This post was written by Bob Schukai, head of advanced product innovation in technology operations at Thomson Reuters I came across a story on USA Today that talked about the fact that there are 1.3 million apps available today for our smartphones and tablets. It’s a huge number and finding your way through the morass of application stores …
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Pangea3’s Rebecca Thorkildsen in CIO Review magazine
Pangea3’s Director of Legal Solutions Rebecca Thorkildsen was featured in this month’s CIO Review magazine, which had a special focus on legal technology. In her article, Thorkildsen discusses the three game-changing technologies that she believes are the next generation in contract management. Creating a standard can evolve from an activity often requiring months of effort …
A year of giving – supporting Africa
This post was written by Alicia Beilings, head of marketing for Thomson Reuters in Africa Thomson Reuters has made a contribution on behalf of all of our customers and partners to the Books For Africa Foundation. Through this donation, approximately 4,000 books will be purchased and distributed to African children who are eager to learn. Books …
Thomson Reuters earns top honor for ProView eReader platform at British Legal Awards
Thomson Reuters was named ‘Supplier of the Year’ at the British Legal Awards. Hosted by Legal Week in association with The City of London Law Society, the awards celebrate achievement, excellence and innovation in the legal profession. Thomson Reuters was selected for the impact its innovative ProView eReader platform is having on the courts and …
Red light cameras supported by a majority of people, says FindLaw survey
The hottest issue on election ballots last month, wasn’t taxes or immigration. Voters in Cleveland voted to ban so-called red light cameras that capture motorists illegally crossing intersections during red lights. Cleveland joins several other municipalities and states that ban red light cameras. Opponents says red light cameras aren’t proven to increase safety and may simply be a …
Super Lawyers presents top 5 things to consider when selecting a law school
The following post comes from Patrick Dunn of Super Lawyers marketing and communications team. It seems like everywhere you turn someone has an opinion on law school: is it worth the investment? What type of law should you study? Where should you go? To help prospective law students find answers from a trusted source, Super Lawyers has …
Open for Business: Latest issue of Thomson Reuters Exchange Magazine available
Launched the beginning of 2014, our customer magazine Thomson Reuters Exchange is completing its first year. Our fourth quarter issue is “Open for Business” and launched last week. An important topic across the financial industry, open is a concept that touches every aspect of our business, whether it is open data, open platforms or open …
Podcast: The Equality Effect & justice for young girls in Africa
The Equality Effect is a non-profit charity that uses international human rights law as a crowbar to pry open justice for women and girls around the world. Drawing on a team of feisty international lawyers, the equality effect supports its regional legal partners by initiating creative legal advocacy projects to achieve systemic change. In Kenya, …
Big banks make up a third of all FTSE 100 litigation in the UK
Banks continued to make up by the far the largest share of all UK High Court cases involving FTSE 100 companies in the year to June 2014, according to research by Thomson Reuters. Data from Thomson Reuters Lawtel service shows that of the 178 cases involving FTSE 100 companies that made it to the High …
The criminalization of homophobia in Brazil
This article was written by guest author Maria Berenice Dias, attorney; president of the Commission of Sexual Diversity of the Federal Counsel of the OAB [Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (Brazilian Bar Association)]; national vice-president of the IBDFAM [Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de Família (Brazilian Institute of Family Law)]; and author of several works under the …
