This post was written by Amy Goin, senior director of marketing in the Corporate segment at Thomson Reuters On behalf of Thomson Reuters, I am very excited to welcome our clients and partners to SuperConference 2014! This year’s conference features many opportunities to connect with colleagues and learn about processes and solutions to make your …
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Black’s Law Dictionary, 10th Edition, launches today
For more than a century, Black’s Law Dictionary has been the gold standard for the language of law. Today, Thomson Reuters released the enhanced 10th Edition. Edited by Bryan A. Garner, the world’s leading legal lexicographer, the 10th Edition is the most authoritative, comprehensive law dictionary ever published. It contains more than 50,000 terms, including …
Peer Monitor Index shows increasing law firm activity in first quarter
2014 got off to a good start, according to the Peer Monitor Economic Index. The PMI rose 4 points to 56 in the first quarter report, reflecting improved demand and rates compared with the year-earlier period. Transactional practices were particularly strong, including corporate work, real estate and tax work. That helped make up for continued weakness …
Thomson Reuters to deploy case management and electronic filing solution to Royal Courts of Justice
Thomson Reuters announced this morning that its case management and electronic filing solution, C-Track, will be deployed across the jurisdictions within the Rolls building in London, England, part of the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ). Thomson Reuters won the contract to deliver a new system following an extensive procurement exercise by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals …
Thomson Reuters employee creates video series on Google Glass
Google Glass is all the rage these days, and a few Thomson Reuters employees have been sharing their thoughts on the product recently. One of those employees is Joe Raczynski, technology manager at Thomson Reuters, who consults on general technology trends in wearable media, security, privacy, and social media in his spare time. Joe created a five-part …
Key author of the month: Joseph M. McLaughlin
As part of our ongoing series highlighting Thomson Reuters key authors, this month we highlight Joseph M. McLaughlin, partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. He has represented clients in hundreds of class action, shareholder derivative and other aggregated proceedings in trial and appellate courts across the country, including the United States Supreme Court. McLaughlin is the …
Thomson Reuters legal business at the London Book Fair
This post was written by Chris Hendry, head of advanced media for the UK Legal business at Thomson Reuters The London Book Fair, now in its 43rd year, welcomes more than 25,000 visitors and exhibitors from 114 countries to Earls Court each year. It bills itself as a unique opportunity to explore, understand and capitalize …
April podcast: Jewish Center shooting, NSA surveillance and male strippers
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Was Jewish Center shooting a hate crime? Legal trends & insights: The controversy over the National Security Agency’s surveillance program News from Thomson Reuters: Peer Monitor releases Mid-Size Law Firm Report On the legal blogs: Male strippers caused emotional distress to nursing home resident You can listen to …
States take the lead on e-cigarette legislation, according to WestlawNext
On the heels of today’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed rules for electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, 46 states have already proposed or enacted legislation related to e-cigarettes, according to data found on WestlawNext, the leading online legal research service. Of those states, at least 20 have proposed or enacted legislation that includes …
Illinois Supreme Court, appellate courts to implement Thomson Reuters C-Track Appellate Case Management System
C-Track Appellate Case Management System (AppellateCMS) will serve as the official case management solution for the Illinois Supreme Court and the five Illinois appellate courts, Thomson Reuters announced today. The project also includes C-Track Document Management, E-Filing and Public Access — tools that will improve the courts’ ability to perform their duties as well as …
