Friday 16th May 2014
Inside Counsel Managing Editor Rich Steeves spoke with Legal Current recapping the 2014 SuperConference and what readers can look forward to for the remainder of the year. Steeves also highlighted the upcoming Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) conference that will be held in September. Visit the site to learn more and engage through ...
Wednesday 14th May 2014
Do so-called “Millennials” have different career expectations? Do law firms have to make adjustments in how they manage today’s associates? Or do the associates need to adjust their expectations? In the podcast linked below, Patricia Trendacosta, managing shareholder at Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, discusses her experience in managing today’s crop of associates to find what’s ...
Wednesday 14th May 2014
Any lawyer can mark up contracts. That was a statement made at the 14th annual SuperConference to emphasize the additional skills a general counsel must possess in order to be successful within a company and lead a legal department. At the event, hosted by InsideCounsel magazine, Jack Fortnum, executive vice president and chief financial officer, ...
Tuesday 13th May 2014
For centuries, many pieces of fine art and antiquities were considered the spoils of war or simply spirited away from their country of origin, only to land in museums, private collections or the auction block. But in the modern era where cultural preservation has taken center-stage, debates on museum ownership, artist’s rights and cultural preservation ...
Monday 12th May 2014
Thomson Reuters longstanding partnership with Books For Africa (BFA) was in the spotlight in early May on a day that celebrated both the productive past and the potential that lies ahead for both organizations. Books for Africa honored Thomson Reuters with its Kilimanjaro Society Award of Merit at its annual awards breakfast on Wednesday, May ...
Monday 12th May 2014
This post was written by Amy Goin, senior director of marketing in the Corporate segment at Thomson Reuters On behalf of Thomson Reuters, I am very excited to welcome our clients and partners to SuperConference 2014! This year’s conference features many opportunities to connect with colleagues and learn about processes and solutions to make your ...
Wednesday 7th May 2014
2014 got off to a good start, according to the Peer Monitor Economic Index. The PMI rose 4 points to 56 in the first quarter report, reflecting improved demand and rates compared with the year-earlier period. Transactional practices were particularly strong, including corporate work, real estate and tax work. That helped make up for continued weakness ...
Friday 2nd May 2014
Google Glass is all the rage these days, and a few Thomson Reuters employees have been sharing their thoughts on the product recently. One of those employees is Joe Raczynski, technology manager at Thomson Reuters, who consults on general technology trends in wearable media, security, privacy, and social media in his spare time. Joe created a five-part ...
Tuesday 29th Apr 2014
This post was written by Chris Hendry, head of advanced media for the UK Legal business at Thomson Reuters The London Book Fair, now in its 43rd year, welcomes more than 25,000 visitors and exhibitors from 114 countries to Earls Court each year. It bills itself as a unique opportunity to explore, understand and capitalize ...
Thursday 24th Apr 2014
What do finance directors view as the most significant threats to commercial law firms’ profitability in the year ahead, and conversely, what are the key areas of growth? Thomson Reuters recently posed these questions, among others, to finance directors at some of the top 100 law firms in the UK in an annual survey. The ...
Tuesday 22nd Apr 2014
This article was written by Karl Florida, managing director of Small Law Firms at Thomson Reuters Recently the small law firm business of Thomson Reuters participated in the Incubator Conference, a program that is taking off nationally, and among law schools in El Salvador, Dominican Republic, India, Pakistan and Kenya. All were represented on site at ...
Friday 18th Apr 2014
Long gone are the days of flipping through the Yellow Pages to find an attorney. According to a new survey by FindLaw.com, consumers are most likely to turn to the Internet to find and research a lawyer before hiring them. Thirty-eight percent of people surveyed said they would use the Internet to help them find ...
Thursday 10th Apr 2014
Thomson Reuters and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have announced collaboration on Executive Perspectives on Sustainability – an award-winning website that hosts global conversations among world leaders and offers unique insights on sustainability-related issues. Pulling in key voices from politics, non-governmental organizations and corporations, Executive Perspectives explores issues and questions with significant environmental impact, ...
