The Ethisphere Institute and Thomson Reuters hosted the eighth annual Global Ethics Summit in New York on March 20-21, 2014. The event brought corporate executives, compliance officers and legal professionals together to discuss the importance and impact ethical behavior has on a business’ success and responsibilities as a global citizen. Tim Erblich, chief executive officer …
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Pizzolato may never return to Brazil to complete sentence
This article was written by guest author Valério de Oliveira Mazzuoli.* This is the first in a series of opinion articles that originated in Brazil, so the original Portuguese version can be found below. The flight by Henrique Pizzolato to Italy is generating speculation from all quarters, especially those who don’t have in-depth knowledge of the rules that …
- March 21, 2014
- Susan Martin
FindLaw survey finds Americans support mandatory sick leave laws
Next month, New York City will become the latest city to require mandatory sick leave for private employers. Ever since San Francisco became the first city to implement such an ordinance in 2007, several cities and states have adopted similar measures. A new FindLaw survey found that seventy-one percent of Americans say they support such measures, while …
- March 13, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Global Rule of Law panel sponsored by Thomson Reuters, held in Mpls last week
On Friday, March 7, Thomson Reuters sponsored of a panel discussion on the global rule of law as part of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2014 “Law and Business Day.” Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Community Relations and Government Affairs at Thomson Reuters, moderated the panel. Participants on the panel were Professor Jothie Rajah, …
- March 12, 2014
- Susan Martin
Eric Laughlin in MCC on improving efficiency and increasing productivity
This article was written by Eric Laughlin, managing director of the Corporate Counsel segment at Thomson Reuters, and was featured on Metropolitan Corporate Counsel online. Everyone has the same 24-hour day, but the demands placed on that time are higher than ever before, especially for legal departments. To manage the pressure, legal departments now are implementing …
- March 3, 2014
- Susan Martin
FTSE 100 companies’ legal liabilities jump by 12 percent in 2013
Recent analysis by Thomson Reuters concludes that the legal liabilities reported by FTSE 100 companies climbed 12 percent in 2013 to £24.6bn ($42bn) up from £22.1bn ($37bn) in the previous year. This increase has been driven by a sharp jump in legal provisions in the banking industry, with legal costs for banks rising by 44 percent …
- February 14, 2014
- Paul Sandell
A few minutes with Ari Kaplan at LegalTech New York
Legal Current caught up with Ari Kaplan, professional services advisor and author (The Opportunity Maker: Strategies for Inspiring your Legal Career and Reinventing Professional Services: Building Your Business in the Digital Marketplace), about his panel at LegalTech New York and the trends and issues he has uncovered in his annual survey of corporate counsel. Check …
- February 12, 2014
- Scott Augustin
Startups: $458 million in legal services R&D
Why don’t law firms do R&D? It’s a question that Daniel Martin Katz of Michigan State’s Reinvent Law Laboratory has asked in a number of presentations, articles, and interviews, including one at Insight Labs: Recalulate the Future of Law. As Katz notes, that may be the wrong question, because the industry does have an R&D wing; …
- February 11, 2014
- David Curle
Highlights from LegalTech New York
This post was written by Craig Larson, senior director of Product Development at Thomson Reuters As LegalTech 2014 wraps up I thought I would share some highlights (and weather-related lowlights). Things Have Changed The Thomson Reuters event featuring Robert S. Mueller III was one of the best sessions I have attended over the many years …
- February 7, 2014
- Susan Martin
LegalTech New York day one: Cyber security or cyber scary?
Jason Thomas’s keynote on the first day of LegalTech New York was the talk of the show at the end of day one on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Everyone was buzzing about technology and the direction technology is taking our society. The conclusions are all the same: We will continue to use technology for work and for pleasure, …
- February 5, 2014
- Gretchen DeSutter
