Recently, Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, delivered a TEDTalk on the concept of everyday heroes, sharing stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary work. One of these heroes is a banker who discovered suspicious spending data at a nail salon, ultimately revealing an underground system of human trafficking. The importance of everyday heroes …
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New study explores means to increased public sector efficiency for legal professionals
Many legal professionals have experienced in recent years the challenging combination of rising workloads and diminishing resources. This combination of conditions has presented major workflow challenges, especially to legal professionals in the public sector. In a recent study, Thomson Reuters explored these challenges and sought new and innovative ways help public law offices work more …
Anne Ellis and Dwight Opperman on the Fastcase 50 list
Yesterday, the law’s smartest and most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders were recognized in the Fastcase 50. We were thrilled to see Anne Ellis, senior director, Librarian Relations at Thomson Reuters, on that list. According to her bio on the Fastcase site, “great service is all about relationships, and nobody has better relationships.” This describes Anne’s approach …
Optimizing your university legal department: New white paper available
Current economic circumstances have placed legal professionals in a variety of positions under extra pressure to prove their worth – and legal departments at universities are no different. However, these departments, whether they come from small or large universities, often find difficulty in managing spending, results, and risk. A new white paper from Thomson Reuters …
Anne Ellis on the 2013 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference
This post is the first in a series of messages from the 2013 AALL Annual Conference. To read other posts in the series, click here, and watch for more content soon! By Anne Ellis, senior director, Librarian Relations, Thomson Reuters I am proud to gather with fellow law librarians next week at the AALL annual …
Super Lawyers “Litigation Firms You Should Know About” lands in Delta Sky
On your next Delta Airlines flight, be sure to reach into the seat pocket in front of you for a look at Super Lawyers “Litigation Firms You Should Know About” in the July issue of Delta Sky magazine. The firms on the list are made up of attorneys who have been selected to their state’s …
Thomson Reuters joins Minnesota Twins in celebrating Armed Forces Appreciation Day
It was a perfect summer day in Minneapolis this past Sunday when Thomson Reuters sponsored the 10th annual Armed Forces Appreciation Day with the Minnesota Twins. Veterans and active service members from all five branches of the U.S. military were honored during a pre-game ceremony and throughout the afternoon during the Twins’ tilt with the …
Experts On-Call program provides personal Business Law Research support
While reaching out to Business Law Research customers, product operations lead Andy Duggan found an overwhelming consensus: customers want more personal service and they want access to specialists in business law. With this in mind, the new Experts On-Call program was developed and launched. The program provides 24/7 customer service from Thomson Reuters research attorneys …
Podcast: Jorge Goldstein on Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
In the case of Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated, but synthetic complementary DNA (“cDNA”) is patent eligible because it is not naturally occurring. The distinction is …
Practitioner Insights makes current awareness information more relevant than ever before
Since it was introduced in March, Legal Current has followed Practitioner Insights closely, discussing its premier appearance at the ABA Techshow, the qualities that make it so unique and the team of experienced attorney editors who make it all work. Now, we’re pleased to provide some insight into the new practice pages on Practitioner Insights, …
