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Thomson Reuters launches PeopleMap on WestlawNext

Wednesday 5th Feb 2014

PeopleMap, which enables legal researchers to search billions of legal documents and public records, is now on WestlawNext. Enhanced navigation tools and an intuitive graphical display offer improved research capabilities, highly targeted results and the ability to generate visually-enhanced, customized reports. PeopleMap on WestlawNext also offers seamless integration with Firm Central and Thomson Reuters Concourse, providing superior workflow ...

Firm Central announces expanded dashboard capabilities for small firm practitioners

Wednesday 5th Feb 2014

New tools and integration capabilities from Firm Central are now available. The new enhancements enable attorneys to securely communicate and share documents with clients; synchronize time and billing, as well as accounting practices; and tap into the “know how” of Practical Law – all within the Firm Central dashboard. Moreover, Firm Central users will now be ...

Thomson Reuters Concourse adds Practical Law, powerful new technology enhancements

Tuesday 4th Feb 2014

Thomson Reuters Concourse announced today its newly integrated components: Practical Law, Integrated Search using WestlawNext, and Bulk Contact Manager. The addition of Practical Law provides Thomson Reuters Concourse users with access to the full Practical Law library, including Practice Notes, Standard Documents and Clauses, Checklists and more, all created by attorney editors who are experts ...

WestlawNext adds Alert Management Center

Wednesday 22nd Jan 2014

The new Alert Management Center on WestlawNext is here. While WestlawNext customers commonly use alerts to stay apprised of developments that impact their work, administrators can now manage an entire organization’s alerts through the Alert Management Center, which is fully integrated with WestlawNext. The new Alert Management Center on WestlawNext allows administrators to: Customize and moderate ...

Thomson Reuters Concourse integrates new tools and content

Friday 17th Jan 2014

Thomson Reuters Concourse continues to integrate tools and resources into its workflow solution for corporate and government law departments. Recently added to Concourse were Drafting Assistant, Westlaw Doc & Form Builder, and WestlawNext Practitioner Insights, with further announcements expected in the coming weeks. “By connecting these solutions with Concourse, users can save time and energy ...

Connecticut First Amendment case: Spotlight on pro bono work

Monday 25th Nov 2013

Have you ever considered the fundamental rights that allow you to hang posters or fliers? For First Amendment advocates, these rights have been brought to attention by the controversial Connecticut case, Gleason v. Smolinski. Nine years ago when Billy Smolinski went missing, his parents began their search immediately by hanging missing person posters around the ...

West KM 5.0 launched

Wednesday 13th Nov 2013

There are few things more frustrating than trying to find an old case or file that you know exists – either in a bankers box or a document folder somewhere in the system. West km 5.0 recently launched, with a new interface and enhanced search to make it easier to find relevant existing work product. ...

The 2013 Super Lawyers Business Edition arrives

Tuesday 12th Nov 2013

In today’s competitive business world, skilled general counsel is invaluable. It’s with that in mind the Super Lawyers turns an eye toward the business world for the 2013 Super Lawyers Business Edition. The 2013 Super Lawyers Business Edition includes exceptional attorneys from more than 8,500 firms who have mastered their skills in five different business-related ...

Thomson Reuters expands Practical Law service with launch in China

Wednesday 6th Nov 2013

The scope of Practical Law, the leading provider of online know-how to lawyers worldwide, just expanded. Practical Law China, the first legal know-how service to provide transactional support to lawyers doing business in, or with parties based in, mainland China launched yesterday. From the fundamentals of establishing a business in China, to localizing boilerplate agreements, ...

Lawyer2Lawyer: F. Lee Bailey and Kenneth Fishman discuss Excellence in Cross Examination

Wednesday 23rd Oct 2013

In the latest edition of Lawyer2Lawyer, Bob Ambrogi talks with F. Lee Bailey and Judge Kenneth J. Fishman about the key skills lawyers need to be effective in cross examination, as well as their newest book, Excellence in Cross Examination, published by Thomson Reuters. Listen to the podcast here. “It’s not just another book on ...

ARK Group’s annual KM conference

Monday 21st Oct 2013

This post was written by Kimberly Stein, manager of Solutions Software for Thomson Reuters Over 100 KM professionals got together for the ARK Group’s annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession Conference in New York between Oct. 16-17. A good number of folks were new to the conference which shows a growing interest in the topic. ...

Knowledge management in the legal profession

Thursday 17th Oct 2013

This post was written by Kimberly Stein, manager of Solutions Software for Thomson Reuters Here at the Ark Group’s 9th annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession conference in New York, legal practitioners and technologists are discussing and debating the strategic context for KM in law firms. A series of “TED-talk” style discussions, debates, and ...

Business Law Center on WestlawNext launches; podcast on Experts On-Call

Wednesday 16th Oct 2013

Transactional law is a unique practice that sits at the intersection of law and finance. It requires a lot of specialized expertise and know-how that straddles both fields. Business Law Center on WestlawNext brings information from across Thomson Reuters to provide the next generation of business law research. Business Law Center incorporates a wide array of ...

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