In Practice
Monday 28th Mar 2016
Current market standards for language for drafting agreements are constantly evolving. Fortunately, Drafting Assistant now has a Locate Precedent feature that compares draft language against similar clauses in relevant documents drawn from EDGAR filings. This helps ensure the language is properly benchmarked against current industry standards. For more, Casey Sullivan shares some great examples of how ...
Friday 25th Mar 2016
Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), delivered the keynote address in front of an enthusiastic, capacity crowd at the ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago recently. The keynote was sponsored by Thomson Reuters WestlawTM. According to its website, the EFF is a nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. The EFF ...
Friday 29th Jan 2016
If you haven’t had a chance to take a look at Firm Central lately, you may have missed out on some interesting new features. The most recent is the addition of an integrated time & billing module that works within the Firm Central dashboard and also intregates with QuickBooks Online. But there’s also been quite ...
Thursday 10th Dec 2015
The 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took effect on December 1, 2015. Some of the amendments apply even to cases that were filed prior to that date. The authors of the Federal Civil Rules Handbook, 2016 edition, William M. Janssen and Steven Baicker-McKee discuss the treatise and the new 2015 amendments. ...
Wednesday 4th Nov 2015
Managing passwords can be a hassle for both users and librarians. Thomson Reuters ProView professional eReader platform now integrates with ResearchMonitor, Priory Solutions’ leading online resource management software that helps information departments improve management of legal research materials. The integration of ProView with ResearchMonitor streamlines password management, providing more efficient and secure eLibrary access. Users ...
Tuesday 27th Oct 2015
Personal injury litigators in Canada now have Practical Law resources on their side. Practical Law Canada – Personal Injury Litigation is available for both plaintiff-side and insurance defence lawyers through ca.practicallaw.com. Personal Injury Litigation is designed to help them draft documents quickly and advise with confidence, providing access to a bank of continually maintained standard ...
Monday 26th Oct 2015
For today’s law enforcement and investigations professionals, getting the most accurate and comprehensive information is about more than just saving time, it can also save lives and keep communities safe. So Thomson Reuters has introduced innovative new workflow technology that drives research, interview and follow-up activities into its CLEAR® investigative suite. With its newly enhanced ...
Monday 26th Oct 2015
After holding steady in Q1 and Q2, the Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI) fell two points to 52 in the third quarter. Somewhat higher demand was offset by slightly weakening trends nearly across the board in demand, rates, expenses and productivity. The PMI is produced by Thomson Reuters, and is a composite index of law ...
Monday 26th Oct 2015
Golden and red foliage along with crisp autumn air welcomed a record-breaking crowd of more than 3,000 for this year’s Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting. Starting on Oct. 18, attendees converged upon Boston’s Hynes Memorial Convention Center for four days of continuing legal education, best practices, power poses and the opportunity to network with ...
Monday 26th Oct 2015
Legal representation within start-ups, where risk can be widespread, is usually scarce at best. A panel at the Association of Corporate Counsel annual conference discussed the top legal mistakes made when starting a business, and provided tips and suggestions to avoid those. The panel, moderated by Barbara Harris, senior legal editor of Practical Law, a ...
Monday 26th Oct 2015
The show floor at the Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting is always full of activity, networking, and the occasional celebrity. But most important are the conversations with key clients and colleagues. Susan Feingold, head of Law Department Service at Practical Law, a Thomson Reuters business, spoke with Legal Current from the floor discussing the ...
Thursday 22nd Oct 2015
Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, Fourth Edition includes 22 new chapters, two new volumes and expanded content across a range of topics that engage the interplay between rules of procedure and substantive law, outline strategies for representation of plaintiff and defendant, and consider ramifications of various actions. Robert L. Haig, partner at Kelley ...
Friday 28th Aug 2015
The term “Big Data” is rather overused these days. Maybe they really should call it “Humongous Data” or something. According to IBM’s Jeopardy-winning Watson, an astounding 2.5 billion gigabytes of data are generated every day. Joseph Raczynski, a legal technologist futurist says we’ve reached the point where no one person can possibly absorb the vast ...
