The youngest ever elected president of the Supreme Court of Chile, Sergio Manuel Muñoz Gajardo, recently braved the frigid Minnesota temperatures to visit the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus. The Honorable Judge Muñoz was on a U.S. tour, visiting a number of world-class organizations, and specifically requested a visit to Thomson Reuters. His motivation for visiting the U.S. …
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Thomson Reuters sponsors Global Rule of Law panel, part of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum
On Friday, March 7, Thomson Reuters will be the title sponsor of a panel discussion on the global rule of law as part of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2014 “Law and Business Day.” Global rule of law is foundational for economic and social development in emerging countries. It is crucial in building the integrity …
- February 28, 2014
- Susan Martin
February podcast: Marriage killers, creepy pranks and cyberbullying
In the February 2014 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Is Facebook a marriage killer? Legal trends & insights: Judge Thomas Jacobs on the nature of cyberbullying and what parents can do to protect their kids. News from Thomson Reuters: Jason Thomas keynote at LegalTech New York last month and the Digital Economy Task Force report coming soon. On …
- February 27, 2014
- Susan Martin
Peer Monitor Index falls in fourth quarter
The Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Economic Index fell 3 points to 52 in the fourth quarter. Demand for legal services was down 0.6 percent. For the year, demand was down 0.7 percent as the law firm market suffered its first down year since 2010. Law firms are struggling to maintain market share as clients bring more work …
- February 25, 2014
- Leonard Lee
LegalTech New York themes: Predictions and processes
After a couple of days at LegalTech a few themes emerged. First, there was the overall nature of the show; Inside Legal had a day-one summary that broke down the vendors in the exhibit hall as follows: eDiscovery vendors 38% Cloud vendors (only touting cloud solutions) 3% Big data (companies marketing big data-type solutions) 5% Information governance …
- February 11, 2014
- David Curle
Terms and Conditions: Privacy and Security in the Social Age
Wednesday night, I attended the LegalTech New York viewing of Terms and Conditions May Apply, and I was blown away. I try to be a smart consumer, and I am a protective parent. But after watching this film I wondered if my children and I had traded a little too much privacy for some of …
- February 7, 2014
- Gretchen DeSutter
eBillingHub launches robust benchmarking and analytics tool to measure law firm performance
eBillingHub has launched an enhancement that delivers critical performance indicators to its administrator users. Free of charge for all eBillingHub customers, the benchmarking and analytics enhancement shows firms how their billing processes measure up to other firms, making it easy to identify where efficiencies and accuracies can be gained. Powered by Peer Monitor, the leading …
- February 6, 2014
- Susan Martin
Firm Central announces expanded dashboard capabilities for small firm practitioners
New tools and integration capabilities from Firm Central are now available. The new enhancements enable attorneys to securely communicate and share documents with clients; synchronize time and billing, as well as accounting practices; and tap into the “know how” of Practical Law – all within the Firm Central dashboard. Moreover, Firm Central users will now be …
- February 5, 2014
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters Concourse adds Practical Law, powerful new technology enhancements
Thomson Reuters Concourse announced today its newly integrated components: Practical Law, Integrated Search using WestlawNext, and Bulk Contact Manager. The addition of Practical Law provides Thomson Reuters Concourse users with access to the full Practical Law library, including Practice Notes, Standard Documents and Clauses, Checklists and more, all created by attorney editors who are experts …
- February 4, 2014
- Susan Martin
New version of Thomson Reuters ProView eReader platform
Improved annotation, PDF and library functions are just part of the latest version of Thomson Reuters ProView eReader platform. Version 1.8 of ProView adds labeling and searching of annotations; the ability to create, print and email PDFs of eBook sections; and the ability to sort libraries by topic. ProView is available for iPad and Android …
- February 3, 2014
- Leonard Lee
