Prof. Vaaler Moderates Panel Discussion on Recent Trends in Legal Services

Professor Paul M. Vaaler and WCCO Radio's Dave Lee co-moderated a panel of experts on recent trends in the US legal services industry. The panel discussion broadcast on WCCO AM Radio included Vaaler and Lee, University of Minnesota Professor and Academic Dean Allan Erbsen, Steven Petrie of the Faegre Baker Daniels law firm, and Judge John Tunheim, Chief Judge of the US District Court for the District of Minnesota. Panelists discussed recent trends related to the digitization of court filings and discovery, law firm mergers and acquisition activity, legal services outsourcing trends, and new forms of alternative dispute resolution.