Wednesday 8th Nov 2023
The ABA’s Business Law Section M&A Committee’s flagship Private Target M&A Deal Points Study is considered the industry’s gold standard reference for deal points in private acquisition agreements. Through Practical Law’s new partnership with the ABA, select Practical Law forms now contain integrated slides from the study as well as continuously updated Practical Law What’s ...
Friday 31st Mar 2023
The CDC estimates that about 7.5% of the U.S. population may be dealing with long COVID or what is also termed long-haul COVID, post-acute COVID-19, long-term effects of COVID or chronic COVID. Because long COVID is not as well understood as COVID-19 in terms of causes, symptoms and treatment, it can be complicated for employers ...
Thursday 23rd Feb 2023
Various states are exploring new models on who can practice law, new ownership models of law firms, and other paradigm shifts. Arizona changed its alternative business structure to allow non-lawyer ownership and investment in law firms. Scout Law Group is the first such entity to take advantage of the change. Steve German discusses why he ...
Friday 16th Sep 2022
A lot of attention has been paid lately to lateral hiring and associate compensation, but changes are also taking place in law firm staffing. Thomson Reuters Institute recently completed its annual analysis on law firm staffing ratios. Today, we’ll talk about what the new trends are with Isaac Brooks, senior industry data analyst, and Natalie ...
Wednesday 6th Jul 2022
Have you set up a storefront on a metaverse platform yet? Are you feeling FOMO because you missed out on bitcoin and NFTs, and want to make sure you don’t miss out on this latest technology trend? Cynthia Cole of Baker Botts walks us through what the metaverse is all about. To listen, click on ...
Wednesday 27th Apr 2022
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the hot craze. While the initial coin offering (“ICO”) craze of 2017-2018 fizzled out in the face of government enforcement actions, a resurgence in the global market for bitcoin and the new category of NFTs is fueling a new boom in digital assets as mainstream interest increases. Recently, Christie’s became the ...
Thursday 7th Apr 2022
Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ethereum and dogecoin saw a record $9.3 billion inflow in 2021. Governments and regulatory bodies are racing to keep up with the explosion of cryptocurrencies, marketplaces and exchanges, and other digital assets such as NFTs. Thomson Reuters is hosting a two-day conference discussing risks and rewards for the global crypto community. ...
Friday 18th Mar 2022
Get your brackets out! For the first time in three years, March Madness, as we’re used to seeing it, is back. NCAA, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and the Olympics all navigated their way through the pandemic through a combination of delays, bubbles, cancelled games, and various COVID protocols. Will any of this have lasting effects ...
Monday 4th Oct 2021
The events last summer following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police shook the city of Minneapolis to its core. Days of riots and unrest destroyed scores of business, particularly in the Lake Street area, where rebuilding is still taking place. Many parts of the community have pulled together to assist with the rebuilding ...
Thursday 7th Jan 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected in-person court hearings, but has similarly affected the arbitration world as well. In-person arbitration hearings are now difficult to hold, owing to travel restrictions and the difficulty in safely conducting face-to-face hearings. The arbitration world is rapidly adapting. The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, one ...
Tuesday 3rd Nov 2020
Hundreds of lawyers around the world are participating in a unique global “hackathon” to create new contracts and model laws to help fight climate change. The Chancery Lane Project aims to create legal frameworks to enable and encourage businesses and communities to have a positive impact on the environment, and envisions a world where every ...
Tuesday 27th Oct 2020
Small law firms have had to endure not only the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal market, but also the additional challenges of being a small business during the current conditions. The 2020 State of the U.S. Small Law Firms Report looks at how small firms are faring against the recent challenges. Mark ...
Tuesday 22nd Sep 2020
The tremendous disruptions caused by COVID-19 may introduce a new term to the business lexicon: business divorce. Many privately-held and family-owned businesses may not have anticipated the kind of business and personal stressors being brought on by the pandemic. Lee Weinberg of Weinberg Gonser LLP discusses how “business divorces” may surge because of the COVID-19 ...
Monday 17th Aug 2020
Legal technology is advancing at lightning speed these days, and HighQ is no exception. The innovative cloud-based platform is continually bringing new innovations to the legal industry. Stuart Barr, chief product and strategy officer, discusses the some of the advances HighQ has introduced recently. To listen, click on the built-in audio player below (Or to ...
Thursday 25th Jun 2020
The legal industry faces an uncertain future in many respects, including advancing gender equality. Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law is doing a series of webinars discussing the evolving circumstances due to COVID-19. The discussions will include a renewed focus on the future of the legal industry along with practical methods to advance gender equality and ...
Thursday 30th Apr 2020
Social media use is skyrocketing, as people connect with friends and family as shelter-in-place and work-from-home continue. But as we take advantage as these apps, it’s still important to be careful. But people with bad intentions may also be seeing and looking to take advantage of the personal & professional information that you’re posting. Robert ...
Thursday 30th Jan 2020
HighQ is regarded as one of the most advanced and versatile technology platforms. Stuart Barr, Chief Product & Strategy Officer for HighQ, discusses how HighQ improves efficiency for law firms and corporate legal departments, and how the recent version 5.3 release takes HighQ to a new level. To listen to the podcast, click on the ...
Monday 4th Nov 2019
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has served on the bench for nearly forty years. She was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993 after serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit. Prior to that, she was a professor of law at both Rutgers Law School and Columbia Law School teaching civil ...
Tuesday 8th Oct 2019
The law and the courts have undergone many changes over the years. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses what she believes is “the most heartening change” in the legal profession. Episode 4 of our special podcast series marking the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure is a discussion ...
Monday 23rd Sep 2019
As we continue our special series of podcasts on the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure, we’re pleased to announce that our upcoming episodes will feature a discussion between Professor Arthur Miller, one of the treatise’s founding authors, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the United ...
Friday 20th Sep 2019
The Antonio Brown saga continues to spawn new revelations involving the New England Patriots wide receiver. On the heels of the NFL initiating an investigation into allegations of sexual assault stemming from a civil lawsuit filed by Brown’s former personal trainer, an attorney representing a painter commissioned by Brown has asked the NFL to investigate allegations ...
Thursday 12th Sep 2019
The cases Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal still reverberate through the Federal court system for placing new standards on specificity and “plausibility” in pleadings. Similarly, cases such as World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson are still much discussed and debated for their impact on personal jurisdiction. Episode 3 of our special podcast ...
Monday 12th Aug 2019
The Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color white paper provides insights from attorneys on how legal employers can help create opportunities for lawyers of color across the industry. The white paper involved interviews with 23 attorneys of color across generations, ethnicities, geographic locations, and segments of the industry. During these discussions, attorneys of color ...
Wednesday 17th Jul 2019
It’s a story almost too incredible to believe. Ron Stallworth was the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department. In 1978, he answered a classified ad and infiltrated the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. His book, Black Klansman, race, hate and the undercover investigation of a lifetime is an incredible read, ...
Tuesday 25th Jun 2019
Class action lawsuits have undergone many changes in recent years as a result of U.S. Supreme Court decisions and changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Episode 2 of our special podcast series marking the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure discusses those changes as well ...
Tuesday 18th Jun 2019
The Elite VANTAGE 2019 Worldwide User Conference is underway in San Diego. Thousands of Elite cusomters are there to network, share learnings and hear about the latest developments at Elite This is the 25th VANTAGE conference. Twenty-five years ago, firms were running WordPerfect on Novell networks and using Lotus 1-2-3 for spreadsheets. Needless to say, ...
Tuesday 30th Apr 2019
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice & Procedure, one of the most respected and enduring legal treatises. The treatise has been cited by federal courts over 90,000 times, according to Westlaw estimates, and by the United States Supreme Court every year since 1973. In honor ...
Monday 15th Apr 2019
Know how to bust some sweet dance moves? You might want to find a good attorney. Epic Games, maker of Fortnite and NBA 2K has put the Carlton Dance into some of its video games, and the actor who portrayed Carlton on The Fresh Prince, Alfonso Ribeiro, is suing, saying Epic Games is unfairly profiting ...
Wednesday 6th Feb 2019
Technology is often touted as a game changer, a field-leveler, a way for firms to gain a competitive edge over other firms. Marketing hype aside, is that really the case? The Legal Executive Institute’s Dynamic-Static Law Firm Report looked at Peer Monitor law firm data to see if use of technology helped firms perform better. ...
Wednesday 12th Dec 2018
Lawyers Without Borders is a not-for-profit whose mission is to promote rule of law around the world by leveraging and promoting pro bono service to meet the needs of the underserved, build capacity in justice sectors and support transitions and development aimed at protecting human rights, all with a neutral orientation. Christina Storm, founder and ...
Wednesday 5th Dec 2018
Insights from the Edge This podcast series brings you the latest legal trends and topics as Insight Attorneys sit down with industry experts to discuss hot legal topics. Explore our latest topics to stay informed. Episode 6: 5 Ways to Identify the Best AI for Legal Research As we continue to hear about artificial intelligence ...
Monday 19th Nov 2018
In an era of low growth, the law firm market is increasingly close to a zero-sum game where one firm’s gain is at the expense of the market share of another firm. The Legal Executive Institute’s Dynamic-Static Law Firm Report analyzes the difference between dynamic growing firms and firms that are more static and flat. ...
Tuesday 13th Nov 2018
Autonomous ride hailing services are here – sort of. Waymo this year launched a pilot ride hailing service using autonomous driving vehicles, and General Motors plans to test a similar service next year. But with the launch of these services has emerged a new set of legal issues, intensified by the death of a pedestrian ...
Wednesday 7th Nov 2018
Insights from the Edge This podcast series brings you the latest legal trends and topics as Insight Attorneys sit down with industry experts to discuss hot legal topics. Explore our latest topics to stay informed. Episode 5: Early Adoption It is easy to talk about adopting technology early, but it can be very difficult to ...
Thursday 25th Oct 2018
The ongoing commitment of Thomson Reuters to access to justice and the global rule of law manifests through its long-standing support of programs like Books for Africa – a non-profit organization that sends millions of books, computers, e-books and other educational materials to countries throughout Africa. But the work to strengthen and improve the legal ...
