In the world today, transparency continues to be of utmost importance for businesses. Tim Nixon, managing editor for sustainability.thomsonreuters.com, moderated a panel at the Global Ethics Summit last week that discussed transparency of global supply chains and third party compliance. The panelists included: Kim McMath, chief ethics and compliance officer, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.; Mark J. Ohringer, …
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Transparency, tone from the top highlighted at Global Ethics Summit
The sixth annual Global Ethics Summit took place March 20-21, 2014, in New York and was hosted by the Ethisphere Institute and Thomson Reuters. The event featured keynote and panel discussions engaging debate among executives, compliance officers, legal professionals and more, offering insight into business operations in the current global environment focusing on governance, anti-corruption, …
- March 24, 2014
- Jeff McCoy
Thomson Reuters creates Solutions suites
In today’s legal market, clients are working with slimmer budgets and have a keener desire to allocate their limited funds prudently. That means messages about uniquely tailored service, cost efficiency and an informed, reasonable preparedness for the outcome of a given matter hold more appeal. In order to be the provider of legal services that …
- March 24, 2014
- Susan Martin
Super Lawyers picks the winners of the 2014 NCAA Mens Basketball Championship
What better predictor of the 2014 NCAA Mens Basketball Championship than by number of attorneys selected to the 2013 Super Lawyers list who graduated from the participating colleges’ law schools? After crunching the numbers, Super Lawyers predicts that on the evening of April 7, after a hard-fought, back-and-forth game, Harvard will prevail over Michigan 97-91. It will be …
- March 20, 2014
- Alex Cook
Attorney and author Jeffrey Kessler files high-profile NCAA lawsuit
High-profile sports and labor attorney Jeffrey Kessler, also a Thomson Reuters key author, filed an antitrust lawsuit on behalf of college football and men’s basketball players in a New Jersey federal court Monday, naming the NCAA and the five richest power conferences — the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12 and Big 12 — as defendants. …
- March 20, 2014
- Susan Martin
FindLaw survey finds Americans support mandatory sick leave laws
Next month, New York City will become the latest city to require mandatory sick leave for private employers. Ever since San Francisco became the first city to implement such an ordinance in 2007, several cities and states have adopted similar measures. A new FindLaw survey found that seventy-one percent of Americans say they support such measures, while …
- March 13, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Why most law firm websites are designed to fail
Most law firm websites are designed to fail. That’s a bold statement, and the theme of a new white paper from FindLaw. The white paper discusses how many law firms’ websites may be generating less business impact than they could. Why? Because they don’t focus enough on conversion – the process of getting visitors to …
- March 13, 2014
- Leonard Lee
Global Rule of Law panel sponsored by Thomson Reuters, held in Mpls last week
On Friday, March 7, Thomson Reuters sponsored of a panel discussion on the global rule of law as part of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2014 “Law and Business Day.” Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Community Relations and Government Affairs at Thomson Reuters, moderated the panel. Participants on the panel were Professor Jothie Rajah, …
- March 12, 2014
- Susan Martin
Thomson Reuters and ICMEC outline key recommendations for the digital economy on Capitol Hill
After the release of the Digital Economy Task Force (DETF) report, Thomson Reuters and the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) took their next step recommendations on the future of the digital economy to representatives of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs last Wednesday. DETF co-chairs Steve Rubley, managing …
- March 11, 2014
- Alex Cook
Key author of the month: Professor Marilyn E. Phelan
Beginning last month, Legal Current launched the first in a highlight series of Thomson Reuters key authors of the month. This month, we highlight professor Marilyn E. Phelan, Paul Whitfield Horn professor of Law, a professor of Museum Science at Texas Tech University School of Law, and the author of Nonprofit Organizations: Law and Taxation and Representing …
- March 10, 2014
- Susan Martin
