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Thomson Reuters’ OnePass-YourAss Scheme, Part One: The sign on the wall says "Progress over [Software] Protocol"

07 Feb

Back on Dec. 15, 2011, a law firm librarian posted a warning on law-lib about how anyone who has a credit card or knows the firm’s Land of 10,000 Invoices account number can execute a transaction that will be billed…

 

Even West Is Shedding West: Sounds like TR Legal’s law school publishing business may end up being for sale

20 Jan

Yesterday, West authors received the following message from Chris Parton, General Manager, Law School Publishing, and Pamela Siege Chandler, Senior Director, Law School Publishing: A Message to our Authors about Changes at West Earlier today, Thomson Reuters announced that it…

 

Even West Is Shedding West: Sounds like TR Legal’s law school publishing business "may" end up being for sale

20 Jan

Yesterday, West authors received the following message from Chris Parton, General Manager, Law School Publishing, and Pamela Siege Chandler, Senior Director, Law School Publishing: A Message to our Authors about Changes at West Earlier today, Thomson Reuters announced that it…

 

ABA President Blames Law Students for Going To Law School In A Shrinking Job Market

05 Jan

William Robinson, president of the American Bar Association, gave the most amazing interview to Reuters yesterday. One could call his words passionately defending his organization or a clumsy expression of how out of touch he is on the reality of…

 

Covering SCOTUS: Thomson Reuters’ Case by Case vs SCOTUSblog, Sponsored by Bloomberg Law

20 Dec

On December 13, 2011, Thomson Reuters launched “a dynamic interactive online tool offering comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011-12 term. Case by Case: The U.S. Supreme Court, accessed at www.reuters.com/supreme-court/2011-2012, combines original reporting from Thomson Reuters News &…

 

What Do You Do When You Are Losing Customers? Thomson Reuters Buys the Competition

08 Dec

Back in September, UK-based Pilgrim Systems, a provider of law practice management solutions called LawSoft, announced Another Elite site goes live with Pilgrim’s Lawsoft, noting: As well as the functionality and quality of the LawSoft solution, the firms’ selection was…

 

Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer is Out, COO Jim Smith to Replace Him; What’s Next?

02 Dec

Yesterday, TRI reported in a press release, Thomson Reuters Announces New Organizational Structure and Leadership, the Company’s latest shake up in its executive suites: On December 31, 2011, Thomas H. Glocer, chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters and Reuters Group…

 

TR/Westlaw China Gobbles Up iSinolaw

22 Nov

Sadly, I must report about the latest so-called merger of online publishers. I just received a letter from Stephan Yao, CEO or Thomas Reuters Legal, China and Gordon Wong, Business Director of iSinolaw. According to this letter, the two companies…

 

More TR Legal Layoffs?

18 Nov

According to an unnamed source, Thomson Reuters Legal may announce another wave of layoffs soon, perhaps even as early as today. The layoffs may affect customer service operations. As of yesterday evening the local press had no reports about this…