As 2022 winds down, Legal Current is reflecting on the Legal Professionals business’s milestones from the year. Today we look back at Thomson Reuters commemorating 150 years of customer partnership and innovation in honor of the 1872 founding of John B. West Publisher and Book Seller. The organization founded in 1872 was the first iteration …
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Remembering Justice Ginsburg
As we join the nation in mourning the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we would also like to mark her extraordinary life and career in the law. Justice Ginsburg served a remarkable 27 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, after serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and …
Remembering Justice Scalia
In the past few weeks, I had the rare privilege of taking a 10-day trip to Asia with two of our prominent authors, Justice Antonin Scalia and Professor Bryan Garner. We publish their very successful coauthored books – Reading Law and Making Your Case. Bryan planned this trip as a lecture series and a book-discussion and …
Minnesota leaders and Library of Congress’s David Mao celebrate U.S. Constitution and its roots in the Magna Carta
Earlier this month, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea and Deputy Librarian of Congress David Mao led a celebration at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, Minn., to honor the U.S. Constitution and the Magna Carta. More than 100 guests gathered as Chief Justice Gildea discussed the influence of …
Justice Alan Page Turns New Page in Distinguished Career
Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page is stepping down from the bench later this month, and he’ll be taking a unique momento with him. Justice Page was presented this week with a series of specially compiled hard cover volumes containing all of the opinions that he wrote during his 20+ years on the state’s highest …
Magna Carta 800th anniversary events kick off in DC
This post was written by Tom Leighton, vice president of Legal Editorial Operations at Thomson Reuters Washington DC was in the spotlight this past week as political, legal and academic leaders came together to kick off a year of Magna Carta celebrations. I was in the city with my colleagues John Shaughnessy and Gretchen DeSutter …
Thomson Reuters enduring partnership with the University of Minnesota
In the past few decades, Thomson Reuters has built a mutually beneficial and fruitful partnership with the University of Minnesota, both strategically and tactically. The University of Minnesota Law School is one of the best law schools in the nation and one of Thomson Reuters key customers of print and online Legal products. The Law …
