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Personal injury claims, poppy seed bagels and cybercrime – Podcast: July 2013
After a brief hiatus, the Legal Current monthly podcast is back! In the July 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we discuss: Legal Trends & Insights: The impact of the new RTA Claims Portal on personal injury claims in the UK Legal News: An interview with Prof. Ronald Rotunda of Chapman University on the …
- July 31, 2013
- Susan Martin
FindLaw survey: More than a quarter of young people have social media posts they regret
While the old adage, “Always assume positive intent” may cover all manner of sins, when it comes to people’s use of social media, sometimes you’ve got to wonder. And if a new survey is any indicator, social media users also have thought twice. According to a new survey from FindLaw.com, more than 29 percent of …
- July 31, 2013
- Alex Cook
West LegalEdcenter, Association of Legal Administrators partner to offer training courses
Two heads are better than one. This aphorism has been displayed by two legal entities recently announcing their collaboration to provide legal professionals with important programs and educational resources. Thomson Reuters announced that they will partner with the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) to broaden content offerings for Certified Legal Manager (CLM)sm and continuing legal …
- July 29, 2013
- Kelsey Engbrecht
The Four Pillars of Effective Predictive Coding
Predictive coding can provide major benefits when dealing with high volumes of electronically-stored information (ESI). But at the same time, it is far from a “silver bullet” in handling ESI. There are four essential concepts that emerge when examining matters that have successfully and unsuccessfully utilized predictive coding. Ed Sohn, assistant vice president for professional …
- July 24, 2013
- Kelsey Engbrecht
Introducing Core Publishing Solutions
Thomson Reuters has introduced a new service for end-to-end content production and delivery solutions to publishers: Core Publishing Solutions. Emphasizing the importance of helping publishers provide their customers with content in the most efficient manner possible, the business explores new production options to create flexibility and scalability. “Thomson Reuters is uniquely positioned in the U.S. …
- July 23, 2013
- Kelsey Engbrecht
Lessons learned at AALL
This post was written by Mike Carlson, reference attorney at Thomson Reuters Reference attorneys have always had a strong affinity with law librarians. Our jobs are similar. We respond to a maddeningly diverse set of research requests and, as the legal market changes, so do our responsibilities. Now, we find ourselves taking on more responsibilities …
- July 18, 2013
- Susan Martin
Librarians are uniquely equipped to provide practical training: Help your firm get ahead
This post is a message from the 2013 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference. To read other posts in the series, click here, and watch for more content soon! Law librarians are equipped with superior research skills, organizational skills, familiarity with copyright issues, technical skills and the ability to work across departments and practice areas with …
- July 18, 2013
- Kelsey Engbrecht
Dan Dabney on reclassifying headnotes in the Key Number System
In the video below, Dan Dabney, chief taxonomist at Thomson Reuters, describes how our attorney-editors continue to make alterations to the Key Number System, including reclassifying 300,000 headnotes for the revisions to the Election Key Number. This year, the editorial staff also combined the topics “schools” and “colleges and universities” into a new topic: “education.” This …
- July 17, 2013
- Gretchen DeSutter
Law librarians and knowledge management: Tips from West km
This post is a message from the 2013 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference. To read other posts in the series, click here, and watch for more content soon! Although knowledge management can provide the efficiency that firms are increasingly striving to achieve, many decision makers at firms are reluctant to adopt the process. To find …
- July 16, 2013
- Kelsey Engbrecht
