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“This Land Is Your Land… “: Thoughts from Thomson Reuters Inaugural CLE Discussion on the Bill of Rights
From recent debates around election day ballot selfies, the ongoing push-pull between Trump and the press, and potential Second Amendment showdown headed for the Supreme Court, the Bill of Rights – and the central issues they touch – remain a vital part of our national conversation. Recently at its Eagan campus, Thomson Reuters hosted the …
- April 21, 2017
- Alex Cook
Thomson Reuters Names Everyday Heroes Award Winners
Thomson Reuters is proud to honor the Detroit Police Department, Reed Smith LLP of Washington, D.C. and Davis & Associates of Denver with its 2016 Everyday Heroes awards. This year marks the first time government, law firm and corporate investigations customers have been recognized across three respective categories – Public Service Heroes, Law Firm Heroes, …
- April 20, 2017
- Alex Cook
Mitchell and Mitchell on Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 8: Proposed Funding Cuts for Older Adults
This is the eighth post in an ongoing series regarding changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these shifts …
- April 18, 2017
- Alex Cook
FutureLaw 2017 Recap
Last week, the Codex FutureLaw 2017 Conference was held at Stanford Law School in California, where some 200 attendees gathered to discuss the impact of technology on the legal space. Thomson Reuters own David Curle, and noted legal journalist Monica Bay, were on-hand and shared some of what they saw with the Legal Executive Institute …
- April 14, 2017
- Alex Cook
Mitchell and Mitchell on Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 7: Rewriting Regulations
This is the seventh post in an ongoing series regarding changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these …
- April 12, 2017
- Alex Cook
Ark Group Conference Recap – KM with Kim, episode 7
The Ark Group recently held its conference on Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services. In this episode of KM with Kim, we discuss a recap of the conference with Kim Stein, national KM manager for Thomson Reuters. [audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/legalcurrent/Ark_Group_Conference_Recap_-_KM_with_Kim_episode_7.mp3]
- April 6, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Frequently Overlooked IP Issues
With the passage of the America Invents Act in 2011 and a string of Supreme Court decisions in recent years, the landscape for intellectual property filings and dispute resolution was supposed to become clearer. But they have also brought new issues and uncertainty. Jeremy Taylor with Baker Botts discusses some of the most important IP …
- April 5, 2017
- Leonard Lee
Does Remand of Cases From an MDL Indicate Failure?
The predominant view of mass tort multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings, up to now, has been that the sojourn of the cases to the transferee court should end with the resolution of the litigation, most commonly with a national settlement. For the most part, the supervising judge is usually under considerable peer pressure not to send …
- April 4, 2017
- Alex Cook
Mitchell and Mitchell On Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 6: Proposed AHCA Bill Had Serious Flaws
This is the sixth post in an ongoing series regarding changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these shifts …
- March 31, 2017
- Alex Cook