Thursday 21st May 2015
“Deflategate” did more than just deflate the hopes of Patriots fans. The NFL investigation raised some interesting questions about the rights of employees when it comes to ESI (electronically stored information) on their personal cellphones. John Martin, partner and practice leader of the Nelson Mullins Encompass e-discovery group, says both employers and employers should take ...
Wednesday 20th May 2015
Thomson Reuters today released new research revealing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data from 32 global energy companies, a key subset of the world’s largest publically traded businesses. The Global 500 Greenhouse Gas Report: The Fossil Fuel Energy Sector, written in collaboration with global sustainability consultancy BSD Consulting, is the second in a series of GHG reports ...
Wednesday 20th May 2015
This guest post was written by Char Pagar, partner and former member of the firm’s Executive Committee at VLP Law Group. Social media presents an attractive opportunity for almost every business that is trying to engage existing and potential customers. These media platforms can be easy to use, timely, and cost-effective. But, companies using these platforms to communicate should ...
Friday 15th May 2015
This post was written by Patrick Dunn, marketer at Thomson Reuters In our latest magazine devoted to the stories of the 2014 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award recipients, you will read about lawyers giving back and making a difference with their exceptional pro bono efforts. This is the fourth year that Super Lawyers has had ...
Thursday 14th May 2015
Ed Sohn, global director of Integrated Solutions at Pangea3, recently had an article featured on the Association of Corporate Counsel’s website. Sohn’s article is about the top 10 e-discovery U.S. trends in 2015 and has been reprinted with permission from the ACC, below. The overarching theme for 2015 in e-discovery will be continuity. It is ...
Tuesday 12th May 2015
What skills are necessary to create technology managers today? A recent ILTA Peer to Peer interview (PDF) with Bob Schukai, head of Advanced Product Innovation; Dan Bennett, vice president, Enterprise Data Services; and Kate Boeckman, product manager, Wearable & Emerging Product Technologies, all at Thomson Reuters, highlights what skills are necessary, as well as tips for developing those ...
Monday 11th May 2015
This post was written by Jin Bae, global business director at Thomson Reuters Out in Law, the first lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) initiative for senior leaders in the legal profession, held its second annual summit at New York Law School on April 20, 2015. New York Law School hosted the day-long event, along with ...
Thursday 7th May 2015
The new Thomson Reuters Practical Law Deal Protections and Remedies Report is now available and was recently presented at a recent ABA Business Section Meeting. The report analyzes deal-protection measures binding target companies and, for the first time, also reviews the deal protections negotiated by buyers who require their own stockholder approval before closing. In the ...
Thursday 7th May 2015
When the song “Uptown Funk” came over the loudspeakers at the Minneapolis Convention Center this past Sunday, I couldn’t help but smile as a group of giggling girls pushed their way past me to hit the dance floor. Looking around the room, they weren’t alone. Groups of girls ranging in age from 10 to 19 ...
Wednesday 6th May 2015
The 2014-15 Supreme Court term is getting into high gear, with oral arguments last week in Obergefell v. Hodges, dealing with gay marriage bans. Decisions in Obergefell and several other high-profile cases have yet to be announced. FantasySCOTUS participants still have plenty of opportunity to get their selections in before the High Court issues many ...
Wednesday 6th May 2015
The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI), which measures the relative health of the legal marketplace, was unchanged at 54 in the first quarter. Despite slightly higher demand for law firm services, weak rate growth and falling productivity held back gains in the market Demand for large law firm services rose 0.6 percent during the quarter – ...
Tuesday 5th May 2015
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 One of the major challenges facing health law attorneys today is how to best track the changes that are taking place in programs that effect clients. Over the past five ...
Monday 4th May 2015
This post was written by Marisa Harms, editorial director of editorial label Revista dos Tribunais, Thomson Reuters. The full article can be found in Portuguese below the English version. After six years pending in Congress, on March 16, 2015, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff approved a new Code of Civil Procedure (Código de Processo Civil, CPC), ...
