After the Supreme Court decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333 (2011) – which held that class action waivers in arbitration agreements are valid under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) – companies rushed into class action waiver arbitration agreements without heeding the proverb, “Look before you leap.” While avoiding class actions is …
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ABA TechShow Panel: Keeping up with Legal Technology
Legal technology is often misunderstood. To some, it is regarded as the new computing algorithm, as a simple enhancement in process or everything in between. David Curle, director of Market Intelligence for Thomson Reuters Legal, spoke on this topic last week at ABA TECHSHOW 2017 in Chicago. He began with a review of seven ways …
Mitchell & Mitchell: Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 5: Strategies for Bending the Cost Curve
This is the fifth post in an ongoing series regarding potential changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the new Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these shifts mean …
Podcast: ABA TECHSHOW 2017 Preview with ABA President Linda Klein
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 …
Mitchell & Mitchell: Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 4: Replacing ACA Subsidies with Tax Credits
This is the fourth post in an ongoing series regarding potential changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the new Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these shifts mean …
Steve Rubley Named to the 2017 Wash 100 List
Recently at the Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) office in McLean, Va., Steve Rubley, CEO of TRSS and managing director of Thomson Reuters Government business for Legal, received a trophy from Jim Garrettson, CEO and publisher of Executive Mosaic, at a ceremony to celebrate being named to the 2017 Wash 100 list. Each year, Executive …
China’s Legal System: 2016 Reviews and 2017 Predictions
According to the Lunar Calendar, with the close of the 2017 Spring Festival on January 28 the Year of the Fire Monkey ended and the Year of the Fire Rooster began. It also is time for our annual review and predictions of China’s legal system. Chang Wang, chief researcher at Thomson Reuters, invited Vivian Wu, …
In Mass Torts, Who Speaks for the Individual Plaintiffs?
Last month, I participated in a panel discussion on the status of mass tort multidistrict litigations (MDL) at a meeting of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association (ABA) in Squaw Valley, Calif. A fortuitous snowfall of about 100 inches fell that same week, so the skiing was great. But I digress: the …
Mitchell & Mitchell: Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 3: How Should ACA Replacement Options Be Sorted Out?
This is the third post in an ongoing series regarding potential changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the new Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what …
Thomson Reuters Launches CLEAR ID Confirm
Thomson Reuters has launched a new solution to streamline the identity verification process – CLEAR ID Confirm. As part of the CLEAR online investigations suite, CLEAR ID Confirm leverages comprehensive, up-to-date public and proprietary data to enable organizations to verify an individual’s online identity, payee identity and customer identity. CLEAR ID Confirm is designed for …
