This post was written by Bernadette Bulacan, director of Market Development for the Corporate segment of Thomson Reuters A famous song proclaims that “it never rains in Southern California,” which was definitely not the case last week as crowds of corporate counsel converged onto the Los Angeles Convention Center for the 2013 Association of Corporate …
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Thomson Reuters expands Practical Law service with launch in China
The scope of Practical Law, the leading provider of online know-how to lawyers worldwide, just expanded. Practical Law China, the first legal know-how service to provide transactional support to lawyers doing business in, or with parties based in, mainland China launched yesterday. From the fundamentals of establishing a business in China, to localizing boilerplate agreements, …
Curious? Experience A Day in the Life of a Case at Thomson Reuters
You rely on Westlaw and other editorial products from Thomson Reuters for every case – but have you ever wondered about the experts who work on an opinion before it gets to you? We followed a very important case for 2013 – Arizona v. the Intertribal Council of Arizona – through the editorial process at …
October podcast: Student loans, same sex marriage and the joking judge
In the October 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Same-sex marriage in New Jersey Legal trends & insights: FindLaw survey on student loans News from Thomson Reuters: The 2013 Grace Hopper Celebration Of Women In Computing Conference On the legal blogs: Joking judge Vince Sicari of New Jersey You can listen to the episode now …
Thomson Reuters hosts Law Firm COO and CFO Forum
Thomson Reuters hosted the 12th annual Law Firm COO and CFO Forum in New York on Oct. 24-25. The conference is designed to give law firm COOs and CFOs a platform to convene and discuss economic and professional headwinds affecting the business of law. In advance of the conference, attendees had the opportunity to participate …
Discussing Business Law Solutions at ACC 2013
This post was written by Jen Merwin, senior marketer for Business Law Solutions at Thomson Reuters The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) 2013 Annual Meeting is well underway in Los Angeles. Corporate lawyers from around the world are gathered to discuss industry trends, participate in more than 100 CLE/CPD programs, and learn about new solutions. Thomson …
Extradition requests from the US almost double in a year
There has been an almost doubling in the number of arrests in the United Kingdom of individuals for extradition to the United States over the last 12 months, says Sweet & Maxwell, the legal information provider and part of Thomson Reuters. According to data provided to Sweet & Maxwell by the UK’s Home Office, 22 …
Deirdre Stanley a featured panelist at Law Firm Leaders Forum
Thomson Reuters Executive Vice President and General Counsel Deirdre Stanley was a featured panelist at the recent 2013 Law Firm Leaders Forum in New York. The panel addressed topics pertaining to the future of lawyers such as who will be hiring lawyers, who will train lawyers, and the varying career opportunities within the legal profession …
Thomson Reuters survey: Parents turn to law enforcement first when children face cyberbullying
There’s little doubt that cyberbullying is a rising problem in the U.S., but where do parents turn when their children encounter cyberbullies? A survey of 642 American parents has found 36 percent of parents would turn to law enforcement to address the issue. The survey was conducted by the Fraud Prevention and Investigations (FP&I) business …
Ignore the First Amendment at your peril: 2013 Silha Lecture
This post was written by Megan Gustafson, journalist and former Thomson Reuters employee The lessons of the Pentagon Papers – the landmark 1971 First Amendment case – are coming full circle in today’s environment, said attorney James C. Goodale last week at the 2013 Silha Lecture, at the University of Minnesota’s Silha Center for the …
