The legal industry continues to rebound from the effects of the pandemic, but much uncertainty still remains. The Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Index hit a record high in the second quarter as demand returned to pre-pandemic levels or higher, and law firm profitability soared. But questions about the direction of the economy and global trade …
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Do Midsize Firms Have a Competitive Advantage? 2021 Report on the State of the Midsize Legal Market
Midsize firms may possess competitive advantages as the legal market emerges from the disruptions caused by the global pandemic. The 2021 Report on the State of the Midsize Legal Market from the Thomson Reuters Institute looks at how midsize firms weathered the challenges of 2020, and the opportunities that may lie ahead. Midsize firms proved …
Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper, Clifford Chance Lead Acritas Global Elite Brand Index
Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper and Clifford Chance top the latest Acritas Global Elite Brand Index, as the firms most top of mind and most favored by corporate clients with more than US$1B in global revenues, as well as most considered for multi-jurisdictional deals and litigation. Baker McKenzie has increased its lead atop the index for …
University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School Wins Thomson Reuters Legal Design Challenge
A team from University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School has won the Thomson Reuters Legal Design Challenge. Thomson Reuters recently challenged some bright, tech-forward students to develop ideas for the next generation of legal technology products. Students from five different law schools worked in an intensive one-day event to develop proposals to expand the capabilities …
2015 Legal Tech Open Challenge Winners Announced
The Legal Tech Open Innovation Challenge saw legal professionals, technologists, data scientists and entrepreneurs from around the globe compete to create unique technology applications that provide high-value analytics to legal practitioners. Participants were given access to editorially-enhanced federal court dockets content, outside data, and the Thomson Reuters open-source company-identification system, PermID, to develop the new applications. …
Thomson Reuters key author Dennis Wall reads book excerpt on lender force-placed insurance practices
Legal Solutions from Thomson Reuters are all about delivering legal content, technology and expertise. The site has thousands of products for sale, including numerous books from Thomson Reuters key authors. One of those authors is Dennis J. Wall, an experienced litigator, mediator, and expert witness in Florida and Federal Trial and Appellate Courts, and an elected member …
Thomson Reuters hosts one-day conference for women leaders featuring Minnesota CEOs
Thomson Reuters will host a group of top Minnesota CEOs presenting at Aspire to Lead, a one-day conference aimed at inspiring and coaching women to take more active leadership roles in their work and communities. The event will be held October 20, 2015, from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Prom Center in Oakdale, …
Bob Ambrogi talks about legal blogging with Legal Current at AALL15
I attended the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia a few weeks ago and took the opportunity to sit down with prominent legal blogger Bob Ambrogi. In the video below, Ambrogi, who is also a Massachusetts lawyer and media consultant, talked about his history in legal blogging, and offered tips for those who …
Black’s Law Dictionary app featured on Discovery Channel
Black’s Law Dictionary 10th edition app was recently featured on Discovery Channel’s NewsWatch program. NewsWatch produces segments on exciting new apps and app companies that are separating themselves from the pack. For more than a century, Black’s Law Dictionary has been the gold standard for ensuring a common understanding of the growing language of law. …
Happy 30th anniversary to Thomson Reuters Reference Attorneys – video pt. 2
Why become a reference attorney? There are many reasons, but past and present reference attorneys have told us that what keeps them working as a reference attorney is helping customers every day in their practice. When they go home to their families after their day, they feel great about telling them, “I helped someone today.” So, …
