Understanding and evaluating a company’s sustainable business practices are at the core of how analysts, investors, risk management professionals and others assess opportunities and risks around the world. In the first issue of Exchange magazine in 2015, we bring together a variety of perspectives to discuss the topic of sustainability and its impact on financial …
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FindLaw builds website for Global Women’s Rights Organization
In just one week, a team of FindLaw employees created and launched a new website for the Minneapolis-based nonprofit Global Rights for Women. The site was part of FindLaw’s Web Plunge Coding for Charity program. Global Rights for Women is dedicated to promoting human rights, with a focus on achieving legal reform to eliminate violence …
- March 20, 2015
- Susan Martin
Introducing Ill Repute: A new podcast about reputation and the forces in the media that impact it
The Corporate Affairs team for the Legal business of Thomson Reuters is excited to announce the inaugural edition of Ill Repute, a podcast about reputation and the forces in the 24 hour news cycle and social media that impact it. Our first podcast features Susan Martin, managing editor of social media; John Shaughnessy, vice president of business communications; …
- March 19, 2015
- Susan Martin
The 3D revolution: IP issues arising from the proliferation of 3D printing
3D printing is an exciting technology that is revolutionizing new ways of doing business and bringing products to the market, but it is catching the eyes of lawyers and regulators as IP issues arise. 3D printing is any of various techniques used to make a three-dimensional object, which can be of almost any shape or …
- March 17, 2015
- Susan Martin
Wait, What? Episode 4: Hey! I think I saw that in a movie…
In the fourth installment of Wait, What? the guys discuss the Science Fact that has come from the Science Fiction of Star Trek, Star Wars, Total Recall, comics, and other media. The show starts with a comparison of the devices that were used in the Star Trek universe of television and movies, and how we’re …
- March 12, 2015
- Susan Martin
FindLaw.com survey: Americans oppose “speed trap” radar cameras
Smile, you’re on radar speed trap camera! More communities across the country are adopting automated radar-activated cameras to catch speeding motorists in the act, and such cameras are opposed by a majority of Americans, says a new survey from FindLaw.com. The survey found that 52 percent of Americans oppose the use of radar speed cameras, while 48 …
- March 11, 2015
- Susan Martin
Knowledge base can help attorneys deal with constant change in health plan
This post was written by Ferd H. Mitchell and Cheryl C. Mitchell, Thomson Reuters authors and attorney partners at Mitchell Law Office in Spokane, WA Over the past five years—since the initial passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—implementation of the health plan has been in turmoil. Between planning problems; implementation flaws; conflict between supporters …
- March 6, 2015
- Susan Martin
Is there an issue using drones in sports?
We wrote about drones (or, if you prefer, unmanned aircraft systems or UAS) a few weeks ago. And in line with this week’s Wait, What? Podcast, which focuses on sports technology, we decided to delve deeper into the subject matter by looking at how drones are used in sports. In professional sports, drones have been …
- March 5, 2015
- Susan Martin
Mystery date: Which Supreme Court Justice would you take to lunch?
Would Elena Kagan and a plate of ribs make the ideal lunch date? Or sharing falafel with Stephen Breyer? SuperLawyers asked 99 top lawyers, “which U.S. Supreme Court Justice would you take to lunch, and where?” Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the top pick, followed by Antonin Scalia, whom one lawyer suggested meeting at Hussong’s Cantina …
- March 5, 2015
- Susan Martin
200 years of innovation
This post was written by Robert Mccorquodale, marketing executive in the Legal UKI business of Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters is the strategic partner to the Global Law Summit, held this week in London to mark 800 years since the sealing of Magna Carta. The event celebrates the history of this important document and its impact …
- March 2, 2015
- Susan Martin