Bob Schukai, global head of Mobile Technology at Thomson Reuters, was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for outstanding community service in the Queen’s New Year Honours 2014 list. The award is part of the annual honours list which recognizes distinguished service to the arts and sciences, public services outside …
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December podcast: Recent NSA decision, law firm challenges in 2014, and judge Orcus, Lord of the Undead
In the December 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled in Klayman v. Obama to require the government to cease telephone metadata collection. Legal trends & insights: Mark Medice, program director for Peer Monitor, talks about some of the challenges facing law firms in the year ahead. News from …
- December 26, 2013
- Susan Martin
Serengeti Law positioned the furthest for ability to execute in new Gartner report
Serengeti Law was positioned the furthest for “Ability to Execute” among eight software vendors in a recent report from Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Legal Management.” Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) is a category of software that helps corporate legal departments streamline legal processes, analyze legal risk and reduce their overall legal spend. According to Jim …
- December 24, 2013
- Susan Martin
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, to implement Thomson Reuters C-Track Case Management Solution
Thomson Reuters announced last week that C-Track Case Management System (CMS) will serve as the official case management solution for the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento. C-Track CMS, designed specifically for courts to capture, track, process and report their cases, enhances the courts capability to manage information, improving performance tracking and maximizing efficiency. …
- December 23, 2013
- Susan Martin
eBillingHub launches benchmarking and analytics tool to measure law firm performance
eBillingHub launched an enhancement this week, BillingHub Intelligence, to its namesake product. The new update is free of charge for all eBillingHub customers and delivers critical performance indicators to its administrator users, showing how a firm’s billing processes measure up to other firms. This makes it easy to identify where efficiencies and accuracies can be …
- December 20, 2013
- Susan Martin
Rebecca Thorkildsen on Metropolitan Corporate Counsel: Potential technology approaches for contract lawyers
This article was written by Rebecca Thorkildsen, director of legal solutions at Pangea3, and was originally published on Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. In many ways, law departments’ delivery of contract management services is still like the Wild West – a lawless frontier. Within a single law department, approaches to managing contracts can differ wildly among practices or …
- December 17, 2013
- Susan Martin
Dan Bennett on technology game changers in 2014
Nanotechnology. Computer eyewear. 3D printing. Voice recognition. What do these things have in common? They are all considered to be upcoming game changers in technology. In the video below, Dan Bennett, head of mobile services at Thomson Reuters, discusses the two game changers that he sees in technology in 2014.
- December 10, 2013
- Susan Martin
For Thomson Reuters executive, path to manager role was built on networks
Allison Guidette’s path to managing director for Thomson Reuters’ Large Law Firm segment “went up, went sideways, but finally, got me where I wanted to be,” she said with a laugh. One thing that has remained consistent for Guidette, though, is the value she places on having a solid network. Not “networking” in the sense …
- December 5, 2013
- Susan Martin
November podcast: Same-sex divorce cases, heroin trafficking, and spider infestations
In the November 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Two same-sex divorce cases in Texas Legal trends & insights: An Iowa man was sentenced to 20 years for trafficking in heroin, but an additional 20 years was added on because of an unusual clause News from Thomson Reuters: A Day in the Life of a …
- November 26, 2013
- Susan Martin
Rob Thomas on what to look for in an ELM provider
Corporate legal departments face diverse challenges: providing effective counsel to internal clients, supervising outside counsel work and managing risk for the organization. And they generally must achieve these objectives within the constraints of limited internal resources and a fixed budget. Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) software has recently emerged as an increasingly useful set of tools …
- November 20, 2013
- Susan Martin