This post was written by Dori Buckethal, marketing manager for Risk, Fraud and Investigations. International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is my favorite conference each year. Thousands of law enforcement professionals attend the conference for educational seminars and networking events. The Fraud Prevention & Investigations group at Thomson Reuters has attended this event for …
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Latest mobile solution inspired by needs of commercial and in-house lawyers
The new solution, Global Business Law, is a native iPad® app that will connect practitioners to the law in 160 countries and in 46 different practice areas. Its creation was inspired by the needs of lawyers working in commercial law, or in international corporations, who spend time on transactions with a cross-border element for which …
- October 11, 2012
- Paul Sandell
Top takeaways from the 2012 ACC Annual Meeting
Was it the lure of a magical kingdom situated on 30,000 acres of developed swamp land in central Florida? Or perhaps the child-like glee to be experienced upon seeing those famous mouse ears? For more than 1,600 in-house counsel from around the globe, the main attraction was the Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting held …
- October 9, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Innovation and collaboration at ACC
Susan Hackett, CEO and CLO of Legal Executive Leadership, and former general counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel for more than 20 years, spoke with Legal Current about what she was seeing at the 2012 annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. She shares her insight around the valuable CLE opportunities, the excitement from the show …
- October 5, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
The flat world and the future of document review
Greg McPolin, managing director of Pangea3 and Corporate Counsel, Litigation at Thomson Reuters, was a panelist for The Flat World and the Future of Document Review discussion at the Association of Corporate Counsel annual conference.The panel was sponsored by Pangea3 channel partner Stroz Friedberg and the panelists discussed the evolution of document review and how …
- October 4, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Educators and businesses come together to close skills gap for students
A story in Minnesota Business featured Thomson Reuters as an example of how some businesses are working with higher education in interesting new ways. The Business of Education focuses on why it’s important for companies to build relationships with educators and universities in order to prepare students for success in the workplace. This type of …
- October 4, 2012
- Susan Martin
Is your legal department doing great or just so-so?
The presentation I moderated at the ACC Annual Meeting drew a capacity crowd because of our great panel that included thought leaders from a large law department, Molly Dodge from Capital One, and a small law department, Jim Sullivan from FMC Technologies, as well as the general counsel of the ACC, Jim Merklinger. The topic …
- October 4, 2012
- Rob Thomas
Top five things to keep in mind when creating a contracts playbook
Deployed correctly, contracts playbooks can be powerful tools that save time and minimize risk. If our sold-out session at the Association of Corporate Counsel annual conference, A Play-by-Play Guide to Creating a Contracts Playbook, is anyindication, they are also not completely understood. During the panel, we fleshed out some of the most important issues in-house …
- October 3, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Top 5 technology gaps in law departments
A new Thomson Reuters survey of law department leaders, attorneys and staff has identified the top 5 critical tasks that are most often not being managed with automated solutions. The survey found that while law departments are frequently using technology to help manage certain critical tasks – such as legal research and matter management, many other …
- October 3, 2012
- Scott Augustin
What’s new with CLEAR
CLEAR, the industry-leading public records search product, recently rolled out some great new features, including a photo line-up feature and real-time incarceration data. Andy Russell, vice president of the Fraud Prevention & Investigations business, talks about the latest add-ons to the CLEAR search product, as well as some of the events and happenings he is …
- October 2, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
