clients are as busy as ever. Here’s a look at what they’ve been up over the past month: Chicago nursing home lawyer Jonathan Rosenfeld was the “Talk of the Lexblog Network“- check out the interview to see how blogging has transformed his law practice. Dye & Durham‘s president, Connie… more »
Stem Client Roundup for July 2011
Our tradition of monthly client roundups continues! Here’s our July summary of news and accolades: July saw a new website for the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, which also joined Twitter. CCCA will be sharing industry and association news via @CCCA_News. Markham family lawyer Russell Alexander wrote about some recent cases involving partners inheriting child support… more »
Stem Client Roundup for June 2011
2011 is officially half over! Here’s a look at what Stem’s clients were up to in June:
Owen Jones, an insurance lawyer with Gowlings LLP, was interviewed for an article about business losses arising from the recent Vancouver riots.
Gowlings also welcomed Russia patent lawyer Alexander Sobolev to their Moscow office, which focuses primarily on
Stem Client Roundup for May 2011
Here at Stem, May has just flown by, and our clients have been busy, too. Here’s a quick look at what everyone’s been up to this month: Criminal attorney Lawrence Koplow blogged about the new Arizona DUI rules, including changes to interlock requirements, mandatory jail time, home detention and driver’s license suspensions. Product injury firm Hissey Kientz… more »
