Tuesday 30th Sep 2014
On October 2, 2014, the Southeastern M&A/Private Equity Forum will be held at the TWELVE Hotel Atlantic Station in Atlanta, GA, celebrating a decade of insight into M&A trends, networking and education. Attendees typically include corporate counsel, strategic sellers, investment bankers, M&A lawyers and business entrepreneurs. Topics this year include a look at the state of ...
Monday 29th Sep 2014
At this year’s VANTAGE conference in London, Law firms from across the EMEA region were treated to an unmissable opportunity to connect and network with their peers in person and to learn how Elite is working to help them take their business forward. Kicking off the conference was the keynote speech delivered by Bill Burch, ...
Thursday 25th Sep 2014
Egil “Bud” Krogh might be more famous as a “plumber” than a lawyer. Krogh opened the 2014 Serengeti Summit with a keynote speech focusing on integrity, discussing the lessons he learned from his time serving as an official in the Richard Nixon administration. Krogh began by highlighting the importance of the code of ethics for ...
Thursday 25th Sep 2014
Many people are adverse to change, where others get excited by new opportunities. Many legal departments fall into these categories as well. The first panel at the 2014 Serengeti Summit brought together four vastly different legal departments to discuss how Serengeti Tracker has helped transform their department through reporting and workflow improvements, as well as ...
Wednesday 24th Sep 2014
As legal department staff descend on Seattle for the 2014 Serengeti Summit, attendees will discuss and learn new ways to improve their department’s operations and efficiencies. Establishing a process for managing a company’s legal holds is somewhat like purchasing an insurance policy. Legal departments may not have to use it every day, but when the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Tuesday 16th Sep 2014
The Tax & Accounting business and Legal Business of Thomson Reuters have been recognized as winners of three 2014 American Business Awards, also known as the Stevie Awards. Checkpoint Pocket Assistant received a People’s Choice Award in the category of New Product or Service of the Year – Software – Financial Management Solution, Elite Business ...
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 ...
Friday 5th Sep 2014
This article was written by guest author Luis F. P. Leiva Fernandez*. This is part of a series of opinion articles and the original Spanish version can be found below. For six months every legal player must verify the survival of the regulations on which their activity is based, in order to present the observations foreseen ...
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 ...
