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FindLaw.com is the number one consumer legal website, online lawyer directory – again
Year after year, FindLaw.com remains the preferred website consumers go to when they need legal information or an attorney, and 2010 was no exception. According to the latest data from comScore, the leading provider of digital media intelligence, FindLaw.com again came out well ahead of its competitors last year. For more information, check out the news release.
- April 21, 2011
- Susan Martin
Legal people: One employee steps in to stop crime
When Greg Groenjes, a manager in Manufacturing, Distribution & Engineering in Eagan, Minn., went out to see a movie with his wife one chilly evening in February, he anticipated that the only action scenes playing out would be on the screen. But by the night’s end, Greg was a real-life crime fighting hero. After viewing a movie …
- April 21, 2011
- Susan Martin
Ceglia-Zuckerberg emails add new twist in Facebook case
If you’ve been following the Facebook ownership law suits, check out the latest information regarding the case of Paul Ceglia, a New York businessman who claims to have entered into a legal partnership with Mark Zuckerberg in 2003. Check out the full post on the Westlaw Insider blog or join in the conversation on Twitter.
- April 19, 2011
- Susan Martin
Food packaging trends: Women prefer environmentally friendly packaging while men opt for convenience
Women are 14 percent more likely than men to select environmentally friendly packaging over non-“green,” more-convenient alternatives, according to a recent study of more than 1,000 adults commissioned by our IP Solutions business. This finding is part of an intellectual property report released by Thomson Reuters, World IP Today: Convenience vs. Conscience – Food Packaging in …
- April 14, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Does participating in social media waive your privacy rights? Podcast: March 2011
It’s no secret that social media has fundamentally changed the way we communicate with one another. With sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare, companies can now find out where you work, what you look like and even what your favorite coffee shop is. But how much information is too much information, and can anything …
- April 14, 2011
- Leonard Lee
Thomson Reuters celebrates everyday heroes
A story that all too often ends in tragedy instead ended in triumph when a little girl, abducted from her home in a small Texas town, was safely reunited with her family. This happy ending is due in part to Thomson Reuters’ powerful investigative platform CLEAR – a search tool encompassing a vast collection of public and …
- April 12, 2011
- Susan Martin
Westlaw Litigator launches new versions of Westlaw CaseLogistix & West Case Notebook
Litigators deal with a lot of information, often scattered across different databases and computer systems. The Westlaw Litigator suite of tools gives litigators a set of integrated tools that pulls key case information across various sources and integrates it into their case preparation workflow. As an example, Westlaw CaseLogistix 5.3 & West Case Notebook 2.5 were recently launched, …
- April 8, 2011
- Susan Martin
Most Americans opposed to walking away from a mortgage
Most Americans are opposed to the notion of homeowners simply walking away from their mortgage, says a new FindLaw survey. Also called a “strategic default,” some homeowners are choosing to voluntarily stop making their monthly mortgage payments, often because they cannot make the required monthly payments because of unemployment or other circumstances, or because the …
- April 7, 2011
- Scott Augustin
Brazilian legal research goes online
Today, Thomson Reuters announced the launch of Revista dos Tribunais Online – Brazil’s first online legal research service. It is a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind product that gives legal professionals a full view of Brazilian legal information and promises to dramatically increase productivity for legal professionals across the country, which is second only to the United States …
- April 7, 2011
- Susan Martin