Thomson Reuters Sustainability website has been named Best Publication by Ragan PR Daily’s 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility Awards. Sustainability was launched in September 2012 to be the voice of Thomson Reuters on topics ranging from climate, energy and health, to law and corporate governance. The site features key voices from politics, non-governmental organizations and corporations as …
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Understanding the digital marketing game
How do the best digital marketers consistently achieve above average performance for their marketing programs? FindLaw addressed this question in a session at the recently concluded ABA Techshow. The answer lies in understanding the “Digital Marketing Game.” The rules of the game The first thing anyone engaged in digital marketing must understand is the highly …
The Pre-Salt auction and contracts
This article was written by guest author Cesar A. Guimarães Pereira.* This is part of a series of opinion articles that originated in Brazil, so the original Portuguese version can be found below. The auction of the First Pre-Salt Round (area from the Libra block) which occurred on October 21, 2013, sparked discussion about the exploration model …
Thomson Reuters Earns Nine Top Honors in 2014 National Law Journal Readers Rankings
Thomson Reuters took top honors for key products and services across nine categories in the third annual Best of The National Law Journal Readers Rankings. WestlawNext was ranked the top Online Legal Research Vendor, Solo Firm/Solo Practitioner Research Vendor, Legal Research Vendor (including SAAS, digital & print products) and Legal Research iPad® App. Westlaw Portfolio …
Practical Law available at U.S. law schools through WestlawNext
Students and faculty at U.S. law schools can now access Practical Law through WestlawNext. Practical Law’s know-how content takes students beyond primary law and traditional legal research, giving them first-hand experience at putting legal theory into practice. Law school students can quickly and easily incorporate know-how content into their research, and faculty can incorporate it into …
March podcast: Facebook bragging, contraception mandating and teddy bear stabbing
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Daughter’s Facebook brag costs her family $80,000 Legal trends & insights: Contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act News from Thomson Reuters: Thomson Reuters creates Solutions suites On the legal blogs: Woman stabs teddy bear, faces felony assault charge You can listen to the episode now by clicking the play button on the …
ABA Techshow: Day two recap
Yesterday seemed to fly by here in Chicago, as did today. I attended two of the morning sessions: Tools of the Trade for Paperless Practice, presented by JoAnn Hathaway and Richard Serpe, and How to Collect and Use Social Media for E-Discovery, presented by Hon. General Bruce Lee and Sharon Nelson. In the first session, …
Practical Law continues to add new ways to access content
Practical Law is an integral part of many of the products and services that we’re discussing at ABA Techshow 2014, as Practical Law continues to add innovative new ways for practitioners to access its leading know-how content. In the U.S. and U.K., new Practical Law websites have been launched with additional practice areas. Practical Law China …
Latest enhancements to WestlawNext include Custom Pages and eLibraries
In the wake of ABA Techshow in Chicago this week, Brian Quinn, senior product developer for WestlawNext, sat down with Legal Current to talk about the latest enhancements to WestlawNext, including Custom Pages, eLibraries and the addition of PeopleMap. He also talked about what the WestlawNext team will be doing at ABA Techshow. “We will …
ABA Techshow: Day one recap
They don’t call it the windy city for nothing. Legal Current blew into the ABA Techshow 2014 on Wednesday evening, but the festivities didn’t officially begin until this morning. To kick things off, I attended a session titled “Ethics of Social Media Marketing,” presented by Bob Ambrogi, Jennifer Ellis and Jeff Lantz. I thought this was …
