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Thomson Reuters earns top honor for ProView eReader platform at British Legal Awards

Wednesday 17th Dec 2014

Thomson Reuters was named ‘Supplier of the Year’ at the British Legal Awards. Hosted by Legal Week in association with The City of London Law Society, the awards celebrate achievement, excellence and innovation in the legal profession. Thomson Reuters was selected for the impact its innovative ProView eReader platform is having on the courts and ...

Podcast: The Equality Effect & justice for young girls in Africa

Thursday 11th Dec 2014

The Equality Effect is a non-profit charity that uses international human rights law as a crowbar to pry open justice for women and girls around the world. Drawing on a team of feisty international lawyers, the equality effect supports its regional legal partners by initiating creative legal advocacy projects to achieve systemic change. In Kenya, ...

Big banks make up a third of all FTSE 100 litigation in the UK

Tuesday 9th Dec 2014

Banks continued to make up by the far the largest share of all UK High Court cases involving FTSE 100 companies in the year to June 2014, according to research by Thomson Reuters. Data from Thomson Reuters Lawtel service shows that of the 178 cases involving FTSE 100 companies that made it to the High ...

The criminalization of homophobia in Brazil

Tuesday 9th Dec 2014

This article was written by guest author Maria Berenice Dias, attorney; president of the Commission of Sexual Diversity of the Federal Counsel of the OAB [Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (Brazilian Bar Association)]; national vice-president of the IBDFAM [Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de Família (Brazilian Institute of Family Law)]; and author of several works under the ...

Criminal Law Review 60th Anniversary celebrations

Friday 5th Dec 2014

This post was written by Joe Mosby, publishing editor, UK&I Legal, Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters celebrated the 60th anniversary of Criminal Law Review with a drinks reception at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London on Tuesday. The event followed the Criminal Law Review conference, which was hosted by the editor, Professor David Ormerod QC. The ...

The vulnerability of LGBTI persons in Brazil

Tuesday 2nd Dec 2014

This article was written by guest author Maria Berenice Dias, attorney; president of the Commission of Sexual Diversity of the Federal Counsel of the OAB [Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (Brazilian Bar Association)]; national vice-president of the IBDFAM [Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de Família (Brazilian Institute of Family Law)]; and author of several works under the ...

First Chinese-language book about Minnesota published by Thomson Reuters

Tuesday 25th Nov 2014

New Tales of the Twin Cities: The History, Law, and Culture of Minnesota, the first Chinese-language book about Minnesota, was just published by Thomson Reuters. The book was authored by Chang Wang, chief research and academic officer at Thomson Reuters and an attorney. Wang is a native of Beijing, a graduate of the University of ...

Dan Toombs: Make your legal mark online

Tuesday 18th Nov 2014

Thomson Reuters Insights recently conducted an interview with Australian expert lawyer and law firm marketer, Dan Toombs. In the interview, he discusses the four Ps all law firms, large or small, should be focusing on to ensure they have a strong online presence for ongoing business development. The interview was completed after Toombs’ recent discussion on ...

Sweet and Maxwell donate textbooks to Books for Africa charity

Monday 17th Nov 2014

Sweet and Maxwell recently donated approximately 650 books to the Books for Africa charity, with which Thomson Reuters has held a longstanding partnership. The textbooks donated by Sweet and Maxwell include leading titles such as Archbold, McGregor on Damages, White Book and a number of Nutshells and City and Finance Practitioner’s Guide titles. The Books ...

Thomson Reuters steps up international expansion plans for Serengeti Tracker

Wednesday 12th Nov 2014

Thomson Reuters has stepped up its plans for the international expansion of Serengeti Tracker with the introduction of servers at its state-of-the-art data centre facility in the UK. The investment in the UK facility provides a comprehensive hosting service for Serengeti’s customers around the world and underscores the company’s commitment to the corporate legal sector. ...

Special report: City of London law firms embracing innovation

Tuesday 11th Nov 2014

A new report released today by Legal Futures in association with Thomson Reuters, examines the changing face of law firms in the City of London. It demonstrates how far City law firms have moved in a relatively short period of time, mainly (but not exclusively) in response to the recession and the demands of their clients. ...

Know-How for Canadian law firms and corporations: Practical Law Canada announced

Monday 10th Nov 2014

Today Thomson Reuters launched Practical Law Canada, providing legal know-how for Canadian law firms and corporate law departments on transactional law and practice in the areas of Corporate M&A, Capital Markets and Securities.  “Since 1990, lawyers in the UK, and since 2009 lawyers in the US have been relying on Practical Law to provide them ...

Magna Carta 800th anniversary events kick off in DC

Monday 10th Nov 2014

This post was written by Tom Leighton, vice president of Legal Editorial Operations at Thomson Reuters Washington DC was in the spotlight this past week as political, legal and academic leaders came together to kick off a year of Magna Carta celebrations. I was in the city with my colleagues John Shaughnessy and Gretchen DeSutter ...

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