The following is a guest post from Super Lawyers contributor and freelance journalist Martin Kuz, detailing his experience as a fellow at the Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution. Last month I had the good fortune to attend the Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution, a three-day fellowship program devoted to examining that hoary document’s sustained …
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WestlawNext named New Product of the Year by AALL
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) announced that it has named WestlawNext™ as its New Product of the Year for 2011. As you can imagine, we’re delighted. In the news release announcing the award, Mike Dahn, chief marketing and product development officer, Westlaw U.S. (and a former law librarian, himself), said: “The WestlawNext team is honored to be …
- March 31, 2011
- Scott Augustin
Thomson Reuters wins five SABEW Best in Business awards
Here at Legal Current we definitely value great writing, which is why we are pleased to applaud the five Thomson Reuters winners of the American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Best in Business awards for 2010. Check out our corporate blog, The Knowledge Effect, to learn more.
- March 28, 2011
- Susan Martin
Twitter chat today on social media and the law
Don’t worry if you missed the live streaming video from last week’s social media and the law panel discussion that took part on our Eagan, Minn. campus because there’s still time to join the discussion. Once again we are teaming up with the Minneapolis/St. Paul Social Media Breakfast folks to host our first Twitter chat today, Thursday, …
- March 24, 2011
- Susan Martin
Twitter chat transcript: Social media and the law
Thank you to everyone who participated in our inaugural Twitter chat today on social media and the law. If you missed out, don’t worry, the entire transcript can be found here. Legal Current hosted the event in partnership with the Minneapolis/St. Paul Social Media Breakfast and I think everyone in attendance would agree that it was a …
- March 24, 2011
- Susan Martin
Where’s the bacon?
Social media, the law and bacon all came together last Friday morning as Thomson Reuters played host to more than 120 social media aficionados and members of Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis/St. Paul (SMBMSP). This forum of bloggers from private and public sectors gather monthly to dish on topics over breakfast (always including bacon), and then …
- March 21, 2011
- Gretchen DeSutter
Highlights from the Global Ethics Summit
Day one of the Ethisphere Institute’s Global Ethics Summit, co-hosted by Thomson Reuters, wrapped up with a panel discussion on the challenges of compliance in highly regulated industries. I had the privilege of moderating this panel, which included Douglas Lankler, chief compliance and risk officer at Pfizer; Alan Yuspeh, chief ethics and compliance officer at HCA Group; and …
- March 17, 2011
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters coverage of Japan
All eyes have been focused on Japan these past few days as the country deals with the damage and aftermath of one of the most devastating natural disasters that the world has ever seen. Our corporate blog, The Knowledge Effect, has been covering this event all week. Check out the news round-up, featuring some of the most …
- March 16, 2011
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters to co-host 2011 Global Ethics Summit
In today’s global economy, issues of business ethics, corporate responsibility and sustainability take on global dimensions as well. Thomson Reuters is teaming up with the Ethisphere Institute, a leading international think tank, to host the third annual Global Ethics Summit. Leaders from more than 40 global companies will be speaking on this year’s theme of effective …
- March 14, 2011
- Susan Martin
Does race still matter? Examining racism in the criminal justice system
As part of the celebration of Black History Month, Justice Pam Alexander, who served as a Hennepin (Minn.) County District Court Judge for 25 years and is now president of the Council on Crime and Justice, visited our Eagan, Minnesota campus to speak to employees on the impact that race continues to have on the criminal …
- March 8, 2011
- Susan Martin
