David Curle, director of strategic competitive intelligence at Thomson Reuters, recently visited Georgetown Law in Washington DC for its semi-annual Iron Tech Lawyer competition. In the video below, he gives a summary of his time there. You can also read about it in this post from the LEI blog.
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New tool for attacking cyberpiracy
This post was written by Rod S. Berman, Esq. and Jessica Bromall Sparkman, Esq. Recent decisions in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (“AMPAS”) v. GoDaddy.com, Inc., CV 10-03738 (C.D. Cal.), lay the foundation for brand owners to skip the haggle with domain registrants, and take their issues with infringing domain names straight to …
Big Data, e-discovery and the future of the legal system
The theme is as old as history itself – technology is changing our world, but how can we catch-up? In the video clip below, Greg McPolin, COO, Legal Managed Services at Thomson Reuters, sits down with Jason R. Baron, Of Counsel, Drinker Biddle and contributor to the film The Decade of Discovery, to talk about how …
Introducing Mind Your Business, a new Thomson Reuters podcast on Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion
Legal Current is pleased to launch its latest podcast, Mind Your Business, a monthly review on the intersection between Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion and modern business. The podcast is hosted by Patsy Doerr, global head of Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion at Thomson Reuters, and is produced by the Thomson Reuters Legal Corporate Affairs team. The first …
Fish are friends, not food. What about sharks, can they be a trademark?
This post was written by Douglas J. Sorocco is a director and shareholder at Dunlap Codding While Katy Perry’s ongoing attempt to conquer and rule all things “shark” has run into a couple of snafus the last couple of weeks, one thing is for certain: this battle is not the Waterloo being heralded by many Internet …
Supreme Court, FantasySCOTUS move into high gear
Fantasy SCOTUS players, do you have your predictions in? All eyes are on the U.S. Supreme Court this week as justices began hearing oral arguments today in Obergefell v. Hodges, a case dealing with same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court term still has a long ways to go. So far, 32 cases have been decided, with another …
David Curle interviews Canadian lawyer and author Mitch Kowalski
Mitch Kowalski, innovative thinker, Canadian lawyer and author of Avoiding Extinction: Reimagining Legal Services for the 21st Century, was in Eagan, Minn. last week, speaking with Thomson Reuters employees. He spoke about what he calls the “Great Legal Reformation,” which is the early stages of the most disruptive period of time in the history of the …
Wait, What? Episode 7: I love watching train-wrecks
This episode starts out with the show’s reaction and discussion of the latest movie trailer for the Star Wars – The Force Awakens. For the non-nerds in our listening audience, you can fast forward a couple minutes to get to the meat of the podcast. The guys jump into a discussion about a non-government related collection of Personally Identifying Information (PII) …
Thomson Reuters adds CQ Roll Call coverage of the insurance industry to WestlawNext
Insurance is just that, an item that most people have and may not rely on often, but when the time comes and it is needed, they are glad they have insurance. Thomson Reuters recently announced the addition of a new practitioner-focused page covering the insurance industry on WestlawNext. Regulatory and legislative coverage for the insurance …
Podcast: How secure is using your smartphone?
You can now speed through store checkout lanes just by waving your smartphone. New mobile payment systems purport to be fast, convenient and secure. Well, maybe not that last part. In the podcast below, Bob Benjy, an attorney with Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, who works with financial institutions, says mobile payment systems such as Apple Pay, …
