Sustainability.ThomsonReuters.com launched a blog this week, which will provide regular, nearly daily insights on emerging threads in the global field of Sustainability. Like the Thomson Reuters Sustainability website, the blog will be managed by Tim Nixon, who is returning to Eagan, Minn., after a four-year stint in Switzerland, and will now be focused exclusively on …
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eBillingHub: The advantages of a well-chosen word
Over the past 10 years, the legal industry has seen tremendous electronic billing (e-billing) growth. eBillingHub, a SaaS solution that simplifies the e-billing process by acting as a central portal that integrates with a law firm’s time and billing software and multiple legal spend management vendors, has been helping law firms stay ahead of this trend …
Criminals Use Facebook Too
Social networks have changed the way we all interact with each other – and the way criminals operate. Now they use social networks to blab about crimes they are plotting, set up drug deals, brag about wrongdoing, and even upload incriminating videos. That means law enforcement agencies must evolve the way they anticipate and investigate crimes. And to meet the changing customer …
Americans hate airline fees, but don’t want higher ticket prices
Summer travel season is now in high gear, but as travelers board their flights, they encounter dozens of fees for everything from checking their luggage to extra legroom. A new FindLaw.com survey finds a whopping 84 percent of Americans say they dislike airline fees and support the statement that “airlines are nickel-and-diming passengers.” Only thirteen …
Checkpoint Catalyst: The most intuitive, intelligent tax research solution
Taxes – they are a certainty of life. As tax laws become increasingly complex, legal and tax professionals need an online research platform that enables them to navigate and master this changing and challenging environment, all with efficiency, effectiveness and certainty. Checkpoint Catalyst, authored by tax experts, presents a new generation of tax research featuring …
American Red Cross Heroes Breakfast held in Mpls last week
Last Thursday started like any other day – I groggily stepped out of bed, got ready for the day, got the kids up and dressed, let the dog out. After spending the previous evening thinking about a future kitchen remodel, fretting about the time and cost, yet anxiously anticipating the day I would finally be rid …
Corporate Counsel Connect: Corporate Social Responsibility gets increased attention
The latest issue of Corporate Counsel Connect, a monthly newsletter highlighting legal articles with an in-house perspective, features an interesting story about the increased attention corporate social responsibility (CSR) is getting within major U.S. companies. CSR issues are coming into sharper focus in boardrooms as customers, employees and shareholders emphasize the importance of high standards …
May podcast: Black’s Law Dictionary, Brown v. Board of Education and Satanic prayer
In this month’s Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: It’s the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling to end segregation in public schools and we talked with Professor Ronna Greff Schneider get her viewpoint on the legal, cultural and historic significance of the ruling. Legal trends & insights: Social media and privacy – Snapchat …
Moving keynote at annual Association of Legal Administrators conference
At this year’s Association for Legal Administrators annual conference in Toronto, the focus lies heavily on our ever-changing profession. And today, Commander Mark E. Kelly opened the keynote presentation by talking about his own evolving career: from a marine engineering student to Naval aviator to NASA shuttle pilot and now to author and supporter of …
Carter Phillips speaks at Washington DC Super Lawyers event
On May 15, 2014 Super Lawyers hosted a reception which was attended by 300 attorneys selected to the 2014 Washington DC Super Lawyers lists. In advance of the reception there was a Q&A with Carter Phillips, the Chair of Sidley Austin’s Executive Committee and member of the Super Lawyers Advisory Board. Phillips has argued more cases in …
