An article in City Pages traces the history of West and the value and expertise that West and Thomson Reuters provide through their professional legal research and reference products.
Erin Carlyle conducted interviews with several leaders within the legal businesses of Thomson Reuters, including President & CEO Peter Warwick.
City Pages is a weekly newspaper in Minneapolis/St. Paul, covering news and entertainment in the Twin Cities and Minnesota.
Posted by Kevin Hunt, senior communications specialist, Thomson Reuters
While winding down at the end of a day of recruiting new talent for West at Michigan State University last October, Dan Bennett and Jay Peyer started talking about the kinds of iPhone and iPod touch applications they could create.
Little did they know that conversation would put them on a path to develop the first Thomson Reuters app for the popular Apple mobile devices.
Today their creation, a Black’s Law Dictionary app, is officially for sale on iTunes.
The app features the 8th edition of the relied-upon and respected dictionary, edited by Bryan A. Garner. Black’s is considered by many attorneys, legal professionals and law students to be the most citable and credible legal dictionary. And a mobile version just made sense, to provide easy access to its legal terms and phrases and embedded audio of that information which does not require an Internet connection.
The process to create the Black’s Law Dictionary app allowed Bennett, a senior director in New Product Technology at West, and Peyer, a senior software engineer in Application Technology, to break new ground.
The Black’s Law Dictionary app from Thomson Reuters is available for purchase on the App Store in Apple’s iTunes for $49.99.
Even Garner, himself very much a fan of books, is excited to see Black’s Law on the iPhone.
“The idea that you can have a very full, elaborate, complex and richly textured book like Black’s available at your fingertips is fantastic,” Garner says. “I myself am stubbornly in favor of print sources, but I like to watch my daughters use their iPhones. And I know that there’s another generation of people who really prefer the electronic medium at their fingertips.”
While Black’s Law Dictionary is the first iPhone application from Thomson Reuters, there’s more in the queue. We’ll keep you posted as more apps are launched.
The practice of law in the People’s Republic of China can be a challenge for any attorney working on behalf of companies doing business with the Chinese.
China, now the world’s third-largest economy and the recipient of more foreign investment each year than any other country, can be a bit intimidating. Its business laws and the practice of deal-making have long been a source of confusion or mystery.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
I recently talked with Owen D. Nee Jr., of counsel with Jones Day, for a Westcast podcast (Listen to the audio).
Nee told me the failure of many joint ventures is linked to basic misunderstandings of the deal-making process, which too often occur because the investor or its counsel fail to study the applicable legal ground rules.
Today we’re marking the anniversary of Thomson’s acquisition of Reuters, and the launch of the Thomson Reuters brand across the company.
In this video, Peter Warwick, president and CEO, Thomson Reuters, Legal and members of his executive team talk about what we’ve achieved in the business in the last year, and what opportunities lie ahead:
Posted by John Shaughnessy, senior director, Corporate Communications, Thomson Reuters
ABA TECHSHOW, presented by the ABA’s Law Practice Management Section (LPM), just marked its 23rd year. The event in Chicago is billed as “the world’s premier legal technology CLE conference and expo,” with three days of educational sessions in legal technology and networking for legal professionals.
Several of our colleagues within the legal businesses of Thomson Reuters were on hand and we did some video interviews with a few of them on April 3, the last day of the show, to get a sense of what they were hearing from customers.
Sean Carter, field technology manager for West, discusses a presentation he gave on delivering value and using technology wisely to improve efficiency and workflow in this video interview:
We also talked with Jill Dabrowski, a product developer at West, who discussed the importance of understanding chronology and timelines for attorneys – especially litigators.
Knowing when things happened or what’s happening next is important- not only in managing a case, but also versions of documents and overall workflow. Here’s Jill’s interview about West Case Timeline:
And, Donna Weinberg, product specialist at West, told us about LiveNote and Case Notebook and the positive response from attendees about the products. Watch her overview of the features of Case Notebook in this interview:
Posted by Kevin Hunt, senior communications specialist, Thomson Reuters
We want to point you again to the Hubbard One Blog for some great insight we gathered at last week’s Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Conference through some video interviews:
Jonathan Fitzgarrald, chief marketing officer at Greenberg Glusker, talks about how the tough economic times can be beneficial for legal marketers.
Maureen Leuenberger, senior director, Consulting & Services for Hubbard One, discusses the benefits of the company’s client support services to help firms be more efficient and effective in their marketing efforts.
Adam Severson, director of business development, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, told us how his firm gains greater insight into its relationships with clients and people within the firm.
