Tuesday 23rd Sep 2014
On Oct. 27, 2008, U.S. Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska was found guilty of allegedly failing to disclose gifts, which led him to lose re-election just eight days later. But in April 2009, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan vacated the verdict at the request of Attorney General Eric Holder after it was revealed that prosecutors had ...
Tuesday 23rd Sep 2014
The Legal business of Thomson Reuters and Obelisk Support, the multilingual legal business built around communities of highly-skilled lawyers, recently announced an innovative collaboration to help corporate legal departments deliver greater value to their stakeholders. The collaboration comes at a time when corporate legal departments, faced with an increasing workload and the need to manage costs ...
Monday 22nd Sep 2014
The third issue of Thomson Reuters Exchange Magazine was recently released, tackling the theme of Innovation. Highlights from the issue include Thomson Reuters IP & Science business President Basil Moftah on ten areas of innovation that will change our world by 2025; Mona Vernon of our Data Innovation Lab and F&R Chief Technology Officer Philip Brittan on how ...
Monday 22nd Sep 2014
Serengeti, a Thomson Reuters business, is hosting an evening with Richard Susskind on Tuesday, Sept. 30. This exclusive free event for in-house counsel is to celebrate the expansion of the Serengeti business in the UK, and presents an unmissable opportunity to hear one of the legal industries most highly regarded thought-leaders speak. The event will be ...
Wednesday 17th Sep 2014
As a result of privacy laws becoming more widespread, the number of reported privacy cases being fought in the UK courts has doubled in five years to 56 cases in the last year (year-end being May 31), up from 28 five years ago. Whilst the use of privacy law was once restricted to celebrities to prevent the ...
Tuesday 9th Sep 2014
China University of Political Science and Law Press, a leading legal publisher in China, just published a bilingual (English and Chinese) legal research textbook based on West’s Analysis of American Law/Key Number System and WestlawNext. This 700-page textbook is the first bilingual textbook of legal research in American law. The author, Chang Wang, is the Chief ...
Monday 8th Sep 2014
Last week, Thomson Reuters hosted the more than 650 technologists and employees for the Eagan Technology Unconference 2014. Much like last year’s event, and many others hosted at Thomson Reuters sites worldwide, the Unconference was aimed at fostering innovation among employees, who were encouraged to share their expertise on key technology, data and security ...
Monday 8th Sep 2014
Canadian Lawyer InHouse, a Thomson Reuters business, announced the winners of the first-annual Innovatio Awards, which recognizes the innovative work of legal departments among Canadian businesses and their legal service provider partners. This year’s honorees are: RBC – Law Department Management/Innovation of the Year TVO – Law Department Management Cisco Systems Inc. – Working with ...
Wednesday 3rd Sep 2014
Thomson Reuters will retire Westlaw Classic on Aug. 31, 2015, after years of faithful service to the U.S. legal market. For customers that still rely on the legacy Westlaw Classic platform for some of their research needs, we are committed to ensuring a smooth and managed transition to WestlawNext. Read the full announcement on the ...
Wednesday 3rd Sep 2014
History is rooted in the legal system. And many feel courts are not embracing technology to improve their process, performance and efficiency. Thomson Reuters Court Management Solutions enables courts to update their systems and implement new workflow technology. The Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco recently chose Thomson Reuters to provide the ...
Thursday 28th Aug 2014
Last month, the Fraud Prevention & Investigations business of Thomson Reuters named the recipients of the 2013 Everyday Heroes awards, recognizing agencies and organizations that use Thomson Reuters public and proprietary records search products to make a difference in their communities. Second place winner, IMC/Memorial Healthcare System/Palmar Consulting Group of Hollywood, Fla., shares their story ...
Thursday 28th Aug 2014
With many students headed back to school, Thomson Reuters gave teachers a friendly reminder of what it means to educate tomorrow’s workforce. For the second year, Thomson Reuters and Independent School District 196 (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan, Minn.) welcomed high school teachers to the Eagan campus to learn about the present and future workplace their students ...
Tuesday 19th Aug 2014
This morning, I attended a session at ILTA 2014 called “Legal Market Trends” presented by Eric Laughlin, managing director, Corporate Counsel segment at Thomson Reuters, and Tommy Williams, vice president, Large Law Firms at Thomson Reuters. Williams began the discussion by talking about what he is seeing in the large law firm space. “Growth for ...
