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 …
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Smugling license plates and cocaine – Podcast: April 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 …
- April 30, 2012
- Leonard Lee
Cruise ship disasters, LinkedIn and teachers getting PTO – Podcast: February 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 …
- February 10, 2012
- Leonard Lee
How to not become a white collar criminal – Podcast: November 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 …
- October 27, 2011
- Leonard Lee
Money laundering and corruption risks for U.S. companies in Latin America – Podcast: October 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 …
- October 6, 2011
- Leonard Lee
Back to school special – Podcast: September 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 …
- September 8, 2011
- Leonard Lee
Peer Monitor Launches RATES PLUS Firm Analysis
Firms face tremendous pressures from cost-conscious clients to be competitive on rates. RATES PLUS, a new rate analysis tool just launched from Peer Monitor helps firm develop successful and profitable rate strategies. RATES PLUS utilizes data from over 1,500 law firms globally. Subscribers can perform dynamic queries that slice and analyze rates across user-selected combinations …
- August 10, 2011
- Leonard Lee
Expressing freedom of speech or breaking the law? Podcast: August 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 …
- July 21, 2011
- Leonard Lee
Getting into the jury box of the Casey Anthony trial – Podcast: July 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 …
- July 15, 2011
- Leonard Lee
Class-action sex-discrimination case, practices abroad and acquiring new technology – Podcast 2: July 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 …
- June 30, 2011
- Leonard Lee