Tuesday 23rd Oct 2018
Earlier this month marked the celebration of World Food Day, which recognizes the persistent issue of food security around the globe. As recent United Nations data suggests, hunger impacts 2 billion people worldwide, and of that, 240 million are women, children, and the elderly who live in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a technology company, Thomson Reuters ...
Monday 22nd Oct 2018
The Legal Geek Conference in London gathered together legal technologists from around the world. Carlos Gamez, senior director of innovation at Thomson Reuters, presented at the conference on how corporations like Thomson Reuters collaborate effectively with startups to create innovative solutions for the legal market. To listen, click here (to download and listen later, right-click)
Tuesday 16th Oct 2018
Law firms place tens of thousands of Facebook ads every year. But after controversies such as the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, new Facebook rules designed to prevent election-meddling could, in some instances, hamper legitimate non-political ads from law firms. A new FindLaw white paper explains what law firms need to know. Sean Sands, a Facebook ...
Tuesday 9th Oct 2018
INSIGHTS FROM THE EDGE EPISODE 4: What Makes Good AI Insights from the Edge This podcast series brings you the latest legal trends and topics as Insight Attorneys sit down with industry experts to discuss hot legal topics. Explore our latest topics to stay informed. Episode 4: What Makes Good AI There’s no question that ...
Thursday 13th Sep 2018
Insights from the Edge This podcast series brings you the latest legal trends and topics as Insight Attorneys sit down with industry experts to discuss hot legal topics. Explore our latest topics to stay informed. Episode 3: Litigation Analytics & Big Data Litigators need strong insights into judges, courts, and opponents to be competitive. The ...
Tuesday 4th Sep 2018
Employee performance reviews run the gamut from helpful to the subject of Dilbert-esque scorn and ridicule. Leigh Goddard, co-chair of the employment law practice at McDonald Carano, warns that employers who fail to make sure their performance reviews are conducted properly, may be exposing themselves to potential legal problems. To listen to the podcast, click ...
Tuesday 21st Aug 2018
Too many organizations are stuck in the status quo and fail to think differently or solve problems creatively. The very structures that are put in place to help organizations grow are now holding them back from innovating. This was the central topic of Lisa Bodell’s keynote address at ILTACON 2018. Bodell, CEO of futurethink and author of the best-selling ...
Tuesday 14th Aug 2018
Insights from the Edge This podcast series brings you the latest legal trends and topics as Insight Attorneys sit down with industry experts to discuss hot legal topics. Explore our latest topics to stay informed. Episode 2: The Meaning of AI for Legal Research Many legal professionals currently use artificial intelligence (AI) in their work, ...
Thursday 26th Jul 2018
Just as businesses around the world are still trying to come to grips with complying with GDPR or General Data Protection Regulation – the sweeping new data privacy regulations that recently took effect in the European Union, California has passed legislation that will lead to similar regulations taking effect in 2020 that will impact any ...
Thursday 12th Jul 2018
Insights from the Edge This podcast series brings you the latest legal trends and topics as Insight Attorneys sit down with industry experts to discuss hot legal topics. Explore our latest topics to stay informed. Episode 1: Introducing Westlaw Edge Thomson Reuters Westlaw™ is the legal research platform that generations of lawyers and legal teams ...
Wednesday 11th Jul 2018
Firms that have figured out how to retain, champion, develop and advance women partners are solving three significant problems – they are closing the gender gap in law firm partner compensation, they are winning top talent and they are meeting their clients’ demands for diversity. Baker Botts LLP is an excellent example of a firm ...
Tuesday 10th Jul 2018
This past weekend, experts from around the country gathered in Denver for the American Association for Justice, which seeks to ensure that any person who is injured by misconduct or negligence can obtain justice through the court system. Among the presenters at the conference was Thomson Reuters own David Curle, Director of Technology and Innovations, ...
Thursday 21st Jun 2018
Being an effective communicator is a necessary characteristic in order to be successful and agile in the workplace. In a law firm, an internal communications function might not be a first thought, but just might be the extra little something that may have been missing. Joe Fredericks, founding director, PCA Law, is a change management ...
Tuesday 19th Jun 2018
The more than 1000 Elite customers helped kick off the VANTAGE Worldwide conference today at the morning keynote session where Eric Ruud, Elite’s managing director, announced the launch of 3E Matter Pricing, and the first Elite 3E Cloud customer go live. 3E® Matter Pricing is a new suite of tools which provides firms with valuable ...
Tuesday 5th Jun 2018
Welcome to another edition of KM With Kim, with Kim Stein, knowledge management manager at Thomson Reuters, Today Kim talks with Scott Bailey, Global Director of Research Services at Squire Patton Boggs about his firm’s use of km technologies and the importance to his firm of thought leadership in knowledge management, To listen, click here ...
Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Developments this week in two mega-mergers are raising questions about the Trump administration’s approach to corporate mergers. T-Mobile and Sprint announced plans to merge after similar plans were benched in 2014 over concerns the Obama administration would oppose the merger. And closing arguments were held in the Justice Department’s antitrust trial seeking to block the ...
Tuesday 3rd Apr 2018
Marijuana use is now legal in dozens of states. But laws vary considerably. Is it medicinal use? Recreational? Do federal laws still take precedence? What are employers’ rights to screen for marijuana use? What are employees’ rights in jurisdictions where marijuana use is legal? Elizabeth Levine with Goulston & Storrs’ labor & employment practice provides ...
Tuesday 6th Mar 2018
Geoff Goldberg, Manager of Contract Express Service and Support for Thomson Reuters, recently moderated a panel about document automation hosted by the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute at Legalweek 2018 in New York. Titled “Document Automation – Workflow Strategies for Competitive firms”, Goldberg and panelists discussed how firms can use document automation to meet client ...
Monday 26th Feb 2018
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that could have far-reaching implications on law enforcement’s ability to access digital records. In US v. Microsoft, the tech giant is challenging a US search warrant involving data stored in servers located in Ireland. The case poses major questions over data access in the ...
Wednesday 7th Feb 2018
The Supreme Court, in deciding Christie v. NCAA, could open the door for legalized sports gambling across the U.S. What are the odds? What would be the impact on professional sports? Glen Rothstein of Rothstein Law tackles the issue. To listen, click here. To download an MP3 file and listen later, right-click.
Wednesday 6th Dec 2017
As Congress continues its budget negotiations, concerns are rising about the potential on federal support of legal aid for people with low incomes, seniors, people with disabilities, and others who lack ready access to legal services. In this episode of For Public Consumption, Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Government Affairs for Thomson Reuters, talks ...
Friday 10th Nov 2017
Frederic Block is a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, a musician, and a noted author. His first book, Disrobed: An Inside Look at the Life and Work of a Federal Trial Judge, provides a unique behind the bench look at some of the controversial cases Judge ...
Friday 10th Nov 2017
While many people are concerned about privacy safeguards and data security on Facebook, the real danger might simply be in having and using a Facebook account. Bob Braun, co-chair of the cybersecurity & privacy group at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP says you may be revealing far more information than you realize, and that ...
Tuesday 7th Nov 2017
President Trump signed more executive orders in his first 100 days in office than any US President since World War II. Ronald D. Rotunda, a U.S. legal scholar and professor of law at Chapman University School of Law, discusses the history of Presidential executive orders. To listen click here (or to download and listen later, ...
Tuesday 31st Oct 2017
Aging corporate boards are getting lessons on how to foster the next generation of directors. Younger directors remain rare but they’re increasingly in demand for their skills and perspectives on topics such as cybersecurity, e-commerce and marketing to millennials. They can also bring diversity to otherwise “pale, male and stale” boardrooms. The next generation of ...
Monday 9th Oct 2017
Free wi-fi is widely available and tempting to use, especially when traveling. Hotels, airports, coffee shops, even NYC subway stations provide it. But the dangers of public wi-fi are many-fold. Not only are they hunting grounds for hackers, but a new report from security firm FireEye claims a Russian hacker group known as APT28, or ...
Thursday 5th Oct 2017
Emojis are cute, fun…and can get you in a whole lot of legal trouble. “Emoji law” is increasingly a factor in e-discovery, particularly in labor and employment cases such as sexual harassment and discrimination. Jay Holland, chair of labor and employment at Joseph Greenwald, says it has gotten to the point where employment attorneys should ...
Tuesday 3rd Oct 2017
The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms is now in its 16th year helping corporations and public entities diversify their outside law firm ranks. NAMWOLF is comprised of AV-rated firms across the nation whom NAMWOLF assists in developing strategic alliances, coalitions, and affiliations with corporations, in-house counsel, and other legal trade associations. ...
Thursday 28th Sep 2017
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to open its 2017-2018 term, all eyes will on the docket to see which cases the high court decides to take up. In recent years, the Court has been taking an increased focus on IP cases. Wayne Stacy of Baker Botts says his analysis reveals that this is part ...
Thursday 7th Sep 2017
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have produced numerous fatalities and billions of dollars in property damage. As devastated areas move into recovery mode, numerous legal issues will arise for impacted businesses. Rachel Steely of Gardere Wynne Sewell in Houston discusses what businesses need to keep in mind as they recover from the aftermath of storms and ...
Thursday 31st Aug 2017
Silvia LeBlanc of Morgan Lewis in Philadelphia discusses how the firm uses knowledge management and practice innovation, to collaborate with team members across Morgan Lewis’s global network and ensure they take full advantage of resources. She maps legal processes, creates productivity tools, and conducts training sessions that promote a culture of quality and consistency across ...
Friday 25th Aug 2017
Balancing employee rights with employer’s data security needs and data privacy requirements can be tricky. Anna Suh with Fenwick & West discusses how employers can manage this balance.
Thursday 17th Aug 2017
Legal departments are increasingly turning to alternative legal service providers to handle certain legal tasks and matters on a more cost-effective basis. But now, some law firms are also engaging alternative legal service providers to help their client reduce costs and strengthen the firm’s client relationships. Jeffrey Sharer, co-chair of Akerman’s Data Law Practice, talked ...
