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Nonlawyer ownership of law firms has finally hit the US and could offer huge long-term opportunities for the legal solutions providers that correctly position themselves now.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: First Nonlawyer-Owned US Law Firm a Milestone in the Deregulation of the Legal Profession
Author: Hugh Logue
Date: March 30, 2021
CFA Institute, the world’s largest organization for certifying financial services professionals, will offer the first certification for ESG investing. The move will elevate the priority of ESG investment among firms and create greater demand for ESG data and products.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: CFA Institute’s ESG Investment Certification Will Drive More ESG Adoption
Author: Will Jan
Date: March 23, 2021
Verisk Analytics has launched its own payment platform to streamline customer workflow. The move lets it capture transactional data that will allow it to leapfrog its peers in corporate financial health assessment.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Verisk Demonstrates How a Platform Play Can Rewrite the Rules
Author: Will Jan
Date: March 15, 2021
Fitch Group recently bought CreditSights, and Moody’s has now scooped up Cortera. Financial information giants continue to invest in trade credit data to enhance visibility into business health.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: M&A Heats Up Among Credit Information Providers
Author: Will Jan
Date: March 8, 2021
In a move that represents a test for other governments, Australia is the first country to introduce legislation forcing large search and social platforms to pay publishers for news content on their platforms. It’s a major step but not a magic bullet that will solve all publishers’ revenue problems.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Australia Takes the Lead in Forcing Google and Facebook to Pay for News Content
Author: Hugh Logue
Date: March 3, 2021
RELX Group is merging its two third-party screening businesses, Accuity and LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The resulting entity sets a new standard for screening providers — it’s no longer just about database matching but also transaction monitoring.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Third-Party and Transactional Screening Are Merging
Author: Will Jan
Date: March 2, 2021
The European Commission has determined that UK data-sharing rules provide adequate privacy protection, enabling businesses to continue the transfer of personal data between the UK and the EU and EEA. However, long-term uncertainty remains because the data flow tap can be turned off in an instant.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Data Transfer Block Averted as EU Approves UK Privacy Rules
Author: Hugh Logue
Date: March 1, 2021
The information industry needs the protection of net neutrality regulations to prevent interference in delivering modern solutions.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: New US Administration Puts Net Neutrality Back in the Spotlight
Author: Hugh Logue
Date: February 17, 2021
Verisk Financial’s collaboration with Enigma Technologies demonstrates that business transactional data can be extrapolated to reveal companies’ financial health.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Verisk and Enigma Uncover the Hidden Gem in Corporate Data Exhaust
Author: Will Jan
Date: February 16, 2021
LexisNexis is collaborating with WorkFusion to let AI identify adverse news on people and companies. The use of AI in third-party screening has expanded beyond client and partner onboarding to corporate ethics and reputation risk management.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: LexisNexis Partnership with WorkFusion Illustrates the Evolution of AI Capabilities
Author: Will Jan
Date: February 9, 2021
Automating professional services is a huge growth opportunity that professional information and software providers are perfectly positioned to serve, but only if they unburden themselves from their narrow definitions of who their customers are.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Bloomberg Law Relaunch Targets Market Niche with Huge Growth Potential
Author: Hugh Logue
Date: February 4, 2021
Fitch Group recently bought CreditSights to bolster its credit rating business. Traditional means of rating bonds are evolving to account for a more dynamic marketplace by adding components that provide a real-time pulse on businesses.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: CreditSights Acquisition Highlights the Need for Better Credit Data During Difficult Economic Times
Author: Will Jan
Date: February 3, 2021
The combined company will serve around two-thirds of all US attorneys, providing the necessary scale to grow the business and undercut the big four legal research providers.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Fastcase-Casemaker Merger Creates Stronger Alternative Legal Research Provider
Author: Hugh Logue
Date: January 25, 2021
Willis Towers Watson partners with Polecat Intelligence to account for ESG practices in corporate reputation risk assessments. With ESG data existing largely in an unstructured format, the insurance sector is helping to drive forward unstructured data analytics for the ESG solution market.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Insurance – A New Revenue Opportunity for ESG Data Providers
Author: Will Jan
Date: January 20, 2021
The Brexit negotiations saga has finally concluded as the UK and the EU completed a last-minute agreement on Christmas Eve. We take a comprehensive look at the implications for the data, information, and analytics industry in various key areas.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: What the UK-EU Brexit Deal Means for Our Industry
Author: Hugh Logue
Date: January 12, 2021
Big tech firms face new scrutiny of their content and anti-competitive practices under new rules recently announced by the European Commission.
Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: New EU Digital Service Rules Take Aim at Big Tech
Author: Hugh Logue
Date: January 11, 2021
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