What does it take to turn a business with more than 4400 customers in 40 countries into a customer-focused community? Patrick Hurley, Elite vice president of customer advocacy, discusses Elite’s effort to put the customer at the forefront of everything it does, and how that plays into the VANTAGE 2016 Worldwide User Conference underway in …
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VANTAGE 2016 Elite Worldwide User Conference Kicks Off
VANTAGE 2016 Worldwide User Conference is being held in Nashville this week. More than 1100 Elite users will take in presentations, user group meetings, exhibits, demos and a learning lab. Elizabet Hardy, vice president of product management for Elite, discusses today’s keynote that kicked off the conference. [audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/legalcurrent/Elite_VANTAGE_2016_Keynote__Kickoff.mp3]
- May 23, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Peer Monitor Shows Weakening Demand and Rates
After a string of seven consecutive quarters of rising demand, the Peer Monitor Economic Index saw flat demand for large law firm services in the fourth quarter of 2015. The new report showed that the PMI fell two points because of weak demand and rates. But much of the decline in overall demand was accounted …
- February 17, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Law Firm Leaders Forum 2015 — An Examination of Change Underway in Major Law Firms Today
As Day One of the Law Firm Leaders Forum came to a close, Dr. Heidi Gardner, lecturer on law and distinguished fellow, Center on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School, led an introspective panel on how successful firms innovate and change in the face of an uncertain future. Lucy Endel Bassli, assistant general counsel, Legal …
- October 8, 2015
- Alex Cook
Law Firm Leaders Forum 2015 – Legal Marketplace Seeing Hyper-Competition amid Flat Demand
The legal industry has changed dramatically in the years since the beginning of the Great Recession, and is now driven by market forces like hyper-competition, technological innovation and slower demand for legal services. These forces continue to push change on the industry, forging it into something very different from what it was less than a …
- October 8, 2015
- Leonard Lee
Law Firm Leaders Forum 2015 — Bob Woodward on Leadership: Presidents, CEOs and the Larger Lessons
After a busy morning of sessions at Law Firm Leaders Forum, Bob Woodward, associate editor, The Washington Post, delivered the keynote address to the assembled attendees. Woodward began with advice his father, himself a lawyer, gave Woodward in his youth. “The lawyers are the key to everything. Lawyers say profound things, unless you listen closely.” …
- October 8, 2015
- Alex Cook
Law Firm Leaders Forum 2015 — The Parallax View: An Annual Report on the State of the Profession and Business of Law
The 20th annual Law Firm Leaders Forum began this morning with an introspective look at the state of the legal industry. Ralph Baxter, chairman of Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute began with a review of key data points from the Peer Monitor Index. Citing that the total size of the current legal market sits at …
- October 8, 2015
- Alex Cook
Thomson Reuters recognized as Stevie Award winner at the 2014 American Business Awards
The Tax & Accounting business and Legal Business of Thomson Reuters have been recognized as winners of three 2014 American Business Awards, also known as the Stevie Awards. Checkpoint Pocket Assistant received a People’s Choice Award in the category of New Product or Service of the Year – Software – Financial Management Solution, Elite Business …
- September 16, 2014
- Susan Martin
The State’s responsibility and the Argentinean Legal Digest
This article was written by guest author Luis F. P. Leiva Fernandez*. This is part of a series of opinion articles and the original Spanish version can be found below. For six months every legal player must verify the survival of the regulations on which their activity is based, in order to present the observations foreseen …
- September 5, 2014
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters recognizes Pasadena, TX ISD Police with Everyday Heroes Award
Last month, the Fraud Prevention & Investigations business of Thomson Reuters named the recipients of the 2013 Everyday Heroes awards, recognizing agencies and organizations that use Thomson Reuters public and proprietary records search products to make a difference in their communities. Second place winner, IMC/Memorial Healthcare System/Palmar Consulting Group of Hollywood, Fla., shares their story …
- August 28, 2014
- Alex Cook
