Firm Central launched just over a year ago and received an excellent acceptance rate as a productivity solution. But now that the dust has settled, additional features will be rolling out to make it an even more efficient tool for practitioners. In the video clip below, Laura Zastrow, senior product developer for Firm Central, talks to …
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On the Bill for a new Civil Proceedings Code
This article was written by guest author Teresa Arruda Alvim Wambier.* This is part of a series of opinion articles that originated in Brazil, so the original Portuguese version can be found below. Three observations are necessary before starting to properly address the Bill for a new Civil Proceedings Code (CPC) [1]. The first of these is …
Karl Florida welcomes guests to ABA Techshow in Chicago this week
Karl Florida, managing director of the small law firm and customer segment at Thomson Reuters, welcomes Legal Current visitors to ABA Techshow in the video clip below. He also talks about the trends he is seeing as law firms are increasingly adopting the cloud to help manage their practice and manage their technology, as well …
Thomson Reuters debuts Custom Pages, eLibraries on WestlawNext
Thomson Reuters has introduced Custom Pages on WestlawNext, enabling users to create searchable, personalized pages from specific content sets. Available at no cost for all WestlawNext subscribers, Custom Pages can be tailored to specific research needs while providing the convenient benefits and innovation WestlawNext offers, including WestSearch, Find a Citation, KeyCite a Citation, Folders and Favorites. …
Tim Nixon moderates panel on transparency and compliance at Global Ethics Summit
In the world today, transparency continues to be of utmost importance for businesses. Tim Nixon, managing editor for sustainability.thomsonreuters.com, moderated a panel at the Global Ethics Summit last week that discussed transparency of global supply chains and third party compliance. The panelists included: Kim McMath, chief ethics and compliance officer, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.; Mark J. Ohringer, …
Tim Erblich of the Ethisphere Institute on the Global Ethics Summit
The Ethisphere Institute and Thomson Reuters hosted the eighth annual Global Ethics Summit in New York on March 20-21, 2014. The event brought corporate executives, compliance officers and legal professionals together to discuss the importance and impact ethical behavior has on a business’ success and responsibilities as a global citizen. Tim Erblich, chief executive officer …
Transparency, tone from the top highlighted at Global Ethics Summit
The sixth annual Global Ethics Summit took place March 20-21, 2014, in New York and was hosted by the Ethisphere Institute and Thomson Reuters. The event featured keynote and panel discussions engaging debate among executives, compliance officers, legal professionals and more, offering insight into business operations in the current global environment focusing on governance, anti-corruption, …
Thomson Reuters creates Solutions suites
In today’s legal market, clients are working with slimmer budgets and have a keener desire to allocate their limited funds prudently. That means messages about uniquely tailored service, cost efficiency and an informed, reasonable preparedness for the outcome of a given matter hold more appeal. In order to be the provider of legal services that …
Pizzolato may never return to Brazil to complete sentence
This article was written by guest author Valério de Oliveira Mazzuoli.* This is the first in a series of opinion articles that originated in Brazil, so the original Portuguese version can be found below. The flight by Henrique Pizzolato to Italy is generating speculation from all quarters, especially those who don’t have in-depth knowledge of the rules that …
Super Lawyers picks the winners of the 2014 NCAA Mens Basketball Championship
What better predictor of the 2014 NCAA Mens Basketball Championship than by number of attorneys selected to the 2013 Super Lawyers list who graduated from the participating colleges’ law schools? After crunching the numbers, Super Lawyers predicts that on the evening of April 7, after a hard-fought, back-and-forth game, Harvard will prevail over Michigan 97-91. It will be …
