Reuters News Editor Alison Frankel recently sat down with Bryan Garner, editor of Black’s Law Dictionary, 10th Edition. In this 30 minute interview, they discuss Garner’s process when it comes to editing the Dictionary, his love of words, and much more. Frankel updates her On the Case blog multiple times throughout the day on WestlawNext Practitioner Insights. …
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Andrew Keen keynote at AALL annual conference
James Kinzer once wrote, “When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.” With that in mind, things got off to an ‘interesting’ start on Sunday morning at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) annual conference in San Antonio, TX, with a keynote address by Andrew Keen, …
- July 14, 2014
- John Shaughnessy
June podcast: A courtroom brawl, Slenderman and technology trends
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: -Legal news: A courtroom brawl in Brevard County, Florida -Legal trends & insights: Can Eric Knudsen, the creator of the fictional character Slenderman, be held civilly liable for the recent violence suffered by the young victim of a stabbing attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin? -News from Thomson Reuters: …
- July 1, 2014
- Susan Martin
Service before self: Dan Clark closing keynote at Vantage Worldwide Conference
New York Times best-selling author Dan Clark spoke to attendees at the Vantage Worldwide Conference in New York City last week about the importance of service. Clark knows a thing or two about this subject area, having written over 20 books with his most recent titled, The Art Of Significance: Achieving the Level Beyond Success. Clark attended …
- June 30, 2014
- Gretchen DeSutter
Elite Vantage Worldwide Conference 2014: Opening keynote and executive session
Kicking things off on Tuesday morning were Bill Burch, Elisabet Hardy, and Eric Sugden, all executives with Thomson Reuters Elite, at the opening keynote. After welcoming guests, Burch turned things over to Hardy, who talked about the various Elite products that will be demoed throughout the week. A highlight was the Elite Conversion Engine, which …
- June 24, 2014
- Susan Martin
The importance of end-of-life directives
The world lost a gem this week with the passing of Casey Kasem, radio and TV icon and the voice of Norville “Shaggy” Rogers from Scooby Doo. His death also marked the end of a very public legal battle between family members over his end-of-life directive. After Kasem was told he had Parkinson’s Disease in …
- June 19, 2014
- Susan Martin
Survey says…Technology trends in 2014 and beyond
If the reports we’re reading are true, 2014 will be a year where we continue to march toward mobility and “smarter” smart devices, the cloud will be everywhere in our professional and personal lives, and the PC will truly become passé. Of course, technologies rarely materialize out of nowhere, so most of the major trends …
- June 13, 2014
- Susan Martin
Finally, a single user interface – Workspace from Thomson Reuters Elite
Workspace, a new Thomson Reuters Elite platform, is now available. The platform, announced this week, provides a single interface so users can access a range of Elite solutions and third-party products from both desktop and mobile devices and improve workplace efficiency. Workspace unifies operational systems with a common architecture, through which law firms can easily …
- June 12, 2014
- Gretchen DeSutter
Podcast: NCAA class-action ready to tip-off
The class-action lawsuit including former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon against the NCAA begins in District Court in Los Angeles next week. In addition, the NCAA is appealing a recent regional NLRB ruling that Northwestern University football players have the right to unionize. Marta Fernandez of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell has dealt with NLRB issues …
- June 3, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Thomson Reuters to deploy case management and electronic filing solution to Royal Courts of Justice
Thomson Reuters announced this morning that its case management and electronic filing solution, C-Track, will be deployed across the jurisdictions within the Rolls building in London, England, part of the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ). Thomson Reuters won the contract to deliver a new system following an extensive procurement exercise by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals …
- May 6, 2014
- Paul Sandell