The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) announced that it has named WestlawNext™ as its New Product of the Year for 2011. As you can imagine, we’re delighted. In the news release announcing the award, Mike Dahn, chief marketing and product development officer, Westlaw U.S. (and a former law librarian, himself), said: “The WestlawNext team is honored to be …
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Thomson Reuters wins five SABEW Best in Business awards
Here at Legal Current we definitely value great writing, which is why we are pleased to applaud the five Thomson Reuters winners of the American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Best in Business awards for 2010. Check out our corporate blog, The Knowledge Effect, to learn more.
- March 28, 2011
- Susan Martin
Social media revolution
The following guest post was written by attorney and blogger Anna Berend, a panelist at the Social Media Breakfast hosted by Thomson Reuters last week. Read below for her insight into the important legal issues at play in the social media space: It seems like almost everyone is connected to at least one, if not several, social …
- March 25, 2011
- Susan Martin
Innovation is accelerating
Derwent World Patents Index® (DWPISM), the world’s most trusted and authoritative patent database from Thomson Reuters, recently reached a historic milestone when it registered its 20 millionth invention, demonstrating that the pace of innovation is accelerating. The 20 millionth invention in DWPI, “MY 140727A,” was filed by a Malaysian oil and marine service company, IEV Group. The …
- March 25, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Twitter chat today on social media and the law
Don’t worry if you missed the live streaming video from last week’s social media and the law panel discussion that took part on our Eagan, Minn. campus because there’s still time to join the discussion. Once again we are teaming up with the Minneapolis/St. Paul Social Media Breakfast folks to host our first Twitter chat today, Thursday, …
- March 24, 2011
- Susan Martin
Twitter chat transcript: Social media and the law
Thank you to everyone who participated in our inaugural Twitter chat today on social media and the law. If you missed out, don’t worry, the entire transcript can be found here. Legal Current hosted the event in partnership with the Minneapolis/St. Paul Social Media Breakfast and I think everyone in attendance would agree that it was a …
- March 24, 2011
- Susan Martin
Examining the changing global pharmaceutical landscape from a trademark perspective
The creation and clearance of pharmaceutical trademarks continues to be one of the most challenging areas of trademark law. Thomson CompuMark’s free upcoming webinar offers the opportunity to learn about the continuing evolution of the international regulatory environments and the current issues that affect pharmaceutical brand owners globally. Hear what pharmaceutical companies around the world …
- March 23, 2011
- Susan Martin
Where’s the bacon?
Social media, the law and bacon all came together last Friday morning as Thomson Reuters played host to more than 120 social media aficionados and members of Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis/St. Paul (SMBMSP). This forum of bloggers from private and public sectors gather monthly to dish on topics over breakfast (always including bacon), and then …
- March 21, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Highlights from the Global Ethics Summit
Day one of the Ethisphere Institute’s Global Ethics Summit, co-hosted by Thomson Reuters, wrapped up with a panel discussion on the challenges of compliance in highly regulated industries. I had the privilege of moderating this panel, which included Douglas Lankler, chief compliance and risk officer at Pfizer; Alan Yuspeh, chief ethics and compliance officer at HCA Group; and …
- March 17, 2011
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters coverage of Japan
All eyes have been focused on Japan these past few days as the country deals with the damage and aftermath of one of the most devastating natural disasters that the world has ever seen. Our corporate blog, The Knowledge Effect, has been covering this event all week. Check out the news round-up, featuring some of the most …
- March 16, 2011
- Susan Martin
