He was a burly man, easily standing more than six feet tall, a military veteran who’d been hardened by life on the streets. Yet, there he stood, with tears streaming down his face, as he heard the voice of the twin sister he hadn’t spoken to in nearly 20 years. This vignette is just one …
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Thomson Reuters announces Hero Award winners
Three customers from Thomson Reuters Risk, Fraud and Investigations business were selected as winners of the first-ever Hero Award for their submissions of compelling success stories brought about through the use of one of Thomson Reuters public records search products: CLEAR, Westlaw PeopleMap or Batch Services. The Hero Award recognizes how these products promote societal …
- November 7, 2011
- Jeff McCoy
Announcing the new Small Law Lifestyle website
Today marks the launch of the Small Law Lifestyle website. Over the past several months, a team from Thomson Reuters has been talking with customers and found that many small law attorneys bring a certain passion to everything they do – whether it is in the office, the courtroom, or interests outside of work. The more we listened, …
- November 6, 2011
- Susan Martin
Top 10 from the 2011 ACC Annual Meeting
As if guided by the unofficial U.S. Postal Service mantra, neither rain or shine, nor snow and sleet could stop the 2000-plus general and corporate counsel attendees from the Denver Conference Center for the ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel) Annual Meeting held Oct. 23-26. During the conference, attendees truly weathered the elements: a sun-filled record high …
- November 4, 2011
- Jeff McCoy
29th Annual National CLE & Ski Conference
This coming January (4-8), the 29th annual National CLE & Ski Conference will be held in Snowmass, Colo. This conference offers topical CLE courses from expert speakers and easy access to world class skiing. Along with a WestlawNext Workshop, during which an expert consultant will assist you in conducting your own research, we also offer a complimentary CLE course providing an overview …
- November 4, 2011
- Susan Martin
We’re Listening – literally! – @ the ONESOURCE User Conference
You may remember that earlier this year we kicked off the “We’re Listening” program at the Elite User Conference in Washington D.C. This program was designed to give customers a way to communicate feedback on our products and services directly to our business leaders. This week we are turning up the heat on this initiative as we …
- October 31, 2011
- Susan Martin
Carswell launches Thomson Reuters ProView eReader
Thomson Reuters ProViewTM, the new professional eReader application for the iPadTM is now available from Carswell. Practitioner’s Income Tax Act 2011, 40th Editionand La Loi du Praticien – Loi de l’impôt sur le revenue, 24e édition, Canada’s most comprehensive tax reference guides, are the first titles available on Thomson Reuters ProView. ProView is the first professional-grade eReader application on the …
- October 28, 2011
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters Eagan facility recognized as best-in-class
The Eagan, Minn., campus of Thomson Reuters was honored as a “highly protected risk” (HPR) on Tuesday, Oct. 25, a worldwide insurance industry-recognized classification for best-in-class facilities. The HPR award, presented by the company’s property insurance firm FM Global , indicates a facility where personnel apply best practices in loss prevention and facility protection against …
- October 26, 2011
- Jeff McCoy
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice kicks off Ambassador program
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that just only 11.6 percent of attorneys in the U.S. are from a population of color. The picture is even less encouraging when you couple that with the recent National Association for Law Placement data that shows that 87 percent of racially or ethnically diverse law firm associates leave …
- October 26, 2011
- Sharon Sayles Belton
Trends and developments in advance of the ACC conference
I’m really looking forward to this year’s ACC meeting in Denver. It’s always a great place to re-connect with in-house counsel we’ve worked with during the year and to meet GCs who are eager to share best practices. This year we can also expect to see the beginning of new approaches from the new team …
- October 24, 2011
- Rob Thomas