The Reference Attorney department in the Legal business of Thomson Reuters is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. When it launched in 1985, Back to the Future and Rambo were top-grossing films. Wham!, Madonna, and Chaka Khan were on top of the Billboard charts. Much has changed since then. What hasn’t changed is the Reference …
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Magna Carta 800th anniversary commemorated with art exhibit at MSP airport
Thomson Reuters and the Airport Foundation MSP celebrate this week’s Magna Carta anniversary by creating Magna Carta to Minnesota: the Rule of Law, a unique art exhibit in Concourse C at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Minnesota’s deep roots in the law – and support for the rule of law – are celebrated in the …
- June 25, 2015
- Susan Martin
Ill Repute: Episode 7 – Caitlyn Jenner, Rachel Dolezal and LeBron James
Welcome to Ill Repute, a podcast about reputation and the forces in the 24 hour news cycle and social media that inpact them. In this edition, I am joined by our resident PR consultant, Leonard Lee, as well as John Shaughnessy, vice president of Business Communications at Thomson Reuters. This week, we discuss the reputation …
- June 18, 2015
- Susan Martin
Karl Florida on the Legal Tech Open Innovation Challenge
The 2015 Legal Tech Open Innovation Challenge began this week, and things are off to a great start so far! Sponsored by Thomson Reuters and CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics – and hosted by InnoCentive, this competition is an open call for legal professionals, programmers, entrepreneurs, data scientists and any other interested …
- June 18, 2015
- Susan Martin
The Thomson Reuters/CodeX 2015 Legal Tech Open Innovation Challenge starts now
Are you a forward-thinking technologist or entrepreneur who is developing next-generation technology solutions that can advance the legal system? If so, then you need to join the 2015 Legal Tech Open Innovation Challenge. Sponsored by Thomson Reuters and CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics – and hosted by InnoCentive, this competition is an …
- June 16, 2015
- Susan Martin
Wait, What? Episode 10: The show goes on the road to AwesomeCon 2015
In a very special episode of “Wait, What?!,” the guys travel to AwesomeCon in Washington, D.C. to take in all the sights and sounds. Additionally, the show wanted to get up close and personal with the comic book/science fiction industry to see what people think about the technology and culture associated with these genres. One of the takeaways from the hours spent at the convention was that …
- June 12, 2015
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters and University of Wisconsin-Stout collaborate on new digital marketing technology major
A new, first-of-its-kind undergraduate major at University of Wisconsin-Stout in digital marketing technology, which grew out of a strengthened relationship with Thomson Reuters, was approved Friday by the UW System Board of Regents. This unique public-private partnership has resulted in an innovative degree program that prepares students for employment in some of the fastest-growing technology fields and …
- June 11, 2015
- Susan Martin
Podcast: Taxing online content
Increasingly, people are dropping their cable providers and opting instead for streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, as well as new standalone services like HBO Go. But even these services would see dwindling subscribers, as value-added taxes have taken effect based on location. Jason Roberts, attorney and legal analyst with the Tax & …
- June 10, 2015
- Susan Martin
Ill Repute: Episode 6 – Josh Duggar, POTUS on Twitter and pedal pubs
Welcome to Ill Repute, a podcast about reputation and the forces in the 24 hour news cycle and social media that inpact them. In this edition, I am joined by our resident PR consultant, Leonard Lee, as well as my colleague in social media, Joel Leeman. This week, we discuss the reputation management of the …
- June 4, 2015
- Susan Martin
The long road to a patent: Distributed search proves innovation comes in multiple forms
Thomson Reuters provides information so our customers can make informed decisions for their businesses and their clients; and the way our customers access that information is through our online products. Because of the vast amount of content we have available, we must both store all of that content and make it searchable for our customers. …
- June 3, 2015
- Susan Martin