AWARDS & REVIEWS

Keys To Current Awareness In A Fast-Moving World
Jill Roisum
As published in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
March, 2013

As businesses face heightened global competition, keeping ahead of the pack by being up to speed on breaking legal developments has never been more important for legal professionals. New current awareness tools can make this easier and more effective by providing insightful, actionable information as it occurs.

VIDEO: Changing the Billing Mix: How WestlawNext Enables Contingency, Alternative, and More Competitive Rate Structures
Corporate and law firm customers talk about the role that WestlawNext plays in enabling alternative billing models.
July 2012

Impact of New Legal Research Platforms on Attorney Research
Mike Dahn
As published in Practice Innovations
July 2012

The economic challenges faced by law firms in the past three years have required them to innovate and adapt to meet the changing expectations of clients. Technology is playing a crucial and leading role in helping redefine value between the corporate client and the law firm as well as presenting opportunities to implement processes to deliver information more efficiently and cost-effectively.

Patent lawyer relies on mobility to boost client service, lower cost.
Mobile computing and concurrent improvements in tablet technology, such as the WestlawNext iPad app, afford lawyers the freedom to remain productive during downtime away from the office, while boosting their comfort levels in high-pressure environments such as court appearances or meetings with opposing counsel.

Learn how one patent attorney leverages mobile technology and the WestlawNext iPad app to gain efficiencies and flexibility that lead to better client service and from Jeff Richardson, who publishes the website "iPhone J.D.," on why the WestlawNext iPad app is the best way to do quick legal research in the courtroom.

High Quality Legal Research Product Critical to Success
Lydia Flocchini
As published in the Legal Technology Update,
A supplement to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
March, 2012

How Legal Research Can Improve Legal Project Management
Lydia Flocchini
As published on the ABA Legal Rebels website
March, 2012

With the objective of redesigning legal work processes to achieve greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness, firms are looking at various strategies such as instituting project management training as well as evaluating the kinds of legal professionals needed for certain kinds of work. Intertwined with improving work processes are the technology and tools that legal professionals need to support them.

Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg & Torchia, LLC is 25,000th Small Firm to Adopt WestlawNext
As published in LEGALCURRENT
November, 2011

Michael Torchia, managing member, says, "As a small firm with both local and national clients, we look forward to the increased efficiencies of WestlawNext to help us continue to provide outstanding service to our clients. …"

Reducing Complexity, Costs of Legal Research Crucial to Law Firms Long-Term Success
Lydia Flocchini and Amy Larson
As published in Corporate Counsel magazine
November, 2011

For law firms, the pressure is on ... The economic challenges faced by law firms in the past three years have been transformative in many aspects and have forced them to cut staff, overwork existing employees, and search high and low for new ways to save money and improve efficiencies.

Hear how law firm Hennelly & Grossfeld has managed to reduce both the amount of time and the total cost of its critical legal research efforts by leveraging WestlawNext – the award-winning legal research system from Thomson Reuters.

Legal Research Efficiency Means Cost Savings
Brian Quinn
As published in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
October, 2011

Resourcefulness and efficiency are no longer attributes that set firms apart – they're requirements for firms to be successful. Now more than ever, legal departments are demanding greater visibility into how their work is managed. Folder sharing of legal research provides the transparency these departments deem essential as a means to reduce costs, acquire more predictable fees, and increase efficiency from law firms.

Legal Research Technology for Corporate Counsel
Lydia Flocchini
August, 2011

New developments in legal technology are transforming the way corporate legal departments approach the law and manage their legal operations. At the same time, outside counsel are using technology to differentiate their legal service. In the process, new technologies are creating opportunities – as well as high expectations – for corporate counsel to drive down legal costs, while simultaneously optimizing resources to drive increased operating efficiencies and potential revenue-enhancing innovation.

Top Ten Tips for Leveraging Cutting-Edge Legal Research Technology to Control Legal Costs and Drive Client Value
Lydia Flocchini
May, 2011

In this ever-changing and leaner economic environment, corporate legal departments expect outside counsel to deliver more effective and efficient legal services at a lower cost. Simultaneously, in-house counsel are investigating expense management initiatives as well as solutions for increasing efficiency and productivity. One way both are achieving these goals is by leveraging cutting-edge legal research technology.