Friday 4th Nov 2011
As if guided by the unofficial U.S. Postal Service mantra, neither rain or shine, nor snow and sleet could stop the 2000-plus general and corporate counsel attendees from the Denver Conference Center for the ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel) Annual Meeting held Oct. 23-26. During the conference, attendees truly weathered the elements: a sun-filled record high ...
Friday 4th Nov 2011
This coming January (4-8), the 29th annual National CLE & Ski Conference will be held in Snowmass, Colo. This conference offers topical CLE courses from expert speakers and easy access to world class skiing. Along with a WestlawNext Workshop, during which an expert consultant will assist you in conducting your own research, we also offer a complimentary CLE course providing an overview ...
Monday 31st Oct 2011
You may remember that earlier this year we kicked off the “We’re Listening” program at the Elite User Conference in Washington D.C. This program was designed to give customers a way to communicate feedback on our products and services directly to our business leaders. This week we are turning up the heat on this initiative as we ...
Friday 28th Oct 2011
Thomson Reuters ProViewTM, the new professional eReader application for the iPadTM is now available from Carswell. Practitioner’s Income Tax Act 2011, 40th Editionand La Loi du Praticien – Loi de l’impôt sur le revenue, 24e édition, Canada’s most comprehensive tax reference guides, are the first titles available on Thomson Reuters ProView. ProView is the first professional-grade eReader application on the ...
Wednesday 26th Oct 2011
The Eagan, Minn., campus of Thomson Reuters was honored as a “highly protected risk” (HPR) on Tuesday, Oct. 25, a worldwide insurance industry-recognized classification for best-in-class facilities. The HPR award, presented by the company’s property insurance firm FM Global , indicates a facility where personnel apply best practices in loss prevention and facility protection against ...
Wednesday 26th Oct 2011
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that just only 11.6 percent of attorneys in the U.S. are from a population of color. The picture is even less encouraging when you couple that with the recent National Association for Law Placement data that shows that 87 percent of racially or ethnically diverse law firm associates leave ...
Monday 24th Oct 2011
I’m really looking forward to this year’s ACC meeting in Denver. It’s always a great place to re-connect with in-house counsel we’ve worked with during the year and to meet GCs who are eager to share best practices. This year we can also expect to see the beginning of new approaches from the new team ...
Friday 21st Oct 2011
A new business intelligence and analytics tool has been added to WestlawNext™ – the next-generation legal research service from Thomson Reuters. Matter Benchmark Reports, powered by Serengeti Intelligence, is a unique and dynamic benchmarking system giving law firms, corporate legal departments and government agencies the ability to make data driven decisions based on actual, timely information For ...
Friday 14th Oct 2011
Serengeti Law, a Thomson Reuters business and provider of Serengeti TrackerTM – the legal profession’s most widely used and highest rated e-billing and matter management platform – announced the launch of a powerful new business intelligence tool for legal departments and outside counsel: Serengeti Intelligence™. Easily accessed from within Serengeti Tracker’s existing workflows, Serengeti Intelligence is the ...
Tuesday 4th Oct 2011
One of our most distinguished authors passed away recently. Harold S. “Hal” Bloomenthal, scholar, practitioner, and author, was considered a dean of West’s Securities Law Library. Having practiced in the areas of corporate and securities law since 1955, Hal’s titles included: Securities Law Handbook, Emerging Trends in Securities Law, Securities and Federal Corporate Law 2d, International Capital Markets and Securities ...
Monday 3rd Oct 2011
Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, has acquired FWBS, the leading provider of matter-management solutions for law firms in the United Kingdom. The acquisition will enable Elite to extend its financial management applications with a robust core matter management capability as well as strengthen the company’s growing presence in the APAC and EMEA regions. Check out ...
Thursday 22nd Sep 2011
The Dodd-Frank act has resulted in a heightened level of scrutiny that corporations must adapt to. However many executives and their counsel are still unsure about deadlines, due dates and disclosures. For this reason, on Monday, Sept. 26 from noon to 1 p.m. EDT West LegalEdCenter will present a live webcast on corporate governance issues arising from ...
Wednesday 21st Sep 2011
Want to be the WestlawNext expert at your firm? Need a few pointers on how to conduct Boolean searches? Look no further than the WestlawNext Tip of the Week – a weekly email that provides quick, practical research tips on using WestlawNext. Each tip contains valuable knowledge to help maximize efficiency and gain a competitive ...
