Last week, both Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis held simultaneous summits on Wednesday, January 16 to sneak-preview their LegalTech New York agendas. Law Technology New‘s technology editor, Sean Doherty, covered the Lexis event in New York; I flew to icy Minnesota for the TR event, which like the Lexis program featured briefings and a dinner. The TR briefings were held at the company’s Eagan campus, 15 journalists and bloggers (from the U.S. and U.K.) participated in the program that ran from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.
>> Paradigm Shift: The biggest announcement wasn’t the debut of two new, web-based practice management systems Firm Central, for small firms, and Concourse for corporate counsel (a product name inspired by airport hubs and their many connections). Rather, it was a change of direction for the entire company. Mike Suchsland, president of TR’s legal division, was the first speaker, and proclaimed that Thomson Reuters is now embracing mobile work options and cloud computing. “In five years, we think we will be more of a software company than an information company, but we still need to support core legal processes,” he said, also promising to repair customer service. (Read more in my Wednesday report, http://at.law.com/LTN117TR.)
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