Westlaw NZ offers unrivaled content from case law and journals, legislation and commentary to precedents and news, as well as tax information. The technology behind the intuitive search capability within Westlaw NZ helps direct users to precise points of law and extends a new level of confidence that information is authoritative, current and the results are comprehensive.

Built upon state-of-the-art Westlaw technology, Westlaw NZ was developed specifically for New Zealand customers and modeled after Thomson Reuters online legal information services in the United Kingdom, United States, Asia, India and South America.

The new version more efficiently builds strong cases by pulling essential case information together in one place, including e-discovery documents, briefs, transcripts, pleadings, key facts, legal research and more.

Westlaw Case Notebook is part of Westlaw Litigator, the most comprehensive set of integrated tools, services and content that help attorneys be more productive at each stage of a matter.

Kristin Nimsger, managing director and general manager, Litigation, discusses what’s new in Westlaw Case Notebook 3.0, and how its integration with other litigation tools improves workflow for litigators.

As firms grow internationally it becomes more and more important that they have quality intranet that can meet their clients’ needs. The OneView Connect solution will give Salans an integrated approach to managing their new intranet site, which will improve control over information and produce better quality client outcomes.

Read the full post on the Hubbard blog.

Since launching last year, we’ve added a Web browser version in addition to the original iPad app.  ProView now has links to WestlawNext to check citations, and new tools to help organize your ProView library.

ProView is the first eReader built from the ground up for professionals with features such as full-text search, content updating, and transferable notes and annotations.

A lot of people at TECHSHOW, while enjoying a chance for a hands-on demo, are also asking when ProView will add other platforms, such as Android tablets, as well as additional content – both legal and non-legal.

All I can say is: stay tuned!  ProView is growing quickly on all fronts, including content, platforms and markets, and some exciting announcements are coming soon.

The Westlaw Litigator team is showing their array of solutions, including Westlaw Case Notebook, Westlaw Drafting Assistant, Westlaw CaseLogistix, West Case Timeline and more, which provide a comprehensive suite of litigation tools.

Some exciting announcements are on the way in coming weeks as these tools evolve into an even more tightly integrated solution, pulling together evidence, research, EDD, transcripts, drafting tools and more.

We’ll be sure to keep you posted.

As attendees here in Chicago at ABA TECHSHOW talk mobility, the new WestlawNext.com resource center provides even greater insight into how mobile lawyers capitalize on our award-winning mobile app and our mobile center. And between now and May 31, visit WestlawNext.com and take the “Know the Difference” challenge and you can enter for a chance to win one of two tablets or one of ten $100 gift cards.

Users of the WestlawNext iPad app can now easily and securely access the functionalities of West km, the premier knowledge management product specifically designed for the legal profession. West km’s powerful indexing and search capabilities enables users to uncover firm-authored documents and apply the best thinking and experience to a matter, both from the firm’s existing work product and from their legal research session on WestlawNext.

View the full announcement here.

These findings were commissioned by UK’s leading dementia research charity, Alzheimer’s Research UK, and are included in their recent report Defeating Dementia, also outlining 14 recommendations to the UK government.  The organization will use this data to strengthen their case for more investment in dementia research.

Check out the news release to learn more.

The Brief, a 40-50 page English language magazine acquired by Thomson Reuters last year, will feature key interviews and regular guest columns from top legal experts as well as special country reports and In-House Counsel spotlights. The Brief will also cover the legal opportunities and challenges faced across different sectors throughout the region, issues concerning Islamic finance and sharia law as well as identifying top M&A and private equity deals.

“Our goal is to make The Brief the publication legal professionals turn to in the Middle East. The Brief’s editorial team has exceptional knowledge of the region and will work closely with colleagues across Reuters to bring customers reliable and trustworthy news, along with authoritative and unbiased insight,” commented Andrew Goldner, managing director of ALB.

Heading up the The Brief is Shaheen Pasha, the magazine’s Middle East regional editor. Prior to joining The Brief, Pasha was Islamic finance correspondent for Reuters in Dubai. In addition Pasha was also assistant professor of journalism at the American University in Cairo, teaching online and print journalism and has worked at several major news outlets in the region. She has also worked as a banking and legal reporter for CNNMoney.com in New York.

Also in the new edition is the first monthly guest column by Diane Hamade, a UAE national, and prominent lawyer, legal consultant and founder of the International Advocate Legal Services in Dubai. Hamade, who is also legal consultant for international legal practice Herbert Smith in Dubai, previously set up the DIFC LCIA Arbitration Centre and worked as legal advisor for the Hawkamah Institute, DIFC.

The Brief is owned by Asian Legal Business (ALB), a Thomson Reuters business and a leading provider of print and online legal news and publisher of five monthly magazines, including The Brief, that cover Australia and New Zealand, China, North Asia, Southeast Asia and the Gulf.

Accelus Compliance Manager connects the five key stages of compliance: understand, evaluate and map regulatory risk; identify, monitor and track regulatory change; define and communicate controls; monitor, test and audit controls; and evidence risk controls to management and regulators.

It provides information from more than 230 regulators and exchanges around the world, and can be deployed within an organization to manage the lifecycle of the compliance process, from the notification of a new regulation, through responding to regulatory audits.