According to the Lunar Calendar, 2015’s Chinese Spring Festival is on February 19, ending the Year of Fire Horse and starting the Year of Wooden Sheep. At this transitional time, Legal Current invites Chang Wang and Nathan H. Madson to review the major legal events and developments in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over …
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Drones: The future is up in the air
From farm fields in Nebraska to battlefields in Afghanistan, and from personal use to commercial, drones seem to be flying into controversy. Today, unmanned aircraft are flying in the National Airspace System (NAS) under very controlled conditions, performing border and port surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security, helping with scientific research and environmental monitoring …
Wait, What? Episode 2: Welcoming our robot overlords
In the latest episode of Wait, What?, we focus on the use of drone technology and artificial intelligence. In the first part of the show, the guys mull over the different uses of drones, briefly discussing the commercial uses of drone technology and what the benefits and drawbacks are of this technology. The discussion also touches on the privacy …
Transitioning to a paperless office
This post was written by Katelyn Bossany, senior product marketer, Productivity Solutions, Thomson Reuters During LegalTech New York last week, Thomson Reuters sponsored a roundtable discussion on navigating the transition to an efficient, paperless office. Rudy Moliere, the firm director of Records & Information at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, moderated the discussion with three …
Fantasy SCOTUS team profile: ABBAMOUSE
Here’s our next FantasySCOTUS team profile, that Swedish-mus musculis powerhouse “outsider.” TEAM: ABBAMOUSE PREDICTOR: “I’m a Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University – Central Texas with an interest but little real training in Constitutional Law. My main area of research is military interventions in civil wars (all of them since 1816); I’ll have a book …
UK lawmakers approve three-parent babies law
Soon, when your little ones ask where babies come from, you might have to think twice. Last week, the UK’s lower house approved a bill that would allow IVF babies to be created using the DNA of three parents. The goal is to keep people with serious genetic diseases from passing them on to their …
Podcast: Sustainability and corporate collaboration
Sustainability is an increasing priority for many companies, and incorporating more sustainable practices is encouraging collaboration across various industries to arrive at better, more cost-effective solutions. Tim Nixon, managing editor of sustainability at Thomson Reuters, talked with sustainability leaders at the world’s largest household and personal products company (Proctor & Gamble) and the nation’s second-largest car manufacturer …
Disruption: Three Forces Shaping the Legal Landscape at LTNY
What are the skills and mindset needed to adjust, innovate and thrive in the legal landscape? Colleen Casey Voshell, managing director, FTI Technology, moderated the “Disruption: Three Forces Shaping the Legal Landscape” panel at Legal Tech New York last week. In the video clip below, Voshell and her panelists, including the Honorable John M. Facciola, United …
ACA: 2015 Income tax affected by 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 Income tax filings for 2015 are being affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Everyone who received a subsidy through a Health Benefit Exchange during 2014 must now complete IRS …
Jean O’Grady offers insights at LegalTech New York
While we were in New York for LegalTech this past week, we sat down with Jean O’Grady, law librarian, knowledge strategist and blogger at Dewey B. Strategic, to talk about the future of the law librarian profession, why she attends LegalTech, and what readers of her blog can take away from reading it. Watch the …
