March is known for St. Patrick’s Day, the Spring Equinox and March Madness, but as recent data suggest, the month also carries a more dubious claim as the most active month for divorce filings in the U.S. Westlaw, the nation’s leading legal research database, found that while divorce filings increased nearly 13 percent between December …
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Westlaw Editorial team’s top cases of 2012
Over the past few weeks, the Westlaw Insider blog has been featuring posts from the Westlaw Editorial team, who analyze cases, statutes and Headnotes, as well as the rest of our editorial enhancements. This series provides a concise review of some of the most important court cases of last year. While explaining the legal significance …
The Westlaw editorial process for case law: Wrap-up
This post was written by Casey Hall. Recently Westlaw Insider completed a series on the Westlaw editorial process for case law. We thought this series from our Editorial Operations team has been interesting and insightful. While we take great pride in the technologies that enable WestlawNext and all of our legal solutions, the context and …
Thomson Reuters takes top honors
Westlaw, WestlawNext and Pangea3 recently won top honors in the 2012 New York Law Journal Reader Rankings. Westlaw was named the Best Online Legal Research Vendor for the third consecutive year. The Best Solo/Small Firm Research Vendor for the third consecutive year was WestlawNext. WestlawNext also was named the Best Legal Research App, a new …
Thomson Reuters wins multiple top honors
WestlawNext, Westlaw, Elite and Thomson Reuters News & Insight recently were awarded top honors in the 2012 Best of The National Law Journal in its inaugural Reader Rankings. WestlawNext finished first in three categories, including: Best Online Legal Research Vendor; Best Legal Research iPad® App; and Best Solo Firm/Solo Practitioner Research Vendor. Westlaw was also …
Westlaw helps Reuters journalists uncover riveting stories
We all know Westlaw is a useful tool for law librarians and attorneys, but you may not know that Westlaw benefits another group – journalists. As we highlighted in a previous post, with the wealth of information on Westlaw, it’s no wonder Reuters journalists such as Brian Grow use it to help them pursue investigative stories. …
Westlaw to serve the rule of law in a war-ravaged land
Westlaw’s fingerprints will soon be found on Kosovo’s fledging legal system, thanks to Thomson Reuters’ decision to grant a local judge’s request for free access to the legal research service, according to a story reported in the Star Tribune yesterday. The well-respected and recently retired Dakota County district court judge Robert Carolan, who has offered his expertise to the …