How do emerging technologies drive innovation? In a series of webcasts, Bob Evans, senior vice president of Oracle, talks to global business leaders to find out how technology helps them innovate. The latest features Rick King, COO, Technology at Thomson Reuters, along with Riva Richmond, editor of the Economist Intelligence Unit. In the second half …
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Introducing Practitioner Insights
I am very excited to announce the launch of Practitioner Insights, a new platform that brings together current awareness offerings into one spot on WestlawNext. Legal professionals will now have exclusive news and analysis from industry experts at the tip of their fingers, so they can stay up to speed and lead in their practice …
How does Firm Central treat documents?
It has been a few weeks since the launch of Firm Central, the hosted practice management solution designed for small law firms, and so far the launch is a huge success. In addition to providing firms with traditional practice management features like the ability to store documents and contacts in a secure online environment, Firm …
Legal News Brief – March 1, 2013
Before you head out for the weekend, check out your legal news headlines from Thomson Reuters News and Insight. D.C. law firm Patton Boggs lays off lawyers, sources say The firm, which has more than 550 attorneys in nine offices worldwide, is known best for its lobbying and public policy work in Washington. Appeals court …
Podcast: Legal aspects of celebrity scandals
Celebrity scandals always seem to capture the public’s attention, as evidenced by recent headlines involving Lance Armstrong, Manti Te’o, Lindsay Lohan, and any number of celebrities that you see populating the checkout line magazine rack. But after the headlines fade, what are the consequences of these scandals? Why do some scandal-scarred celebrities rebound while others …
Thomson Reuters to host Global Ethics Summit March 5-6, 2013
Next week, Thomson Reuters will host the fifth annual Global Ethics Summit in conjunction with the Ethisphere Institute. The conference, taking place March 5-6, 2013 in New York, will address the challenges of compliance and government regulation in today’s global business environment, as well as the vital role that values and ethics play in successful …
James Jarvis featured in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel magazine
James Jarvis, senior director, New Product Development at Thomson Reuters, recently published an article in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel magazine. In the article, titled “Are you enabling technology or is it enabling you?” Jarvis discusses how law firms want to increase efficiency and effectiveness, and there are growing pressures to adopt technology to achieve those efficiencies …
Collateral Consequences
One in four Americans has some form of a criminal record. The collateral consequences of a conviction – finding work or obtaining a professional license after an incarceration, for instance – can be severe and hard to diminish, and the volume and extent of these consequences are substantial. Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Law, Policy …
Podcast: How law firms can help clients prevent cyber-espionage
Recent news reports have called attention to the risks of American businesses and government agencies being hacked by Chinese agents. And a new classified National Intelligence Estimate reportedly lists several other nations, including France and Israel, as sources of cyber-espionage against US targets. Peter Toren, Intellectual Property and Computer Crimes expert with Weisbrod Matteis & Copley …
Case study: How Pangea3 helped its client keep pace with mushrooming litigation and save $1 million
Founded in 2004 and welcomed into Thomson Reuters in 2010, Pangea3 has grown to become a global leader in legal process outsourcing (LPO). In situations where large numbers of documents need to be reviewed and produced in short time periods, Pangea3’s consultative, process-driven approach ensures that clients receive the cost-saving benefits of intelligent culling techniques …