Tuesday 15th Aug 2017
Brian Kuhn, founder of IBM Watson Legal, addressed key misconceptions around artificial intelligence and cognitive computing in Tuesday’s keynote at ITLACON 2017. Kuhn talked with David Curle, Thomson Reuters director of market intelligence, and shared insights from business-of-law use case workshops IBM conducted with corporate legal departments and law firms over the last two years. ...
Monday 14th Aug 2017
Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest topics in the legal profession. But while the focus is usually on the technology, AI raises complex ethical issues as well. Chris Mammen, a partner at Hogan Lovells and a faculty member of University of California – Hastings’ Innovation Law Institute, participated in a panel at ILTACON today ...
Thursday 20th Jul 2017
Brexit and Cuba may be oceans apart, but they share one common issue: a potential disruption of trademarks in both markets. Jeffrey Greene, a trademark partner with Fenwick & West discusses what issues need to be aware of if they are doing business or plan on doing business there.
Wednesday 19th Jul 2017
David Lat, founder of Above the Law and Karl Florida, managing director, small law firm and consumer at Thomson Reuters, recently discussed the 11th Anniversary of Above the Law, the recent Supreme Court term, and what’s next for Above the Law and Lat. As many know, David Lat’s first anonymous blog provided a highly-followed insider’s ...
Wednesday 21st Jun 2017
“Fake news” is nothing new, especially to corporations dealing with short sellers – investors who bet on falling stock prices, who have long been accused of deliberately spreading false information in order to drive bigger gains. But the Securities & Exchange Commission has been surprisingly powerless in dealing with short sellers. Mike Dicke of Fenwick ...
Thursday 15th Jun 2017
Soaring athlete contracts, growing TV revenues and cheating and doping scandals. Nope. Not the NFL, NBA or World Cup Soccer. It’s the burgeoning world of e-Sports or spectator video games. Video game live televised tournaments and leagues are fast becoming big business. And with it comes legal issues that are all too familiar for those who ...
Thursday 8th Jun 2017
Elisabet Hardy, Vice President of Product Management and Eric Sugden, Chief Technology Officer, both from the Thomson Reuters Legal Enterprise Solutions organization shared new technology announcements in their keynote to more than 1000 VANTAGE Worldwide Conference attendees in Florida this week. In this podcast recorded from the conference, they share the key takeaways.
Friday 12th May 2017
Millennials are now the largest demographic group in the U.S. Much has been written and discussed about how millennials often have unique preferences for how they prefer to shop for and purchases goods and services. How does this apply to law firms? Christi Krautbauer of FindLaw discusses the findings of a white new paper, Reaching ...
Tuesday 25th Apr 2017
Legal Current is proud to present a new podcast series: For Public Consumption. Hosted by Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president, Government Affairs and Community Relations at Thomson Reuters, this podcast series examines issues that impact government, its services and the people it serves. In this first installment, Sharon interviews Sally Heyman, Miami-Dade County Commissioner for the ...
Wednesday 5th Apr 2017
With the passage of the America Invents Act in 2011 and a string of Supreme Court decisions in recent years, the landscape for intellectual property filings and dispute resolution was supposed to become clearer. But they have also brought new issues and uncertainty. Jeremy Taylor with Baker Botts discusses some of the most important IP ...
Monday 20th Mar 2017
In November, Supreme Court heard oral arguments in State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., United States ex rel. Rigsby, a case involving the False Claims Act and misclassified claims after Hurricane Katrina. This case is important as litigation under the False Claims Act has grown remarkably in recent years. It also is relevant that the ...
Wednesday 15th Mar 2017
The ABA TECHSHOW Conference and Expo kicks off in Chicago this week. But before the event reaches a fever pitch, we had an opportunity to catch-up with ABA President Linda Klein to talk about her work, legal trends and her role during Friday’s plenary session, ABA: A Technology Accelerator in the Law. Listen to our ...
Wednesday 15th Feb 2017
There’s no such thing as a typical day for someone who runs knowledge management for a law firm, in the same way that there’s no such thing as a typical KM setup, or even a typical person who manages KM for a firm. The person in charge of KM can be anyone from a law ...
Thursday 9th Feb 2017
On Jan. 26, 1997, many homes across America were tuned-in to Super Bowl XXXI. While much of the game itself may be a blur, most people who watched that night likely remember one image: Hollywood legend Fred Astaire, who had died nearly a decade before, dancing with an electric broom in a vacuum commercial. While ...
Wednesday 4th Jan 2017
Our nation’s roads are getting safer. Traffic fatalities and injuries have generally been declining for more than two decades. But law firms that have staked their futures on motor vehicle accident (MVA) injuries or fatalities may face significant business challenges on the horizon unless they prepare now. FindLaw has published a new white paper that ...
Thursday 29th Dec 2016
Companies in the U.S own an estimated $5 trillion in trade secerts and about $3 billion is lost due to theft every year. The federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 went into effect in May\. While it’s still early to interpret how it will affect trade secret litigation, some things are clear, especially that ...
Wednesday 30th Nov 2016
Ark Group recently held its 12th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession. The law firm KM toolkit has expanded to include enterprise search, experience location, expert systems, and other collaborative tools — while the remit for some KM practitioners today also includes support for alternative fee arrangements, process improvement initiatives, and legal project management. ...
Wednesday 16th Nov 2016
The Aspire to Lead Conference was recently held in Minneapolis. Hundreds of women and men from around the region met for a day full of speakers and networking to empower women to take more active leadership roles in their careers, communities and day-to-day lives. Matt Wallaert is a behavioral scientist working at the intersection of technology ...
Thursday 3rd Nov 2016
Do you store your family pictures and videos in the Cloud? Would your family be able to access those files if you passed away? Federal and state governments are scrambling to update estate laws to protect all your selfies and family cat videos against legal fights that could develop over rights to digital assets. Tyler ...
Thursday 13th Oct 2016
Since passage of the Dodd-Frank Act overhauling federal securities laws, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program has been gradually growing in scope and significance. In 2015, the SEC received more than 4,000 tips. But some recent developments may be “blowing the whistle” on the whistleblower program itself. Jonathan Shapiro of Baker Botts LLP discusses ...
Friday 7th Oct 2016
Happy National Customer Service Week! Customer Support is an important connection between Thomson Reuters and its customers. Thomson Reuters has a long history of commitment to provide outstanding customer service. Lea Harpster, vice president of customer support, discusses the Thomson Reuters philosophy and approach to customer support, and the many dedicated team members who provide ...
Tuesday 4th Oct 2016
Intellectual property cases have become somewhat of a staple for the US Supreme Court in recent years. Two particular cases that are waiting to hear if they will make the docket for the 2016-17 court docket have the potential to break new ground for intellectual property rights. Wayne Stacy of Baker Botts discusses the cases ...
Wednesday 28th Sep 2016
A bicycle may be fun, but how can it help global poverty, economic development and health care? The day two keynote at Vantage EMEA in London for Elite had little to do with legal technology and practice management. Or did it? It had everything to do with the importance of listening to customers, of applying sound ...
Monday 26th Sep 2016
The Elite Vantage EMEA 2016 User Conference is underway in London. The two-day conference brings together Thomson Reuters Elite users from across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Elizabet Hardy, Vice President of Product Management and Eric Sugden, Chief Technology Officer discuss what will take place at Vantage, including the release of Elite 3E version ...
Tuesday 13th Sep 2016
In discussions with firms at ILTACON 2016, one thing stands out in the world of knowledge management: in an era of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, knowledge management can help firms gain a competitive advantage. In this post-ILTA wrap-up edition of “KM with Kim,” Kim Stein, national manager of knowledge management for Thomson Reuters, shares ...
Thursday 1st Sep 2016
Where is Knowledge Management headed? How will AI and Big Data impact Knowledge Management? In this edition of “KM with Kim,” Kim Stein, national KM manager for Thomson Reuters explores the future of Knowledge Management. A white paper on “Knowledge Management Software Has Come of Age” can be downloaded here: http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/law-and-techology/knowledge-management-software-has-come-of-age-now-what/
Wednesday 31st Aug 2016
Thomson Reuters Elite has been engaging its customer base to glean input and feedback to help improve its products. Elizabet Hardy, vice president, product management at Elite, discusses what Elite is hearing from its customers through ILTACON and other customer engagements.
Wednesday 31st Aug 2016
Knowledge Management, like any solution, is only as effective as an organization’s ability to get people to use it. In this episode of “KM with Kim”, Thomson Reuters national manager of knowledge management, Kim Stein discusses how firms can get the most out of the KM systems A white paper on “Knowledge Management Software Has ...
Tuesday 30th Aug 2016
Advances in legal technology — both the present and future — will be front and center at ILTACON 2016 this week. Charlotte Rushton, managing director, large and midsize law firms, and innovation leader for the Legal business of Thomson Reuters, discusses the state of innovation in the legal industry
Monday 29th Aug 2016
ILTACON 2016 is an excellent opportunity for people working in legal technology to learn, share and discuss what works, what doesn’t and the tools to face challenges now and in the future. ILTA executive director Randi Mayes, who has led ILTA for more than twenty years, discusses how ILTA has helped shape the legal technology ...
Friday 26th Aug 2016
Knowledge management can be a powerful way for firms to increase their efficiency. In the first episode of our series, “KM with Kim,” we discuss how knowledge management improves productivity, with Kim Stein, national manager of knowledge management at Thomson Reuters. In upcoming episodes, we’ll discuss how firms can get the most out of their knowledge management systems, ...
Friday 19th Aug 2016
Pokemon Go is an unquestioned cultural phenomenon — the most successful video game launch in history. But the sudden success of Pokemon Go has spawned a slew of questions about safety, privacy and liability issues. Brian Markovitz from Joseph Greenwald & Lake tries to catch ’em all when it comes to legal issues involving Pokemon ...
