In November, Supreme Court heard oral arguments in State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., United States ex rel. Rigsby, a case involving the False Claims Act and misclassified claims after Hurricane Katrina. This case is important as litigation under the False Claims Act has grown remarkably in recent years. It also is relevant that the …
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New Versions of Case Notebook Suite and LiveNote Stream
The Case Notebook suite of litigation support products has been enhanced. Case Notebook version 4.5 has been released, adding new features, including batch importing of descriptions, dates and other key facts with automatic links to source information. Reports can be created and exported with the underlying source documents in a single step. This allows users …
ABA TECHSHOW 2017 Panel Preview – Social Media for Lawyers: From Novelty to Necessity
It was not long ago that adding “dot com” to anything represented innovation and a forward-thinking business and/or brand strategy. Now that websites are pervasive, more businesses have shifted their focus toward social media, especially as many individuals experience the Internet solely through the lens of social media. For service-based businesses, like a law firm, …
Podcast: ABA TECHSHOW 2017 Preview with ABA President Linda Klein
The ABA TECHSHOW Conference and Expo kicks off in Chicago this week. But before the event reaches a fever pitch, we had an opportunity to catch-up with ABA President Linda Klein to talk about her work, legal trends and her role during Friday’s plenary session, ABA: A Technology Accelerator in the Law. Listen to our …
Mitchell & Mitchell: Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 4: Replacing ACA Subsidies with Tax Credits
This is the fourth post in an ongoing series regarding potential changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the new Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these shifts mean …
Civics 101: The Judicial Branch, with Minnesota State Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea and Chang Wang
By day, Chief Researcher Chang Wang is a hard-working Thomson Reuters employee. But by night, he’s an attorney, law school and college professor, author and budding actor (he’s the serious Chinese guy wearing the dark suits). Recently, Wang brought his students from two different local universities to a private meeting with Minnesota State Supreme Court …
Oh Canada! Thomson Reuters Recognized as a Best Workplace in Canada for Women
Thomson Reuters was named today as one of the 2017 Best Workplaces in Canada for Women. Organizations recognized have a minimum 90% positive employee response to the statement “I am treated fairly regardless of my gender.” To be recognized for high workplace equality, companies are assessed based on levels of workplace trust experienced by their …
Steve Rubley Named to the 2017 Wash 100 List
Recently at the Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) office in McLean, Va., Steve Rubley, CEO of TRSS and managing director of Thomson Reuters Government business for Legal, received a trophy from Jim Garrettson, CEO and publisher of Executive Mosaic, at a ceremony to celebrate being named to the 2017 Wash 100 list. Each year, Executive …
China’s Legal System: 2016 Reviews and 2017 Predictions
According to the Lunar Calendar, with the close of the 2017 Spring Festival on January 28 the Year of the Fire Monkey ended and the Year of the Fire Rooster began. It also is time for our annual review and predictions of China’s legal system. Chang Wang, chief researcher at Thomson Reuters, invited Vivian Wu, …
Westlaw Secondary Sources Redesigned
Secondary sources often provide critical information when conducting legal research. Now users can more efficiently interact with thousands of analytical resources through the newly redesigned Westlaw Secondary Sources experience. Westlaw users will now have a more direct route to the information they seek via new publication filter and sort options, fully browsable tables of contents, a …
