NEW YORK – The world’s largest gathering of women technologists gets under way in Houston, October 14-16, and innovation will be center stage for Thomson Reuters during the 2015 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the groundbreaking conference that helps to increase the role of women technologists in industry, government and academia. More than 12,000 …
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Thomson Reuters Launches Fourth Edition of Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts
NEW YORK – Thomson Reuters has released Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, Fourth Edition as part of a joint venture with the New York County Lawyers’ Association. Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, Fourth Edition includes 22 new chapters, two new volumes and expanded content across a range of topics that engage …
- October 12, 2015
- Alex Cook
Ill Repute – Oct. 2015: Volkswagen, Pope Francis & Steve Jobs
A discussion of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal, Pope Francis’ visit to the US and the Steve Jobs movie. Ill Repute is a podcast looking at reputation management and the forces in the 24-hour news cycle and social media that impact it. To listen, click on the built-in audio player below, or to download right-click here
- October 9, 2015
- Leonard Lee
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE: US SAFE HARBOR SCHEME NOT SO SAFE
The European Court of Justice declared on Oct. 6 that the EU Commission’s U.S. Safe Harbor scheme is invalid. Large-scale information gathering programs in the U.S. surfaced by Edward Snowden gave rise to the Court’s concerns whether the requirements of EU law are observed when personal data is transferred to “undertakings” in the U.S. The …
- October 8, 2015
- Sean Doherty
THE END OF THE OFFICE AS WE KNOW IT, PART 2
Click here for part one of this post. What will work look like in 2025? Predicting the future is a risky business, so it’s something we lawyers ought to feel comfortable with – risk. We know all about risk, right? But as technology continues to develop and various trends, demographic shifts, and other factors create change, …
- October 8, 2015
- Alex Cook
The Law Firm Leaders Forum Turns 20
We are convening our 20th annual meeting of the Law Firm Leaders Forum this week in New York. It has been a great joy for me to chair this meeting each year, especially in light of how significantly our legal ecosystem has changed over the course of those 20 years. We created the Forum to provide …
- October 6, 2015
- Alex Cook
Westlaw and CLEAR Now Available on PROSECUTORbyKarpel
Prosecutors, investigators and attorneys now have access to the most up-to-date, accurate public records and legal information through the industry’s leading prosecutor case management system. Thomson Reuters premier legal research solution, Westlaw, and its powerful investigative platform, CLEAR, are now integrated into the PROSECUTORbyKarpel case management platform. PROSECUTORbyKarpel is a featured product from Karpel Solutions, …
- October 6, 2015
- Alex Cook
Anatomy of a Decision: Enterprise Legal Management
As legal departments face mounting pressures to reduce their legal spend, manage costs and demonstrate value to the organization, enterprise legal management (ELM) systems are more and more in the fore as a key player to address those challenges. Blue Hill Research recently produced an “Anatomy of a Decision” report titled Selection of Thomson Reuters …
- October 5, 2015
- Jeff McCoy
Who Controls the Internet?
Google still has not announced whether it will appeal a ruling earlier this year by the Court of Appeal for British Columbia ordering the Internet giant to remove certain links from its search engine – not just in British Columbia, but worldwide, because of a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by tech company Equustek. The ruling …
- October 5, 2015
- Leonard Lee
The end of the office as we know it, part 1
In previous articles for The Global Legal Post I have shared with you my insights about re-invention and why it is imperative for lawyers to embrace the requirement to become SocialHuman in order to future-proof their livelihoods from the ‘rise of the machine’. After all, the time may be approaching when we witness the end …
- October 2, 2015
- Alex Cook