Charlotte Rushton, managing director of US Law Firms for Thomson Reuters, recently sat down with Jason Moyse, co-founder of Law Made Inc. They discussed his view of the legal tech startup community and how organizations such as his can help to connect young startup companies with larger, more established ones, to explore how working together …
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Thomson Reuters Introduces Data Privacy Advisor
Thomson Reuters is introducing Data Privacy Advisor – a specialized data privacy research solution that brings the company’s vast collection of global legal and regulatory information together with expansive data privacy guidance from Practical Law editors, curated news, and a question-answering feature built by artificial intelligence and technology professionals from Thomson Reuters and IBM Watson. …
- January 29, 2018
- Alex Cook
Trends impacting the data privacy environment
The data privacy landscape is shifting more quickly than ever before. At Thomson Reuters, we interact closely with our customers every day – whether it’s through research support, building technology solutions or discussing trends the legal market and individual customer groups are facing. Every day, we work to help our customers find the answers they …
- January 29, 2018
- Alex Cook
Trump Year One: Executive Orders
We recently examined the history of Presidential executive orders and discovered President Trump signed more executive orders in his first 100 days in office than any U.S. president since World War II. How does his first full year compare to his predecessors? To find out, we analyzed Westlaw data to determine the number of executive …
- January 24, 2018
- Alex Cook
#LEIMPF2018 – Law Firms, Clients and Performance Evaluation
When relying on legal services, law firm clients traditionally had to accept law firms’ decisions on rates and assignments of who performed the work. Today clients have made a dramatic shift to what is now largely a “buyer’s market,” and are relying on data analytics and various technologies to more actively manage their external legal …
- January 23, 2018
- Alex Cook
Nominations Open for the 2018 William L. Norton, Jr. Judicial Excellence Award
Nominations are now open for the 12th annual William L. Norton, Jr. Judicial Excellence Award, created by Thomson Reuters and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), which recognizes bankruptcy judges dedicated to service of the insolvency community. The award, named for former bankruptcy judge and longtime West author William L. Norton, Jr., is presented at the National Conference of Bankruptcy …
- January 8, 2018
- Alex Cook
Was Aaron Hernandez’s Suicide an Attempt to Preserve His Family’s Inheritance?
In June 2013, Aaron Hernandez, former professional football player for the New England Patriots, was charged with the slaying of his acquaintance, Odin Lloyd. While being tried for the Lloyd murder, Hernandez was indicted for his alleged role in a 2012 double homicide in Boston that took the lives of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro …
- January 4, 2018
- Alex Cook
Legal Trends to Watch for 2018
This has been a very busy, complex year with regard to the law. But before we turn the page to 2018, a group of industry thought leaders have gathered to discuss issues facing the profession in the year to come with a Westlaw Journals Special Report from the Legal News team. The editors cast a …
- December 20, 2017
- Alex Cook
Attorneys and the AML Landscape
As Daniel Glaser, principal, Financial Integrity Network, noted during his ACAMS 2017 Keynote earlier this fall, anti-money laundering (AML) efforts were born out of efforts to stem the influence of narco traffickers in the mid-1980s. While AML policies and efforts have expanded in scope and complexity since then, regulators are looking across other professions, including …
- December 8, 2017
- Alex Cook
IACP Video – The Power of Collaboration
Last October, Thomson Reuters and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) recognized the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) as this year’s recipient of the Award for Excellence in Criminal Investigation for its inter-agency and international effort to confront a human trafficking ring with connections in both Florida and Colombia. In a new video from IACP, …
- December 1, 2017
- Alex Cook