Thomson Reuters ProView, the professional-grade eReader platform, continues to expand its offering. New functionality for the iPad includes an enhanced user interface and better management of eBook libraries. Android, Windows and Mac versions are now available. Current ProView eBook content includes court rules for selected states, and ProView continues to add new titles. Other ProView …
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Welcome to the AALL Annual Meeting
It’s that time of year again! The 105th Annual AALL Annual Meeting & Conference is underway in Boston. We’re looking forward to four exciting days of learning and networking, and finding out what’s new and what some of the pressing issues are for legal information professionals. We hope to see some familiar faces, as well …
- July 21, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Do YOU have a minute for a landmark case?
On Thursday, the landmark decision National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, better known as the Affordable Care Act decision, was decided 5-4 by the Supreme Court of the United States. The nation rushed for reliable resources to read the full text of the opinion and to gain insight on what the ruling meant, in …
- July 2, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Smartphone wars podcast interview
Apple this week won a preliminary injunction banning U.S. sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer. Last week, Judge Richard Posner threw out a pair of lawsuits that Apple and Motorola had filed against each other claiming patent infringements over smartphones. These are just the latest skirmishes in an escalating patent litigation war …
- June 29, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
New self-paced learning options offered at new Elite Educational Services Hub
This week Thomson Reuters Elite announced a new training resource, the Elite Educational Services Hub. This new site provides Elite customers with in-depth courses, certification programs, and a new training format to help Elite customers establish their own training strategy. Training opportunities include live lecture, demo webinars, online simulated classroom training and self-paced eLearning. Details …
- June 27, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Books for Africa: Ending the African book famine one page at a time
In May we celebrated the continued work of Books for Africa, with a focus on two receptions that honor supporters and special friends of this extraordinary organization dedicated to ending the book famine in Africa. On the evening of Tuesday, May 8, we gathered at the University Club in St. Paul to meet and hear three …
- June 26, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner release book on the interpretation of legal texts
With more than 140 years since a book of this nature has been published, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner have released their influential book on deriving the meaning of authoritative texts: Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts, published by Thomson Reuters. Scalia and Garner provide readers a challenge to think differently about …
- June 15, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Disrobed: An Inside Look at the Life and Work of a Federal Trial Judge is available for pre-sale now!
Disrobed: An Inside Look at the Life and Work of a Federal Trial Judge is now available for pre-sale at the Westlaw Store. The book, co-published with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, takes a rare and detailed behind-the-scenes look into the life and trials of a federal court judge as well as the man behind …
- June 4, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
The rule of law, the US Constitution and Thomson Reuters
The U.S. Constitution is one of the most powerful and impactful documents in existence. It literally touches every American’s life, and has since its creation in 1787. Recently, I had the opportunity to view the document first-hand as part of a new exhibit, “We the People: The First Official Printing of the U.S. Constitution,” sponsored by Thomson Reuters in …
- April 1, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Patent & trademark trends: Thomson Reuters evaluates the state of global IP
Innovation is often viewed as the key to global economic prosperity. In all corners of the earth, executives, policy makers, government officials, politicians, teachers and entrepreneurs are talking about their hope for “innovation.” The topic is of equal interest to Thomson Reuters, and after tracking corporate and industry-specific innovation activity for several years we recently …
- March 30, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter