The Thomson Reuters Legal headquarters in Eagan, Minn. enjoyed visits last week from famed criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey and Thomson Reuters senior strategic analyst Jason Thomas. The two made the trek to Minnesota on separate visits, but both addressed the office’s 7,000 employees, and both were the focus of extensive interviews by Minneapolis …
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To serve and protect…online
Law enforcement agencies are finding that they lack staff and technology to effectively combat rising rates of cybercrime, according to a new survey conducted by the Fraud Prevention & Investigations business of Thomson Reuters and PoliceOne.com. The survey of 325 law enforcement professionals also found that 66% of law enforcement agencies have observed an increase …
West LegalEdcenter, Association of Legal Administrators partner to offer training courses
Two heads are better than one. This aphorism has been displayed by two legal entities recently announcing their collaboration to provide legal professionals with important programs and educational resources. Thomson Reuters announced that they will partner with the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) to broaden content offerings for Certified Legal Manager (CLM)sm and continuing legal …
The Four Pillars of Effective Predictive Coding
Predictive coding can provide major benefits when dealing with high volumes of electronically-stored information (ESI). But at the same time, it is far from a “silver bullet” in handling ESI. There are four essential concepts that emerge when examining matters that have successfully and unsuccessfully utilized predictive coding. Ed Sohn, assistant vice president for professional …
Introducing Core Publishing Solutions
Thomson Reuters has introduced a new service for end-to-end content production and delivery solutions to publishers: Core Publishing Solutions. Emphasizing the importance of helping publishers provide their customers with content in the most efficient manner possible, the business explores new production options to create flexibility and scalability. “Thomson Reuters is uniquely positioned in the U.S. …
Anne Ellis reflects on the 2013 AALL Annual Meeting and looks to the future
This post is a message from the 2013 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference. To read other posts in the series, click here. After a week of productive discussions on topics like ebooks, legal research training, and legal education, we asked Anne Ellis, senior director of Librarian Relations at Thomson Reuters, to reflect on the 2013 …
Librarians are uniquely equipped to provide practical training: Help your firm get ahead
This post is a message from the 2013 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference. To read other posts in the series, click here, and watch for more content soon! Law librarians are equipped with superior research skills, organizational skills, familiarity with copyright issues, technical skills and the ability to work across departments and practice areas with …
Justice Paul H. Anderson at the AALL Annual Meeting: On “Access to Justice”
This post is a message from the 2013 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference. To read other posts in the series, click here, and watch for more content soon! “Law librarians do play an essential role by educating the people as to their rights and responsibilities in a democratic society. The resources you provide are capable …
Law librarians and knowledge management: Tips from West km
This post is a message from the 2013 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference. To read other posts in the series, click here, and watch for more content soon! Although knowledge management can provide the efficiency that firms are increasingly striving to achieve, many decision makers at firms are reluctant to adopt the process. To find …
Recognizing everyday heroes: As the world evolves
Recently, Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, delivered a TEDTalk on the concept of everyday heroes, sharing stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary work. One of these heroes is a banker who discovered suspicious spending data at a nail salon, ultimately revealing an underground system of human trafficking. The importance of everyday heroes …