Wednesday 13th Jul 2016
The first Summer Olympics event is underway: trademark infringement actions! The International Olympic Committee recently sued a Texas man and his company, CityPure, to try to stop his use of domain names that included Tokyo2020.com, Rome2024.com, NewDelhi2028.com, and other combinations up to the year 2080, The Olympics include many of the world’s best known trademarks, ...
Monday 6th Jun 2016
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has clearly had an impact on the workings of the U.S. Supreme Court as it continues to work through its current term. Joan Biskupic, editor in charge of legal affairs for Reuters, has been covering the Supreme Court since 1989, and discusses the impact of Justice Scalia’s death on ...
Thursday 26th May 2016
The 2016 Elite VANTAGE Worldwide User Conference saw record attendance, with 1100 users, 300 sessions and numerous customer panels, demos, sharing best practices, and talking about industry trends. Eric Ruud, Managing Director for Legal Enterprise Solutions, discusses this year’s VANTAGE conference, and how users can continue to keep up with developments at Elite throughout the ...
Wednesday 25th May 2016
What does it take to turn a business with more than 4400 customers in 40 countries into a customer-focused community? Patrick Hurley, Elite vice president of customer advocacy, discusses Elite’s effort to put the customer at the forefront of everything it does, and how that plays into the VANTAGE 2016 Worldwide User Conference underway in ...
Wednesday 11th May 2016
How will we use virtual reality, wearable technologies and voice-controlled virtual assistants in the years ahead? In this edition of Mind Your Business, an interview with Kate Boeckman, Manager, Strategic Product Development in the Applied Innovation Group at Thomson Reuters. Kate is currently tracking wearable and other emerging product technologies, generating innovative opportunities for their ...
Thursday 5th May 2016
Thanks to the Internet, it seems as though your firm’s hard-earned reputation is in the hands of people who can hurt you with just one smart-aleck comment or a harsh online review. But even when you’re not in complete control of your firm’s reputation, you can still manage it. A new white paper, You Can’t ...
Thursday 28th Apr 2016
Ever since MySpace came on to the scene, social media such as Facebook, YouTube and Instagram has enabled emerging bands to build a following in hopes of breaking out without the aid of record labels and promoters. But are there legal pitfalls that aspiring musicians should be aware of in an era of social media, ...
Tuesday 26th Apr 2016
What does a prosecutor do when they have a bad case? Maybe use the “liar’s plea.” This option allows a defendant to plead guilty to a different charge they did not commit in order for the prosecution to move the case forward. By using a liar’s plea, a defendant can plead guilty to a much ...
Thursday 14th Apr 2016
The 2016 election has been a fascinating affair for pudits and the public alike, and with just over six months until election day, there are bound to be many surprises. Of the people fortunate enough to have a front row seat is Caren Bohan, deputy U.S. elections editor for Reuters. She has covered the White ...
Friday 8th Apr 2016
European Union privacy officials are expected to announce next week whether they plan to approve a new “Data Privacy Shield” arrangement with the US that would uphold privacy rights for Europeans and limit US government surveillance involving their data. The previous EU-U.S. “Safe Harbor” agreement was rejected by the European Court of Justice, thanks to U.S. ...
Tuesday 29th Mar 2016
Choosing an attorney is no small decision. Yet surprisingly, consumers looking for a legal representation don’t exactly take it slow. Why the need for speed? FindLaw’s new white paper on legal consumer behavior examines how the power of emotion and the fear of loss often lead to these urgent behaviors. Legal consumers typically recognize that ...
Thursday 24th Mar 2016
An interview with Debbie Forster, co-CEO of Apps for Good, whose mission is to transform the way technology is taught in schools; to empower students from all backgrounds to seize the opportunities of our digital age and create solutions to the problems they care about, using technology. To listen, click on the built-in player below, ...
Tuesday 22nd Mar 2016
If you’re looking for ONES and ZEROS this is not the episode for you, this episode is all about popular culture!! The show talks at length about the latest installment of Star Wars (SPOILERS IN PODCAST). The guys tell stories of their immediate reactions and emotional responses to the key events of the film -which included some ...
Wednesday 16th Mar 2016
The nomination of Merrick Garland as U.S. Supreme Court justice is raising numerous questions – both legal and political. Both aspects are discussed with Prof. Ronald Rotunda, Doy and Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Chapman University. To listen to the podcast, click on the built-in audio ...
Monday 7th Mar 2016
Justice Antonin Scalia made his mark in jurisprudence as a Supreme Court Justice, but he also touched people’s lives as a law professor. Justice Scalia served on the faculty of both the University of Virginia Law School and the University of Chicago Law School. Michael Whitener of VLP Law Group studied under Justice Scalia and ...
Wednesday 2nd Mar 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court is back in session with eight seated justices following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, and Justice Scalia’s absence from the bench is already impacting class action cases that are coming before the Court. Reuters legal columnist Alison Frankel discusses how this is affecting these key cases. In a recent column, ...
Tuesday 23rd Feb 2016
After a prolonged absence due to holidays, vacations and two feet of snow in the Washington, D.C. area, the guys are back!! The show starts out with the show recounting the story of two Virgina Tech college students (male and female) who were involved in the disappearance of a teenage girl. The guy discuss how the use of the ...
Wednesday 17th Feb 2016
What impact did Justice Antonin Scalia have on the Supreme Court? And what lies ahead for the Court? Legal Current explores these questions with Prof. Ronald D. Rotunda, The Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at Chapman University, and co-author of Nowak and Rotunda’s Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure.
Wednesday 10th Feb 2016
Last summer, in the case of HM Electronics Inc.v. R.F. Technologies Inc., a federal judge ordered severe sanctions because of e-discovery failures. How do new rules on proportionality and spoliation impact how e-discovery is handled? Robert Brownstone with Fenwick & West discusses.
Friday 22nd Jan 2016
As more states move towards legalized marijuana, business entities such as medical marijuana dispensaries or other marijuana-related businesses are starting to bump up against patent and trademark issues that may prevent them from enjoying many of the intellectual property protections that other businesses use. Doug Sorocco of Dunlap Codding looks at some of the “grassroot” IP obstacles facing ...
Wednesday 13th Jan 2016
There’s a way for law firms to increase their number of clients and revenues without having to spend any additional money on market or advertising. Law firms invest significant effort and finances developing savvy marketing campaigns that drive traffic to their websites or phone calls to their law firms, only to drop the ball when ...
Monday 11th Jan 2016
James W. Jones, senior fellow at the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession, discusses the “2016 State of the Legal Market” report by the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor
Tuesday 22nd Dec 2015
Are you sporting a new Fitbit or an Apple Watch with a fitness monitor app? If it’s part of your employer’s wellness program, who owns and has access to your data? Tyler Newby , litigation partner at Fenwick & West looks at the wearable fitness monitor craze and some of the data privacy implications they ...
Thursday 17th Dec 2015
Michael Hawes of Baker Botts discusses patent law cases coming up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Friday 11th Dec 2015
It wasn’t long ago that every Presidential campaign had its own theme song. Even George Washington had one. Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln. All the way through to Jimmy Carter. But in recent decades, the music stopped. Or at least went Top 40. Presidential campaigns switched from original campaign themes to using hit pop songs, which ...
Thursday 10th Dec 2015
The 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took effect on December 1, 2015. Some of the amendments apply even to cases that were filed prior to that date. The authors of the Federal Civil Rules Handbook, 2016 edition, William M. Janssen and Steven Baicker-McKee discuss the treatise and the new 2015 amendments. ...
Tuesday 24th Nov 2015
A monthly look at reputation management in the era of social media & the 24 hour news cycle – United Airlines: Should you disclose when your CEO suffers a heart attack? – Blame it on Paris. Will the tragedy in Paris affect the Rio Olympics? – Gawker Media & “#SlackLayoffBingo” To listen, click on the ...
Monday 23rd Nov 2015
Patsy Doerr interviews Deirdre Stanley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Board Secretary, Thomson Reuters on diversity inclusion, its role in corporate strategy and managing your career. To listen, click on the built-in player below, or to download right-click here
Wednesday 18th Nov 2015
Jason Thomas is on the Ashley Madison list! Wait, What? Oh, it turns out there are several Jason Thomases in Arlington, Virginia. And one of them may have been outed in the infamous Ashley Madison case. And it wasn’t this Jason Thomas, it turns out. But it begs the question, what are the ethics of Doxing — ...
Tuesday 3rd Nov 2015
They’re back! After a rather extended summer break, Wait, What? Returns. Jason, Joe, Rob and Matt are back at, this time taking a break from the world of legal technology to discuss alien superstructures, the demise of a publishing icon, and, of course, the new Star Wars movie. Does intelligent life exist on other worlds ...
Friday 30th Oct 2015
Patsy Doerr interviews Nicole Hansen, manager, community relations for the Thomson Reuters legal business on the role of corporate responsibility. You can listen to Mind Your Business by clicking the play button on the built-in player below, or to download, right-click here. All of our Legal Current podcasts can also be found on iTunes – just enter ...
Thursday 22nd Oct 2015
Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, Fourth Edition includes 22 new chapters, two new volumes and expanded content across a range of topics that engage the interplay between rules of procedure and substantive law, outline strategies for representation of plaintiff and defendant, and consider ramifications of various actions. Robert L. Haig, partner at Kelley ...
Tuesday 20th Oct 2015
Although women make up 36 percent of attorneys, a recent study by the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession found that male lead counsels in federal litigation cases outnumber their female counterparts by up to 3 to 1. Angela Agrusa of Liner LLP discusses both the progress that has been made, and the progress that has ...
Friday 9th Oct 2015
A discussion of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal, Pope Francis’ visit to the US and the Steve Jobs movie. Ill Repute is a podcast looking at reputation management and the forces in the 24-hour news cycle and social media that impact it. To listen, click on the built-in audio player below, or to download right-click here
Monday 5th Oct 2015
Google still has not announced whether it will appeal a ruling earlier this year by the Court of Appeal for British Columbia ordering the Internet giant to remove certain links from its search engine – not just in British Columbia, but worldwide, because of a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by tech company Equustek. The ruling ...
