As consumers buy more and more products over the Internet, they are not always doing a good job of paying attention to the legal fine print. According to a new survey by FindLaw.com (www.findlaw.com), the most popular legal information website, more than half of people surveyed say they pay little or no attention to legal …
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Meet the blind student who is ‘Westlaw India’s’ No.1 champion
An exceptional student at the top of his law class, Amar Jain is on the right track for a successful legal career in his home country of India. It’s not just his academic achievements that make Amar out of the ordinary though. The 4th year student stands out from his peers at Mumbai’s Government Law College because …
- December 29, 2011
- Susan Martin
Webinar on recent trends in securities-related litigation and what you need to know
In 2011, the financial industry was pummelled with mortgage-backed securities related litigation in the wake of the 2008 mortgage crisis — and with it, a wave of documents to be reviewed. A panel of securities experts surveyed the damage and provided guidance for the future in the live webinar, “Deeper and Deeper: Recent trends in …
- December 19, 2011
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters ProView eReader app launches in US
eReaders are all the rage these days, but until now, there hasn’t been an eReader app that was built from the ground up for professional use. Thomson Reuters ProView eReader app for the iPad is now available at the Westlaw Store. ProView has professional-grade features including: – Full-text search using the same Boolean search technology that powers Westlaw and WestlawNext …
- December 12, 2011
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters receives research grant from Michael J. Fox Foundation
The causes of Parkinson’s disease are still largely a mystery. Thomson Reuters has received a grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to create and publish the world’s most comprehensive source of biological maps for Parkinson’s disease. The project aims to identify possible causes of Parkinson’s disease by mapping biological mutations of the Leucine-rich repeat kinase …
- December 9, 2011
- Susan Martin
WestlawNext iPad app adds new offline capabilities
It’s been quite a year for WestlawNext and the WestlawNext iPad app, both of which continue to add new functionality, as well as gather industry awards and acclaim. The latest enhancements to the iPad app help the user while working offline — an important consideration given the tremendous mobility & portability that the tablet format provides. The app lets users save …
- December 6, 2011
- Susan Martin
Hubbard One integrates Vizibility’s online identity management platform
Personal QR Codes and SearchMe Buttons for Google are some of the new tools that attorneys and firms can use to manage their online identities while conveying a new tech-savvy image. Hubbard One today announced that through the integration of Vizibility software on Hubbard One websites, legal professionals can easily control, organize and share their online identities, from verified Google results to hand-picked …
- December 6, 2011
- Susan Martin
Paralegal scholarship winners announced
The National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) announced the 2011 Thomson Reuters Scholarship winners at their annual convention, held recently in Minneapolis. Mary K. Hanson from Sacramento, CA, who is a paralegal student at Heald College, received highest honors and the $3000 scholarship. Her scholarship described her path to the paralegal program from the foreclosure …
- December 2, 2011
- Susan Martin
FindLaw launches Legal Pulse
FindLaw.com is introducing FindLaw Legal Pulse, a new content area that offers continuously updated legal headlines from around the world, along with news, photo feeds and analysis from such sources as Reuters, the Associated Press, New York Times and Washington Post. The content covers a broad range of law-related topics—everything from Supreme Court decisions to legislative …
- December 1, 2011
- Susan Martin
The impact of legal research technology on the value and delivery of legal services
When asked if technology brings value to her clients and the cost of legal services, Jaye Lapachet, Manager of Library Services at Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP in San Francisco, explains “better efficiency means that attorneys can spend more time face to face with clients rather than online searching. The more attorneys can be focused on …
- December 1, 2011
- Susan Martin
