Law Technology News (LTN) is reporting this morning that LexisNexis (LN) will be reducing their headcount by approximately 500 employees in various locations in the United States. You can read the item here. LTN is reporting that the statement was issued by Marc Osborn, senior director of communications for its Research and Litigation Solutions unit. LN had not
Dan and Jane Ep. 8: Right-Sizing Law Firm Cost Structures
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Dan: Recent reports of BigLaw staff firings got me thinking.
Jane: I hope you weren’t driving at the time.
Dan: Anyways … I came up with a brilliant idea for how law firms can reduce their cost structures. Everyone is always bitching (your specialty Jane) about how the cost structure of large
Stirrings from the CorpTechPocalypse
I don’t know how I missed it, but last week, Jones Day laid off 65 IT workers. Most of them were from my home town of Columbus, Ohio. [UPDATE: It appears the bulk of cuts were in Cleveland, not C-bus. Still Buckeyes though. 🙁 ] As I began reading the article, my
Thomson Reuters' Eikon Flop Causes More Layoffs
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Thomson Reuter’s flagship financial product, Eikon, is turning out to be more like the Titanic after hitting an iceberg. According to reports from the New York Observer, Thomson Reuters has laid off around 3,000 employees, most from the financial sector, including sales, training and analysts’ divisions. In addition to these,
Heck of a Week at Thomson Reuters Legal!!
Whether you like ‘em, hate ‘em, or just don’t care about ‘em… you have to admit that it has been an exciting week for the folks in Eagan, Minnesota. Let’s just step back and break down what happened this week:
11/16/2010 – Major outage of Thomson Reuters online products (Westlaw, WestlawNext and more)
11/17/2010
Field Changes at Thomson Reuters – Response from TR's Chris Cartrett
As many of you probably know by now, there was a shake-up at the Thomson Reuters Legal (West) Library Relations Team where about half of the team was laid off. The changes at TR Legal went well beyond this specific team, but since many of us personally know some of the team, it was this transition that
As Westlaw Axes More Library Relations Managers – Where's the "Value" In "Library Relations"?
[Guest Blogger – Janice Henderson]
Shocking news has occurred with the West Librarian Relations Management (LRM) team with major layoffs. This was the second round of layoffs for the West LRM in less than a year. According to insiders, long time colleagues: Mark Schwartz (Director), Elaine Lee, Craig Griffith, Michelle Lucero and Erika Beck
Elephant Post: Did the downturn in the economy give you an opportunity to 'Rightsize'?
This Week’s Elephant Post is:
Did the downturn in the economy give you an opportunity to ‘Rightsize’?
Why do we continue to tolerate slackers or unproductive processes? Come on admit it, you have some products, processes, employees, administrators, associates, partners, etc. that are sacred cows and do not carry their weight. Why do we keep
Thomson Reuters Sends More Westlaw Jobs to India & Philippines
As my good friend Jason Wilson told me a few minutes ago, “it is a sad day for legal publishing.” As we mentioned back in April, Thomson Reuters was shutting down its Banks Baldwin operations in Ohio and “after it closes, the work will be shifted to New York, Minnesota, the Philippines and India.” Well,
Meet The Lexis Librarian Relations Consultants – What's Left of Them….
I’ve always said that the law firm world is one of “Monkey See… Monkey Do.” Turns out that the big legal publisher world follows that same mantra. If you look at a cached list of Lexis Librarian Relations Consultants, you’ll see the list has six names on it that don’t appear today. Seems that Lexis