Tuesday 22nd Sep 2015
This edition of Ill Repute discusses these current events in the world of reputation management and the forces in the 24-hour news cycle and social media that impact it. Ashley Madison: The New HR Wild Card? The Summer of Discontent in Major Universities Women in Sports: Not Just On the Field What’s up with North ...
Monday 14th Sep 2015
Mind Your Business is back, and in this episode, Patsy Doerr, global head of Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion at Thomson Reuters, has a conversation with Michael Meehan, chief executive of GRI, about the value of sustainability in the modern business environment. You can listen to Mind Your Business by clicking the play button on the ...
Thursday 27th Aug 2015
Hear the word “brand,” and you might think of that apple with an oval bite taken out of it, or Target’s famous red bull’s-eye. In other words, you might think that branding doesn’t have much to do with running a law firm. If that describes your outlook on branding, you’re missing out on one of ...
Monday 17th Aug 2015
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, once described the Tesla Model S as a sophisticated computer on wheels. These days, that description actually applies to most cars, which are equipped with an increasing array of sensors, relays and connective equipment that control, monitor and report numerous systems and data. Tesla recently patched its software after ...
Friday 14th Aug 2015
Welcome to Ill Repute, a podcast about reputation and the forces in the 24 hour news cycle and social media that inpact them. In this edition, I am joined by our resident PR consultant, Leonard Lee, as well as my colleague in Corporate Affairs at Thomson Reuters, Alex Cook. This week, we discuss how the ...
Thursday 13th Aug 2015
Legal Solutions from Thomson Reuters are all about delivering legal content, technology and expertise. The site has thousands of products for sale, including numerous books from Thomson Reuters key authors. One of those authors is Dennis J. Wall, an experienced litigator, mediator, and expert witness in Florida and Federal Trial and Appellate Courts, and an elected member ...
Monday 10th Aug 2015
After all the oral arguments, deliberations, briefs and decisions, it’s official. Drew Farmer is the winner of this year’s FantasySCOTUS competition. In this podcast, Drew discusses his methodology that led to his first-place finish.
Thursday 23rd Jul 2015
Mind Your Business returns, and in this installment, Patsy Doerr, global head of Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion at Thomson Reuters, is joined by Pat David, managing director and global head of Diversity for JP Morgan Chase. Among the topics they cover include diversity in the financial sector and how diversity and inclusion have evolved over ...
Friday 17th Jul 2015
The latest installment of Wait, What? has the guys taking the show into the realm of video. No, you didn’t read that wrong; Jason, Joe and Matt had their latest podcast recorded in an actual news studio in Washington, D.C. After the initial shock of being on camera wore off, the guys settle into a ...
Friday 10th Jul 2015
Welcome to Ill Repute, a podcast about reputation and the forces in the 24 hour news cycle and social media that inpact them. In this edition, I am joined by our resident PR consultant, Leonard Lee, as well as my colleague in Corporate Affairs at Thomson Reuters, Gretchen DeSutter. This week, we discuss the reputation ...
Monday 6th Jul 2015
With a hot technology sector and an improving economy all around, workforce mobility has been on the rise in Silicon Valley, along with efforts by companies to acquire premium talent from competitors. New words like “acqui-hire” have even been invented to describe start-up acquisitions by larger companies that target a start-up’s employees, rather than its ...
Monday 29th Jun 2015
In the 11th edition of Wait, What? the guys talk about government surveillance programs, particularly as they have been executed in the United States. The show looks at the USA Patriot and USA Freedom Acts and discusses what responsibilities and rights any government has or should have when it comes to data collection on its ...
Thursday 18th Jun 2015
Welcome to Ill Repute, a podcast about reputation and the forces in the 24 hour news cycle and social media that inpact them. In this edition, I am joined by our resident PR consultant, Leonard Lee, as well as John Shaughnessy, vice president of Business Communications at Thomson Reuters. This week, we discuss the reputation ...
Friday 12th Jun 2015
In a very special episode of “Wait, What?!,” the guys travel to AwesomeCon in Washington, D.C. to take in all the sights and sounds. Additionally, the show wanted to get up close and personal with the comic book/science fiction industry to see what people think about the technology and culture associated with these genres. One of the takeaways from the hours spent at the convention was that ...
Wednesday 10th Jun 2015
Increasingly, people are dropping their cable providers and opting instead for streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, as well as new standalone services like HBO Go. But even these services would see dwindling subscribers, as value-added taxes have taken effect based on location. Jason Roberts, attorney and legal analyst with the Tax & ...
Thursday 4th Jun 2015
Welcome to Ill Repute, a podcast about reputation and the forces in the 24 hour news cycle and social media that inpact them. In this edition, I am joined by our resident PR consultant, Leonard Lee, as well as my colleague in social media, Joel Leeman. This week, we discuss the reputation management of the ...
Tuesday 26th May 2015
The potential reopening of ties between the US and Cuba has people excited about the possibility of Cuban treasures reaching US shores, such as cigars, rum and…baseball players? Cuba has been the birthplace of many a major league stars over the years, and baseball fans – as well as basketball and football fans – are imagining ...
Friday 22nd May 2015
In this episode of “Wait, What?” the guys discuss the impact technology has on medicine and medical procedures. Jason starts off the talk by discussing his grandmother’s heart surgery, using a pig valve. This sparks a discussion about the advent of drones as a first responders and whether or not it is actually feasible. The guys then talk about their comfort level ...
Thursday 21st May 2015
“Deflategate” did more than just deflate the hopes of Patriots fans. The NFL investigation raised some interesting questions about the rights of employees when it comes to ESI (electronically stored information) on their personal cellphones. John Martin, partner and practice leader of the Nelson Mullins Encompass e-discovery group, says both employers and employers should take ...
Tuesday 19th May 2015
Welcome to Ill Repute, a podcast about reputation and the forces in the 24 hour news cycle and social media that inpact it. In this episode, I speak with our resident PR consultant, Leonard Lee, and Senior Communications Specialist Alex Cook, about the latest Deflate-gate drama, the recent Amtrak crash, and the public relations issues facing the ...
Friday 8th May 2015
In the eighth episode of “Wait, What?”, the show delves into the unintended consequences of technology. Jason starts off with an example of the dual uses of an everyday hammer. The guys start talking about the misuse of things like the Tor – which are intended for good, but are used for nefarious things as well. Another unintended consequence of technological ...
Thursday 7th May 2015
The new Thomson Reuters Practical Law Deal Protections and Remedies Report is now available and was recently presented at a recent ABA Business Section Meeting. The report analyzes deal-protection measures binding target companies and, for the first time, also reviews the deal protections negotiated by buyers who require their own stockholder approval before closing. In the ...
Wednesday 6th May 2015
The 2014-15 Supreme Court term is getting into high gear, with oral arguments last week in Obergefell v. Hodges, dealing with gay marriage bans. Decisions in Obergefell and several other high-profile cases have yet to be announced. FantasySCOTUS participants still have plenty of opportunity to get their selections in before the High Court issues many ...
Tuesday 5th May 2015
Welcome to Ill Repute, a podcast about reputation and the forces in the 24 hour news cycle and social media that inpact it. In this episode, resident PR consultant Leonard Lee speaks with John Shaughnessy, vice president of Business Communications, and Jeff McCoy, manager of External Communications at Thomson Reuters, about the recent NFL draft, and activist and celebrity ...
Wednesday 29th Apr 2015
Legal Current is pleased to launch its latest podcast, Mind Your Business, a monthly review on the intersection between Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion and modern business. The podcast is hosted by Patsy Doerr, global head of Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion at Thomson Reuters, and is produced by the Thomson Reuters Legal Corporate Affairs team. The first ...
Friday 24th Apr 2015
This episode starts out with the show’s reaction and discussion of the latest movie trailer for the Star Wars – The Force Awakens. For the non-nerds in our listening audience, you can fast forward a couple minutes to get to the meat of the podcast. The guys jump into a discussion about a non-government related collection of Personally Identifying Information (PII) ...
Wednesday 22nd Apr 2015
You can now speed through store checkout lanes just by waving your smartphone. New mobile payment systems purport to be fast, convenient and secure. Well, maybe not that last part. In the podcast below, Bob Benjy, an attorney with Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, who works with financial institutions, says mobile payment systems such as Apple Pay, ...
Monday 20th Apr 2015
Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication. Examples of net neutrality violations include when the Internet service provider Comcast intentionally slowed peer-to-peer communications. On ...
Friday 17th Apr 2015
Welcome to a new edition of Ill Repute, a bi-weekly podcast on reputation and the forces in a 24 hour news cycle and social media that impact it. This week, I am joined by my colleague in Corporate Affairs, Gretchen DeSutter, as well as out resident PR consultant, Leonard Lee. Listen as we discuss ramifications ...
Monday 13th Apr 2015
With the Annual Bar Association’s (ABA) Techshow 2015 coming up next week, we talked with WestlawNext-sponsored keynote speaker Nicholas Carr to get a preview on what he will be discussing. In the podcast below, Carr also talks with us about the consequences surrounding our dependence on computers, how our relationship with technology has changed the ...
Friday 10th Apr 2015
This episode starts off with a question regarding whether or not any of the guys have any embarrassing photos on the internet. This quickly leads into a conversation about the “Right To Be Forgotten” and whether or not people have a fundamental right to have their mistakes removed (or at least suppressed) from the internet. ...
Monday 6th Apr 2015
The second episode of Ill Repute, a podcast about reputation and the forces in the 24 hour news cycle and social media that impact it, is now available. In this episode, I talk with Alex Cook, senior communications specialist, and Leonard Lee, our resident PR consultant. We discuss election year reputation management, Ted Cruz, issuing a public apology ...
Tuesday 31st Mar 2015
In light of the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton using her personal email while Secretary of State, John Martin, head of the Encompass E-Discovery Group with Nelson Mullins, took some time to discuss with us how common it is for private-sector employees to use personal email for work. Is this practice ever sanctioned, or used as a ...
