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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 …
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 …
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 …
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]
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 …
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 …
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 …
Thomson Reuters Annual Report: Helping Financial Institutions Comply with New Regulations
In today’s regulatory environment, the financial services industry may be among the sectors dealing with the most significant changes, with additional changes in the rules likely still ahead. Where does that leave leaders of financial institutions as they grapple with how to stay ahead of the quickly altering landscape? Consider how Thomson Reuters and global …
Practical Considerations Regarding Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements
After the Supreme Court decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333 (2011) – which held that class action waivers in arbitration agreements are valid under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) – companies rushed into class action waiver arbitration agreements without heeding the proverb, “Look before you leap.” While avoiding class actions is …
