Following a record year for mergers and acquisitions activity, Practical Law is releasing its most comprehensive survey ever examining the use of reverse break-up fees and other remedies for buyer breach in debt-financed M&A deals. The seventh edition of the study, Reverse Break-Up Fees and Specific Performance: A Survey of Remedies for Financing and Antitrust …
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VR, Wearables & Virtual Assistants – Mind Your Business, May 2016
How will we use virtual reality, wearable technologies and voice-controlled virtual assistants in the years ahead? In this edition of Mind Your Business, an interview with Kate Boeckman, Manager, Strategic Product Development in the Applied Innovation Group at Thomson Reuters. Kate is currently tracking wearable and other emerging product technologies, generating innovative opportunities for their …
- May 11, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Forum Magazine: Insight into Change and Innovation
Innovation: the introduction of something new1 “Shaped by Innovation” is the theme for the first edition of Thomson Reuters Forum of 2016. As the definition states, innovation is the act or process of introducing something new. In the legal field, innovation has been used recently to emphasize new technology offerings or services, often those that …
- May 10, 2016
- Jeff McCoy
Midsize Law Firm Managing Partner Roundtable Brings New Relationships & Insights
In late March, Tommy Williams, vice president Large & Medium Law Firms, and I had the opportunity to host a customer roundtable with Jim Smith, president and CEO Thomson Reuters, and Deirdre Stanley, executive vice president, General Counsel. Several managing partners from midsize law firms joined us at our Times Square office in New York …
- May 9, 2016
- Alex Cook
Alt.Legal Podcast with Ralph Baxter
Alt.Legal is a podcast hosted by Joe Borstein and Ed Sohn of Thomson Reuters and columnists of the alt.legal blog on Above the Law. For their inaugural show, Joe and Ed are joined by Ralph Baxter, the former chairman and CEO of Orrick and chairman of Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute (LEI) Advisory Board. Ralph joins the …
- May 6, 2016
- Alex Cook
Thomson Reuters Practical Law Canada Announces New Law Department Service for In-House Counsel, as well as four New Practice Area Modules
Thomson Reuters Practical Law Canada continues to expand its coverage with the addition of a Law Department service specifically for in-house counsel, and four new practice area modules for transactional, litigation and in-house counsel lawyers. “We’re proud to offer more practice-focused legal resources that will transform the way in-house counsel, litigators and business lawyers in …
- May 5, 2016
- Alex Cook
The Importance of Online Reviews to Your Practice
Thanks to the Internet, it seems as though your firm’s hard-earned reputation is in the hands of people who can hurt you with just one smart-aleck comment or a harsh online review. But even when you’re not in complete control of your firm’s reputation, you can still manage it. A new white paper, You Can’t …
- May 5, 2016
- Leonard Lee
FindLaw Selected as Google AdWords™ Premier SMB Partner
FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business and leading provider of business development solutions for small law firms, has been named a Google AdWords™ Premier SMB Partner. The designation recognizes FindLaw’s excellence in managing online advertising campaigns that help its law firm clients to grow their businesses. Premier SMB Partners meet Google’s highest standards and criteria for …
- May 4, 2016
- Alex Cook
Eric Laughlin Talks Artificial Intelligence with Legal Talk Network
Discussions of how technology will change the legal profession seem to go as far back as Hammurabi at this point, but with the new reality of artificial intelligence, the narrative continues to evolve. Eric Laughlin, managing director of the Corporate Segment and general manager for the Legal Managed Services at Thomson Reuters, joins legal thought …
- May 3, 2016
- Alex Cook
How Policy Traction on the Paris Climate Change Agreement May Take Hold
On April 22, 2016 – Earth Day – delegates from 150 nations gathered at United Nations headquarters in New York to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The agreement was the signature product of the COP21 climate change talks held in Paris late last November, calling for participating countries to actively reduce greenhouse gas emissions …
- May 3, 2016
- Alex Cook