Canada looked like a growth market for the legal profession when 2020 began, and as spend was expected to grow, in-house teams’ strategic priorities centered on two core areas: being more effective and efficient. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economic fallout, these primary goals have largely remained unchanged. These are among the findings …
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Thomson Reuters Integrates Legal Tracker with HighQ
Thomson Reuters has integrated Legal Tracker, the most widely used software system for managing e-billing and matter management for corporate legal departments, with HighQ, a sophisticated collaboration and workflow tool designed to streamline legal operations. The integration of Legal Tracker with the document management capabilities in HighQ helps in-house teams increase productivity with enhanced tools …
What’s in a Name? The Battle Over Name, Image & Likeness Rights for NCAA Student-Athletes Continues
It happened. The NCAA has introduced a framework to allow collegiate student athletes to profit off publicity rights. The report came from the NCAA’s Federal and State Legislation Working Group. The NCAA currently prohibits student athletes profiting off their name, image, or likeness (NIL) rights while in college (a prohibition unique to athletes compared to, …
Webinar Series: Insights for Diverse Leadership and a Culture to Support Change
The Thomson Reuters Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law (TWLL) program in Europe will kick off a webinar series on May 26, focusing on the evolving circumstances due to COVID-19, and examining the practical methods to advance gender equality and help organizations support necessary cultural change. The series also will explore the future of the …
As COVID-19 Outbreak Looms, Large Law Firm Market Has Strong First Quarter Says Peer Monitor Index
The Q1 2020 Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI) report, found the large law firm market saw strong growth in demand and rates in the first quarter, setting a robust foundation at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak. It’s important to note that the bulk of the social and economic impact of the outbreak …
Webinar: Managing Employee Mental Health & Morale
As countless law firms and legal department implement work-from-home, it’s easy to assume that amounts to something close to “business-as-usual” with the only difference the locations where people are working. But the reality is that disruptions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak are far-reaching and can significantly affect the mental health and well-being of employees. Balancing …
Are You Practicing Social Media Hygiene?
Social media use is skyrocketing, as people connect with friends and family as shelter-in-place and work-from-home continue. But as we take advantage as these apps, it’s still important to be careful. But people with bad intentions may also be seeing and looking to take advantage of the personal & professional information that you’re posting. Robert …
California Privacy Law: Definitive Guide Released by The Rutter Group
Beginning in the 1970’s, the U.S. began passing a series of ad hoc statutes designed to protect some of the most sensitive personal information in the credit reporting, health care and financial services industries. For years, privacy law languished as a backwater subspecialty to which no one paid much attention. However, the recent enactment of …
New Westlaw Edge Feature: Quick Check Quotation Analysis Saves Time, Ensures Accuracy and Adds Confidence
Thomson Reuters has added a new AI-enabled feature to Westlaw Edge providing an additional layer of review and analysis for all users. Quick Check Quotation Analysis examines quotes in legal documents to ensure accuracy, save researchers significant time evaluating and understanding the context of quotes, and deliver an added layer of confidence for legal professionals. …
Corporate Law Departments Turn to Technology to Mitigate Risk, Control Costs and Address Changing Business Needs
Corporate law departments are expected to meet growing demands for in-house legal professionals’ time, while cutting departmental spending and confronting changes in legal technology and process innovation. These are among the findings of the 2020 State of the Corporate Law Departments Report released today by Thomson Reuters. While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected corporate law departments, …