Current market standards for language for drafting agreements are constantly evolving. Fortunately, Drafting Assistant now has a Locate Precedent feature that compares draft language against similar clauses in relevant documents drawn from EDGAR filings. This helps ensure the language is properly benchmarked against current industry standards. For more, Casey Sullivan shares some great examples of how …
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Transforming How Technology is Taught in Schools: Mind Your Business, March 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, …
- March 24, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Wait, What? Episode 16 – The Podcast Awakens
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 …
- March 22, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Thomson Reuters Drafting Assistant Adds Locate Precedent Feature
Corporate and transactional attorneys now have a way to help ensure that clauses in their legal documents meet current market standards. Thomson Reuters Drafting Assistant has added a new Locate Precedent feature that analyzes document language on a clause-by-clause basis against EDGAR-filed documents, with additional insight from Practical Law What’s Market analysis of recent deals …
- March 17, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Thomson Reuters ProView eReader Platform Version 2.4 Launched
eBook users have more ways to organize their titles and search to find the professional research content they need with the newest version of Thomson Reuters ProViewTM, the leading professional eReader platform. Thomson Reuters ProView is the first eReader platform specifically built for professional use, with advanced features such as full-text search, secured notes and …
- March 17, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Thomson Reuters Enhances Firm Central Practice Management Suite
Thomson Reuters continues to enhance Firm Central, enabling solo and small law firm attorneys to better tackle administrative tasks and increase efficiency – two of the largest struggles commonly faced in their practices. Firm Central, the leading cloud-based practice management solution for solo and small law firms, now offers desktop compatibility with Outlook® 2016 and …
- March 17, 2016
- Leonard Lee
What Kind of Supreme Court Justice Would Merrick Garland Be?
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 …
- March 16, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Professor Scalia & the Paper Chase
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 …
- March 7, 2016
- Leonard Lee
The Supreme Court Without Scalia – An Interview with Reuters Legal Columnist Alison Frankel
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, …
- March 2, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Wait, What? Episode 15 – Apps & Teens vs. Privacy & Parents
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 …
- February 23, 2016
- Leonard Lee