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New Video: “2019 State of the Legal Market in China” Shows Country is Ready to Embrace Change

In a new video interview, Mike Abbott, Global Lead of Enterprise Thought Leadership and Content Strategy at Thomson Reuters, speaks with Lisa Hart Shepherd, CEO…

Legal Executive Institute April 17, 2019

The Secret to Mastering Law Firm Stress: Shifting to a Stress-Enhancing Mindset

Stress is bad. This is a message we hear over and over again in discussions about attorney burn-out and resilience. There is some truth to…

Legal Executive Institute April 10, 2019

New Podcast: How Customer Risk Scoring Can Help Banks Protect Themselves Against Fraud

In a new podcast, we feature industry experts Amanda DuPont, an investigative research specialist and speaker with Thomson Reuters, and Catherine Banks, a compliance, risk,…

Legal Executive Institute April 09, 2019

General Counsel Q&A: Diversity & Inclusion is a Company-Wide Goal, Says Kristin Sverchek of Lyft, Inc.

Kristin Sverchek, General Counsel of Lyft, Inc., recently spoke with Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal: Transactions & Business (PLJ) about the law department’s top goals and…

Legal Executive Institute April 08, 2019

Relief Not Arrests: Strengthening Laws for Survivors of Human Trafficking

Logically, survivors of human trafficking should not be punished for activities they were forced to commit by a trafficker. Yet it is common for survivors…

Legal Executive Institute April 03, 2019

Corporate Law Departments in Australia Face Pressure, Need to Focus on Value, New Report Says

Corporate law departments in Australia are realizing that this year may become one fraught with risk, elevated expectations, reduced resources and a strict need to…

Legal Executive Institute April 01, 2019

Risk Professionals’ Understanding of AI Vital to Effective Discharge of Responsibilities

As the financial services sector sees more deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) in various functions, risk and compliance professionals will face increasing challenges in discharging…

Legal Executive Institute March 27, 2019

Opportunity Abounds for Small Law Firms Willing to Innovate: Thomson Reuters Study

Small law firms in the United States face a host of challenges, but within those challenges lies a lot of opportunity, according to a new…

Legal Executive Institute March 25, 2019

State of Corporate Law Departments 2019: Doing Much More to Maximize the Value of Legal Services

Today’s corporate law departments have a fuller plate than perhaps any time before. First, they must exercise their primary duty to provide legal support that…

Legal Executive Institute March 14, 2019

State of the Legal Market in China 2019 Report: What Can the West Learn?

Amid growing tensions over trade between the US and China, it’s too often assumed — erroneously — that the Chinese business model for success is…

Legal Executive Institute March 07, 2019

White Paper: Government Vendor Fraud — Is Prevention the Ultimate Cure?

A new white paper, Government Vendor Fraud — Is Prevention the Ultimate Cure?, demonstrates that people and technology must work together to prevent government fraud.…

Legal Executive Institute March 06, 2019

LawyerBrain CEO Dr. Larry Richard: Why Feedback Matters and How to Give it

We begin a series of blog posts concerning feedback, featuring the insights of Dr. Larry Richard, CEO of LawyerBrain and a leading expert on lawyer behavior.…

Legal Executive Institute March 01, 2019

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