This post was written by Rob Thomas, vice president, Market Development Group, Corporate Legal segment at Thomson Reuters The recent Legal Week Corporate Counsel Forum in Surrey provided a look into the latest developments in the in-house profession, from the evolving role of the general counsel, to pressures on law departments to operate more efficiently, …
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Vantage EMEA: Taking law firms beyond efficiency, and revealing why Elite is ‘EPIC’
At this year’s VANTAGE conference in London, Law firms from across the EMEA region were treated to an unmissable opportunity to connect and network with their peers in person and to learn how Elite is working to help them take their business forward. Kicking off the conference was the keynote speech delivered by Bill Burch, …
- September 29, 2014
- Paul Sandell
Thomson Reuters and Obelisk Support team-up to help boost corporate legal departments
The Legal business of Thomson Reuters and Obelisk Support, the multilingual legal business built around communities of highly-skilled lawyers, recently announced an innovative collaboration to help corporate legal departments deliver greater value to their stakeholders. The collaboration comes at a time when corporate legal departments, faced with an increasing workload and the need to manage costs …
- September 23, 2014
- Paul Sandell
Serengeti hosts an evening with Richard Susskind
Serengeti, a Thomson Reuters business, is hosting an evening with Richard Susskind on Tuesday, Sept. 30. This exclusive free event for in-house counsel is to celebrate the expansion of the Serengeti business in the UK, and presents an unmissable opportunity to hear one of the legal industries most highly regarded thought-leaders speak. The event will be …
- September 22, 2014
- Paul Sandell
Google “right to be forgotten” pushes privacy law into the mainstream
As a result of privacy laws becoming more widespread, the number of reported privacy cases being fought in the UK courts has doubled in five years to 56 cases in the last year (year-end being May 31), up from 28 five years ago. Whilst the use of privacy law was once restricted to celebrities to prevent the …
- September 17, 2014
- Paul Sandell
Super Lawyers launches UK website
Super Lawyers has launched its UK website, superlawyers.co.uk. Like its sister site in the US, Super Lawyers UK is an attorney, or rather solicitor-rating service that recognizes London-based solicitors who exhibit excellence in the practice of law. Super Lawyers began recognizing solicitors in 2013. London Super Lawyers and Rising Stars are named across more than …
- August 4, 2014
- Paul Sandell
Thomson Reuters to deploy case management and electronic filing solution to Royal Courts of Justice
Thomson Reuters announced this morning that its case management and electronic filing solution, C-Track, will be deployed across the jurisdictions within the Rolls building in London, England, part of the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ). Thomson Reuters won the contract to deliver a new system following an extensive procurement exercise by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals …
- May 6, 2014
- Paul Sandell
Thomson Reuters legal business at the London Book Fair
This post was written by Chris Hendry, head of advanced media for the UK Legal business at Thomson Reuters The London Book Fair, now in its 43rd year, welcomes more than 25,000 visitors and exhibitors from 114 countries to Earls Court each year. It bills itself as a unique opportunity to explore, understand and capitalize …
- April 29, 2014
- Paul Sandell
Threats to profitability and opportunities for growth: A survey amongst the UK’s top 100 law firms
What do finance directors view as the most significant threats to commercial law firms’ profitability in the year ahead, and conversely, what are the key areas of growth? Thomson Reuters recently posed these questions, among others, to finance directors at some of the top 100 law firms in the UK in an annual survey. The …
- April 24, 2014
- Paul Sandell
Thomson Reuters launches third edition of O. P. Malhotra’s “The Law and Practice of Arbitration and Conciliation”
Early this week, Thomson Reuters released the third edition of O. P. Malhotra’s “The Law and Practice of Arbitration and Conciliation” written by Indu Malhotra, senior advocate for the Supreme Court of India. The book launch was officiated by the Honorable Chief Justice of India, P. Sathasivam, in presence of the Honorable Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah, former Chief …
- April 10, 2014
- Paul Sandell
