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The Legal Information You Need Is Now at Your Fingertips
Before the Internet, you could count on your adversaries knowing just as little as you. But with the explosion of information now available, blissful ignorance is no longer an option — especially for New York lawyers who want to succeed. Like Mulder in an X Files episode, you know that critically important information is out there, but where? And can you trust what you find? Mulder believed everything. But you're smarter than that. One of the most trusted brands in the legal industry just launched a professional news Web site and mobile app that offer everything you need to know about your jurisdiction and practice areas.
Thomson Reuters News & Insight Legal/NY … in One Sentence
Thomson Reuters News & Insight Legal/NY is a new Web site and mobile app that offers New York-focused legal news from Reuters integrated with primary and secondary legal materials from Westlaw.
The Killer Feature
In 2008, Reuters was acquired by the Thomson Corporation (owner of Westlaw), marrying one of the world's leading news organizations with legal research (among other services). Launched in May, Thomson Reuters News & Insight Legal/NY demonstrates the synergies of this merger.
In addition to major legal-related news, the site and mobile app offer specialized legal news geared to New York practitioners. New York case law and jury verdicts also figure prominently into the coverage. Plans are underway to add more jurisdictions and practice areas, eventually offering a daily starting point for everyone in the legal profession.
Leading the expansion of news for legal customers at Reuters are Amy Stevens, formerly deputy page one editor and legal columnist at The Wall Street Journal and deputy editor at Conde Nast Portfolio, and Eric Effron, former executive editor of The Week magazine and editor and publisher of Legal Times. Additional journalists and lawyers on the team previously worked at Bloomberg, American Lawyer, Businessweek, Law360, The New York Observer, The New York Law Journal and The National Law Journal.
"We've created a new approach to professional news," Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen Adler told us. "We're delivering value by offering our customers world-class journalism combined with the necessary tools to stitch together the common threads of isolated events, so they can identify opportunities that will drive their success."
Other Notable Features
Each jurisdiction and the securities practice area pages highlight just-released germane lawsuit filings via the Web site's Court Wire feature, and court opinions of note, as well as news and analysis. To delve deeper into the offerings, you'll find three navigation links at the top of the page — News, Insight, and Legal Materials.
Thomson Reuters told us that Court Wire sometimes lists new cases even faster than the courts where they're filed, potentially giving you a leg up on contacting unrepresented defendants. Court Wire may also enable you to break the news of a lawsuit to a client before the process server does.
In addition to what you would expect from news, you'll also find reporting on your peers in the New York legal scene, including you, perhaps — lateral moves, winners and losers at trial, and more.
Among the Insights columnists is acclaimed legal journalist Alison Frankel, whose "On the Case" column will offer a daily take on the most important lawsuits and litigators in the United States.
What Else Should You Know?
While you can, of course, bookmark Thomson Reuters News & Insight Legal/NY, the company offers several other methods of access — email newsletters, RSS feeds and an iPhone app. Learn more about Thomson Reuters News & Insight Legal/NY.
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