In the world today, transparency continues to be of utmost importance for businesses. Tim Nixon, managing editor for sustainability.thomsonreuters.com, moderated a panel at the Global Ethics Summit last week that discussed transparency of global supply chains and third party compliance. The panelists included: Kim McMath, chief ethics and compliance officer, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.; Mark J. Ohringer, …
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Tim Erblich of the Ethisphere Institute on the Global Ethics Summit
The Ethisphere Institute and Thomson Reuters hosted the eighth annual Global Ethics Summit in New York on March 20-21, 2014. The event brought corporate executives, compliance officers and legal professionals together to discuss the importance and impact ethical behavior has on a business’ success and responsibilities as a global citizen. Tim Erblich, chief executive officer …
Transparency, tone from the top highlighted at Global Ethics Summit
The sixth annual Global Ethics Summit took place March 20-21, 2014, in New York and was hosted by the Ethisphere Institute and Thomson Reuters. The event featured keynote and panel discussions engaging debate among executives, compliance officers, legal professionals and more, offering insight into business operations in the current global environment focusing on governance, anti-corruption, …
Thomson Reuters launches Westlaw Analytics
Thomson Reuters recently introduced Westlaw Analytics, a new service included in a WestlawNext subscription that allows law firms to monitor Westlaw usage by practitioner, client, practice area or time frame in order to become more efficient, flexible and responsive to client needs. Four components – analytics, billing investigation, alerts and integration – allow firms to uncover …
Technology seen as a major driver of U.S. legislation, regulations
Everything seems to be moving faster than ever. And the pace of change for public laws continues to increase as the government tries to keep up. According to WestlawNext, more than 100,000 new or changed statutes, 160,000 new or modified regulations, and over 285,000 new judicial opinions were incorporated into the body of United States law …
WestlawNext adds Alert Management Center
The new Alert Management Center on WestlawNext is here. While WestlawNext customers commonly use alerts to stay apprised of developments that impact their work, administrators can now manage an entire organization’s alerts through the Alert Management Center, which is fully integrated with WestlawNext. The new Alert Management Center on WestlawNext allows administrators to: Customize and moderate …
New corporate white paper: Unbundling of legal services and increasing law department efficiency
Thomson Reuters surveyed nearly 600 in-house attorneys to study law department trends and needs, as well as opportunities to improve the quality of legal counsel that is provided, increase efficiency and reduce costs. Law departments have traditionally performed most tasks in-house assigning a portion of work to outside counsel. Due to increased budgetary pressures, many …
Thomson Reuters hosts Law Firm COO and CFO Forum
Thomson Reuters hosted the 12th annual Law Firm COO and CFO Forum in New York on Oct. 24-25. The conference is designed to give law firm COOs and CFOs a platform to convene and discuss economic and professional headwinds affecting the business of law. In advance of the conference, attendees had the opportunity to participate …
Deirdre Stanley a featured panelist at Law Firm Leaders Forum
Thomson Reuters Executive Vice President and General Counsel Deirdre Stanley was a featured panelist at the recent 2013 Law Firm Leaders Forum in New York. The panel addressed topics pertaining to the future of lawyers such as who will be hiring lawyers, who will train lawyers, and the varying career opportunities within the legal profession …
Greg McPolin on panel at Law Firm Leaders Forum
A significant expansion of companies offering legal services that were traditionally performed by law firms has reformulated the legal industry and the manner in which certain work is performed and by whom. Managing Director of Pangea3 Greg McPolin was featured on a panel at the 2013 Law Firm Leaders Forum that discussed how legal process …
