The IP market has traditionally centered on the United States. It remains a key jurisdiction, but change is in the air. With the forthcoming unitary patent system, the European Union may be about to become the epicenter of global patent litigation. The new court will mark a seismic shift in global patent litigation. Assuming all …
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Jason Thomas joins new Coin Center advisory board
Jason Thomas, manager of Innovation at Thomson Reuters, has joined the advisory board of Coin Center, a non-profit research and advocacy organization focused on the public policy issues facing cryptocurrency technologies. Based in Washington, D.C., the organization seeks to inform and act as a resource for policy makers and media outlets on digital currency technologies, …
- January 14, 2015
- Alex Cook
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts selects Thomson Reuters Legal Research Solutions
Thomson Reuters has been awarded a new multi-year contract from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) to provide legal research solutions to the federal judiciary, building on a relationship that spans more than 30 years. “Thomson Reuters is honored to continue our longstanding relationship with the federal judiciary, providing the legal research tools …
- January 14, 2015
- Jeff McCoy
Georgetown-Peer Monitor report cites “irreversible” changes in law firm market
A new report from Georgetown Law Center for the Study of the Legal Profession and Peer Monitor says the market for legal services has undergone fundamental – and probably irreversible – changes. The “2015 Report on the State of the Legal Market” said that while the law firm market rebounded slightly in 2014, firms need to …
- January 13, 2015
- Leonard Lee
Rick King featured in CIO Review magazine on NetApp
In recent years, Thomson Reuters has been busy transforming its infrastructure, creating a flexible private and public cloud foundation on which new products and technologies can be conceived and implemented. With 16 petabytes of information stored worldwide, the company’s requirement to sift through more information in less time and deliver better results was a tall …
- January 9, 2015
- Susan Martin
Legal Feeds named top legal news blog in Canada
The 9th annual Clawbies were announced on Dec. 31, 2014, and Legal Feeds, the daily news blog of Canadian Lawyer and Law Times, was named the top legal news blog in Canada. Legal Feeds has either been a winner or runner up in the news category since it was launched in Dec. 2010. Gail Cohen, editor-in-chief of the …
- January 8, 2015
- Susan Martin
Inside China’s Legal System: A new legal treatise on Chinese law
Thomson Reuters recently received international acknowledgement for a legal treatise on Chinese law authored by two employees. The 350-page volume — Inside China’s Legal System — is a comprehensive overview of the Chinese legal system. The book is co-authored by Chang Wang, chief research and academic officer, and Nathan Madson, who previously worked for Findlaw …
- January 7, 2015
- Susan Martin
Physician payment cuts to have legal impact
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 More cuts are taking place in some physician payments, and these changes will affect attorneys whose practices involve concerns with health care law. The procedures that are used to pay …
- January 6, 2015
- Susan Martin
Patsy Doerr and Dave Curran reveal what could be your smartest career move in 2015
Thomson Reuters Patsy Doerr, global head of Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion, and Dave Curran, global director of Risk & Compliance, were in Philadelphia a few weeks ago and stopped by WWDB AM 860 radio to record an interview for Sue Rocco’s Women to Watch show. Their interview is airing on WWDB AM 860 today, Monday, …
- January 5, 2015
- Susan Martin
“Closed condominiums” in the face of constitutional division of powers in Brazil
This article was written by guest author Victor Carvalho Pinto*. This is part of a series of opinion articles that were originally published in Última Instância in Brazil. The original Portuguese version can be found below. Urban expansion through horizontal condominiums, composed of private lots for private use and common areas reserved for shared use among the …
- January 2, 2015
- Susan Martin