Ken Bassham, director of sales for ProLaw, walked through some of the new capabilities offered in ProLaw XII and why users should look to upgrade at this year’s ProLaw User Conference. The three main features discussed were: comprehensive reporting functionality, enhanced Outlook integration and how the system was built entirely on the .NET platform. Through the …
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Favorite settings of Elite Enterprise
Enterprise offers comprehensive functionality that organizations need to compete in the marketplace, and enables national and multi-national firms the ability to efficiently and profitably operate across offices, countries, languages and currencies. As an industry-leader, Joselynn Curtis, project manager for Thomson Reuters Elite, spent some time during the Elite User Conference highlighting her top 10 settings of Enterprise, …
- June 26, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Understanding and maximizing your data
Data is available everywhere in today’s business world, but understanding and using that data to your advantage has proven to be difficult. In-house legal departments and law firms should be able to evaluate and use their own data, which can be obtained from various items such as invoices, budgets and matter profiles, to help manage …
- May 17, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Lawyer employs technology to improve service, lower costs
Emerging trends, such as mobile computing, are enabling attorneys to improve time management and deliver better service to their clients, ultimately making them more competitive in today’s economy. Houston-based attorney Tim Johnson, a technology enthusiast, uses mobile solutions to improve his work efficiency while on the go and, his clients are seeing the results. Johnson, …
- May 2, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
The Rule of Law, the U.S. Constitution and Thomson Reuters
The U.S. Constitution is one of the most powerful and impactful documents in existence. It literally touches every American’s life, and has since its creation in 1787. Recently, I had the opportunity to view the document first-hand as part of a new exhibit, “We the People: The First Official Printing of the U.S. Constitution,” sponsored by Thomson Reuters in …
- April 18, 2012
- Susan Martin
Westlaw Case Notebook 3.0 launches
Organizing and analyzing vital case information can now be done more efficiently than ever. Westlaw Case Notebook 3.0 provides greater integration with legal research and e-dsicovery. The new version more efficiently builds strong cases by pulling essential case information together in one place, including e-discovery documents, briefs, transcripts, pleadings, key facts, legal research and more. Westlaw Case …
- April 16, 2012
- Susan Martin
Success through legal research technology
Law firms are being increasingly challenged to adapt and innovate to meet their clients’ expectations. Being able to succeed in this changing environment, firms must offer more value to their clients. An area that can increase a firm’s value, lower their legal costs and improve their competitive advantage to clients is through legal research. A …
- April 5, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
Law firms mergers up in Q1
The trends towards industry consolidation continues. The Hildebrandt Institute’s MergerWatch Report showed 20 completed law firm mergers that involved U.S. firms in the first quarter of 2012. That represents a 43 percent increase over the first quarter of 2011, which saw only 14 completed mergers and is in stark contrast to the four completed mergers in the …
- April 3, 2012
- Scott Augustin
High-profile media outlets cover Findlaw.com divorce study results: March is the new Divorce Month
Some of the more prominent coverage includes articles by MSN, San Francisco Chronicle, Buffalo Business First, KPLU and The Austin Lafferty Blog. January has long been perceived as “Divorce Month.” However, Findlaw.com recently released study results that showed searches for “divorce” and related phrases such as “family law” and “child custody” jumped 50 percent – from December 2010 to January 2011, and continued …
- March 14, 2012
- Jeff McCoy
LTNY booth conversations
As usual, LegalTech New York was a hive of activity ranging from networking to meetings to presentations to the all-important show floor. The Thomson Reuters booth was no different with visitors checking out the latest products and enhancements. One area that drew a lot of attention was the WestlawNext area, which highlighted the advantages offered through the legal …
- February 7, 2012
- Gretchen DeSutter
