As part of our ongoing series highlighting Thomson Reuters key authors, this month we highlight Stuart M. Saft, a partner in Holland & Knight’s New York City office. Saft is the chair of the firm’s New York Real Estate Practice Group, the co-chair of the Global Hospitality, Resort and Timeshare Group, and the co-chair of the …
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Patrick Hurley reflects on LawTech Futures 2014 in London
In this guest post, Patrick Hurley, vice president of Global Implementation at Thomson Reuters Elite, reflects on his recent presentation at the LawTech Futures 2014 conference in London, England. LawTech Futures grows bigger, more varied, more interesting and more inspirational every year I attend…and this year was no exception. Despite arriving in the UK that morning from …
March podcast: Facebook bragging, contraception mandating and teddy bear stabbing
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Daughter’s Facebook brag costs her family $80,000 Legal trends & insights: Contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act News from Thomson Reuters: Thomson Reuters creates Solutions suites On the legal blogs: Woman stabs teddy bear, faces felony assault charge You can listen to the episode now by clicking the play button on the …
Latest enhancements to WestlawNext include Custom Pages and eLibraries
In the wake of ABA Techshow in Chicago this week, Brian Quinn, senior product developer for WestlawNext, sat down with Legal Current to talk about the latest enhancements to WestlawNext, including Custom Pages, eLibraries and the addition of PeopleMap. He also talked about what the WestlawNext team will be doing at ABA Techshow. “We will …
Karl Florida welcomes guests to ABA Techshow in Chicago this week
Karl Florida, managing director of the small law firm and customer segment at Thomson Reuters, welcomes Legal Current visitors to ABA Techshow in the video clip below. He also talks about the trends he is seeing as law firms are increasingly adopting the cloud to help manage their practice and manage their technology, as well …
Thomson Reuters creates Solutions suites
In today’s legal market, clients are working with slimmer budgets and have a keener desire to allocate their limited funds prudently. That means messages about uniquely tailored service, cost efficiency and an informed, reasonable preparedness for the outcome of a given matter hold more appeal. In order to be the provider of legal services that …
Attorney and author Jeffrey Kessler files high-profile NCAA lawsuit
High-profile sports and labor attorney Jeffrey Kessler, also a Thomson Reuters key author, filed an antitrust lawsuit on behalf of college football and men’s basketball players in a New Jersey federal court Monday, naming the NCAA and the five richest power conferences — the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12 and Big 12 — as defendants. …
Why most law firm websites are designed to fail
Most law firm websites are designed to fail. That’s a bold statement, and the theme of a new white paper from FindLaw. The white paper discusses how many law firms’ websites may be generating less business impact than they could. Why? Because they don’t focus enough on conversion – the process of getting visitors to …
5 Hour Energy = Secret recipe?
The maker of 5 Hour Energy is under investigation by attorneys general in Oregon and other states because of reports of consumer health problems. But the real battle may be over the popular energy shots’ proprietary formula, which the company is refusing to turn over to investigators. Eric Hagen with McDermott Will & Emery discusses the …
Thomson Reuters and ICMEC release report outlining opportunities for digital economy
A late winter storm may have shut down Washington, D.C. yesterday, but the National Press Club was abuzz this morning when Thomson Reuters and the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) released a new report from the Digital Economy Task Force (DETF) outlining opportunities and risks around the emerging digital economy. DETF co-chairs …
