Thomson Reuters is sharing a field on its Eagan, MN campus with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) in celebration of the museum’s 100th anniversary. The field will be the home of a planted version of the beloved van Gogh’s “Olive Trees” painting, created by renowned crop artist Stan Herd. Planting began this spring and …
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Sharon Sayles Belton and Mahesh Rengaswamy discuss global access to justice
Thomson Reuters Court Management Solutions and its lead solution, C-Track, has changed the way courts and their justice partners access the justice system, but how can this offering impact courts on a global scale? Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president, Government Affairs and Community Relations at Thomson Reuters, spoke with Mahesh Rengaswamy, senior director, Global Justice …
Introducing Thomson Reuters Forum and the Know 360 app
The Legal business of Thomas Reuters launched a new twice-yearly magazine for legal professionals called Thomson Reuters Forum. The inaugural issue takes inspiration from the concept of multiple viewpoints – a new and completely fresh perspective, crowd-sourced through experiences and points of view from across the global legal market. “Thomson Reuters has a unique opportunity to …
Podcast: Trade secret misappropriation and employment contracts
With a hot technology sector and an improving economy all around, workforce mobility has been on the rise in Silicon Valley, along with efforts by companies to acquire premium talent from competitors. New words like “acqui-hire” have even been invented to describe start-up acquisitions by larger companies that target a start-up’s employees, rather than its …
LexBlog releases its 2015 Am Law 200 Blog Benchmark Report
LexBlog recently published its 2015 Am Law 200 Blog Benchmark Report, which is defined on LexBlog as “The Definitive Report on Blogging in the Am Law 200.” The report includes the following information: Number of firms blogging and the number of blogs they have, as well as a complete listing of all blogs The most popular …
ProView grows new capabilities, new markets
ProView 2.2 has rolled out, adding new capabilities and new global markets to the leading eReader platform for professional use. Features in ProView now include search-within-search-results, enhanced library search, and PDF and note sharing with annotations and footnotes. ProView has also added new markets, including South Korea, Mexico, Uruguay and Paraguay. ProView is now in 17 countries across 5 …
Thomson Reuters Legal Professional Online Community for small law firms
As you may have heard, Thomson Reuters recently launched a community for its small law firm customers. The Legal Professional Online Community is an online environment where customers can connect directly with peers, as well as with Thomson Reuters and industry experts, and explore and discuss small law firm-specific subjects and topics. The Legal Community …
NSA encryption and big data
This article was written by Peter Toren, attorney with Weisbrod Matteis & Copley PLLC The revelations by Edward Snowden about the NSA’s collection of “metadata” on every phone call that is made in the U.S. has led to concerns about whether the government should be collecting this type of information and whether there are adequate safeguards …
Wait, What? Episode 11: Things get real!
In the 11th edition of Wait, What? the guys talk about government surveillance programs, particularly as they have been executed in the United States. The show looks at the USA Patriot and USA Freedom Acts and discusses what responsibilities and rights any government has or should have when it comes to data collection on its …
A new stage of emerging patent rights in China
China intellectual property rights have undergone significant reform in recent years. But is it enough? What more needs to be done? Elizabeth Chien-Hale, who has spent extensive time working with businesses in both the US and China, explores these issues in this blog post and accompanying podcast. Last year, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress …
