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ACC Annual Meeting – Top five takeaways from Big Data session
This post was written by Patrick Johnson, senior marketer supporting Serengeti at Thomson Reuters The buzz around Big Data is everywhere, yet very few people have figured out how to control its use and scope. Legal departments often have to scramble to catch up and keep their companies in compliance with ever-changing laws around data …
- October 31, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
ACC Annual Meeting – Rob Thomas on management skills for the chief legal officer session
This post was written by Rob Thomas, vice president of marketing for the Corporate segment of Thomson Reuters I previously wrote about an early session during the first day of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting. But I also attended another popular session that day, titled Surviving the Jungle: Management Skills for the Chief …
- October 31, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
IACP 2014 – Thomson Reuters showcases CLEAR in Context
With a show floor packed with helicopters, police cars, weapons, drones, investigative products and more, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is one of the more diverse trade shows on the Thomson Reuters calendar. And this year, representatives from the Fraud Prevention & Investigation and Government segment of Thomson Reuters came with their …
- October 30, 2014
- Alex Cook
ACC Annual Meeting – Rob Thomas on legal project management session
This post was written by Rob Thomas, vice president of marketing for the Corporate segment of Thomson Reuters On the first day of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting, one of the better attended early sessions was Exposing Legal Project Management Myths: The Truth Behind What Works and What Doesn’t. Some of the …
- October 30, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
SEC update from Marc Gold at the ACC Annual Meeting
One of the first sessions at the 2014 ACC annual meeting in New Orleans focused on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission-related developments over the last 12 months that are applicable to corporate counsel. The panel featured: Marc Gold, senior vice president and associate general counsel, corporate & securities, Thomson Reuters; Atiba Adams, vice president, corporate …
- October 30, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
Thomson Reuters Insight releases new white paper on legal cost management in Australia
The cost of legal services, and the industry’s shift from the “billable-hour” pricing model to a fixed fee pricing structure, is currently a hot topic of conversation in the legal industry. So, just in time, Thomson Reuters Insight has released its latest white paper on legal cost management. Written by Roger Quick, author of Quick on …
- October 29, 2014
- Susan Martin
IACP 2014 – Thomson Reuters Honors Missouri State Highway Patrol Rural Crimes Investigative Unit
After a busy weekend in Orlando, the 2014 IACP Annual Conference began to wind down on Tuesday morning with an award ceremony to celebrate excellence in law enforcement. For its innovative, highly-coordinated approach to stem rural crime throughout the state, the Missouri State Highway Patrol Rural Crimes Investigative Unit (RCIU) was recognized with the 2014 …
- October 28, 2014
- Alex Cook
Welcome to the 2014 ACC Annual Meeting
This post was written by Bernadette Bulacan, director of market development at Thomson Reuters The great American author, Tennessee Williams, once proclaimed, “America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.” This week, Thomson Reuters will be at the 2014 Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting in …
- October 28, 2014
- Susan Martin
IACP 2014 – Social media best practices for law enforcement
It took a fatal car accident to bring Sergeant Tim Burrows, Traffic Services Communications Office, Toronto Police Services, into the world of social media. He saw the case – a multiple car crash with three fatalities where alcohol was involved – as an opportunity to build an audience and a community around traffic safety. So when …
- October 27, 2014
- Alex Cook