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 …
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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
Introducing the new West Store
After months of surveys, focus groups and detailed user testing, all aimed at improving the intuitiveness of west.thomson.com, West Store is open for business. West Store is easy to use and a bit easier to look at, too. The simplified home page allows for easier navigation, and users will be able to search for products and services …
- April 5, 2011
- Susan Martin
Taking the next step: The bright future for court reporting
The court reporting industry has seen major changes and renewed growth in recent years. New technologies – including real-time transcription, streaming video, online transcript repositories and case management software – have opened new opportunities and made the court reporting industry an indispensable component of litigation case management. Read more… One result of these accelerating changes …
- April 4, 2011
- Susan Martin
We’re going patriotic – Podcast 2: April 2011
We’re going patriotic for this month’s episode of the Legal Current podcast as we bring you two interviews with people who have had unique experiences with some aspect of the U.S. government. To start things out, we bring you an interview with freelance journalist and frequent contributor to the Super Lawyers publication Martin Kuz. We talk to Martin …
- April 1, 2011
- Leonard Lee
Super Lawyers contributor Martin Kuz recalls Peter Jennings Project
The following is a guest post from Super Lawyers contributor and freelance journalist Martin Kuz, detailing his experience as a fellow at the Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution. Last month I had the good fortune to attend the Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution, a three-day fellowship program devoted to examining that hoary document’s sustained …
- April 1, 2011
- Susan Martin
WestlawNext named New Product of the Year by AALL
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) announced that it has named WestlawNext™ as its New Product of the Year for 2011. As you can imagine, we’re delighted. In the news release announcing the award, Mike Dahn, chief marketing and product development officer, Westlaw U.S. (and a former law librarian, himself), said: “The WestlawNext team is honored to be …
- March 31, 2011
- Scott Augustin