During his opening keynote at ILTA 2014, Peter Diamandis reflected on how Charles Lindberg’s flight across the Atlantic inspired him to create the X Prize for space exploration. Looking to the past as a path to the future was a common thread during a follow-up session titled, “Talk to Yourself and Be Crazy (Productive),” specifically …
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Canadian Lawyer names Top 25 Most Influential figures in justice and legal profession
Canadian Lawyer, a Thomson Reuters business, has named the Top 25 Most Influential figures in the Canadian justice system and legal profession. The list, now in its sixth year, honors select Canadians in one of five categories: Changemakers, Government/Non-Profit/Associations, Criminal Law/Human Rights, Corporate/Commercial, and The World Stage. This year’s honorees are: Changemakers Top Vote Recipient …
Thomson Reuters recognizes Pasadena, TX ISD Police with Everyday Heroes Award
In the fall of 2013, officers with the Pasadena Independent School District Police Department in Pasadena, Texas obtained a tip through a crisis hotline that an anonymous caller was threatening to stage a shooting at a local elementary school. With only a phone number and IP address from the hotline’s interaction with the suspect, officers …
Super Lawyers names 2013 Pro Bono Award recipients
Super Lawyers has announced the nine recipients of its third annual Pro Bono Awards. The awards honor legal professionals, students, firms and organizations that demonstrate excellence in the practice of law by offering volunteer legal services to the poor, disadvantaged, or exploited. The 2013 Pro Bono Award recipients are: Michael P. Pasquale, McCarter & English, LLP, …
Carter Phillips speaks at Washington DC Super Lawyers event
On May 15, 2014 Super Lawyers hosted a reception which was attended by 300 attorneys selected to the 2014 Washington DC Super Lawyers lists. In advance of the reception there was a Q&A with Carter Phillips, the Chair of Sidley Austin’s Executive Committee and member of the Super Lawyers Advisory Board. Phillips has argued more cases in …
Thomson Reuters and Minneapolis Institute of Arts host art and the law event
For centuries, many pieces of fine art and antiquities were considered the spoils of war or simply spirited away from their country of origin, only to land in museums, private collections or the auction block. But in the modern era where cultural preservation has taken center-stage, debates on museum ownership, artist’s rights and cultural preservation …
States take the lead on e-cigarette legislation, according to WestlawNext
On the heels of today’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed rules for electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, 46 states have already proposed or enacted legislation related to e-cigarettes, according to data found on WestlawNext, the leading online legal research service. Of those states, at least 20 have proposed or enacted legislation that includes …
Thomson Reuters and U.N. Environment Programme to collaborate on Executive Perspectives on Sustainability
Thomson Reuters and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have announced collaboration on Executive Perspectives on Sustainability – an award-winning website that hosts global conversations among world leaders and offers unique insights on sustainability-related issues. Pulling in key voices from politics, non-governmental organizations and corporations, Executive Perspectives explores issues and questions with significant environmental impact, …
Digital Economy Task Force goes to the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference
This week, the United States Naval Academy hosts the 54th Annual Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC). The focus of this year’s event is “Human Security in the Information Age” – a topic ideally-suited for Thomson Reuters and the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) to present findings of the Digital Economy Task …
Thomson Reuters sustainability website honored by PR Daily
Thomson Reuters Sustainability website has been named Best Publication by Ragan PR Daily’s 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility Awards. Sustainability was launched in September 2012 to be the voice of Thomson Reuters on topics ranging from climate, energy and health, to law and corporate governance. The site features key voices from politics, non-governmental organizations and corporations as …
