The U.S. court system is plagued by delays, backlogs, and workforce shortages. As CJ Lechtenberg, senior director of product management, Westlaw, explains, “Case backlogs became more prevalent with the pandemic and the state of backlogs has not improved in the past three years.” The 2023 State of the Courts Report found that courts should invest in …
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Thomson Reuters Celebrates 150 Years: Chris Fenne on the Evolution of KeyCite
Thomson Reuters is commemorating 150 years of customer partnership and innovation to honor the 1872 founding of John B. West Publisher and Book Seller. West’s innovative spirit lives on in Westlaw – a product that still carries his name – and in the AI-driven products and legal research technology tools used by legal professionals worldwide. Our Legal Current series features voices across …
- December 19, 2022
- Carrie Brooker
2022 Highlights: Westlaw Precision Improves Research Speed and Quality for Legal Professionals
As 2022 comes to a close, Legal Current is reflecting on the Legal Professionals business’s milestones from the year. Today we look at the debut of Westlaw Precision and how it’s dramatically improving research speed and quality for legal professionals. Its six new research capabilities – Precision Research, KeyCite Cited With, KeyCite Overruled in Part, …
- December 13, 2022
- Carrie Brooker
Westlaw Precision: Outline Builder and Graphical View of History
“Westlaw tackled the underlying issues that slow down legal research.” That’s how Attorney at Work’s Joan Feldman characterized the impact of Westlaw Precision. From Precision Search to the new red-striped KeyCite flag, six research capabilities in Westlaw Precision are improving research speed and quality by enabling legal professionals to target precisely what they are looking …
- October 26, 2022
- Carrie Brooker
Thomson Reuters Celebrates 150 Years: John Elstad on Small Innovations Making Big Impacts
Thomson Reuters is commemorating 150 years of customer partnership and innovation to honor the 1872 founding of John B. West Publisher and Book Seller. West’s innovative spirit lives on in Westlaw – a product that still carries his name – and in the AI-driven products and legal research technology tools used by legal professionals worldwide. Our Legal Current series features voices across …
- October 17, 2022
- Carrie Brooker
Westlaw Precision: Expanded KeyCite Functionality and a New Striped Flag
“This is legal nerd stuff, but Westlaw has a new KeyCite flag between Yellow and Red and it’s exciting.” Above the Law Editor Joe Patrice’s tweet about KeyCite Overruled in Part fueled some of the buzz over the new features in Westlaw Precision. Legal Current is taking a closer look at the six new research …
- October 10, 2022
- Carrie Brooker
Thomson Reuters Celebrates 150 Years: 10 Recent Innovation Milestones
Thomson Reuters is marking a century and a half of customer partnership and innovation since the founding of John B. West Publisher and Book Seller in 1872. After revisiting the company’s innovation milestones from 1872 to 1998, today Legal Current features innovative highlights from 2000 to the present. 2000 – Westlaw UK launch marks globalization of …
- August 19, 2022
- Carrie Brooker
AALL Milestone Moments: Commemorating 25 Years of KeyCite
AALL Milestone Moments: Commemorating 25 Years of KeyCite This weekend marked a milestone: the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting & Conference kicked off in-person for the first time in three years. Today Legal Current notes another AALL-related milestone; it’s the 25th anniversary of KeyCite, which was introduced at AALL’s annual meeting in …
- July 18, 2022
- Carrie Brooker
Westlaw Edge Canada: What’s Your Favorite Feature?
Westlaw Edge Canada, introduced earlier this month, provides Canadian legal professionals with new tools including Judicial Consideration for Statutes, KeyCite Overruling Risk, Common Queries and Legal Topic Suggestion, among others. Legal Current asked Thomson Reuters colleagues who contributed to product development to choose their favorite new feature and share how it will help Canadian legal …
- September 16, 2021
- Carrie Brooker
Precedent Analytics Delivers Deep Analysis of Judges’ Citations Based on Westlaw Attorney Editor-Authored Content
How much time do you spend researching the judge of your upcoming case? Are you looking at what the judge has said on the topic of your case? Do you know what judge or judges they cite often? Do you know if the judge relies upon a certain court when drafting opinions? Westlaw Edge users …
- January 28, 2019
- Jeff McCoy