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ACC annual meeting next week
Legal Current chatted with Eric Laughlin, vice president, Corporate Legal Solutions, for a view of what attendees of the upcoming Association for Corporate Counsel (ACC) annual meeting will see from Thomson Reuters. According to Laughlin, this year’s gathering is already being touted as the largest in the association’s history. Earlier this month, Laughlin hosted Former …
- October 21, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Global M&A activity for law firms down, says Thomson Reuters GRC report
Global merger and acquisition activity is off to a slower-than-usual start in the second half of 2011, but that does not necessarily mean less work for M&A lawyers. A new report from Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk & Compliance says the volume of M&A deals fell 10 percent globally in the third quarter. Most of the drop was …
- October 17, 2011
- Jeff McCoy
Practice Innovations Newsletter – October edition
An excellent resource for large law firm practitioners, the Practice Innovations Newsletter has just published the October edition. The feature article highlights a case study on the role of the Alternative Fee Manager, discussing existing and emerging roles for the AFA Manager and how AFAs aid in fee conversations with clients. Also in this issue is information …
- October 17, 2011
- Susan Martin
Serengeti Law launches Serengeti Intelligence
Serengeti Law, a Thomson Reuters business and provider of Serengeti TrackerTM – the legal profession’s most widely used and highest rated e-billing and matter management platform – announced the launch of a powerful new business intelligence tool for legal departments and outside counsel: Serengeti Intelligence™. Easily accessed from within Serengeti Tracker’s existing workflows, Serengeti Intelligence is the …
- October 14, 2011
- Jeff McCoy
Hennelly & Grossfelds drive for greater efficiency and cost-savings within their firm
I recently read a great story about Hennelly & Grossfeld, and one of their clients, Fidelity National Title Group (FNTG), and how they are strategically leveraging technology to reduce costs, be more efficient and collaborate and remain competitive. Hennelly & Grossfeld partners Susan Clary and Tom Case use WestlawNext as a cost savings tool, as well as a …
- October 11, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Money laundering and corruption risks for U.S. companies in Latin America – Podcast: October 2011
With the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak still frequenting global news headlines, the spotlight for anti-money laundering and anti-corruption issues has largely stayed on the Middle East. But there’s another part of the world, a little closer to home, where U.S. companies still need to exercise caution and that’s Latin America. This region …
- October 6, 2011
- Leonard Lee
WestlawNext: Classic search vs. modern search
Jason Wilson, legal blogger and vice president, Jones McClure Publishing, discusses WestlawNext vs. Westlaw Classic search models in Part II of his interview with Mike Dahn, senior vice president, WestlawNext Marketing and New Initiative Development at Thomson Reuters. Wilson asks Dahn to respond to questions raised in recent articles and online posts. For instance, they …
- October 5, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Remembering distinguished West author Hal Bloomenthal
One of our most distinguished authors passed away recently. Harold S. “Hal” Bloomenthal, scholar, practitioner, and author, was considered a dean of West’s Securities Law Library. Having practiced in the areas of corporate and securities law since 1955, Hal’s titles included: Securities Law Handbook, Emerging Trends in Securities Law, Securities and Federal Corporate Law 2d, International Capital Markets and Securities …
- October 4, 2011
- Susan Martin
WestlawNext: Crowdsourcing and other misconceptions
In Part I of this two-part interview, Jason Wilson, legal blogger and vice president, Jones McClure Publishing, asks Mike Dahn, senior vice president, WestlawNextMarketing & New Initiative Development at Thomson Reuters, to discuss common misconceptions about WestlawNext, including “crowdsourcing” as it relates to the WestlawNext search algorithm. So does Thomson Reuters “crowdsource” for WestlawNext development? Dahn …
- October 3, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter