Just back from LegalTech New York, where I had an opportunity to visit the Thomson Reuters offices at 3 Times Square. The top floor looks down on the world-famous New Years Eve ball. My mobile phone picture doesn’t do it justice, but it’s a very nice view.…
Thomson Reuters Unveils New Tools for Litigators, Corporate Counsel and Small Firms
Thomson Reuters announced several new products yesterday, targeting different sectors of the legal market – litigators, corporate counsel and small firms – but all designed around a common theme, that of integrating related products and services through the cloud and mobile devices in order to simplify and streamline a lawyer’s day-to-day workflow.
Even bigger news…
West, Lexis Stage Competing Blogger Summits
An interesting coincidence is occurring tomorrow. On the very same day, in very different locations, the nation’s two leading legal publishers are both staging day-long summit meetings, to which they have invited a variety of legal bloggers, journalists, industry analysts and “influencers.”
In New York City, LexisNexis is conducting what it is billing…
Hands On with the WestlawNext Android App
Earlier this month, Thomson Reuters debuted the WestlawNext Android App, providing mobile access to WestlawNext from both Android tablets and smartphones. I was given a limited-time log-in to WestlawNext to try out the app. I tested it on an Android tablet and here is what I found.
Overall, I like it. I have two complaints,…
FindLaw Launches Legal News Site: ‘Legal Pulse’
FindLaw and Lawyers.com are among the most highly trafficked lawyer directories and consumer-facing legal sites. Now it appears that both are taking steps to beef up their coverage of legal news — no doubt in order to further…
Legal Current’s Interview of Me at LegalTech 2011
Jessica Leibrook, the new managing editor of the Thomson Reuters blog Legal Current, interviewed me briefly after the annual bloggers’ breakfast. Click here to see the interview.
Jessica and other contributors to Legal Current captured a number of interviews at LegalTech, with legal technology luminaries such as Monica Bay and…
FindLaw Gets Stuck in 2008
After reading today that FindLaw had launched a mobile version of its website, I decided to check it out. In the course of doing that, I discovered that FindLaw has no listing for me. I knew it once did, so I followed the link to edit my profile. Sure enough, it had a username…
Thomson Unveils Global Hub for Free Legal Help
At an event today in New York City, Thomson Reuters will formally announce the launch of TrustLaw, a Web-based service that is intended to promote “the culture and practice of pro bono” around the world.
The key feature of the site is a platform called TrustLaw Connect, which is designed to allow non-governmental…
Another ALM Veteran Joins Thomson Reuters
Interesting to see, via Romenesko, that Thomson Reuters has hired Eric Effron as editor for law of the new Thomson Reuters Professional News Center. Effron is the former editor and publisher of Legal Times, the former ALM-owned Washington, D.C., legal newspaper that ALM recently folded into its national legal newspaper, The National…
A Legal News Podcast from Thomson Reuters
Legal Current, a blog published by Thomson Reuters, today added a new feature, the Legal Current podcast. The podcast will feature “information and commentary on the global business and practice of law.”
Today’s first episode covers several topics in the news — the Arizona immigration law, the Supreme Court’s animal…
Thomson Reuters Acquires Super Lawyers
In a move that underscores the increasing importance of lawyer ratings and reviews in helping consumers select a lawyer, Thomson Reuters announced today that it has acquired the Super Lawyers, the suite of attorney-rating publications and Web site created by Key Professional Media, based in Minneapolis, Minn.
Super Lawyers creates and distributes an…
Is the FindLaw Story Getting Distorted?
The “scandal” making its way around the blogosphere over FindLaw’s allegedly selling text links in violation of Google’s policies is certainly worth discussing and debating. But I am concerned that the facts are being misconstrued in a way that is distorting what should be the focus of the debate. Some blogs portray FindLaw’s sales of…