In Practice
Tuesday 21st May 2013
If you’re reading this right now, it’s likely that you don’t need to be convinced that blogs are a powerful communication and marketing tool. But let’s look at the numbers: a 2012 ALM Legal Intelligence Report found that nearly 50 percent of U.S. law firms claim social media, including blogs, have generated leads. But how ...
Monday 20th May 2013
Almost a quarter of jurors (23 percent) in England and Wales currently misunderstand the contempt rule in relation to internet use during a trial, according to preliminary research published in Criminal Law Review, a Thomson Reuters journal. Among jurors who misunderstand the rule on internet use, 16 percent believe they cannot use the internet at all, ...
Tuesday 14th May 2013
Thomson Reuters just launched Case Notebook 3.5 and Drafting Assistant – Litigation with Authority Compiler. So what does this mean for you? Well, both new versions come with new tools and functionality so practitioners can efficiently build strong cases. Case Notebook pulls essential case information together in one place, including documents, briefs, transcripts, pleadings, key ...
Tuesday 14th May 2013
Earlier this year, Super Lawyers announced the seven recipients of the 2012 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Awards. The annual Awards honor individual lawyers, law firms, law students, law schools and other institutions in the legal profession that exemplify excellence in practice through delivery of volunteer legal services to the poor, underrepresented or exploited. In a ...
Monday 22nd Apr 2013
A few weeks ago, we launched the first in a series of blog posts about Firm Central, the hosted practice management solution designed for small law firms. In addition to providing firms with traditional practice management features like the ability to store documents and contacts in a secure online environment, Firm Central has some truly ...
Friday 5th Apr 2013
Ask John Ohle, manager of New Product Development for Thomson Reuters, what makes Practitioner Insights so unique and he will say that it’s because other available Thomson Reuters resources are leveraged. But he thinks Practitioner Insights is fantastic all-around, which would make sense since he was one of the people who developed it. Current awareness ...
Wednesday 3rd Apr 2013
This guest blog post was written by Lisa Kreuser, senior marketer, Litigation Solutions at Thomson Reuters In a recent American Bar Association survey, the average time worked per day by an attorney was 8.9 hours, and the average time billed per day was 6.7 hours. The culprits? Not leveraging staff for non-billable functions: 10% Inefficient time-keeping ...
Tuesday 2nd Apr 2013
This guest blog post was written by Ben Vickers, director of product marketing for Small Law Firms at Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters will be demonstrating Firm Central, a new hosted practice management solution for solo and small law firms, at ABA Techshow in Chicago from April 4-6. Come see how Firm Central not only helps ...
Tuesday 2nd Apr 2013
This guest blog post was written by Lise Freking, director of Product Line Strategy for Thomson Reuters Attendees at the upcoming ABA Techshow in Chicago can attend a free Lunch & Learn session on Thomson Reuters ProView eBooks. ProView is a professional grade platform that allows you to interact with your eBooks in entirely new ways and ...
Thursday 28th Mar 2013
Thomson Reuters Elite’s financial and practice management solution, 3E, recently underwent a makeover. The new redesign allows for greater customization, unified views for complimentary systems, and enhancements to core capabilities, all part of Thomson Reuters’ vision of point solution integration and a focus on customer workflow. “Our customers provided insights that helped us approach this ...
Thursday 21st Mar 2013
A few weeks ago, we launched the first in a series of blog posts about Firm Central, the hosted practice management solution designed for small law firms. In addition to providing firms with traditional practice management features like the ability to store documents and contacts in a secure online environment, Firm Central has some truly ...
Wednesday 20th Mar 2013
Jill Roisum, senior director of New Product Development at Thomson Reuters, is featured in this month’s Metropolitan Corporate Counsel magazine, discussing why current awareness is so important for attorneys in today’s fast-paced world. Her team spoke with customers and found that authoritative information, customization and mobile access ranked high among the things they are looking ...
Monday 11th Mar 2013
Interested in the issues connected with the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive provisions? Thomson Reuters and West LegalEdcenter will be sponsoring a webinar on March 18 at 12 p.m. EDT titled “Religious Issues in the Supreme Court: The Affordable Care Act’s Contraceptive Provision.” Listeners will get essential information on: -The nuts and bolts of the Affordable ...