Wednesday 11th Sep 2013
It’s not often that a major corporation like Thomson Reuters teams up with an educational institution to create an entirely new course and curriculum. FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business, and the University of Wisconsin-Stout just started what is believed to be the first post-secondary course in the nation on search engine optimization (SEO). It’s part of ...
Friday 23rd Aug 2013
Few doubted that Army Major Nidal Hasan would be found guilty in his military trial, which resumed last week, especially given his self-identification as the shooter who killed 13 and injured 31 in Fort Hood, Texas in 2009. Beyond issues of guilt and innocence, however, are controversies surrounding his charges and his plea, two major factors ...
Wednesday 21st Aug 2013
Allison Guidette sat down with Legal Current to welcome clients and partners to ITLA 2013 and to discuss a major release from Elite. “As data becomes more voluminous, it becomes even harder for law firms to really get their arms around all of the firm’s relationships,” notes Guidette, “And we’re very committed at Elite to ...
Wednesday 21st Aug 2013
Day two at the annual ILTA conference in Las Vegas was filled with some interesting sessions, and attendees from Thomson Reuters hosted two of them. The morning kicked off with Justin Farmer, director of Product Management at Thomson Reuters Elite, speaking in a session titled “ERM + CRM Success: It Starts with the Right Technology.” ...
Friday 16th Aug 2013
It’s that time of year again – summer is dwindling, there is a chill in the air, kids are getting ready to head back to school…and legal industry professionals are flocking to Las Vegas for the annual International Legal Technology Association conference (ILTA)! ILTA 2013: The Catalyst is a four-day educational conference with over 200 ...
Wednesday 17th Jul 2013
In the video below, Dan Dabney, chief taxonomist at Thomson Reuters, describes how our attorney-editors continue to make alterations to the Key Number System, including reclassifying 300,000 headnotes for the revisions to the Election Key Number. This year, the editorial staff also combined the topics “schools” and “colleges and universities” into a new topic: “education.” This ...
Monday 15th Jul 2013
This post was written by Mike Carlson, reference attorney at Thomson Reuters Reference attorneys are among the folks participating in this year’s American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) conference. At the end of the first day on Sunday, we chatted about some trends we noticed working the trade show floor. One clear trend was the ...
Tuesday 2nd Jul 2013
In the video clip below, Mark Craddock, sales and marketing director for Elite, talks about how alternative fee arrangements (AFAs) and fixed fees are the buzz topics floating around at Vantage Miami, and how Elite’s MatterSphere can help legal organizations tackle these topics as well as other day-to-day activities.
Friday 28th Jun 2013
In the two video clips below, Cary Burch, president of Thomson Reuters Elite, gives a quick recap of the Vantage Miami 2013 Conference, and a warm send off to those who were not able to attend.
Friday 28th Jun 2013
In the General Session at Vantage Miami on Tuesday, Bill Burch, vice president of Global Sales for Thomson Reuters Elite, reflected on the concerns he is hearing from senior management at law firms. As his head hits the pillow at night, his brain starts racing with concerns and challenges around the competition. Thoughts like, “show ...
Thursday 27th Jun 2013
How many countries will you visit this year? If you are Patrick Hurley, vice president of Global Expansion for Elite, that number isn’t static. With just over half the year left, his passport still has a lot of stamps yet to come. In the video clip below, Hurley reflects on gaining knowledge about the global legal ...
Wednesday 26th Jun 2013
In the video clip below, Elisabet Hardy, vice president, Product Management for Elite, talks to Legal Current from Vantage Elite in Miami, FL, about upcoming Elite product releases, such as Workspace and Enterprise 3.10. She also discusses enhancements on matter management tools like MatterSphere, and has an exciting announcement about the eBilling Hub.
Wednesday 26th Jun 2013
In the video clip below, Eric Sugden, chief technology officer, Elite, provides an overview of new technology at Vantage Elite in Miami, FL, including new mobile apps that Elite will be launching and applications that will be moving into the cloud. “We believe the world is taking a mobile-first approach, so those are the kinds of apps we are building,” ...
