We’ve all committed a crime at some point in our lives, either knowingly or not and either petty or major. There was that time in high school when you and your friends thought it would be funny to steal that street sign. Or that time in college when you experimented with illegal drugs. Or that …
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eBillingHub and special ALA member pricing
This post was written by Carlos Seoane, senior director of Operations for Thomson Reuters Elite With increasing pressure to streamline billing efficiencies and capture every single billable moment, law firms today must find any and all feasible ways to improve the workflow between lawyer and client. E-Bills need to be more efficiently generated to shorten …
When technology strikes fear into the hearts of the legal department
This post was written by Bernadette Bulacan, director of Market Development for Thomson Reuters Technology can be scary, especially to casebook-loving, yellow legal notepad-carrying, folder-filing attorneys. Fortunately, some technologies don’t strike fear into attorneys, like word processing, email, or the mobile (rotary?) phone. But what happens when these standard technologies are insufficient to effectively address …
Carter Phillips speaks at Washington DC Super Lawyers event
On May 15, 2014 Super Lawyers hosted a reception which was attended by 300 attorneys selected to the 2014 Washington DC Super Lawyers lists. In advance of the reception there was a Q&A with Carter Phillips, the Chair of Sidley Austin’s Executive Committee and member of the Super Lawyers Advisory Board. Phillips has argued more cases in …
When you weren’t looking, midsized law firms took on a new kind of dynamism
This post was guest written by Tim Radaich, senior director of Medium Law Firm marketing at Thomson Reuters We often think of large law firms as the ones that lead the industry, and in many ways, they do. However, it is arguably midsized law firms that have proved the most nimble and responsive as the …
Importance of managing to key performance metrics
This post was guest written by Scott Norby, regional sales manager for Thomson Reuters ProLaw Whether you work for a mid-sized or large law firm, you’re not immune to the changes that are occurring in the legal industry. Stiffer competition, demanding clients, and limited budgets continue to drive the need for improved reporting metrics. Measuring …
Association of Legal Administrators conference this week in Toronto
I am at the annual Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) conference this week. Perhaps most interesting, Thomson Reuters is participating in a special exhibit that makes a compelling and well-researched case for what the Law Office of the Future might look like: highly technical, perfectly collaborative and somehow cozy and roomy at the same time. We’re thrilled to …
Expanded M&A capabilities for Business Law Center on WestlawNext
In conducting proper due diligence in an M&A deal, information is key. Business Law Center on WestlawNext recently expanded both its coverage and functionality to broaden users’ reach in monitoring or researching deal activity. Deal coverage in Business Law Center has been nearly doubled, now totaling more than 900,000 deals dating back to 1975. The expanded …
Thomson Reuters and Minneapolis Institute of Arts host art and the law event
For centuries, many pieces of fine art and antiquities were considered the spoils of war or simply spirited away from their country of origin, only to land in museums, private collections or the auction block. But in the modern era where cultural preservation has taken center-stage, debates on museum ownership, artist’s rights and cultural preservation …
Spotlight shines on Thomson Reuters-Books For Africa partnership
Thomson Reuters longstanding partnership with Books For Africa (BFA) was in the spotlight in early May on a day that celebrated both the productive past and the potential that lies ahead for both organizations. Books for Africa honored Thomson Reuters with its Kilimanjaro Society Award of Merit at its annual awards breakfast on Wednesday, May …
