The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued the 2018 “Special 301 Report” on April 27, which identified 36 countries whose intellectual property (IP) systems present the greatest challenges to U.S. interests and deserve a higher degree of bilateral engagement. The report further identified 19 countries that must take steps to improve their customs agencies’ IP enforcement …
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#CLOC2018: A Conversation with Cisco Systems’ Mark Chandler
The 2018 Annual CLOC Institute recently concluded and there were many takeaways and conversations over the course of four days. I was fortunate to co-moderate, along with Susan Lambreth, principal at Law Vision, an engaging conversation with Mark Chandler, general counsel for Cisco Systems. The session opened with CLOC Board Member Jeff Franke detailing the …
- April 30, 2018
- Alex Cook
#CLOC2018: Building a Mature Legal Operations Function
The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) states that legal operations is a multi-disciplinary function that optimizes legal services delivery to a business or government entity by focusing on core competencies, which are broken into three levels: foundational, advanced and mature. Regardless of where your legal department stands in relation to these competencies, the session titled …
- April 26, 2018
- Jeff McCoy
CLOC 2018: Leveraging Data and Insights to Drive High Performance
The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, maybe better known as CLOC, has developed a list of Legal Operations Core Competencies. At the 2018 Annual Corporate Legal Operations Institute, a workshop focused on three of those core competencies: financial management; vendor management; and data analytics. The workshop, Legal Ops Dashboard Workshop: Leveraging Data and Insights to Drive …
- April 24, 2018
- Leonard Lee
The Internet of Things and Children’s Privacy
Advances in technology have created all kinds of internet-connected toys for children that hold the promise of machine learning, interaction, and access to personal data for both kids and parents. But with these devices also risk the exposure of children’s voices, images, and data to anyone. At the recent ABA Antitrust Spring meeting, Phyllis Marcus …
- April 23, 2018
- Alex Cook
CLOC 2018: Legal Operations Key to the Modern Law Department
The role of the modern legal department has changed dramatically. Corporate law departments are no longer being viewed as a cost center that reacts to legal needs and requests from the organization, but are pro-active in working to support business goals and add value to the organization leading to substantial changes in the role of …
- April 20, 2018
- Alex Cook
Thomson Reuters Recognizes Springfield Police Department with Everyday Heroes Award
Every single day, law enforcement and government investigative professionals, and their counterparts in the private sector protect all of us from people who might do harm to our persons or property. They do so quietly, and without regard to fame or fortune. We’re proud to support this work with investigative tools, including CLEAR and Westlaw …
- April 11, 2018
- Alex Cook
Intellectual Property and the Escalating US-China “Trade War”
In August of 2017, the Trump Administration began the Section 301 investigation into China’s laws, policies, practices and actions that have had harmful effects on U.S. intellectual property. On March 22, the results of that investigation were released, and soon after, the administration indicated that the U.S. will impose tariffs amounting to tens of billions …
- April 10, 2018
- Alex Cook
John Loscheider and Chang Wang on Parallel Universes
Chang Wang, chief research and academic officer with Thomson Reuters – and a regular contributor at Legal Current – has just released Parallel Universes: Essays and Conversations. This, his latest book, is a compilation of essays, conversations, speeches and interviews published from 2012 to 2017 in China Insight, the exclusive English-language American newspaper on US-China …
- April 5, 2018
- Alex Cook
Are You High? Marijuana Laws & the Employer Drug Testing Haze
Marijuana use is now legal in dozens of states. But laws vary considerably. Is it medicinal use? Recreational? Do federal laws still take precedence? What are employers’ rights to screen for marijuana use? What are employees’ rights in jurisdictions where marijuana use is legal? Elizabeth Levine with Goulston & Storrs’ labor & employment practice provides …
- April 3, 2018
- Leonard Lee