What will 2015 look like for some of Asia’s largest economies and their legal industries? Law firms from around the region offer some answers. In this article in the latest Forum Magazine, we look at what 2015 holds in terms of legal and regulatory developments in some of Asia’s largest economies, as well as how …
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Legal Current is pleased to welcome Sean Doherty
For avid readers of Legal Current, you may have noticed a new contributor to the blog – Sean Doherty. As you may already know, Sean is a well-regarded legal technology analyst and attorney, and we are pleased that he will be a regular voice on Legal Current. In fact, you can read his first post …
Twin Cities teachers go back to school with Thomson Reuters
The following post was written by Michele Engdahl, director of Government Affairs, Thomson Reuters. While students around the country were preparing to head back to school last week, Thomson Reuters Eagan campus hosted 110 teachers from Como Park High School in St. Paul to help them learn what modern businesses look for in its employees. This …
Promoting the Rule of Law by Telling the Story of West Publishing and Thomson Reuters
The following post was written by Chang Wang, chief research and academic officer, Thomson Reuters. In 2000, Professor Hiroshi Narita, then a professor at Tohoku-Gakuin University in Japan, visited Thomson Reuters in Eagan, Minnesota. As a law professor and legal historian, he was very interested in the history of West Publishing. During the next 15 …
BlackBerry to Acquire Good Technology: It’s Not About the Phones!
If you only follow the mobile phone space to see what other gadgets attorneys are using, the news that BlackBerry recently signed an agreement to acquire Good Technology in a cash deal valued at $425 million may not have registered on your radar. After all, the majority of attorneys who use smartphones use Apple Inc.’s …
ILTACON – Customer Engagement with Thomson Reuters Elite
The following post was written by Bill Burch of Thomson Reuters ELITE. The big themes we are hearing from customers are focused around efficiencies and collaboration. At the foundation is a market that has grown more and more competitive. Statistics show that legal demand has been flat, but most firms feel as though they are …
Canadian Lawyer InHouse Announces Second Annual Innovatio Awards
Canadian Lawyer InHouse announced the winners of the second annual Innovatio Awards to recognize the innovative work of legal departments among Canadian businesses and their legal service providers. This year’s honourees are: BMO – Innovation of the Year and Litigation Management, Large Department EDC (Economic Development Canada) – Law Department Management, Large Department Bell Mobility/McCarthys/Cognition – …
Canadian Lawyer InHouse Announces Second Annual Innovatio Awards
TORONTO – Canadian Lawyer InHouse, a Thomson Reuters publication, has announced the winners of the second annual Innovatio Awards to recognize the innovative work of legal departments among Canadian businesses and their legal service providers. This year’s honourees are: BMO – Innovation of the Year and Litigation Management, Large Department EDC (Economic Development Canada) – Law …
ILTACON – Latest SharePoint Updates and Features
As ILTACON 2015 came to a close, the “Latest SharePoint® Updates and Features” session assembled a panel to discuss the features for on-premise SharePoint®, Office 365TM and SharePoint® 2016. The panel endeavored to surface what’s new in SharePoint® and relevant to law firms. In 2016, SharePoint® is renewing investment in its core: files, content management, …
Forum Magazine: Big data law
The pace of change in the legal profession has been accelerating over the past few years – a technology driven transformation of the legal system. Rarely a day goes by that we don’t read about new technology that promises to make lawyers more efficient than ever before, or replace them altogether. Compared to other service …
