The National Association of Minority and Women-Owned Law Firms (NAM-WOLF) was held in Minneapolis this week, and Thomson Reuters Product Specialist in IP Solutions Garett Padilla took part in a panel discussion titled “Fact or Fiction: Legal Myths About Technology and IP Law.” He spoke on such topics as whether or not deleted electronic data can still …
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Winning a ten year trademark battle in China
Getting Westlaw registered as a trademark in China has been a Herculean task spanning ten years. Ryan Sheppard, vice president of Trademark Assets for Thomson Reuters, recently talked to Donna La Vardera, trademark manager for Legal at Thomson Reuters, about her dogged pursuit of the mark which was finally granted this year. Donna, why is …
Podcast: Prof. Ronald Rotunda on the Roberts Court
The 2013-14 term of the U.S. Supreme Court begins shortly. Prof. Ronald Rotunda, Doy and Dee Henley Chair Distinguished Professor Jurisprudence at Chapman University comments on what the 2012-13 term told us about how the Roberts Court has been handling some of its major decisions.
How did we save more than 68,000 trees?
The Thomson Reuters 2012 Carbon Disclosure Project score (CDP) was released this week and it has increased to 95 from 61 in 2011. We reduced our carbon footprint to 496,000 metric tons carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e), which is a 2.4 percent reduction from 2011. This reduction saves Thomson Reuters $2,385,450 which is equivalent to 68,815 trees! CDP …
Task force created to address issues surrounding the Internet-based digital financial system
Thomson Reuters recently aligned with the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) to form the Digital Economy Task Force. The task force, led by co-chairs Steve Rubley, managing director, Government segment for the Legal business of Thomson Reuters, and Ernie Allen, president and CEO of ICMEC, was developed to focus on the benefits …
Thomson Reuters teams up with University of Wisconsin-Stout for SEO course
It’s not often that a major corporation like Thomson Reuters teams up with an educational institution to create an entirely new course and curriculum. FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business, and the University of Wisconsin-Stout just started what is believed to be the first post-secondary course in the nation on search engine optimization (SEO). It’s part of …
ABA and Thomson Reuters ink new printing agreement
Exciting news out of Chicago today, as the American Bar Association (ABA) reached an agreement designating Thomson Reuters as the printer for the ABA’s books and journals. This entails printing and binding services for an expanding line of ABA titles, as well as the ABA’s established line of 13 journal publications. Printing and manufacturing services for …
Technology gaps in public law departments identified in Thomson Reuters survey
Public sector legal departments are facing greater challenges managing their critical tasks as their environment has become more complex and demanding, according to a survey conducted by Thomson Reuters. The survey identified specific bottlenecks and opportunities to leverage technology to improve workflows. Certain critical tasks highlighted in the survey by legal departments, such as legal …
e-Discovery software solutions: Lessons learned
This post was written by Joe Raczynski, technology manager at Thomson Reuters e-Discovery software solutions are invaluable in the litigation preparation process. However, choosing a tool and implementing it poses challenges to law firms. In the last session of ILTA 2013 in Las Vegas last week, a panel with William Kellermann of Wilson Sonsini, Chad Ergun of Gibson Dunn, …
e-Discovery Trends: New Technology, Employment Affects & Native File Productions
This post was written by Joe Raczynski, technology manager at Thomson Reuters e-Discovery continues rapid technological evolution and significant adoption across law firms. At this ILTA 2013 session, David Cowen of The Cowen Group and Steven Clark of Lathrop & Gage facilitated an open discussion, with standing room only, on the hottest topics in e-Discovery. The subjects …
