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What Drives Innovation in Law Firms?
Does innovation tend to come from big firms or smaller firms? From top-down leadership or bottom-up mavericks? In an article in the current issue of Forum magazine, Jan-Coos Geesink, managing director, Thomson Reuters, Legal, UK & Ireland, spoke with Reena Sengupta, owner of RSG Consulting and founder of FT Innovative Lawyers, about the drivers of innovation in …
- August 24, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Las Vegas Raiders & Pro Sports in Sin City
Are you ready for some football…in Las Vegas? The NFL regular season kicks off in Denver with a rematch of Super Bowl 50 between the Broncos and Panthers. But football fans are wondering if the NFL’s newest hot ticket might be in Las Vegas, where the Oakland Raiders have been making overtures to city officials …
- August 23, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Is Ballot Splitting the Ticket This Year?
The tumultuous 2016 election could see an unusually high amount of ballot-splitting when voters step into the voting booth. The latest Reuters-Ipsos poll finds that more than ten percent of voters say they plan to vote for a third-party candidate for President. And many voters may wind up splitting their vote across party lines for …
- August 23, 2016
- Leonard Lee
A Message to Customers Affected By the Flooding In Louisiana
Along with the rest of the country, we at Thomson Reuters are moved by the devastation and loss suffered by the communities in Louisiana affected by the flooding, and we’re committed to helping our affected customers restore their practices and businesses as soon as possible. To assist in the rebuilding effort, we’ve set up a …
- August 22, 2016
- Jeff McCoy
Stopping Pokemon Go
Pokemon Go is an unquestioned cultural phenomenon — the most successful video game launch in history. But the sudden success of Pokemon Go has spawned a slew of questions about safety, privacy and liability issues. Brian Markovitz from Joseph Greenwald & Lake tries to catch ’em all when it comes to legal issues involving Pokemon …
- August 19, 2016
- Leonard Lee
The Rise of the General Counsel
The modern general counsel is more than a business attorney. He or she is a lawyer-statesperson who is an outstanding technical expert, a wise counselor and effective leader and who has a major role assisting the corporation achieve the fundamental goal of global capitalism: the fusion of high performance with high integrity and sound risk …
- August 18, 2016
- Leonard Lee
Wendy C. Shiba Receives 2016 Liberty Achievement Award
At one of the largest gatherings for legal professionals, the 2016 American Bar Association (ABA) annual meeting in San Francisco, the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) presented the annual Liberty Achievement Award to Wendy C. Shiba.
Shiba is a retired corporate attorney and business executive whose 30-year career spans time in private practice, teaching, government service and as an executive officer of three publicly traded companies. In the announcement from ABA TIPS, chair G. Glennon Troublefield stated, “As a true pioneer of promoting diversity and justice in our profession and community, Shiba is at the forefront of assuring that there is justice for all and is incredibly deserving of this award.”
Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Government Affairs & Community Relations for Thomson Reuters, presented the award and said, “Wendy has been first in a number of areas. She was the first Asia-Pacific American woman at O’Melveny & Myers. First Asia-Pacific American woman law professor to receive tenure at Temple University School of Law. She was the first person of color to serve as Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention, and first woman and person of color to serve as executive officer of Bowater Incorporated and PolyOne Corporation. But in my conversation with her, she stressed that while happy to play the part of ‘the first,’ she never wanted to be the ‘one and only.’ She said that it has always been important to her to lay a foundation and create opportunities for others.”
Shiba is currently a member of the ABA Diversity & Inclusion 360 Commission where she is co-chair of the Economic Case Working Group, and the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, where she co-chairs the Women of Color Research Initiative. She also is vice chair of the Board of Trustees for the Japanese American National Museum and a past president of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
The Liberty Achievement Award is given to a legal professional that has demonstrated their commitment through their career, volunteer service and leading by example in promoting diversity in the law.
To see past TIPS Liberty Achievement Award winners, click here.
- August 15, 2016
Legal Executive Institute Fall Preview
Each year, the Legal Executive Institute (LEI) gathers leaders from across the legal industry to discuss, debate and offer guidance on the latest trends, challenges and opportunities. And with a busy season of LEI events right around the corner, I sat down with Nicholas Giannini, manager of Live Events at Thomson Reuters, to talk about …
- August 12, 2016
- Alex Cook
Consumers Likely to Pick Lawyers Active on Social Media
While experience, expertise and solid credentials are important in helping prospective clients choose an attorney, so too is an active social media presence. A new FindLaw survey finds that a majority of consumers say they would be likely to hire an attorney who has an active presence on social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and …
- August 11, 2016
- Leonard Lee