Brexit and Cuba may be oceans apart, but they share one common issue: a potential disruption of trademarks in both markets. Jeffrey Greene, a trademark partner with Fenwick & West discusses what issues need to be aware of if they are doing business or plan on doing business there.
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Insights from Thomson Reuters Second Annual Government Conference
Disruption doesn’t have to have a negative connotation; it can lead to opportunity. True leaders embrace it to succeed in a rapidly shifting landscape. This is a key take away from Dawn Scalici, Government Global Business Director at Thomson Reuters, on the recent Thomson Reuters Government Conference that was held in Washington, D.C. on June …
11 Years, The Jabot and the End of the Supreme Court Term
David Lat, founder of Above the Law and Karl Florida, managing director, small law firm and consumer at Thomson Reuters, recently discussed the 11th Anniversary of Above the Law, the recent Supreme Court term, and what’s next for Above the Law and Lat. As many know, David Lat’s first anonymous blog provided a highly-followed insider’s …
AALL 2017 – Bryan Stevenson on Inequality and Injustice
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) states on its website (LINK) that it is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenge racial and economic injustice, and to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Bryan Stevenson has led the charge on these efforts since …
Mitchell & Mitchell on Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 14: CBO Analysis Distorts Debates
This is Part 14 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 …
Mitchell & Mitchell on Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 13: An Opportunity for Attorneys to Help Shape Health Care Policy?
This is Part 13 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 …
Super Lawyers Magazine Honored by Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
Last week, the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists held their annual Page One Awards to recognize “the best in Minnesota journalism.” Super Lawyers took top honors by winning First Place awards in two categories: Best Profile Story and Best Cover. For the first award, Jim Walsh was honored for his profile “The Counter-Balancing Force,” which …
Fake News & Short Sellers vs. the SEC
“Fake news” is nothing new, especially to corporations dealing with short sellers – investors who bet on falling stock prices, who have long been accused of deliberately spreading false information in order to drive bigger gains. But the Securities & Exchange Commission has been surprisingly powerless in dealing with short sellers. Mike Dicke of Fenwick …
Key Takeaways from the “What is Next for Legal Operations” session at VANTAGE
As many of you are aware, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) has identified 12 Core Competencies for the Legal Operations Function. What you may not know is that HBR has further distilled these Core Competencies into three groups by level of organizational maturity: Foundational, Advanced, and Mature, and performed survey work across the Legal Operations …
The Starbucks Effect: Losing Profitability Six Minutes at a Time
At VANTAGE 2017 Orlando, Cory Branden with Peer Monitor presented about trends and the true cost of lost productivity: Productivity. It’s a subject that we seem to be talking about all the time over the last few years. Firms want to find a way to utilize the lever and spur greater profitability, while corporate legal departments …
