Most of us have seen and maybe even envied the use of self-driving cars in movies or television shows ranging from the Batmobile in Batman, Herbie, I, Robot and K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider. At the 2017 Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting, one panel took a look the emerging laws and public policy surrounding …
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ACCAM17 Keynote – Blockchain: More Opportunity Than Digital Payments
As traditional models of success are evolving in nearly every sector of industry, Don Tapsoctt, CEO of the Tapscott Group, opened the 2017 Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting with a discussion centered on blockchain. Tapscott has authored more than 15 books including Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, Paradigm Shift and his most …
- October 16, 2017
- Jeff McCoy
Mitchell & Mitchell on Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 19: Continuing Impact of 2017 “Repeal and Replace” Efforts
This is Part 19 in an ongoing series regarding changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these shifts mean …
- October 10, 2017
- Alex Cook
Dangers of Public Wi-Fi
Free wi-fi is widely available and tempting to use, especially when traveling. Hotels, airports, coffee shops, even NYC subway stations provide it. But the dangers of public wi-fi are many-fold. Not only are they hunting grounds for hackers, but a new report from security firm FireEye claims a Russian hacker group known as APT28, or …
- October 9, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Emoji Law: The Evils of Emojis
Emojis are cute, fun…and can get you in a whole lot of legal trouble. “Emoji law” is increasingly a factor in e-discovery, particularly in labor and employment cases such as sexual harassment and discrimination. Jay Holland, chair of labor and employment at Joseph Greenwald, says it has gotten to the point where employment attorneys should …
- October 5, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Corporate Legal Department Operations Forum 2017 – Insights from Josh Kubicki
The investment by each party into the law firm-client relationship is imperative to its success and legal department operations professionals understand there is a need for additional business rigor between the firm and the business. Josh Kubicki, chief strategy officer at Seyfarth Shaw, discusses this landscape and concepts from the panel “Examining Innovation in the …
- October 3, 2017
- Alex Cook
Corporate Legal Department Operations Forum 2017 – Insights from Mark Haddad
Corporate legal departments continue to face pressure surrounding budgets, bandwidth and efficient processes. A panel focusing on that at the Thomson Reuters Corporate Legal Department Operations Forum gathered to discuss the ideas of how to become less of a cost center, a better business partner, leveraging alternative legal service providers and more. Mark Haddad, head …
- October 3, 2017
- Jeff McCoy
In-house attorneys confident in use of technology, unclear on implementation of AI
A new Thomson Reuters report, Ready or Not: Artificial Intelligence and Corporate Legal Departments, highlights legal departments’ view of technology and artificial intelligence (AI). According to the report, two-thirds of in-house attorneys are confident and ready to try new technology. The report measures the perceptions of more than 200 in-house attorneys regarding their use of …
- October 3, 2017
- Jeff McCoy
Improving Diversity & Inclusion in the Legal Profession – Interview with NAMWOLF CEO Joel Stern
The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms is now in its 16th year helping corporations and public entities diversify their outside law firm ranks. NAMWOLF is comprised of AV-rated firms across the nation whom NAMWOLF assists in developing strategic alliances, coalitions, and affiliations with corporations, in-house counsel, and other legal trade associations. …
- October 3, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Corporate Legal Department Operations Forum 2017 – Insights from Rob Gitell
Rob Gitell, senior director, Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker, recapped his presentation from the Thomson Reuters Corporate Legal Department Operations Forum. Gitell shared some data from the inaugural Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker LDO report release in May 2017 along with a sneak peek into a few data points from the upcoming October release of the report, …
- October 2, 2017
- Alex Cook