Earlier this week, we released our 2011 Annual Report in an interactive format available online at thomsonreuters.com. Along with information on the company’s financial performance as well as business unit overviews, this year’s annual report contains a variety of dynamic content including interviews with our new business leaders as well as stories of how we are building the …
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ERISA litigator James Baker joins Baker & McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie announced in recently that highly regarded ERISA litigator, James Baker joined its North American Compensation & Employment Law Practice as a partner in the San Francisco/Palo Alto office. Baker’s practice focuses on ERISA litigation and the counseling of employers on ERISA, employee benefit and executive compensation issues. Among Baker’s most notable cases, he was the …
- April 6, 2012
- Susan Martin
Success through legal research technology
Law firms are being increasingly challenged to adapt and innovate to meet their clients’ expectations. Being able to succeed in this changing environment, firms must offer more value to their clients. An area that can increase a firm’s value, lower their legal costs and improve their competitive advantage to clients is through legal research. A …
- April 5, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Law firms mergers up in Q1
The trends towards industry consolidation continues. The Hildebrandt Institute’s MergerWatch Report showed 20 completed law firm mergers that involved U.S. firms in the first quarter of 2012. That represents a 43 percent increase over the first quarter of 2011, which saw only 14 completed mergers and is in stark contrast to the four completed mergers in the …
- April 3, 2012
- Scott Augustin
The rule of law, the US Constitution and Thomson Reuters
The U.S. Constitution is one of the most powerful and impactful documents in existence. It literally touches every American’s life, and has since its creation in 1787. Recently, I had the opportunity to view the document first-hand as part of a new exhibit, “We the People: The First Official Printing of the U.S. Constitution,” sponsored by Thomson Reuters in …
- April 1, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
The exciting world of Elite mobile
Thomson Reuters Elite Director of Product Management Justin Farmer introduced the attendees of the 2012 Elite User Conference to 3E Mobile. The new mobile system was created as a native iOS app for the iPad®, as well as a mobile website allowing the ability to access 3E via any web-enabled mobile device. Legal Current caught …
- April 1, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Patent & trademark trends: Thomson Reuters evaluates the state of global IP
Innovation is often viewed as the key to global economic prosperity. In all corners of the earth, executives, policy makers, government officials, politicians, teachers and entrepreneurs are talking about their hope for “innovation.” The topic is of equal interest to Thomson Reuters, and after tracking corporate and industry-specific innovation activity for several years we recently …
- March 30, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Westlaw Litigator: Integrated tools for litigators
We’re having a lot of discussions with litigators here at ABA TECHSHOW about how automated tools can help streamline their workflow and improve productivity. The Westlaw Litigator team is showing their array of solutions, including Westlaw Case Notebook, Westlaw Drafting Assistant, Westlaw CaseLogistix, West Case Timelineand more, which provide a comprehensive suite of litigation tools. Some exciting announcements are on the way in …
- March 30, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
Thomson Reuters ProView eReader continues to grow
One of the most interesting (and coolest!) products we’re showing at ABA TECHSHOW is our new eReader app – Thomson Reuters ProView. Since launching last year, we’ve added a Web browser version in addition to the original iPad app. ProView now has links to WestlawNext to check citations, and new tools to help organize your ProView library. ProView is the …
- March 30, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
WestlawNext iPad app adds West km capabilities
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced the addition of West km capabilities to the latest version of the WestlawNext iPad appTM. The app extends the power of WestlawNext, the award-winning legal research system, for customers in small law firms, government agencies, corporate law departments and large law …
- March 29, 2012
- Susan Martin
