For the third consecutive year, Thomson Reuters has earned a perfect 100 percent score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workplace equality. As a result, Thomson Reuters is also recognized among the …
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Dan Toombs: Make your legal mark online
Thomson Reuters Insights recently conducted an interview with Australian expert lawyer and law firm marketer, Dan Toombs. In the interview, he discusses the four Ps all law firms, large or small, should be focusing on to ensure they have a strong online presence for ongoing business development. The interview was completed after Toombs’ recent discussion on …
- November 18, 2014
- Susan Martin
FantasySCOTUS – Rise of the Machines? Introducing {Marshall}+
The United States Supreme Court is one of the pinnacles of human wisdom and judgment. But when it comes to predicting the High Court’s decisions, can a machine do better than the wisdom of crowds? The interesting new participant in this term’s FantasySCOTUS tournament is {Marshall}+ – a sophisticated predictive algorithm that will match “his” …
- November 18, 2014
- Susan Martin
Sweet and Maxwell donate textbooks to Books for Africa charity
Sweet and Maxwell recently donated approximately 650 books to the Books for Africa charity, with which Thomson Reuters has held a longstanding partnership. The textbooks donated by Sweet and Maxwell include leading titles such as Archbold, McGregor on Damages, White Book and a number of Nutshells and City and Finance Practitioner’s Guide titles. The Books …
- November 17, 2014
- Paul Sandell
The benefits of a defined in-house strategy
This post was written by Sirin Torpis, regional field manager at Thomson Reuters What do Amazon.com, Outlook, and the iPhone all have in common? They are all disruptive technologies. Amazon’s online shopping forum has changed the means through which consumers buy goods and read books – from brick-and-mortar shops and shopping malls and bookstores to …
- November 17, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
Podcast: America Invents Act, three years later
The America Invents Act marked the most significant change in US patent law in the last 50 years. The historic provisions have impacted patent filings and patent litigation, as well as non-practicing entities or “patent trolls” as they are commonly known. Bernie Knight was general counsel for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office when the …
- November 14, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Law Firm Leaders Forum: Changing model of legal education and career development
Throughout last week’s 19th annual Law Firm Leaders Forum hosted by Thomson Reuters, there was discussion about the evolving legal market and how lawyers and firms must adapt. As lawyers are being forced to think and perform in a new capacity than in previous decades, the way students are being educated and trained has to …
- November 13, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
Registrations still open for FantasySCOTUS
Think you know the Supreme Court? It’s not too late to sign up for FantasySCOTUS, sponsored by Thomson Reuters. Thousands of attorneys, law students, and other avid Supreme Court followers are preparing to make predictions about cases being heard before the Supreme Court this term. Participation is free and the best Supreme Court prognosticators can …
- November 13, 2014
- Leonard Lee
The next legal era: Artificial intelligence and cognitive computing
We are on the cusp of a new era in computer technology. What could possibly connect rapid automated legal decisions, systematized stack ranked medical diagnosis, and never created scrumptious food recipes? At the IBM Cloud Innovation Forum last week in Dana Point, CA, Mike Rhodin, senior vice president of IBM Watson, connected the three with …
- November 13, 2014
- Joe Raczynski
Medal of Honor Recipient Sal Giunta at Thomson Reuters for Veteran’s Day
In October 2007, Staff Sergeant Sal Giunta and his team were navigating through harsh terrain in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan as part of the 2d Battalion (Airborne), 503d Infantry Regiment, when they were ambushed by an insurgent force. While under heavy enemy fire, Giunta engaged the enemy and exposed himself to enemy fire, administering medical aid to his squad …
- November 12, 2014
- Alex Cook