As legal information professionals from across the globe gather in Washington, D.C. for the 2019 American Association of Law Librarians Annual Meeting & Conference, let’s connect and celebrate our innovative industry and profession. Thomson Reuters is once again proud to sponsor the 2019 annual meeting and conference, as well as the George A. Strait Minority Scholarship …
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Westlaw Edge Feature Update: Jurisdictional Surveys
This week, Legal Current is showcasing how customer feedback shaped last year’s Westlaw Edge launch and how listening to customers continues to inform the enhancements Thomson Reuters has added to the platform in the past 12 months. We shared how customers helped shape Litigation Analytics and Regulations Compare. Today we’ll look at Jurisdictional Surveys, the …
Westlaw Edge Feature Update: Regulations Compare
This week, Legal Current puts the spotlight on how customer feedback shaped last year’s Westlaw Edge launch and how listening to customers continues to inform the enhancements Thomson Reuters has added to the platform in the past 12 months. We explored how customers helped strengthen Litigation Analytics, and today we’ll look at Regulations Compare. The …
Westlaw Edge Feature Update: Analytics
The launch of Westlaw Edge nearly one year ago was a major advancement in legal research. It provided legal professionals with AI-driven legal search, exclusive warnings for law that is no longer valid, unrivaled litigation analytics, and sophisticated research tools to help them deliver results to clients faster and more accurately. One year later, the …
VANTAGE and Legal Geek Conferences on Latest Legal Technologies
Two legal software conferences were recently held on opposite coasts – in San Diego, the 25th edition of the Elite VANTAGE Worldwide User Conference highlighted new software integrations, and in New York the Legal Geek conference showcased new applications of technology. At both conferences, Thomson Reuters shared their latest innovations and also enjoyed listening to …
#AALL19: Artificial Intelligence and Implicit Bias
Are you biased? You may not think so, but what about implicit bias? Is bias the negative form of perspective? The topic of bias may be uncomfortable and an area many would prefer to avoid. Most of us know we have a bias for many things; they can be as simple as preferring a booth …
#AALL19: Federal and State Court Analytics Deep Dive
Baseball has a statistic for nearly everything and can inform the audience of a batter’s average against left-handed pitchers, on the road, during afternoon games, when the temperature is above 85 degrees in July. Sports, maybe one of the most famous users and consumers of data for analysis, disseminates that data to increase engagement of …
VANTAGE 2019: 3E in the Cloud
A highlight of last week’s VANTAGE 2019 Worldwide Conference, which brought together more than 1,200 Thomson Reuters Elite customers, partners and employees in San Diego, was a session on 3E in the Cloud. Ruby Lee and Jerid Dupier from Elite’s product management team and Elite lead architect Mark Gendein shared the implementation approach and roadmap …
#AALL2019: Celebrating 100 Years of American Law Reports
We’re commemorating the 100-year anniversary of American Law Reports – probably best known simply as ALR – and we look forward to celebrating at the 2019 American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting & Conference. With its first article published in 1919, ALR has been frequently cited by the courts for a century. It …
Increase in Personal Property Leasing Makes Understanding of Article 2A Required
The number of significant cases involving personal property leasing has increased rapidly over the past few years. Knowledge of basic contracts or sales law has proven to be insufficient in such cases; a solid understanding of Article 2A is required. For example, the common law topics of liquidated damages,[1] product liability,[2] usage of trade,[3] damages,[4] …