Wednesday 4th Sep 2013
Minnesota is home to the Thomson Reuters Legal business, but did you know it has also recently been a hub for female students interested in technology fields? The Anita Borg Institute, for example, hosts the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference each year, welcoming attendees from around the world. This year, with help ...
Tuesday 3rd Sep 2013
Public sector legal departments are facing greater challenges managing their critical tasks as their environment has become more complex and demanding, according to a survey conducted by Thomson Reuters. The survey identified specific bottlenecks and opportunities to leverage technology to improve workflows. Certain critical tasks highlighted in the survey by legal departments, such as legal ...
Friday 23rd Aug 2013
Few doubted that Army Major Nidal Hasan would be found guilty in his military trial, which resumed last week, especially given his self-identification as the shooter who killed 13 and injured 31 in Fort Hood, Texas in 2009. Beyond issues of guilt and innocence, however, are controversies surrounding his charges and his plea, two major factors ...
Wednesday 21st Aug 2013
Allison Guidette sat down with Legal Current to welcome clients and partners to ITLA 2013 and to discuss a major release from Elite. “As data becomes more voluminous, it becomes even harder for law firms to really get their arms around all of the firm’s relationships,” notes Guidette, “And we’re very committed at Elite to ...
Tuesday 20th Aug 2013
We caught up with Kris Nimsger, managing director & general manager, Practice Technology & Services to talk about what’s new as ILTA Conference 2013 kicks off. 1) Case Logistix 6.0 just launched. What’s new with this version? Case Logistix 6.0 has several major new features, including a brand new, customizable user interface, a new advanced ...
Tuesday 20th Aug 2013
If you are in Las Vegas for the annual ILTA conference this week, make sure to check out our Thomson Reuters sessions: ERM + CRM Success: It Starts with the Right Technology Justin Farmer, director of Product Management for Thomson Reuters Elite, and Ted Kempf, director of Service Industries for Microsoft, will be speaking about ...
Tuesday 13th Aug 2013
On Friday, August 9, 2013, Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Community Relations and Government Affairs at Thomson Reuters, presented the American Bar Association’s annual TIPs Liberty Achievement Award to Steven Shapiro, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The award ceremony and reception, held at the law offices of Sedgwick LLP in ...
Thursday 8th Aug 2013
Thomson Reuters is celebrating 50,000 legal organizations that rely on WestlawNext for legal research. As part of this celebration, WestlawNext is donating $1 for each vote, up to $5,000, to one of three law-related non-profit organizations. Individuals can simply cast a vote and Thomson Reuters will write the check to the winner. Start learning more ...
Tuesday 6th Aug 2013
Just in time for the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco later this week, Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Community Affairs at Thomson Reuters, chatted with this year’s ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPs) Liberty Award recipient, Steven Shapiro. The award, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, will be presented to ...
Tuesday 30th Jul 2013
The Thomson Reuters Legal headquarters in Eagan, Minn. enjoyed visits last week from famed criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey and Thomson Reuters senior strategic analyst Jason Thomas. The two made the trek to Minnesota on separate visits, but both addressed the office’s 7,000 employees, and both were the focus of extensive interviews by Minneapolis ...
Monday 29th Jul 2013
Two heads are better than one. This aphorism has been displayed by two legal entities recently announcing their collaboration to provide legal professionals with important programs and educational resources. Thomson Reuters announced that they will partner with the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) to broaden content offerings for Certified Legal Manager (CLM)sm and continuing legal ...
Wednesday 24th Jul 2013
Predictive coding can provide major benefits when dealing with high volumes of electronically-stored information (ESI). But at the same time, it is far from a “silver bullet” in handling ESI. There are four essential concepts that emerge when examining matters that have successfully and unsuccessfully utilized predictive coding. Ed Sohn, assistant vice president for professional ...
Tuesday 23rd Jul 2013
Thomson Reuters has introduced a new service for end-to-end content production and delivery solutions to publishers: Core Publishing Solutions. Emphasizing the importance of helping publishers provide their customers with content in the most efficient manner possible, the business explores new production options to create flexibility and scalability. “Thomson Reuters is uniquely positioned in the U.S. ...
