Friday 28th Sep 2012
Our episode this month highlights some great legal aspects of interesting news stories. Our “Chaos in the Courts” segment shares how one Portland man used Craigslist to get his stolen bicycle back. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment, we feature a story about an alleged penny skimming scheme. Our interview segment is with Ahsan ...
Wednesday 19th Sep 2012
IP cases and practices are becoming increasingly complex. Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. is a leading intellectual property firm located in Washington, DC with 112 attorneys. The firm is working with Thomson Reuters on a firm initiative that will integrate law firm practice management, matter management, IP solutions, legal research and more into a ...
Thursday 30th Aug 2012
We’ve got a terrific episode for you this month highlighting the legal aspects of some major news stories. To start, our “Chaos in the Courts” segment highlights an unusual way a woman tried to ditch law enforcement which included being “slightly pregnant and slightly in labor”. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment we feature ...
Wednesday 29th Aug 2012
As the political conventions kick into high gear, there’ll be balloons, speeches and….lots of music. But along the long and winding road that is the campaign trail, the music used by campaigns can often hit a sour note with the artists and musicians whose works are blared at campaign rallies or used on Internet videos. ...
Tuesday 21st Aug 2012
Have you seen any of these movies? Puss in Boots – A Furry Tail? American Battleship? Chop Kick Panda? They’re not what you think they are. With plots and designs that depict an obvious resemblance to Hollywood’s major movie titles, smaller entertainment companies are playing off of big-name studios and attempting to deceive consumers into ...
Tuesday 31st Jul 2012
We’ve got a great episode for you this month highlighting the legal aspects of some major news stories. To start, our “Chaos in the Courts” segment features an interesting story about an alleged burglar who was found stuck under the garage door of a Rent-A-Center store. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment we feature ...
Monday 30th Jul 2012
Los Angeles, known for its abundance of talented street artists and their mural art, may not be known for those murals much longer. With murals being painted over by an existing ban on private murals within the city, the mural capital of the world is currently in jeopardy and city legislators are taking it upon ...
Friday 29th Jun 2012
Apple this week won a preliminary injunction banning U.S. sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer. Last week, Judge Richard Posner threw out a pair of lawsuits that Apple and Motorola had filed against each other claiming patent infringements over smartphones. These are just the latest skirmishes in an escalating patent litigation war ...
Wednesday 27th Jun 2012
IP battles over whiskey and smartphones, and new legal issues surrounding Google in this month’s Legal Current podcast. To start, our “Chaos in the Courts” segment features an odd story about a teenager who jokingly attempted to rob a police station. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment we feature a blog post about an ...
Wednesday 2nd May 2012
How well prepared are courts and the judicial system for natural and manmade disasters? Thomson Reuters and West LegalEdcenter support the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section’s Initiative on Disaster Preparedness and Response. As part of the initiative, in a podcast on Judicial Disaster Preparedness, Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Government Affairs and Community Relations, interviewed ...
Monday 30th Apr 2012
We’ve got an entertaining and informative episode for you this month kicking off with our “Chaos in the Courts” story highlighting the unique way a drug smuggler got nabbed just south of the Canadian border. Then in our “On the Blawgs” segment we feature a blog post with advice for lawyers who are looking to ...
Friday 10th Feb 2012
We’ve got a very dynamic episode for you this month, one of the highlights being an interview with Tim Gorry, a partner at Eisner Kahan & Gorry, about entertainment litigation in 2011 and what’s coming in 2012. Our “In the News” segment features a story from Thomson Reuters News & Insight about the recent Italian cruise ship ...
Thursday 26th Jan 2012
As we move into the New Year, many people are looking back on 2011 and beginning to make predictions for what might happen in 2012. We’ve decided to jump on the bandwagon and examine different areas of legal practice, how they’ve evolved in the past year and things to look for in 2012. To kick-off ...
