Do you store your family pictures and videos in the Cloud? Would your family be able to access those files if you passed away? Federal and state governments are scrambling to update estate laws to protect all your selfies and family cat videos against legal fights that could develop over rights to digital assets. Tyler …
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Law School Students Challenged to Help Design Next Generation of Legal Technology Products
Since I started working with the Thomson Reuters law school business, I have been struck by the diversity of ideas and fresh solutions coming from students, faculty, clinical professors and other leaders, including a genuine curiosity for how to use technology to advance the practice of law. That’s why I was so excited when our …
Thomson Reuters Participates in Civic Engagement Efforts with Chinese Students and Alumni
With Election Day right around the corner and candidates making their final push to voters, a very select group of people met recently to learn more about how the American political system works. The Peking University Alumni Association – Minnesota (PKUAA-MN) and Tsinghua University Alumni Association – Minnesota (TAA-MN) held a joint seminar on civic …
Top IT Priorities for Law Firm COOs & CFOs
Balancing technology needs with budget realities can be tricky. Seventy percent of attendees surveyed at the 15th Annual Law Firm COO-CFO Forum produced by the Legal Executive Institute said they consider technology to be a strategic differentiator for their firm. But most also agreed on the importance of prioritizing and the need to sort out …
Three Best Ways to Hack a Law Firm – CFO-COO Forum Session
“There are many different ways bad people can get to your data. You should be concerned about it and you should do something about it.” That’s the assessment of Nicholas Barone, Director, Consulting Services Group, Eisner Amper LLP, speaking on a cybersecurity panel at the 15th annual Law Firm COO & CFO Forum in …
Thomson Reuters to Host the Fourth Annual Aspire to Lead Conference
Thomson Reuters will host the fourth annual Aspire to Lead Conference on Nov. 9, 2016 in the Twin Cities, where women and men from around the region will meet for a day full of speakers and networking that seeks to empower women to take more active leadership roles in their careers, communities and day-to-day lives. …
Jim Sandman on Access to Justice and Technology
Jim Sandman, president of Legal Services Corporation, recently visited the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus to share his thoughts on how the legal industry has been slow to initiate and adopt new technologies, change their traditional service-delivery patters or simplify processes for improved accessibility. Following the presentation, David Curle, Director of Market Intelligence for the Legal …
Law Department as a Profit Center: Strategies for Going from Cost Center to Revenue Generator – ACC 2016 Session
The legal department has evolved from the traditional view that it is a cost center or “the department of no.” A panel at last week’s Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting discussed how legal departments can become stronger partners with their business clients and become a revenue generator – or even a profit center. The …
ACC 2017 Recap
In the early months of 1848, when news broke of found gold at Sutter Mill in Northern California, a rush of fortune-seekers from across the United States and abroad converged onto a boomtown called San Francisco. Fast forward to this past week where more than 2,600 corporate counsel flocked to San Francisco in search of …
How the Tour de France Got Me Even More Hooked on Technology
“Technology cannot forget the importance of the humanity that interacts, uses, and creates it.” One never knows where inspiration will strike or what will spark a lifelong passion. As chief technology officer, Lisa Schlosser has always had an appreciation and passion for technology. But as she attends the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing …
