Monday 13th May 2013
This article is a guest post written by Robert L. Brown and Alan S. Gutterman Several interesting factors are converging in the U.S. economy. One unfortunate trend has been the escalating rate of long-term unemployment among seasoned workers, including many former senior managers who lost their jobs during the Great Recession and have been unable ...
Friday 10th May 2013
Before you head out for the weekend, check out your legal news headlines from Thomson Reuters News and Insight. High court’s hospital merger ruling could spur antitrust challenges A ruling this year by the Supreme Court in a hospital merger case could embolden federal regulators to bring more antitrust challenges against healthcare deals Apple defeats ...
Wednesday 8th May 2013
Legal Current recently caught up with Michael McIntee, co-founder and executive producer of The UpTake, for a fascinating conversation about alternative news gathering and reporting. Those who follow politics are probably familiar with TheUpTake.org, which bills itself as a “citizen-fueled news” site. The site originated in 2007 as an experiment to see how technology could ...
Tuesday 7th May 2013
The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI), which measures the relative health of the legal marketplace, fell six points in the first quarter to a reading of 50. A PMI of 65 or greater indicates strong law firm market performance. PMI is a composite index of law firm market performance using real-time data drawn from major ...
Tuesday 7th May 2013
In the final clip of our four-part series with Allison Guidette, managing director of Large Law firms for Thomson Reuters, and Ian Nelson, senior director of Strategic Marketing and Business Development for Practical Law Company, Guidette and Nelson discusses how the Practical Law Company team is handling the acquisition and what the next steps are ...
Wednesday 1st May 2013
In the third part of our four-part series with Allison Guidette, managing director of Large Law firms for Thomson Reuters, and Ian Nelson, senior director of Strategic Marketing and Business Development for Practical Law Company, Guidette and Nelson discuss how Practical Law Company will integrate with Thomson Reuters and its legal solutions offerings. Guidette talks ...
Friday 26th Apr 2013
Before you head out for the weekend, check out your legal news headlines from Thomson Reuters News and Insight. Analysis: ‘Landmark’ ruling says commentary not needed for fair use defense The 2nd Circuit’s ruling in a closely watched copyright case involving appropriation of artwork could have wide significance and has helped clarify how a defendant ...
Thursday 25th Apr 2013
Have you checked your credit report lately? According to a new survey by FindLaw, nearly one in four Americans has never looked at their credit report. People with more income are somewhat more likely to check their reports. However, a significant percentage of people even at the highest income levels say they have never checked ...
Thursday 25th Apr 2013
Nationally renowned author, professor, attorney and IP Hall of Famer J. Thomas McCarthy, celebrates 40 years as a Thomson Reuters Westlaw author in 2013. McCarthy has been the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the 2012 Intellectual Asset Management’s Intellectual Property Hall of Fame, and is also founding director of the University of San Francisco’s McCarthy Institute ...
Tuesday 23rd Apr 2013
In the second part of our four-part series with Allison Guidette, managing director of Large Law firms for Thomson Reuters, and Ian Nelson, senior director of Strategic Marketing and Business Development for Practical Law Company, Guidette discusses the legal solutions marketing campaign and how PLC fits into the legal solutions picture. “It’s the first time ...
Wednesday 17th Apr 2013
In this four part video series, Allison Guidette, managing director of Large Law Firms at Thomson Reuters, and Ian Nelson, senior director of Strategic Marketing and Business Development for Practical Law Company, discuss the recent acquisition of PLC, how the PLC team is embracing the change, and what’s next. First in the series, Guidette and ...
Monday 15th Apr 2013
The more than 1 million United States citizens residing in Canada were pulling out legal pads, sharpening pencils and firing up their Wi-Fi to complete their U.S. filing by today’s deadline, in addition to their Canadian tax return. Greater U.S. interest to hold citizens to this tax filing requirement has led to increased compliance tracking. So ...
Friday 12th Apr 2013
TGIF! Before you head out for the weekend, check out your legal news headlines from Thomson Reuters News and Insight. In gene case, Supreme Court to again address patent eligibility The underlying issue in an upcoming case is one the justices have confronted relatively often in the last few years: What constitutes an invention that ...
