Why become a reference attorney? There are many reasons, but past and present reference attorneys have told us that what keeps them working as a reference attorney is helping customers every day in their practice. When they go home to their families after their day, they feel great about telling them, “I helped someone today.” So, …
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What does your mom or dad do? Happy 30th anniversary to Reference Attorneys – video pt. 1
Jobs today aren’t always easy to define. Just ask your kids to explain what you do. In a recent survey of our past and present Thomson Reuters Reference Attorneys, we found that many chose to apply for this position as a unique way to use their legal background, and an opportunity to have more work-life …
- July 17, 2015
- Gretchen DeSutter
VANTAGE Keynote speaker Mike Staver: Recap
This week at Thomson Reuters Elite’s VANTAGE Worldwide Conference in Las Vegas, the amazing Mike Staver, international speaker and coach, provided the keynote on “How to Stay Calm Under Pressure.” His rapid fire presentation style and amazing storytelling kept our attention from start to finish. Here are a few key take-aways for those who weren’t …
- June 20, 2015
- Gretchen DeSutter
Elite’s VANTAGE Las Vegas: Exciting new developments and what we heard from customers
We talked to three Thomson Reuters Elite senior leaders at Elite’s VANTAGE Las Vegas conference to find out what they are hearing from customers at the event, and what exciting new developments are on the horizon for Elite. Here is what they had to say: Eric Ruud, managing director of Legal Enterprise Solutions at Thomson …
- June 18, 2015
- Gretchen DeSutter
Magna Carta Anniversary Commemorated with Magna Carta to Minnesota: the Rule of Law
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. –Thomson Reuters and the Airport Foundation MSP celebrate last week’s Magna Carta anniversary by creating Magna Carta to Minnesota: the Rule of Law, a unique art exhibit in Concourse C at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Freedom from unlawful searches and seizures. Protection from loss of life, liberty or property, without due process. The …
- June 18, 2015
- Gretchen DeSutter
Elite’s VANTAGE Las Vegas conference kicks off today
Today, VANTAGE Las Vegas kicked off with a packed keynote session led by Bill Burch, vice president of Global Sales for Elite, who spoke to the Elite value commitment to support customers at an even higher level. Elisabet Hardy, vice president of Product Management at Elite, recapped a successful year with three new product launches, 13 new …
- June 16, 2015
- Gretchen DeSutter
Video: Advice for growing managers from Bob Schukai
What skills are necessary to create technology managers today? A recent ILTA Peer to Peer interview (PDF) with Bob Schukai, head of Advanced Product Innovation; Dan Bennett, vice president, Enterprise Data Services; and Kate Boeckman, product manager, Wearable & Emerging Product Technologies, all at Thomson Reuters, highlights what skills are necessary, as well as tips for developing those …
- May 12, 2015
- Gretchen DeSutter
Podcast: Practical Law Deal Protections and Remedies Report
The new Thomson Reuters Practical Law Deal Protections and Remedies Report is now available and was recently presented at a recent ABA Business Section Meeting. The report analyzes deal-protection measures binding target companies and, for the first time, also reviews the deal protections negotiated by buyers who require their own stockholder approval before closing. In the …
- May 7, 2015
- Gretchen DeSutter
Don’t think that’s weird: Emerging Legal Technology Forum review
This post was written by Ryan McClead, legal technology innovation architect, Norton Rose Fulbright contributor, 3 Geeks and a Law Blogger A few weeks ago I was in the midst of one of my typical breathless explanations of the latest technology that was going to revolutionize nearly everything about the firm. It was going to …
- April 15, 2015
- Gretchen DeSutter
Podcast: Global tracking cybersecurity with Pauline Reich
At Legaltech New York this year, we caught up with Pauline Reich, JD, and professor at Waseda University School of Law in Tokyo, Japan, where she teaches cybercrime, cybersecurity, data privacy and data protection, and Internet-based legal research. In this capacity and also as the director of the Asia-Pacific Cyberlaw, Cybercrime and Internet Security Research …
- March 24, 2015
- Gretchen DeSutter