Brexit and Cuba may be oceans apart, but they share one common issue: a potential disruption of trademarks in both markets. Jeffrey Greene, a trademark partner with Fenwick & West discusses what issues need to be aware of if they are doing business or plan on doing business there.
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11 Years, The Jabot and the End of the Supreme Court Term
David Lat, founder of Above the Law and Karl Florida, managing director, small law firm and consumer at Thomson Reuters, recently discussed the 11th Anniversary of Above the Law, the recent Supreme Court term, and what’s next for Above the Law and Lat. As many know, David Lat’s first anonymous blog provided a highly-followed insider’s …
Fake News & Short Sellers vs. the SEC
“Fake news” is nothing new, especially to corporations dealing with short sellers – investors who bet on falling stock prices, who have long been accused of deliberately spreading false information in order to drive bigger gains. But the Securities & Exchange Commission has been surprisingly powerless in dealing with short sellers. Mike Dicke of Fenwick …
eSports, Video Games & the Law
Soaring athlete contracts, growing TV revenues and cheating and doping scandals. Nope. Not the NFL, NBA or World Cup Soccer. It’s the burgeoning world of e-Sports or spectator video games. Video game live televised tournaments and leagues are fast becoming big business. And with it comes legal issues that are all too familiar for those who …
Technology Announcements from the Elite VANTAGE Conference
Elisabet Hardy, Vice President of Product Management and Eric Sugden, Chief Technology Officer, both from the Thomson Reuters Legal Enterprise Solutions organization shared new technology announcements in their keynote to more than 1000 VANTAGE Worldwide Conference attendees in Florida this week. In this podcast recorded from the conference, they share the key takeaways.
Tailoring Your Legal Marketing to Millennials
Millennials are now the largest demographic group in the U.S. Much has been written and discussed about how millennials often have unique preferences for how they prefer to shop for and purchases goods and services. How does this apply to law firms? Christi Krautbauer of FindLaw discusses the findings of a white new paper, Reaching …
New Podcast Series on Government: For Public Consumption
Legal Current is proud to present a new podcast series: For Public Consumption. Hosted by Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president, Government Affairs and Community Relations at Thomson Reuters, this podcast series examines issues that impact government, its services and the people it serves. In this first installment, Sharon interviews Sally Heyman, Miami-Dade County Commissioner for the …
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 …
Abraham Lincoln, Hurricane Katrina & the False Claims Act
In November, Supreme Court heard oral arguments in State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., United States ex rel. Rigsby, a case involving the False Claims Act and misclassified claims after Hurricane Katrina. This case is important as litigation under the False Claims Act has grown remarkably in recent years. It also is relevant that the …
Podcast: ABA TECHSHOW 2017 Preview with ABA President Linda Klein
The ABA TECHSHOW Conference and Expo kicks off in Chicago this week. But before the event reaches a fever pitch, we had an opportunity to catch-up with ABA President Linda Klein to talk about her work, legal trends and her role during Friday’s plenary session, ABA: A Technology Accelerator in the Law. Listen to our …