Posted by Kevin Hunt, senior communications specialist, Thomson Reuters
How do legal marketers take advantage of a down economy? Jim Durham says nothing’s changed. “Do what you should have been doing,” he says. And, if you know the threats to your business, says Durham, you should be finding out what the opportunities are.
We did a video interview with Durham at the LMA Conference. He is the chief marketing and business development officer at McGuire Woods LLP:
Posted by Kevin Hunt, senior communications specialist, Thomson Reuters
You can see more of the videos we shot at the LMA Conference by checking them out through the Hubbard One Blog, or below. Here are three of them:
Jason Parkman, vice president and general manager, Hubbard One, talks about his session at LMA titled “Knowing Your Clients: A New Era of Client Service”.
Preston McKenzie, vice president and general manager, Client Development, Thomson Reuters, discusses his session titled “The Right Information at the Right Time: Tools for Today’s Rainmakers”.
Patrick Fuller, senior business development consultant, Hubbard One, previewed a session he will be a panelist on, on Friday, titled “Mission: Possible 2″.
Posted by Kevin Hunt, senior communications specialist, Thomson Reuters
We’ve moved on to the ABA Techshow at the Chicago Hilton. And it’s clear that the client development businesses of Thomson Reuters are showcasing their technology and tools at Techshow.
Preston McKenzie, vice president and general manager of Client Development for Thomson Reuters, explains in this video interview why it’s a good time to learn more about the benefits of these businesses:
Posted by Kevin Hunt, senior communications specialist, Thomson Reuters
At the LMA Conference, Navarre presented a session about social computing titled “We’re Connected. Now What?” that discusses social media for lawyers and how it can impact their success, and the success of their clients.
In a video interview for WestBlog, Navarre explores why some law firms tend to have concerns about their lawyers being bloggers and using social networking sites, instead of focusing on how they can use the sites to share their expertise:
Posted by Kevin Hunt, senior communications specialist, Thomson Reuters
Jay Berkowitz has built his business in Boca Raton, Florida helping businesses of all kinds navigate the ins and outs of getting attention on the Web. His company is Ten Golden Rules, and he is the author of a book based on that name, The Ten Golden Rules of Online Marketing.
At the LMA Conference this morning, Berkowitz gave a presentation about some of his favorite Web 2.0 tools and tactics, but with a legal industry bent.
We asked him how legal professionals stack up to his clients in other industries:
We caught up with Heather Morse Milligan at the LMA Conference. She’s the director of marketing at Barger & Wolen LLP. We asked her to weigh in on the impact of the economy on the work of law firm marketers in this video interview:
Jennifer Manton, chief marketing officer at Loeb & Loeb LLP, also is the current president of the Legal Marketing Association and has been active with the LMA for several years.
In a video interview, Manton stresses the community aspect of the LMA Conference and how the desire to network sets the attendees, and their work within the legal profession, apart:
Posted by Kevin Hunt, senior communications specialist, Thomson Reuters
As we’ve pointed out this week, the theme of the LMA Conference is “Change … Now What?”
We talked with two members of the LMA Conference Committee to get their perspectives on how attendees can maximize their time here and put into practice what they hear and learn.
Jeanne Hammerstrom is co-chair of the conference and the chief marketing officer at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP. She told us about some of the opportunities for the attendees at LMA, in this video interview:
We also talked with Doug Hoover, a consultant at Hildebrandt, part of Thomson Reuters, who served with Hammerstrom on the 2009 LMA Conference Committee. Hoover said the firms that sent people to the LMA Conference will be better off because of it:
Posted by Kevin Hunt, senior communications specialist, Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters just rolled out a major expansion of its global Westlaw Business platform, that now included the Securities-UK Centre.
The new center provides lawyers in the United Kingdom (UK) and United States with keen insights on UK disclosure requirements.
It has fully searchable listings from the Financial Services Authority and relevant legislation and guidance. In addition to Securities UK, Westlaw Business features specialized work centers including Restructuring, Securities-U.S and Securities-Canada, M & A, Private Equity and LIVEDGAR.
In the news release announcing the expanded service, Thomson Reuters, Legal CEO Peter Warwick said, “The launch of Westlaw Business as a true global platform for business law professionals all over the world is a cornerstone for our efforts and our commitment to support legal practitioners on a global basis.”
Joe Jaksha, vice president of new product development, describes the global platform in this brief video.
Additional information on Westlaw Business is available on the Westlaw Business Web site.
Posted by Gretchen DeSutter, senior communications specialist, Thomson Reuters
This blog, discontinued and moved to LegalCurrent.com in May 2009, presented commentary and information about the practice and business of law, and the products and services of the legal businesses of Thomson Reuters.
