Thomson Reuters was named today as one of the 2017 Best Workplaces in Canada for Women. Organizations recognized have a minimum 90% positive employee response to the statement “I am treated fairly regardless of my gender.” To be recognized for high workplace equality, companies are assessed based on levels of workplace trust experienced by their …
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Steve Rubley Named to the 2017 Wash 100 List
Recently at the Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) office in McLean, Va., Steve Rubley, CEO of TRSS and managing director of Thomson Reuters Government business for Legal, received a trophy from Jim Garrettson, CEO and publisher of Executive Mosaic, at a ceremony to celebrate being named to the 2017 Wash 100 list. Each year, Executive …
China’s Legal System: 2016 Reviews and 2017 Predictions
According to the Lunar Calendar, with the close of the 2017 Spring Festival on January 28 the Year of the Fire Monkey ended and the Year of the Fire Rooster began. It also is time for our annual review and predictions of China’s legal system. Chang Wang, chief researcher at Thomson Reuters, invited Vivian Wu, …
Westlaw Secondary Sources Redesigned
Secondary sources often provide critical information when conducting legal research. Now users can more efficiently interact with thousands of analytical resources through the newly redesigned Westlaw Secondary Sources experience. Westlaw users will now have a more direct route to the information they seek via new publication filter and sort options, fully browsable tables of contents, a …
In Mass Torts, Who Speaks for the Individual Plaintiffs?
Last month, I participated in a panel discussion on the status of mass tort multidistrict litigations (MDL) at a meeting of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association (ABA) in Squaw Valley, Calif. A fortuitous snowfall of about 100 inches fell that same week, so the skiing was great. But I digress: the …
Mitchell & Mitchell: Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 3: How Should ACA Replacement Options Be Sorted Out?
This is the third post in an ongoing series regarding potential changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the new Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what …
ProView-Handshake Integration Opens Up Information Workflows for Legal Professionals
Thomson Reuters ProView already provides the ultimate eBook user experience for professionals. ProView users can now integrate their ProView libraries with their information workflows through Handshake Software’s Portals and Universal Search. Handshake is the leading provider of SharePoint®-based products and services to the legal sector. Attorneys and law librarians will now have integrated access to their …
A Day in the Life of a KM Attorney – KM with Kim, episode 6
There’s no such thing as a typical day for someone who runs knowledge management for a law firm, in the same way that there’s no such thing as a typical KM setup, or even a typical person who manages KM for a firm. The person in charge of KM can be anyone from a law …
Large Law Firm Demand Continues to Drop — Peer Monitor Index
Demand for large law firm services fell 1.4% in the fourth quarter – the third consecutive quarterly decline and the biggest drop since Q1 2013. For the full year, demand fell 0.6% – the first annual decline in demand since 2013. Those are among the key findings from the Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI) report for …
Podcast: The Estate Strikes Back – Deceased Stars, Star Wars & Posthumous Rights
On Jan. 26, 1997, many homes across America were tuned-in to Super Bowl XXXI. While much of the game itself may be a blur, most people who watched that night likely remember one image: Hollywood legend Fred Astaire, who had died nearly a decade before, dancing with an electric broom in a vacuum commercial. While …
