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 Exciting news!  The National Law Journal conducted its second annual “BEST OF” survey to determine the top vendors serving the nation’s legal industry. We are so pleased to share the news that Westlaw/WestlawNext were voted BEST in FOUR separate categories . Overall Thomson Reuters won 17 awards! We deeply appreciate and thank you for this honor and tremendous acknowledgement. It [...]

(Editor’s note: This is a repost of a Tip of the Week published on May 28, 2012.  Because of its popularity, we are publishing it again). Send WestlawNext ® documents to your Kindle ™ and conveniently take your research with you wherever you go, without wasting paper. Documents are formatted to provide a reading experience that’s optimized for [...]

Do you use Kelley Blue Book for choosing which car to buy?  What if there was a similar tool for choosing outside counsel?  This webcast will teach you everything you need to know about a new WestlawNext tool that allows you to do just that!  Use Matter Benchmark Reports powered by Serengeti® Law to gain insight into the rates [...]

The GC Advisor app is the first Thomson Reuters app dedicated to corporate counsel. The app has been updated in the 2.0 version which launched this morning on the iTunes store. What is new in this version you might ask? All the articles in the app have been changed to reflect current trends. The 2.0 version includes a [...]

Statutes can be impacted by recently enacted or proposed legislation, as well as case treatments. For this reason, it is critical to routinely validate any statute that you rely on for legal advice or cite as precedent. This tip explains how to use KeyCite ® to check your statute citations and proceed with confidence that your authorities [...]

Use KeyCite ® to view the direct history of a case in an easy-to-read graphical display. Graphical KeyCite traces the case through the appellate process and places every reversal, rehearing, reconsideration, or other case proceeding in context. This feature can be a huge time-saver when you need to know how a case has moved through the court [...]

Since the legal standing or authority of a case can change over time, it is important to verify that the cases you cite as precedent are still valid. This tip explains how to use KeyCite ® to check your caselaw citations and proceed with confidence that your authorities are good law. KeyCite Status Flags Begin by accessing KeyCite and [...]

Want to learn how new WestlawNext tools can help you choose and evaluate Outside Counsel? This webcast will cover how to: Use Matter Benchmark Reports powered by Serengeti® Law to gain insight into the rates charged by law firms and timekeepers, expense allocation, and invoice approval Generate reports of current market rates for outside counsel based on firm [...]

Use KeyCite ® to help you determine whether a case, statute, administrative decision, or regulation is good law, and to retrieve citing references. KeyCite is the legal industry’s most accurate, up-to-the-minute citation service, providing: Current information : Caselaw direct history and precedential changes are available within 24 hours Complete headnotes : Quickly limit your citing references to a relevant point of [...]

Send WestlawNext ® documents to your Kindle ™ and conveniently take your research with you wherever you go, without wasting paper. Documents are formatted to provide a reading experience that’s optimized for Kindle, including the ability to adjust the text size and font to suit your reading preference. To send one or more WestlawNext documents to your Kindle [...]

Did you know that your WestlawNext ® subscription includes unlimited access to Reference Attorneys, the industry’s premier team of legal research assistance professionals? Every Reference Attorney is a bar-admitted attorney and online research expert with a deep understanding of WestlawNext features, functionality, and content. They can help you refine your search query, find a specific law or [...]

The West Key Number System® organizes the universe of caselaw into topics (e.g., Contracts, Criminal Law, Patents, etc). Each of those topics is then further organized and subdivided into individual points of law called Key Numbers.     For example, in the Contracts topic, there is a subdevelopment (I) called Requisites and Validity . Within that subdevelopment there is a [...]

Much has changed in the world of campaign finance since the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United decision. Interested in hearing the latest about how Super PACs, 501(c) organizations, and corporations are influencing the 2012 election? This webcast welcomes  Trevor Potter , General Counsel to John McCain’s 2008 and 2000 presidential campaigns, current Caplin & Drysdale member, and co-author of Political Activity, [...]

The West Key Number System® is one of the most important components of WestSearch®, the world’s most advanced legal search engine. Because our attorney-editors have been reading, summarizing, and classifying the law for over 100 years, WestSearch can identify the topics of law best represented by your search terms, and return highly relevant documents for those topics – [...]

    By Pradeep Victor , Assistant Vice President, Litigation Solutions, Pangea3 There are generally three ways to conduct a document review: •  Traditional, linear “eyeballs on every document” review, •  Production without reviewing any documents,or •  Use of technology to help facilitate the review. The traditional, and most common, method involves human reviewers manually coding documents for [...]

The West Key Number System ® is the master classification system of U.S. law and widely regarded as the cornerstone of effective legal research. For over 100 years, West Topic and Key Numbers have offered legal researchers a convenient way to hone in on a particular legal issue and quickly find on-point cases.   Why Use the West [...]

Did you know that West attorney-editors have been editing, organizing, and classifying the law for over 100 years? Under the West Key Number System ®, every legal issue in a case published by West is identified and summarized in a headnote. Each headnote is then classified under one or more Topic and Key Numbers.   This arrangement [...]

Having to legally cover a company’s back is a full-time job. With all of the laws, regulations, and product and contract liability impacting any given company, it’s also not an easy job. As if keeping track of all of a company’s legal liabilities isn’t hard enough, corporate counsel have to contend with the constant shift [...]