Friday 27th Mar 2015
In this installment of “Wait, What?” your hosts tackle the question of whether technology makes us lazy or not. They cover everything from grocery delivery services to texting at the dinner table. Jason, Rob and Matt spend quite a bit of time in this episode discussing whether people are productive when they work from home and the effects that “work” phones ...
Thursday 26th Mar 2015
Robert G. Eccles is a professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. He is one of the world’s leading experts on a global movement for companies to include new, value-related information in their regular reporting to regulators, investors and stakeholders. Prof. Eccles has written two books on the subject, One Report: Integrated Reporting for ...
Tuesday 24th Mar 2015
At Legaltech New York this year, we caught up with Pauline Reich, JD, and professor at Waseda University School of Law in Tokyo, Japan, where she teaches cybercrime, cybersecurity, data privacy and data protection, and Internet-based legal research. In this capacity and also as the director of the Asia-Pacific Cyberlaw, Cybercrime and Internet Security Research ...
Monday 23rd Mar 2015
March Madness, as always, is filed with upsets, great finishes and…trademark infringements? Roger Boehle, partner at Foley, Bezek, Boehle & Curtis LLP, discusses the potential pitfalls that await those who dare to try cashing in on March Madness in the podcast below.
Friday 20th Mar 2015
On March 25, West LegalEdcenter will host the 2nd Annual West Coast Legal Executive Forum in San Francisco. Allison Chock, an investment manager with Bentham IMF, a litigation finance company that provides funding to plaintiffs for large legal disputes in the United States and abroad, will be among the experts at the event. We had ...
Thursday 19th Mar 2015
The Corporate Affairs team for the Legal business of Thomson Reuters is excited to announce the inaugural edition of Ill Repute, a podcast about reputation and the forces in the 24 hour news cycle and social media that impact it. Our first podcast features Susan Martin, managing editor of social media; John Shaughnessy, vice president of business communications; ...
Thursday 12th Mar 2015
In the fourth installment of Wait, What? the guys discuss the Science Fact that has come from the Science Fiction of Star Trek, Star Wars, Total Recall, comics, and other media. The show starts with a comparison of the devices that were used in the Star Trek universe of television and movies, and how we’re ...
Friday 27th Feb 2015
In the third installment of Wait, What? the guys jump right into the topic of technology’s impact on sports and athletes. The conversation starts out with quantifying professional and amateur athletes and quickly transitions into “heart” versus analytics. The discussion moves into the topic of the stadium experience associated with professional sports teams and how the events compete with television, video game consoles, and mobile technology. We’d ...
Friday 13th Feb 2015
In the latest episode of Wait, What?, we focus on the use of drone technology and artificial intelligence. In the first part of the show, the guys mull over the different uses of drones, briefly discussing the commercial uses of drone technology and what the benefits and drawbacks are of this technology. The discussion also touches on the privacy ...
Wednesday 11th Feb 2015
Sustainability is an increasing priority for many companies, and incorporating more sustainable practices is encouraging collaboration across various industries to arrive at better, more cost-effective solutions. Tim Nixon, managing editor of sustainability at Thomson Reuters, talked with sustainability leaders at the world’s largest household and personal products company (Proctor & Gamble) and the nation’s second-largest car manufacturer ...
Thursday 5th Feb 2015
A panel discussion at LegalTech New York 2015 focused on the key issues attorneys, paralegals and litigation support staff should consider when deciding whether to insource or outsource e-discovery. While they may seem elementary, time, cost and complexity continue to be some of the greatest challenges e-discovery practitioners face today. The panel discussed some of ...
Tuesday 3rd Feb 2015
LegalTech New York 2015 kicked off today with a panel on “Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection Legal Challenges in the Digital Age.” Erin Harrison, the incoming editor-in-chief of ALM’s Legaltech News, moderated a panel of privacy and security experts from some of the most visible companies out there: Eran Feigenbaum, director of security, Google Apps, Google ...
Thursday 29th Jan 2015
The legal business of Thomson Reuters is excited to launch a new twice monthly podcast. Wait, What? takes an irreverent look at technology and its impact on our lives. The podcast is hosted by Matt Angelicola, government research analyst; Rob Russell, senior director in the Government segment; and Jason Thomas, manager of innovation also in the Government segment at Thomson ...
Wednesday 21st Jan 2015
The IP market has traditionally centered on the United States. It remains a key jurisdiction, but change is in the air. With the forthcoming unitary patent system, the European Union may be about to become the epicenter of global patent litigation. The new court will mark a seismic shift in global patent litigation. Assuming all ...
Monday 5th Jan 2015
Thomson Reuters Patsy Doerr, global head of Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion, and Dave Curran, global director of Risk & Compliance, were in Philadelphia a few weeks ago and stopped by WWDB AM 860 radio to record an interview for Sue Rocco’s Women to Watch show. Their interview is airing on WWDB AM 860 today, Monday, ...
Thursday 11th Dec 2014
The Equality Effect is a non-profit charity that uses international human rights law as a crowbar to pry open justice for women and girls around the world. Drawing on a team of feisty international lawyers, the equality effect supports its regional legal partners by initiating creative legal advocacy projects to achieve systemic change. In Kenya, ...
Friday 14th Nov 2014
The America Invents Act marked the most significant change in US patent law in the last 50 years. The historic provisions have impacted patent filings and patent litigation, as well as non-practicing entities or “patent trolls” as they are commonly known. Bernie Knight was general counsel for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office when the ...
Friday 7th Nov 2014
In the podcast linked below, Justice Randy Holland of the Delaware Supreme Court, and editor of Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor, discusses the significance of Magna Carta as it marks its 800th anniversary, and the new Muse and Mentor book available in print and in e-book form, from Thomson Reuters.
Friday 31st Oct 2014
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: -Legal news: Apple, Facebook’s egg-freezing benefit: Three questions for employers. -Legal trends & insights: Dropbox wasn’t “hacked,” but should you worry anyway? -News from Thomson Reuters: FantasySCOTUS launches sixth season, sponsored by Thomson Reuters -On the legal blogs: “Aggressive mopper” arrested; made hotel worker cry You can ...
Friday 24th Oct 2014
Are you missing one-third of your potential clients? As people increasingly look for attorneys using mobile and local search, it’s more important than ever to make sure your firm’s website is optimized for those types of searches. A new white paper from FindLaw explains the importance of making sure that prospective clients can find you ...
Tuesday 30th Sep 2014
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: -Legal news: A South Carolina boy and his mother are suing the state’s DMV over his right to wear his “everyday” makeup in his driver’s license photo. -Legal trends & insights: A woman in North Dakota is facing negligent homicide charges after allegedly surfing Facebook while driving at ...
Tuesday 19th Aug 2014
Harnessing Big Data could be a key for firms seeking to gain competitive advantages and boost their business development efforts. In the podcast below, Catherine Monte, chief knowledge officer of Fox Rothschild, and Kimberly Stein, national manager for Enterprise Content Management Solutions at Thomson Reuters, discuss their recently published white paper, produced by ILTA, that ...
Friday 8th Aug 2014
Fueled by her witness to and personal experience with discrimination, Dean Okianer Christian Dark channeled her sorrow and anger into action serving as lifelong role model of, and champion for, justice and equal rights in the public sector, private sector, and today as a teacher, mentor and dean at Howard University School of Law. This ...
Thursday 31st Jul 2014
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: -Legal news: The passive aggressive watermelon stabber -News from Thomson Reuters: Firm Central launches Deadline Assistant and enhances homepage -Legal trends & insights: Firm sues ex-client over Yelp review that claims firm will “take everything you’ve got” -On the legal blogs: Man eats his way through Lufthansa ...
Tuesday 1st Jul 2014
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: -Legal news: A courtroom brawl in Brevard County, Florida -Legal trends & insights: Can Eric Knudsen, the creator of the fictional character Slenderman, be held civilly liable for the recent violence suffered by the young victim of a stabbing attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin? -News from Thomson Reuters: ...
Tuesday 3rd Jun 2014
The class-action lawsuit including former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon against the NCAA begins in District Court in Los Angeles next week. In addition, the NCAA is appealing a recent regional NLRB ruling that Northwestern University football players have the right to unionize. Marta Fernandez of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell has dealt with NLRB issues ...
Friday 30th May 2014
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: It’s the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling to end segregation in public schools and we talked with Professor Ronna Greff Schneider get her viewpoint on the legal, cultural and historic significance of the ruling. Legal trends & insights: Social media and privacy – Snapchat ...
Wednesday 14th May 2014
Do so-called “Millennials” have different career expectations? Do law firms have to make adjustments in how they manage today’s associates? Or do the associates need to adjust their expectations? In the podcast linked below, Patricia Trendacosta, managing shareholder at Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, discusses her experience in managing today’s crop of associates to find what’s ...
Monday 28th Apr 2014
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Was Jewish Center shooting a hate crime? Legal trends & insights: The controversy over the National Security Agency’s surveillance program News from Thomson Reuters: Peer Monitor releases Mid-Size Law Firm Report On the legal blogs: Male strippers caused emotional distress to nursing home resident You can listen to ...
Monday 31st Mar 2014
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Daughter’s Facebook brag costs her family $80,000 Legal trends & insights: Contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act News from Thomson Reuters: Thomson Reuters creates Solutions suites On the legal blogs: Woman stabs teddy bear, faces felony assault charge You can listen to the episode now by clicking the play button on the ...
Thursday 13th Mar 2014
Most law firm websites are designed to fail. That’s a bold statement, and the theme of a new white paper from FindLaw. The white paper discusses how many law firms’ websites may be generating less business impact than they could. Why? Because they don’t focus enough on conversion – the process of getting visitors to ...
Tuesday 11th Mar 2014
The maker of 5 Hour Energy is under investigation by attorneys general in Oregon and other states because of reports of consumer health problems. But the real battle may be over the popular energy shots’ proprietary formula, which the company is refusing to turn over to investigators. Eric Hagen with McDermott Will & Emery discusses the ...
