In the past few decades, Thomson Reuters has built a mutually beneficial and fruitful partnership with the University of Minnesota, both strategically and tactically. The University of Minnesota Law School is one of the best law schools in the nation and one of Thomson Reuters key customers of print and online Legal products. The Law …
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WestlawNext: Creating relationships inside and out
This post was written by Connie Quarnstrom, manager, Legal Editorial Operations at Thomson Reuters I recently attended the NALIT Professional Development Seminar in Santa Fe, New Mexico, along with my colleague Jeremy Crumb. NALIT is the National Association of Legislative Information Technology, a group under the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). The members of …
David Curran in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel: Strategic risk mitigation
This article was written by David Curran, global director of Risk and Compliance at Thomson Reuters, and was featured in this month’s issue of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Recent news headlines share common themes and raise cautionary flags for harried legal, risk and compliance professionals: The 2014 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to …
Advancing legal services within the community
When I tell people where I work, they mostly associate the legal business of Thomson Reuters with West Publishing or Westlaw. But what most people don’t know about us is all the great work we do in advancing legal services within the community. For example, did you know that over the past six years, Thomson Reuters …
IRS selects Thomson Reuters for legal, tax research
Thomson Reuters today has been awarded a new multi-year contract from the Internal Revenue Service as the primary enterprise-wide provider of online legal and tax research. As many as 20,000 IRS professionals across the agency’s multiple divisions will have access to WestlawNext and WestlawNext Tax augmented by integrated content from Thomson Reuters Checkpoint. The solutions …
Thomson Reuters sponsors new season of FantasySCOTUS
FantasySCOTUS, the Internet’s leading Supreme Court Fantasy League, launched its sixth season, sponsored again this term by Thomson Reuters. FantasySCOTUS, operated by LexPredict, promotes study, discussion and greater understanding of the workings of the nation’s highest court. It unites experts, crowdsourcing and computer algorithms to make predictions on how each of the nine Justices will …
Tim Nixon on sustainability in the supply chain
Sustainability is an increasingly important issue in today’s global supply chains. Supply chains have an enormous impact on employees, on the environment, and the communities where factories and suppliers are located. Thomson Reuters is hosting an event in New York bringing together business leaders, law firms and United Nations officials to examine best practices in corporate …
How the Métis confront the challenges of the Canadian legal system
This post was written by Chris Coppin, legal director for the Conference of Western Attorneys General Canadian Lawyer recently named Jason Madden to its list of Top 25 Influential Figures in Canadian Law for his work on behalf of the Métis (May-Tee) people. The Métis are a distinct cultural group of native peoples who are …
What happens when a nine-year-old attends a legal conference
This post was written by Thomas Kim, chief compliance officer, Thomson Reuters I was delighted when the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers asked me to serve on a panel of general counsels at their joint conference in Toronto with the U.S.-based National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. However, I wondered whether I should accept the …
Judge Barbara Houser receives the 2014 William L. Norton, Jr., Judicial Excellence Award
Congratulations to Judge Barbara Houser, recipient of the 2014 William L. Norton, Jr., Judicial Excellence Award. The award, which is named after the founding member of both the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and the American College of Bankruptcy, is given to a judge whose career embodies the same kind of continued dedication and outstanding contributions …
