Thomson Reuters Elite has been recognized as a 2013 American Business Awards/Stevie Awards finalist in the Marketing Campaign of the Year category for the You VS marketing campaign. The Stevie Awards annually recognize outstanding work in the marketplace. There was a record number of Stevie Award nominations this year, with more than 3,200 submissions from …
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..Thomson Reuters launches Case Notebook 3.5 and Drafting Assistant – Litigation with Authority Compiler
Thomson Reuters just launched Case Notebook 3.5 and Drafting Assistant – Litigation with Authority Compiler. So what does this mean for you? Well, both new versions come with new tools and functionality so practitioners can efficiently build strong cases. Case Notebook pulls essential case information together in one place, including documents, briefs, transcripts, pleadings, key …
- May 14, 2013
- Susan Martin
Pro Bono Super Lawyers Digital Edition now available
Earlier this year, Super Lawyers announced the seven recipients of the 2012 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Awards. The annual Awards honor individual lawyers, law firms, law students, law schools and other institutions in the legal profession that exemplify excellence in practice through delivery of volunteer legal services to the poor, underrepresented or exploited. In a …
- May 14, 2013
- Susan Martin
Buying a business: A great option for displaced seasoned managers
This article is a guest post written by Robert L. Brown and Alan S. Gutterman Several interesting factors are converging in the U.S. economy. One unfortunate trend has been the escalating rate of long-term unemployment among seasoned workers, including many former senior managers who lost their jobs during the Great Recession and have been unable …
- May 13, 2013
- Susan Martin
Legal News Brief – May 10, 2013
Before you head out for the weekend, check out your legal news headlines from Thomson Reuters News and Insight. High court’s hospital merger ruling could spur antitrust challenges A ruling this year by the Supreme Court in a hospital merger case could embolden federal regulators to bring more antitrust challenges against healthcare deals Apple defeats …
- May 10, 2013
- Susan Martin
Kids learn computer coding at Thomson Reuters
Do you know how to program a computer in Java or Python? Thanks to the enterprising work of some employee volunteers in Eagan, Minn., several dozen young middle school students have learned valuable skills that could someday lead to careers in technology. After noticing a lack of computer programming classes in schools, a group of …
- May 9, 2013
- Leonard Lee
The UpTake: Alternative news gathering and reporting
Legal Current recently caught up with Michael McIntee, co-founder and executive producer of The UpTake, for a fascinating conversation about alternative news gathering and reporting. Those who follow politics are probably familiar with TheUpTake.org, which bills itself as a “citizen-fueled news” site. The site originated in 2007 as an experiment to see how technology could …
- May 8, 2013
- Susan Martin
Peer Monitor Economic Index falls in first quarter
The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI), which measures the relative health of the legal marketplace, fell six points in the first quarter to a reading of 50. A PMI of 65 or greater indicates strong law firm market performance. PMI is a composite index of law firm market performance using real-time data drawn from major …
- May 7, 2013
- Scott Augustin
Allison Guidette and Ian Nelson on next steps in the PLC acquisition
In the final clip of our four-part series with Allison Guidette, managing director of Large Law firms for Thomson Reuters, and Ian Nelson, senior director of Strategic Marketing and Business Development for Practical Law Company, Guidette and Nelson discusses how the Practical Law Company team is handling the acquisition and what the next steps are …
- May 7, 2013
- Susan Martin
The spirit of giving
Thomson Reuters has been a supporter of the National Kidney Foundation for many years. But recently, FindLaw had a very special reason to continue its support. Matthew Rognstad, a senior front end developer for FindLaw, has struggled with kidney disease since October 2011. When his kidneys failed and he went on dialysis, he started the …
- May 6, 2013
- Susan Martin