Bloomberg Law Launches New Labor And Employment Tools And Analytics

ARLINGTON, Va., April 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA today announced the availability of expanded labor and employment law resources and content on Bloomberg Law as part of the company's continued innovation and technology investments, which have also made it easier and faster to discover this content with a new interface, advanced search and streamlined navigation.  For more information, visit http://on.bna.com/LaUV30aM3Mn.

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Labor and employment practitioners can rely on Bloomberg Law, which pairs trusted resources — including Daily Labor Report® news and over 100 books and treatises — with unrestricted access to expert analysis, primary sources including full case law, and time-saving practice tools such as state law chart builders and local law comparison charts.  All of Bloomberg Law's labor and employment content is organized in a newly redesigned Labor & Employment Practice Center.

Among the new client-driven enhancements to Bloomberg Law is step-by-step Practical Guidance, which helps labor and employment practitioners complete routine tasks such as drafting a non-compete agreement or designing an effective whistleblower policy.  Also now available is the Labor Arbitration Awards Tracker^SM, which offers analytics that track trends in arbitrators' rulings. The new State & Local Law Activity Heat Map helps legal professionals stay current with the latest developments by providing an easy view on the real-time state of labor and employment legislation, showing where new state and local laws are being introduced and where existing laws are changing. 

"As a labor and employment attorney and a member of the Bloomberg Law Labor & Employment Technology and Innovation Board, I helped inform the development of the Practice Center and am excited to see that it reflects the Board's input," said Adam Forman, Member, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.  "Bloomberg Law is a one-stop shop which provides important legal research tools and guides my business development efforts.  With real-time legal updates and alerts from Bloomberg Law Dockets, I'm informed of important developments in a timely manner concerning my clients and their industries."

Utilizing Bloomberg Law's Litigation Analytics intelligently guides labor and employment litigation efforts by drawing on both comprehensive court opinions (both published and unpublished) and docket information in Bloomberg Law's databases to help inform litigation strategies and understand potential outcomes.  For example, an analysis of employment and ERISA litigation before selected federal district court judges over the last five years finds:

• Hon. Katherine Forrest, S.D.N.Y. grants motions for summary judgment in full 87% of the time in employment cases, while Hon. Kimberly Mueller, E.D. Cal. grants them only 36.7% of the time.

• Hon. Lee Rosenthal, S.D. Tex. takes less than one year on average to decide FLSA and ERISA cases (299 and 258 days respectively), but for employment discrimination cases he takes slightly more than a year (370 days).

• Of the selected judges, Hon. John Steele, M.D. Fla. averages the quickest length of time to decide these kinds of cases, except with respect to ERISA cases where his average length of time is 234 days while Hon. Harry Leinenweber, N.D. Ill. averages 210 days.

To see additional practical applications of Litigation Analytics in employment litigation, please view a Technology Snapshot at http://www.bna.com/ERISALitigationTrends.

"We are proud to strengthen our position as market leader in providing labor and employment attorneys with the best, most trusted resources, by further expanding our content and suite of time-saving tools on Bloomberg Law, a complete, integrated legal research solution," said Victoria Roberts, Vice President & General Manager, Labor & Employment, Benefits and HR, Bloomberg Law.  "We appreciate the confidence that legal professionals have placed in us for over seven decades and we continue to invest in our content and technology to meet our customers' evolving needs."

The Bloomberg Law Labor & Employment Technology and Innovation Board helped inform these most recent enhancements to the platform.  To see a list of the Board's members, visit http://on.bna.com/Z25z30aM3R1.    

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