Monday 14th Mar 2011
In today’s global economy, issues of business ethics, corporate responsibility and sustainability take on global dimensions as well. Thomson Reuters is teaming up with the Ethisphere Institute, a leading international think tank, to host the third annual Global Ethics Summit. Leaders from more than 40 global companies will be speaking on this year’s theme of effective ...
Tuesday 8th Mar 2011
As part of the celebration of Black History Month, Justice Pam Alexander, who served as a Hennepin (Minn.) County District Court Judge for 25 years and is now president of the Council on Crime and Justice, visited our Eagan, Minnesota campus to speak to employees on the impact that race continues to have on the criminal ...
Monday 7th Mar 2011
It’s been said there’s a big difference between information and insight. These days, there’s no shortage of online “news”. To help busy professionals in the legal, tax and accounting and science markets cut through all the clutter and find the information they really need, Thomson Reuters is launching a new professional news initiative that combines the world-class ...
Monday 7th Mar 2011
I don’t know about you, but I know that my Google Reader account gets pretty full by the end of the week, and it can sometimes be overwhelming to stay up-to-date with the plethora of news and information. To make it easier to keep up, we are introducing a new weekly blog series featuring some ...
Thursday 3rd Mar 2011
Whether we’re aware of it or not, the U.S. Constitution has a profound influence on every single moment of our lives, says Martin Kuz, a freelance journalist and frequent contributor to the Thomson Reuters-owned publications, Super Lawyers. This weekend, Kuz will spend three days examining the 223-year-old document and the impact that it has on the practice ...
Thursday 24th Feb 2011
Our Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) business is contributing to TrustLaw – our Foundation’s hub for free legal assistance, news and information on pro bono, anti-corruption and women’s rights – with member screening. GRC’s approach to screening is unique and trusted across the industry. Check out why it was a natural fit with the TrustLaw service. Thomson ...
Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011
Truly inspiring stories are everywhere; you just need to look for them. But for Paul Rosario, a project manager in our Governance, Risk & Compliance group, sharing his inspirational life story with strangers on a fairly regular basis is a way for him to give back to the organization that changed his life – the Make-A-Wish ...
Thursday 17th Feb 2011
Westlaw’s fingerprints will soon be found on Kosovo’s fledging legal system, thanks to Thomson Reuters’ decision to grant a local judge’s request for free access to the legal research service, according to a story reported in the Star Tribune yesterday. The well-respected and recently retired Dakota County district court judge Robert Carolan, who has offered his expertise to the ...
Thursday 17th Feb 2011
One can argue that personal anonymity is a thing of the past now that nearly everything can be found online. Sites like Google Earth show you pictures of your street, Four Square can tell you whether you’re home or at work and from Twitter you can even find out what someone had for lunch last ...
Wednesday 16th Feb 2011
The Dodd-Frank Reform Act, recently signed into law, is ushering in some of the most pervasive changes in securities laws potentially since the 30s, says Gerald Lins, general counsel of ING Investment Management Americas in New York, and co-author of the 2011 edition of Regulation of Investment Advisers. Watch the brief video below to hear Lins ...
Monday 14th Feb 2011
Two recent newspaper articles highlight Thomson Reuters’ continuing commitment to communities both far: The rule of law will be an essential ingredient for building the democracy that the people of Egypt long for, and local groups such as Books for Africa and its Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative can have a powerful impact, wrote ...
Friday 4th Feb 2011
Every year beginning in 2009, a prestigious award has been bestowed upon a member of the Thomson Reuters, Legal Sales and Account Management organization in honor of Stu Wolfer, a sales representative serving firms in Idaho and Montana who was also in the United States Army Reserve. Wolfer was a motivated and highly successful sales ...
Thursday 3rd Feb 2011
LegalTech is typically about the quick demo. You have five minutes to razzle, and maybe another minute to dazzle. Back in the suite you might add 30 percent to these times, but the concept is the same: limited time for maximum impact to a broad audience. To some degree, this held true this year as ...
