The market for law firm services hit a slight turbulent patch in the second quarter. The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI) dipped one point to 55. While demand for legal services was up 0.4 percent compared with a year ago, productivity fell 0.8 percent as firms added headcount in excess of demand. Transactional practices (corporate work, …
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Sustainability is fundamental to the law
Many people may not associate the law as being relevant to sustainability. On Thomson Reuters sustainability, we see it as fundamental. Abuse of basic human rights is at least as damaging to the long term stability and prosperity as almost any form of environmental damage. How well we take care of each other, and codify that care, is core …
Future-proofing your law firm
This article was written by James Boocock, general manager of Legal Solutions and future market trend specialist at Thomson Reuters in Australia. The article was originally published in the June edition of the Law Society Journal of New South Wales. For the legal practitioner, anticipating changes in the legal industry is crucial if you are to stay …
Thomson Reuters recognizes Pasadena, TX ISD Police with Everyday Heroes Award
In the fall of 2013, officers with the Pasadena Independent School District Police Department in Pasadena, Texas obtained a tip through a crisis hotline that an anonymous caller was threatening to stage a shooting at a local elementary school. With only a phone number and IP address from the hotline’s interaction with the suspect, officers …
Brian Knudsen at AALL – listening to our customers
Thomson Reuters understands the value of listening to our customers and gaining insight on how to better serve them. Brian Knudsen, vice president, Large Law for Thomson Reuters, shares some of what he heard from customers during the 107th annual American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) conference in San Antonio, as well as the trends …
Listening to the voice of our customers at AALL
This article was written by Heidi Bloedow, vice president, Customer Experience Operations At Thomson Reuters, the voice of the customer resonates through the business. As the leader of our Customer Experience organization, I feel that I’m entrusted with a powerful differentiator for our business and have enormous opportunity to shape our product features and content …
Lori Hedstrom welcomes attendees to annual AALL conference
This article was written by Lori Hedstrom, national manager, Librarian Relations at Thomson Reuters I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the AALL Annual Meeting in San Antonio beginning this weekend. At the Thomson Reuters booth, we will be featuring products for law firm, academic, corporate and government librarians, including WestlawNext (with the new PeopleMap functionality), …
Vantage attendees flock into “What’s New in ProLaw 2014.1”
It was standing room only in the “What’s New: ProLaw 2014.1“ session held during the Elite Vantage Workdwide Conference in New York City last week. Ken Bassham, senior director of Sales for Elite, and Carolyn Smallwood, CLM, chief financial officer of ProLaw client Ezra Brutzkus Gubner (EBG) LLP, highlighted the “latest and greatest” in the …
Service before self: Dan Clark closing keynote at Vantage Worldwide Conference
New York Times best-selling author Dan Clark spoke to attendees at the Vantage Worldwide Conference in New York City last week about the importance of service. Clark knows a thing or two about this subject area, having written over 20 books with his most recent titled, The Art Of Significance: Achieving the Level Beyond Success. Clark attended …
Thomson Reuters President of Legal Susan Taylor Martin addresses attendees of Elite’s Vantage Executive Summit
As the first day of the Vantage Worldwide Conference came to a close last Tuesday, Susan Taylor Martin, president of Legal at Thomson Reuters, met with a group of C-Level attendees during the one-day Executive Summit. In her remarks, Taylor Martin discussed the major trends shaping the large law firm space: increased competition; scrutiny of …
