The release of the United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC) plan to improve the speed of the nation’s broadband network (Read the story on Reuters.com) shows that there is a shared interest is making sure the technology continues to progress with the information demands of citizens and businesses.
The FCC’s plan – “Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan” - sets a goal for 100 million American households to have Internet speeds of 100 megabits per second by 2020. According to Reuters, the current household average speed is about 4 Mbps. Even homes with cable or fiber Internet access only achieve speeds averaging 5 Mbps to 6 Mbps. Dakota County, where our Eagan office is located, averages 9 Mbps. (more…)
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Last week, a group Thomson Reuters employees in Eagan, Minn. – including myself – got together to make the campus of the Legal headquarters a place to call home for bluebirds, chimney swifts and wood ducks.
Two dozen wooden bird houses were constructed by employee volunteers as part of the company’s Green Team effort to promote sustainable practices.
The Eagan campus already has 20 bluebird houses along its walking trail. When installed later this month, these houses will more than double the housing options available for these migrating birds.
Other Green Team efforts at the campus this year include restoring a 10-acre prairie and planting a community garden.
You can read more about the effort in a feature reported today in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Richard Baum
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Thomson Reuters, Legal
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With an expected increase in demand in 2010 for expert witnesses in many areas of litigation, the search for credible and trained experts is critical to a case.
Today, Thomson Reuters announced it has acquired Round Table Group, a leading provider of expert witness consulting services to litigators.
Round Table Group provides expert witnesses on hundreds of subject matters, with a network of over 100,000 expert witnesses, including industry experts, corporate executives and academics, and a database of proprietary expert content reaching over 750,000 records. It serves Amlaw 200 and boutique law firms.
The acquisition also allows the expansion of Westlaw’s expert witness content, primarily expert resumes, articles, video content and trial documents, allowing litigators even greater access to case critical information in a fully linked and integrated environment.
The Round Table Group was founded in 1994 and employs approximately two dozen people in five locations: Chicago, Boston, Dallas, New York City and Washington, D.C.
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Financial donations poured in for disaster relief efforts after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti in January.
Law students across the United States were able to take part in a unique program that saw their WestlawRewards points transformed into cash for the American Red Cross.
WestlawRewards is a program that allows law school students to accumulate points by using Westlaw and participating in legal research training courses and contests. Much like miles in a frequent flyer program, the points can be redeemed for a wide range of items, including small kitchen appliances to discounts on bar review courses.
For every 250 points a student donated, Thomson Reuters, Westlaw’s parent company, contributed $5 to the American Red Cross.
Law students generously donated more than seven million points, translating into more than $140,000 for disaster relief. The average donation was about $22; the largest donation was $645.
Learn more about WestlawRewards online.
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Here’s a look at some of the newest High Profile content now featured on Westlaw:
Civil
Lohan v. E*Trade Securities LLC (N.Y. Sup.) – Celebrity Lindsay Lohan sues E*Trade Securities, claiming the reference to a “milkaholic” baby named Lindsay in one of its television advertisements is an unauthorized use of her name and likeness.
Criminal
U.S. v. LaRose (E.D. Pa.) – Grand jury indicts American woman known as “Jihad Jane” on terrorism-related charges.
The State of Texas v. Green (Tex. Dist.) – District Court judge rescinds order granting capital murder defendant’s motion to hold the death penalty in Texas unconstitutional.
Each week, our colleagues at Westlaw feature interesting materials, documents and videos from high profile cases in the United States. The summaries of that content are available for viewing by clicking High Profile Cases, Courtroom Videos & Trial Docs. Login is required on Westlaw.com after clicking on the links provided in the summary of each case.
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Thomson Reuters, Legal, President & CEO Peter Warwick offered his perspective on the company’s approach to the current economic reality in a panel discussion, “Adapting and Thriving in a Challenging Economy”, at the Minnesota Venture & Finance Conference.
The launch of WestlawNext brings a significant advancement in the way professional legal research is done.
Andrew F. Popper, a professor at American University, Washington College of Law, talks about his award-winning novel “Rediscovering Lone Pine.”
Defendants selling mixture… designated as “Roquefort Spread,” without indicating proportion of genuine Roquefort cheese therein, held guilty of unfair competition… Douglas v. Mod-Urn Cheese Packing Co., 290 N.Y.S. 368 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1936)
The land or yard adjoining a house, usu. within an enclosure.
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary
Our recap of the Gladwell, Sanders & Craig keynote at LegalTech, with photos http://bit.ly/9x8EDx #ltny 2010-02-04
