Insurance is just that, an item that most people have and may not rely on often, but when the time comes and it is needed, they are glad they have insurance. Thomson Reuters recently announced the addition of a new practitioner-focused page covering the insurance industry on WestlawNext. Regulatory and legislative coverage for the insurance …
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Podcast: How secure is using your smartphone?
You can now speed through store checkout lanes just by waving your smartphone. New mobile payment systems purport to be fast, convenient and secure. Well, maybe not that last part. In the podcast below, Bob Benjy, an attorney with Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, who works with financial institutions, says mobile payment systems such as Apple Pay, …
- April 22, 2015
- Leonard Lee
Legal Debate Series: Corporate death penalty would stop companies from breaking the law
Leading minds in the world of law gathered at Thomson Reuters offices in Canary Wharf on Thursday, April 16 to hear a lively debate on the highly contentious issue of corporate wrongdoing – and who should pay. The event, moderated by Axel Threlfall, editor at large for Reuters, was the second in the Thomson Reuters …
- April 22, 2015
- Susan Martin
How lawyers can find out if their traffic report is lying to them
When it comes to firm marketing, it can be easy to become fixated on metrics like website visits and search rankings, but do they tell the whole story? Mark Jacobsen, senior director of Strategic Development & Thought Leadership for FindLaw, sits down with Sean Sands, digital marketing expert, Web Content for FindLaw, about their new …
- April 21, 2015
- Alex Cook
Pro bono work from Linklaters and Thomson Reuters ushers in new era in Liberian law
Thomson Reuters, in partnership with global law firm Linklaters LLP, recently completed a pro bono project for Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB), a not-for-profit organization with centers in the US, UK, and Kenya, that supports global justice sector capacity building through training, observation, technical support, and access to justice initiatives. LWOB fulfills its mission, in part, …
- April 21, 2015
- Susan Martin
ABA Techshow session recap: The Future of Advertising
While marketing may not be the favorite pastime of many attorneys, most would agree that in today’s hyper-competitive environment, it has become an activity that law firms must understand and, increasingly, embrace. In light of this, the 2015 ABA Techshow lunch and learn session, “The Future of Advertising,” sponsored by FindLaw and presented by Eli …
- April 21, 2015
- Mark Jacobsen
Podcast: Judge Daniel Brenner on Net Neutrality
Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication. Examples of net neutrality violations include when the Internet service provider Comcast intentionally slowed peer-to-peer communications. On …
- April 20, 2015
- Susan Martin
Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion 2014 Report now available
This post was written by Rachel Moseley, Corporate Responsibility program manager at Thomson Reuters I remember when I passed my driving test. I was thrilled, and so was my driving instructor (no more nail biting lessons), my parents (no more taxi-service), and my friends (a new taxi-service). Sharing the news with each of them was …
- April 20, 2015
- Alex Cook
Americans Say Freedom of Speech is the Most Important Constitutional Right, According to FindLaw.com Survey for Law Day, May 1
EAGAN, Minn. – Freedom of speech is the most important constitutional right, according to a new survey from FindLaw.com, the most popular legal information website. In honor of Law Day (May 1), FindLaw.com asked 1,000 American adults to rank the rights enumerated in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in order of importance. …
- April 20, 2015
- Alex Cook
ABA Techshow session recap: Buying, Implementing and Replacing Technology
Many people like to have the latest piece of technology, that new shiny toy; some even spend a few days in lines to purchase the latest phone or tablet. At the 2015 ABA Techshow, one of the first questions asked at a panel discussing buying, implementing and replacing technology in a law practice was whether …
- April 20, 2015
- Jeff McCoy