Thomson Reuters is partnering with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts again on a continuing legal education program on law and art called “Fakes and Forgeries: A Panel Discussion on Law and Art.” The event will be held on April 16, 2015 from 5-7 p.m. in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. This is …
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Thomson Reuters launches Westlaw Asia
Thomson Reuters recently launched Westlaw Asia, a legal research platform delivering resources such as cases, legislation, law journals, and legal commentary to legal professionals. This is especially timely with the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) integration expected by the end of 2015. Businesses and legal practitioners in ASEAN will have a greater need to access laws, regulations, and judicial …
- April 1, 2015
- Susan Martin
Podcast: The legal implications of private-sector employees using personal email for work
In light of the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton using her personal email while Secretary of State, John Martin, head of the Encompass E-Discovery Group with Nelson Mullins, took some time to discuss with us how common it is for private-sector employees to use personal email for work. Is this practice ever sanctioned, or used as a …
- March 31, 2015
- Susan Martin
Hillary Clinton email scandal: Obstruction of justice?
This post was written by Ronald Rotunda, author of Rotunda and Nowak’s Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure, 5th and Legal Ethics: The Lawyer’s Deskbook on Professional Responsibility, 2014-2015 ed. (ABA). On March 3, the New York Times announced, “Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests.” By then, we learned that former …
- March 30, 2015
- Susan Martin
Charlotte Rushton and Jessica Turner land on “100 Women to Watch” list
The Female Financial Times and London Stock Exchange (FTSE) Board in the UK recently released its sixth edition of the “100 Women to Watch” list, naming Charlotte Rushton, managing director, U.S. Large Law Firms, and Jessica Turner, global head, Government & Academia, both at Thomson Reuters, as women to watch in 2015. The FTSE is …
- March 30, 2015
- Susan Martin
Wait, What? Episode 5: I was going to go out, but I got lazy
In this installment of “Wait, What?” your hosts tackle the question of whether technology makes us lazy or not. They cover everything from grocery delivery services to texting at the dinner table. Jason, Rob and Matt spend quite a bit of time in this episode discussing whether people are productive when they work from home and the effects that “work” phones …
- March 27, 2015
- Susan Martin
Kevin O’Keefe talks legal disruptors and navigating legal technology
Kevin O’Keefe, CEO and publisher of LexBlog, Inc., paid a visit to the Thomson Reuters Eagan, MN campus last week and talked with Legal Current about the biggest disruptor in the legal technology space, skills people should have when navigating this fast-changing world of legal technology, and what keeps him up at night. Watch the …
- March 26, 2015
- Susan Martin
Podcast: Integrated Corporate Reporting
Robert G. Eccles is a professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. He is one of the world’s leading experts on a global movement for companies to include new, value-related information in their regular reporting to regulators, investors and stakeholders. Prof. Eccles has written two books on the subject, One Report: Integrated Reporting for …
- March 26, 2015
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters Elite holds successful VANTAGE 2015 Asia Pacific Regional Conference
The Legal business of Thomson Reuters had another very successful conference at VANTAGE Melbourne. This year’s conference, held March 3–4, was the largest Asia Pacific Regional Conference yet, with a record-breaking attendance of more than 150 attendees and 11 Global Strategic Alliances firms participating. The conference was held at The Langham Melbourne with panoramic city …
- March 25, 2015
- Susan Martin
Alan C. Page visits Thomson Reuters to talk about his NFL and legal careers
Minnesota’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Alan C. Page, stopped by Thomson Reuters Eagan campus last week to talk about his career in both in the NFL and legal professions, and about the Page Education Foundation. Justice Page was elected to the court in 1992. He was reelected in 1998, 2004, and 2010. Previously, he served as an …
- March 24, 2015
- Susan Martin