Thursday 6th Mar 2014
Transactional law often involves pulling together information from a wide variety of sources, including the SEC and public and private deal data. A new resource, Business Law Center on WestlawNext, provides access from one easy-to-use source to several key information sources, including up-to-date SEC and global filings and disclosures, EDGAR precedent agreements, Thomson Reuters proprietary deal ...
Thursday 27th Feb 2014
In the February 2014 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Is Facebook a marriage killer? Legal trends & insights: Judge Thomas Jacobs on the nature of cyberbullying and what parents can do to protect their kids. News from Thomson Reuters: Jason Thomas keynote at LegalTech New York last month and the Digital Economy Task Force report coming soon. On ...
Friday 31st Jan 2014
A new report from Georgetown University Law Center and Peer Monitor warns that unless law firms re-examine their traditional business models and embrace change in how legal services are delivered, they will not be able to successfully adjust to the significant outside forces that are reordering the industry. The “2014 Report on the State of ...
Wednesday 29th Jan 2014
In the January 2014 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Is emoji death threat a criminal defense? One law professor says that it just may be. Legal trends & insights: Are privacy class action suits the next big practice areas? News from Thomson Reuters: Jim Jones, a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession ...
Tuesday 7th Jan 2014
iPhone and Android lovers are rejoicing the increasing adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies that permit them to use their own smartphones on corporate networks. But Fabio Marino with McDermott Will & Emery says BYOD policies can create tremendous headaches for companies in dealing with legal holds and trying to prevent theft of intellectual ...
Thursday 26th Dec 2013
In the December 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled in Klayman v. Obama to require the government to cease telephone metadata collection. Legal trends & insights: Mark Medice, program director for Peer Monitor, talks about some of the challenges facing law firms in the year ahead. News from ...
Thursday 19th Dec 2013
Crowdsource funding is the hot new buzzword among startups. The 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups (JOBS) Act was intended to open up crowdsource funding and other social media as a means for startups to raise capital. Tom Murphy of McDermott Will & Emery says the reality is somewhat muted compared with buzz, but says the ...
Wednesday 4th Dec 2013
Many law firms believe top search engine rankings are a silver bullet for their online marketing — a magic tool that will deliver a steady flow of business. But are specific keyword phrases such as “Boston personal injury attorney” or “Miami DUI lawyer” really the key to online marketing success? A new FindLaw study analyzed ...
Monday 2nd Dec 2013
New legislation pending in Congress – the Patent Transparency and Improvements Act promises to reduce spurious patent litigation filed by Non-Practicing Entities, commonly referred to as “patent trolls.” However, Yar Chaikovsky of McDermott Will & Emery notes that previous attempts to rein in patent trolls, including the America Invents Act, have proven largely ineffective. Listen to ...
Tuesday 26th Nov 2013
In the November 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Two same-sex divorce cases in Texas Legal trends & insights: An Iowa man was sentenced to 20 years for trafficking in heroin, but an additional 20 years was added on because of an unusual clause News from Thomson Reuters: A Day in the Life of a ...
Thursday 31st Oct 2013
In the October 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: Same-sex marriage in New Jersey Legal trends & insights: FindLaw survey on student loans News from Thomson Reuters: The 2013 Grace Hopper Celebration Of Women In Computing Conference On the legal blogs: Joking judge Vince Sicari of New Jersey You can listen to the episode now ...
Wednesday 23rd Oct 2013
In the latest edition of Lawyer2Lawyer, Bob Ambrogi talks with F. Lee Bailey and Judge Kenneth J. Fishman about the key skills lawyers need to be effective in cross examination, as well as their newest book, Excellence in Cross Examination, published by Thomson Reuters. Listen to the podcast here. “It’s not just another book on ...
Wednesday 16th Oct 2013
Transactional law is a unique practice that sits at the intersection of law and finance. It requires a lot of specialized expertise and know-how that straddles both fields. Business Law Center on WestlawNext brings information from across Thomson Reuters to provide the next generation of business law research. Business Law Center incorporates a wide array of ...
Tuesday 1st Oct 2013
In the September 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal trends & insights: Software coding resources for lawyers Legal news: An international custody battle involving an ancient Cambodian statue News from Thomson Reuters: FindLaw and the University of Wisconsin-Stout start the first search engine optimization course in the nation On the legal blogs: Gun ownership laws ...
Friday 20th Sep 2013
The 2013-14 term of the U.S. Supreme Court begins shortly. Prof. Ronald Rotunda, Doy and Dee Henley Chair Distinguished Professor Jurisprudence at Chapman University comments on what the 2012-13 term told us about how the Roberts Court has been handling some of its major decisions.
Tuesday 27th Aug 2013
The Legal Current podcast emerges for the second time since its renewal with more unique insights into the Legal market. In the August 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal trends & insights: The Peer Monitor Index (PMI) provides some hope in the second quarter as the law firm market improves Legal news: In a settlement over ...
Tuesday 13th Aug 2013
On Friday, August 9, 2013, Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Community Relations and Government Affairs at Thomson Reuters, presented the American Bar Association’s annual TIPs Liberty Achievement Award to Steven Shapiro, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The award ceremony and reception, held at the law offices of Sedgwick LLP in ...
Tuesday 6th Aug 2013
Just in time for the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco later this week, Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Community Affairs at Thomson Reuters, chatted with this year’s ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPs) Liberty Award recipient, Steven Shapiro. The award, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, will be presented to ...
Monday 5th Aug 2013
The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) recently concluded its annual meeting in New York. Among the topics discussed at the meeting was skills, strategies and stumbling blocks for women lawyers in their career path. Last year, NAWL released its National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms and remarkably little has changed for women at ...
Wednesday 31st Jul 2013
After a brief hiatus, the Legal Current monthly podcast is back! In the July 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we discuss: Legal Trends & Insights: The impact of the new RTA Claims Portal on personal injury claims in the UK Legal News: An interview with Prof. Ronald Rotunda of Chapman University on the ...
Tuesday 30th Jul 2013
The Thomson Reuters Legal headquarters in Eagan, Minn. enjoyed visits last week from famed criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey and Thomson Reuters senior strategic analyst Jason Thomas. The two made the trek to Minnesota on separate visits, but both addressed the office’s 7,000 employees, and both were the focus of extensive interviews by Minneapolis ...
Wednesday 24th Jul 2013
Predictive coding can provide major benefits when dealing with high volumes of electronically-stored information (ESI). But at the same time, it is far from a “silver bullet” in handling ESI. There are four essential concepts that emerge when examining matters that have successfully and unsuccessfully utilized predictive coding. Ed Sohn, assistant vice president for professional ...
Monday 15th Jul 2013
Finding the right information on a company’s business structure and relationships can be like searching for a needle in haystack. Thomson Reuters Company Investigator helps users find information on companies to assist with business development, litigation, due diligence and a host of other applications. Company Investigator accesses more than 30 million company profiles, including 20 million hard-to-find ...
Tuesday 2nd Jul 2013
In the case of Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated, but synthetic complementary DNA (“cDNA”) is patent eligible because it is not naturally occurring. The distinction is ...
Thursday 30th May 2013
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters recently published a new study called Building BRICKS, in which the global research impact of what are known as the BRICK nations is explored. Over a ten year period, global research publications and R&D spending were studied in relation to the patent activity of Brazil, Russia, ...
Tuesday 9th Apr 2013
Law firms are beginning to borrow from the corporate world to incorporate aspects of their clients’ business models. Fenwick & West has created a new Product Manager role that borrows from the consumer products world and is modeled on a structure commonly seen in their clients’ businesses. Managing Partner Kate Fritz discusses Fenwick’s innovative efforts ...
Thursday 28th Feb 2013
Celebrity scandals always seem to capture the public’s attention, as evidenced by recent headlines involving Lance Armstrong, Manti Te’o, Lindsay Lohan, and any number of celebrities that you see populating the checkout line magazine rack. But after the headlines fade, what are the consequences of these scandals? Why do some scandal-scarred celebrities rebound while others ...
Monday 25th Feb 2013
Recent news reports have called attention to the risks of American businesses and government agencies being hacked by Chinese agents. And a new classified National Intelligence Estimate reportedly lists several other nations, including France and Israel, as sources of cyber-espionage against US targets. Peter Toren, Intellectual Property and Computer Crimes expert with Weisbrod Matteis & Copley ...
Friday 1st Feb 2013
The Super Bowl is almost as well known for its commercials as it is for the game itself. The commercials are also well known to attorneys, since trademark infringement against the NFL is becoming a major issue. Greg Korn of Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump and Aldisert LLP discusses some of the pitfalls that await businesses ...
Friday 21st Dec 2012
Our episode this month highlights some great legal aspects of interesting news stories. To start, our “Chaos in the Courts”segment talks how not to use Twitter during a natural disaster. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment, we feature a story how not to use Instagram when you’re voting Our interview segment is with Christopher ...
Thursday 20th Dec 2012
Christopher D. Bright, an attorney with McDermott Will & Emery LLP talks about why IP litigation is one of the fastest-growing practice areas in law. Listen to the episode now by clicking the Play button on the built-in player below, or to download the podcast, right-click here .
Friday 14th Dec 2012
Thomson Reuters has announced the 2012 Top 100 Global Innovators list, honoring 100 corporations and institutions around the world that are at the heart of innovation as measured by a series of proprietary patent-related metrics. The full report is available at http://www.top100innovators.com. Financial analysis of the acknowledged companies gives credence to their significance in that ...
Wednesday 31st Oct 2012
Our episode this month highlights some great legal aspects of interesting news stories. To start, our “Chaos in the Courts” segment shows one way of getting to know the local wildlife. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment, we feature a story about a supposed wine collection of Thomson Jefferson’s. Our interview segment is with ...
Monday 29th Oct 2012
This post was written by Rachel Billman. “In today’s world, litigation is a contact sport”, says New York attorney Anthony Curto. The courts are clogged with thousands of cases. Lawsuits often take years, they cost too much, drain all parties psychologically and financially, and produce outcomes that no one can predict. Day by day, with ...
