Dec. 2, 2016 marks the one year anniversary of the attack on the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif. With that community and the nation reflecting on the tragic events that left 14 people dead and another 22 injured, we also remember the hard work of the San Bernardino Police Department and the other …
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Traveling for Thanksgiving? Bring a Legal Current Podcast with You
Because you can only read so many think pieces about how to talk politics at Thanksgiving dinner, let one of our Legal Current podcasts entertain you on the go. From recent featured discussions on women in leadership roles to who owns your selfies when you die, Legal Current podcasts cover a range of topics. Click …
- November 23, 2016
- Alex Cook
2nd Annual CCLF – Opening Salvos: A General Counsel’s Guide to Pricing Negotiations
How can I get more out of less? We all feel the pressure, not just in our professional, but also in our personal lives. Our push as individuals and professionals to maximize the output of finite resources is quite simply the way of the world. And it should not surprise us that our legal professional …
- November 18, 2016
- Alex Cook
Thomson Reuters Participates in Civic Engagement Efforts with Chinese Students and Alumni
With Election Day right around the corner and candidates making their final push to voters, a very select group of people met recently to learn more about how the American political system works. The Peking University Alumni Association – Minnesota (PKUAA-MN) and Tsinghua University Alumni Association – Minnesota (TAA-MN) held a joint seminar on civic …
- November 1, 2016
- Alex Cook
Thomson Reuters to Host the Fourth Annual Aspire to Lead Conference
Thomson Reuters will host the fourth annual Aspire to Lead Conference on Nov. 9, 2016 in the Twin Cities, where women and men from around the region will meet for a day full of speakers and networking that seeks to empower women to take more active leadership roles in their careers, communities and day-to-day lives. …
- October 25, 2016
- Alex Cook
Jim Sandman on Access to Justice and Technology
Jim Sandman, president of Legal Services Corporation, recently visited the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus to share his thoughts on how the legal industry has been slow to initiate and adopt new technologies, change their traditional service-delivery patters or simplify processes for improved accessibility. Following the presentation, David Curle, Director of Market Intelligence for the Legal …
- October 25, 2016
- Alex Cook
ACC 2017 Recap
In the early months of 1848, when news broke of found gold at Sutter Mill in Northern California, a rush of fortune-seekers from across the United States and abroad converged onto a boomtown called San Francisco. Fast forward to this past week where more than 2,600 corporate counsel flocked to San Francisco in search of …
- October 24, 2016
- Alex Cook
IACP and Thomson Reuters Honor Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Division for its Efforts to Confront Child Sexual Exploitation
Thomson Reuters and the International Association of Chiefs of Police today announced that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Cyber Division has been recognized with their annual Award for Excellence in Criminal Investigation. In 2015 alone, HSI seized nearly six petabytes of data in the course of criminal investigations, with more than half of this data coming …
- October 19, 2016
- Alex Cook
A Preview of the West Coast Corporate M&A and Integration Forum
On Oct. 19, Legal Executive Institute will host the West Coast Corporate M&A and Integration Forum in at the San Francisco. And like its companion event in New York earlier this year, the event will welcome experts from across the business landscape to discuss best-practices in mergers and acquisitions and managing post-merger integration. We sat …
- October 17, 2016
- Alex Cook
Cyber Threats to State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Law Enforcement Agencies, Departments and Personnel – IACP Panel
The impact of technology on law enforcement agencies has been a continuous thread throughout International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference (IACP) this year in San Diego. While many agencies seek to build community policing strategies with technology in mind, an equal number are working to confront the ever-present threat of bad actors in the …
- October 17, 2016
- Alex Cook