Thomson Reuters recently received international acknowledgement for a legal treatise on Chinese law authored by two employees. The 350-page volume — Inside China’s Legal System — is a comprehensive overview of the Chinese legal system. The book is co-authored by Chang Wang, chief research and academic officer, and Nathan Madson, who previously worked for Findlaw …
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Physician payment cuts to have legal impact
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 More cuts are taking place in some physician payments, and these changes will affect attorneys whose practices involve concerns with health care law. The procedures that are used to pay …
- January 6, 2015
- Susan Martin
Patsy Doerr and Dave Curran reveal what could be your smartest career move in 2015
Thomson Reuters Patsy Doerr, global head of Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion, and Dave Curran, global director of Risk & Compliance, were in Philadelphia a few weeks ago and stopped by WWDB AM 860 radio to record an interview for Sue Rocco’s Women to Watch show. Their interview is airing on WWDB AM 860 today, Monday, …
- January 5, 2015
- Susan Martin
“Closed condominiums” in the face of constitutional division of powers in Brazil
This article was written by guest author Victor Carvalho Pinto*. This is part of a series of opinion articles that were originally published in Última Instância in Brazil. The original Portuguese version can be found below. Urban expansion through horizontal condominiums, composed of private lots for private use and common areas reserved for shared use among the …
- January 2, 2015
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters leaders celebrates technology education in the Twin Cities
At a ceremony earlier this month, Thomson Reuters joined several Minneapolis-St. Paul area businesses to celebrate Prime Digital Academy, a school that will train entry-level software engineers in the Twin Cities area. Thomson Reuters is a supporter of the project, reinforcing the company’s commitment to educating tomorrow’s workforce for technology jobs in the future. Lisa …
- December 30, 2014
- Alex Cook
Thomson Reuters releases new report on Global 500’s greenhouse gas emissions
This post was written by Patsy Doerr, global head of Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion at Thomson Reuters During the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, there was a renewed urgency by nations to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide to reduce the impact of climate change. A new report – Global 500 …
- December 23, 2014
- Susan Martin
Free eBook from FindLaw: Legal Marketing 101
Successfully marketing your legal services is one of the most challenging aspects of managing a law firm. For your marketing efforts to be successful and sustainable over time, you need an understanding of some fundamental concepts. That is why FindLaw just released Legal Marketing 101: A Guide for Small Law Firms. This free eBook will introduce you …
- December 23, 2014
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters to deploy C-Track CMS to US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
C-Track, Thomson Reuters case management and electronic filing solution, will be deployed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (USCAAF), it was announced today. The USCAAF, which is the first federal court install for C-Track, is the appellate court for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Courts of …
- December 22, 2014
- Alex Cook
The combat of epidemics and “homogeneous individual rights” in Brazil
This article was written by guest author Gustavo Osna, member of the Nucleus of Civil Procedural Comparative Law (UFPR), attorney, and professor of graduate and specialized courses at Federal University of Paraná State in Brazil. This is part of a series of opinion articles that were originally published in Última Instância in Brazil. The original Portuguese version can be …
- December 22, 2014
- Susan Martin
Best of 2014 – Top Legal Current posts
2014 has been another great year for Legal Current, and we thank all of you for continuing to visit the blog and read our posts. To wrap up the year, I put together a list of the top five most read posts on Legal Current this past year. So without further ado, here they are: …
- December 22, 2014
- Susan Martin