Friday 28th Sep 2012
Our episode this month highlights some great legal aspects of interesting news stories. Our “Chaos in the Courts” segment shares how one Portland man used Craigslist to get his stolen bicycle back. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment, we feature a story about an alleged penny skimming scheme. Our interview segment is with Ahsan ...
Wednesday 19th Sep 2012
IP cases and practices are becoming increasingly complex. Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. is a leading intellectual property firm located in Washington, DC with 112 attorneys. The firm is working with Thomson Reuters on a firm initiative that will integrate law firm practice management, matter management, IP solutions, legal research and more into a ...
Thursday 30th Aug 2012
We’ve got a terrific episode for you this month highlighting the legal aspects of some major news stories. To start, our “Chaos in the Courts” segment highlights an unusual way a woman tried to ditch law enforcement which included being “slightly pregnant and slightly in labor”. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment we feature ...
Wednesday 29th Aug 2012
As the political conventions kick into high gear, there’ll be balloons, speeches and….lots of music. But along the long and winding road that is the campaign trail, the music used by campaigns can often hit a sour note with the artists and musicians whose works are blared at campaign rallies or used on Internet videos. ...
Tuesday 21st Aug 2012
Have you seen any of these movies? Puss in Boots – A Furry Tail? American Battleship? Chop Kick Panda? They’re not what you think they are. With plots and designs that depict an obvious resemblance to Hollywood’s major movie titles, smaller entertainment companies are playing off of big-name studios and attempting to deceive consumers into ...
Tuesday 31st Jul 2012
We’ve got a great episode for you this month highlighting the legal aspects of some major news stories. To start, our “Chaos in the Courts” segment features an interesting story about an alleged burglar who was found stuck under the garage door of a Rent-A-Center store. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment we feature ...
Monday 30th Jul 2012
Los Angeles, known for its abundance of talented street artists and their mural art, may not be known for those murals much longer. With murals being painted over by an existing ban on private murals within the city, the mural capital of the world is currently in jeopardy and city legislators are taking it upon ...
Friday 29th Jun 2012
Apple this week won a preliminary injunction banning U.S. sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer. Last week, Judge Richard Posner threw out a pair of lawsuits that Apple and Motorola had filed against each other claiming patent infringements over smartphones. These are just the latest skirmishes in an escalating patent litigation war ...
Wednesday 27th Jun 2012
IP battles over whiskey and smartphones, and new legal issues surrounding Google in this month’s Legal Current podcast. To start, our “Chaos in the Courts” segment features an odd story about a teenager who jokingly attempted to rob a police station. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment we feature a blog post about an ...
Wednesday 2nd May 2012
How well prepared are courts and the judicial system for natural and manmade disasters? Thomson Reuters and West LegalEdcenter support the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section’s Initiative on Disaster Preparedness and Response. As part of the initiative, in a podcast on Judicial Disaster Preparedness, Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Government Affairs and Community Relations, interviewed ...
Monday 30th Apr 2012
We’ve got an entertaining and informative episode for you this month kicking off with our “Chaos in the Courts” story highlighting the unique way a drug smuggler got nabbed just south of the Canadian border. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment we feature a blog post with advice for lawyers who are looking to ...
Friday 10th Feb 2012
We’ve got a very dynamic episode for you this month, one of the highlights being an interview with Tim Gorry, a partner at Eisner Kahan & Gorry, about entertainment litigation in 2011 and what’s coming in 2012. Our “In the News” segment features a story from Thomson Reuters News & Insight about the recent Italian cruise ship ...
Thursday 26th Jan 2012
As we move into the New Year, many people are looking back on 2011 and beginning to make predictions for what might happen in 2012. We’ve decided to jump on the bandwagon and examine different areas of legal practice, how they’ve evolved in the past year and things to look for in 2012. To kick-off ...
Monday 12th Dec 2011
With the launch of the Thomson Reuters 2011 Top 100 Global InnovatorSM program, Thomson Reuters has recognized the companies and institutions that lead the world in innovation activity. The 100 global innovator companies are geographically dispersed, with representation from the U.S., Asia, and Europe. The methodology for choosing the global innovators is based on four principle criteria: patent ...
Thursday 27th Oct 2011
How many emails have you written and responded to today? What about this week? This month? This year? The answer is probably more than you can count. In many cases, face-to-face interactions are declining while digital communications such as email, instant messaging and text messaging are on the rise. While these more virtual interactions do ...
Thursday 6th Oct 2011
With the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak still frequenting global news headlines, the spotlight for anti-money laundering and anti-corruption issues has largely stayed on the Middle East. But there’s another part of the world, a little closer to home, where U.S. companies still need to exercise caution and that’s Latin America. This region ...
Thursday 8th Sep 2011
We’ve got a great “back to school” episode this month – featuring two segments about employment opportunities for law school graduates. In our “On the Blawgs” segment we feature a post from the Above the Law blog about a promising new idea that may result in real-world experience for the newly graduated law school student. In our ...
Wednesday 10th Aug 2011
Social media seems to be just about everywhere, and used by just about everyone. But with a lack of legal boundaries surrounding social media, it becomes difficult to determine what is fair game for law enforcement and what is private property. A recent trend where US law enforcement agencies have searched Facebook accounts without the ...
Monday 8th Aug 2011
We’ve got a great episode this month! Our interview segment features Owen Nee, the first person to open a Western law firm in China. Owen describes the legal landscape in China and how it compares to that in the US. He also tells us about his career, which is made up of many “firsts.” In ...
Thursday 21st Jul 2011
Do laws need to change to keep up with technology? That is one question that many corporate general counselors may be asking as they try to decide whether to take an anonymous online critic to court. Recently we’ve seen many companies fail in their attempts to prosecute vocal online critics and make sites like Google ...
Friday 15th Jul 2011
You can hardly turn on the television or open a newspaper without seeing something about the Casey Anthony trial. The question of what happened to 2-year-old Caylee Anthony during the summer of 2008 has plagued the minds of millions of Americans. Many were glued to television sets and Twitter feeds to keep up with the ...
Tuesday 12th Jul 2011
In response to the global catastrophic events of the past decade – including the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, 2011 Japan earthquake and nuclear meltdown and cyber-terrorism – The American Bar Association (ABA) Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), in partnership with Thomson Reuters, announced the launch of a year-long (2011-2012) ...
Thursday 30th Jun 2011
We have a very lively episode this month – the highlight being an interview with Dana Kravetz, an employment law expert, looking at the recent Supreme Court decision on what is being called the biggest class-action sex-discrimination case in over 50 years. Dana adds to this discussion with his prediction of the implications this case ...
Monday 13th Jun 2011
Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling against Microsoft, granting Toronto-based i4i $290 million, brings up several questions. What impact will this decision have on intellectual property law in general? As innovation and technology continue to advance will we see more IP lawsuits in the future? For answers to these questions and to learn more about how this ...
Wednesday 8th Jun 2011
When a law firm asks, “How are we doing?”, it can be difficult to know which performance metrics really matter. ProLaw has put together a free white paper that looks at different metrics for measuring law firm performance. It breaks out seven different management categories that are either in common use or have been proposed by various ...
Tuesday 7th Jun 2011
The Hildebrandt Baker Robbins Peer Monitor Index rose again in the first quarter, a result of improving demand for legal services and law firm profitability. The PMI rose 5 points to a reading of 60, its second consecutive quarterly increase. While law firms are slowly ramping up their hiring in response to improving demand, weak rate growth ...
Friday 3rd Jun 2011
We have an especially dynamic episode this month – the highlight being an interview on how social media plays a role in political unrest around the world. We speak with Peter Apps, political risk correspondent for Reuters, about the use of social media in the uprising in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East. ...
Thursday 5th May 2011
In this month’s episode, we wrap up the old and kick off the new. The interview segment brings to a close our three-part series with author John Browning on the impact that social media is having on the law. This time we focus on the ethical implications of social media and whether or not the traditional rules ...
Friday 29th Apr 2011
How do events like the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan impact insurance law? How is the insurance world keeping up with the ever-changing social media landscape? For answers to these questions and more, we turned to attorney and author, Steven Plitt. Steven is the author of several insurance related publications including Couch on Insurance as well as ...
Thursday 14th Apr 2011
It’s no secret that social media has fundamentally changed the way we communicate with one another. With sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare, companies can now find out where you work, what you look like and even what your favorite coffee shop is. But how much information is too much information, and can anything ...
Friday 1st Apr 2011
We’re going patriotic for this month’s episode of the Legal Current podcast as we bring you two interviews with people who have had unique experiences with some aspect of the U.S. government. To start things out, we bring you an interview with freelance journalist and frequent contributor to the Super Lawyers publication Martin Kuz. We talk to Martin ...
Wednesday 16th Mar 2011
Is China about to overtake the U.S. and Japan in innovation? Bob Stembridge, IP analyst and manager at Thomson Reuters IP Solutions discusses the findings of the 2011 Innovation Report, Stembridge discusses which nations and industries are leading the surge in global innovation, as measured by patent filings. You can listen to this interview edition ...
Wednesday 9th Mar 2011
Legal project management can be an effective approach for firms in handling matters more effectively and efficiently. Susan Lambreth of Hildebrandt Baker Robbins discusses how proven project management principles can be successfully applied to legal work and how firms can implement project management. You can listen to this interview edition of Legal Current podcast by clicking on the player below. ...
Tuesday 1st Mar 2011
This latest episode of the Legal Current podcast is all about social media. We begin by following up on a question posed by the ABA Journal at the beginning of this year about whether or not social media lives up to all of the hype. To explore this topic we talked with Dan Harris, author of The China Law ...
Friday 28th Jan 2011
Steve Martin’s recent Tweets on jury duty, and interviews author John Browning (The Lawyer’s Guide to Social Networking) in the first of a three-part series on the impact of social media on the law. Also in the episode, we preview the LegalTech New York Conference with an interview of keynote speaker Michael Rogers, MSNBC’s Practical Futurist. We’ve got those ...
