Friday 22nd Mar 2013
The new Reuters iPhone and iPad news apps are currently ranked number one for free news apps in the iTunes App store. The apps were designed to deliver the speed, breadth and insight of Reuters journalism and financial information. Since news moves quickly, these apps were designed to respond instantly with notifications when important updates ...
Wednesday 20th Mar 2013
During the 2013 Global Ethics Summit, a breakout session moderated by Greg Lewis, vice president of the Ethisphere Institute, discussed implementation of compliance and ethics throughout the stages of mergers and acquisitions. The panel, which featured Seth Bruckner, compliance officer with United Parcel Service, and Martin de Grijp, group vice president and group integrity processes ...
Friday 15th Mar 2013
The Global Ethics Summit, an annual conference hosted by Thomson Reuters and the Ethisphere Institute, was held in New York recently. The annual conference aims to raise the bar on the best practices for effective corporate ethics and compliance. Alexander F. Brigham, executive director of Ethisphere Institute, talked about the highlights of the conference, how ...
Friday 15th Mar 2013
Happy Friday! Before you head out for the weekend, check out your legal news headlines from Thomson Reuters News and Insight. Brand drug ‘product hopping’ comes under scrutiny In the latest effort to level the playing field for generics, the FTC has stepped up scrutiny of brand-name drugmakers that tweak medications to stay ahead of ...
Thursday 14th Mar 2013
Thomson Reuters employs more than 60,000 people, operates in 100-plus countries, and has divisions that provide services to the media, legal, financial, tax, science, and health-care industries. Since 2008, it has acquired over 40 companies. So as you can imagine, branding all these entities would be a daunting task, especially when it comes to trade ...
Wednesday 13th Mar 2013
Here’s a quick check-in with our friends over at the Legal Solutions blog to see what’s been going on in the legal world this past week: Tablets offer many advantages over traditional PCs in building a strong attorney-client relationship during client meetings. Generally, using a tablet – such as an iPad – will foster a ...
Friday 8th Mar 2013
Are you interested in incorporating social media into your law firm’s marketing strategy? Then mark your calendar for a FindLaw webcast titled “How to Make Social Media Work for Your Law Firm” on Wednesday, March 13 at 2 p.m. EST. In this half-hour webcast, Mark Jacobsen, senior director of Strategic Development at FindLaw, and Brian ...
Friday 8th Mar 2013
Happy Friday! Before you head out for the weekend, check out your legal news headlines from Thomson Reuters News and Insight. Gupta lawyer reflects on negotiation strategy in high-profile case Gary Naftalis said in hindsight he would not have shared certain information with prosecutors before they ultimately brought insider trading charges against his client. More ...
Wednesday 6th Mar 2013
How do emerging technologies drive innovation? In a series of webcasts, Bob Evans, senior vice president of Oracle, talks to global business leaders to find out how technology helps them innovate. The latest features Rick King, COO, Technology at Thomson Reuters, along with Riva Richmond, editor of the Economist Intelligence Unit. In the second half ...
Friday 1st Mar 2013
Before you head out for the weekend, check out your legal news headlines from Thomson Reuters News and Insight. D.C. law firm Patton Boggs lays off lawyers, sources say The firm, which has more than 550 attorneys in nine offices worldwide, is known best for its lobbying and public policy work in Washington. Appeals court ...
Thursday 28th Feb 2013
Celebrity scandals always seem to capture the public’s attention, as evidenced by recent headlines involving Lance Armstrong, Manti Te’o, Lindsay Lohan, and any number of celebrities that you see populating the checkout line magazine rack. But after the headlines fade, what are the consequences of these scandals? Why do some scandal-scarred celebrities rebound while others ...
Wednesday 27th Feb 2013
James Jarvis, senior director, New Product Development at Thomson Reuters, recently published an article in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel magazine. In the article, titled “Are you enabling technology or is it enabling you?” Jarvis discusses how law firms want to increase efficiency and effectiveness, and there are growing pressures to adopt technology to achieve those efficiencies ...
Monday 25th Feb 2013
Recent news reports have called attention to the risks of American businesses and government agencies being hacked by Chinese agents. And a new classified National Intelligence Estimate reportedly lists several other nations, including France and Israel, as sources of cyber-espionage against US targets. Peter Toren, Intellectual Property and Computer Crimes expert with Weisbrod Matteis & Copley ...
