This post was written by Carlos Seoane, senior director of Operations for Thomson Reuters Elite With increasing pressure to streamline billing efficiencies and capture every single billable moment, law firms today must find any and all feasible ways to improve the workflow between lawyer and client. E-Bills need to be more efficiently generated to shorten …
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SuperConference: Defining work projects to leverage external legal resources
At Inside Counsel’s SuperConference last week, a packed room engaged with a panel to discuss the multitude of options available for law departments to help maximize resources, be more cost-efficient, implement effective technologies, and leverage alternative service providers. The session was moderated by Jay Felton, a partner at Lathrop & Gage LLP. His fellow panelists …
- May 19, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
Thomson Reuters and Minneapolis Institute of Arts host art and the law event
For centuries, many pieces of fine art and antiquities were considered the spoils of war or simply spirited away from their country of origin, only to land in museums, private collections or the auction block. But in the modern era where cultural preservation has taken center-stage, debates on museum ownership, artist’s rights and cultural preservation …
- May 13, 2014
- Alex Cook
Peer Monitor Index shows increasing law firm activity in first quarter
2014 got off to a good start, according to the Peer Monitor Economic Index. The PMI rose 4 points to 56 in the first quarter report, reflecting improved demand and rates compared with the year-earlier period. Transactional practices were particularly strong, including corporate work, real estate and tax work. That helped make up for continued weakness …
- May 7, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Thomson Reuters legal business at the London Book Fair
This post was written by Chris Hendry, head of advanced media for the UK Legal business at Thomson Reuters The London Book Fair, now in its 43rd year, welcomes more than 25,000 visitors and exhibitors from 114 countries to Earls Court each year. It bills itself as a unique opportunity to explore, understand and capitalize …
- April 29, 2014
- Paul Sandell
Incubators: Why we take pride in the future of legal
This article was written by Karl Florida, managing director of Small Law Firms at Thomson Reuters Recently the small law firm business of Thomson Reuters participated in the Incubator Conference, a program that is taking off nationally, and among law schools in El Salvador, Dominican Republic, India, Pakistan and Kenya. All were represented on site at …
- April 22, 2014
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters and U.N. Environment Programme to collaborate on Executive Perspectives on Sustainability
Thomson Reuters and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have announced collaboration on Executive Perspectives on Sustainability – an award-winning website that hosts global conversations among world leaders and offers unique insights on sustainability-related issues. Pulling in key voices from politics, non-governmental organizations and corporations, Executive Perspectives explores issues and questions with significant environmental impact, …
- April 10, 2014
- Alex Cook
Peer Monitor issues Mid-Size Law Firm Report
Mid-size law firms face unique challenges and opportunities in the current law firm market. Peer Monitor has launched its first Mid-Size Law Firm Report, analyzing this segment of the market, which consists of firms outside of the Am Law 200. The report finds that mid-size firms struggled last year, compared with larger firms. But they also may find …
- April 8, 2014
- Leonard Lee
The Pre-Salt auction and contracts
This article was written by guest author Cesar A. Guimarães Pereira.* This is part of a series of opinion articles that originated in Brazil, so the original Portuguese version can be found below. The auction of the First Pre-Salt Round (area from the Libra block) which occurred on October 21, 2013, sparked discussion about the exploration model …
- April 2, 2014
- Susan Martin
On the Bill for a new Civil Proceedings Code
This article was written by guest author Teresa Arruda Alvim Wambier.* This is part of a series of opinion articles that originated in Brazil, so the original Portuguese version can be found below. Three observations are necessary before starting to properly address the Bill for a new Civil Proceedings Code (CPC) [1]. The first of these is …
- March 27, 2014
- Susan Martin
