Judy Estrin on innovation
Judy Estrin is a serial entrepreneur, a Disney and Fedex board member, an ex-CTO of Cisco, and the author of Closing the Innovation Gap. I read this recently, and was then fortunate enough to hear her...
View ArticleFirst iPhone app from Thomson Reuters
Sometimes innovation starts with a trip to a bar. Literally. While winding down at the end of a day of recruiting new talent for West at Michigan State University last October, Dan Bennett and Jay...
View ArticleDoing deals in China
The practice of law in the People’s Republic of China can be a challenge for any attorney working on behalf of companies doing business with the Chinese. China, now the world’s third-largest economy...
View ArticleWest author confirmed to DOJ post
The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed David Kris as assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s National Security Division. Kris is the co-author of National Security Investigations and...
View ArticleChallenging times for immigration law
Attorney – and West author – Careen Shannon recently paid a visit to the headquarters of the legal businesses of Thomson Reuters to help get the word out about a new book. Shannon, along with Austin...
View ArticleSee Scalia in a free CLE
Editor’s note: This CLE is no longer available. The podcast excerpt, however, remains on YouTube for viewing. Part of a continuing legal education event (CLE) featuring United States Supreme Court...
View ArticleState immigration laws
Noted immigration attorney and author Austin T. Fragomen Jr. says the increase in states enacting their own laws about the employment of unauthorized foreign workers requires businesses to learn more...
View ArticleThe future of the book business
This is a guest post to WestBlog from Peter Jackson, chief scientist and vice president at Thomson Reuters in Eagan, Minn.: A Nov. 2007 National Endowment for the Arts study showed that both book...
View ArticleFree career advice webcast
The challenging state of the legal market is forcing many law firms to make tough decisions about their budgets and staffing. Unfortunately, that means many legal professionals are, or will be, looking...
View ArticleGet your name in Grisham’s next novel
How cool would it be to see your name in a John Grisham novel? It could happen, if you are a corporate legal or compliance professional at a United States corporation. That’s who’s eligible in a...
View Article409A and executive compensation
Ask attorney Garth Gartrell what keeps him up at night – when it comes to thinking about executive compensation, that is – and you’re likely to hear about Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code....
View ArticleLawyers and leadership
Leadership, in any career field, can be difficult to demonstrate and define. But in the practice of law, how does an attorney at any phase in his or her career develop the skill sets, traits and...
View ArticleNew risks lead to changes in insurance coverage
As insurance law changes to address the issues of privacy, intellectual property and technology, lawyers face new challenges and the rise of new liabilities and policies. “The law really hasn’t...
View ArticleSutherland law book has a notable history
This is a guest post to WestBlog from Greg Bell, principal attorney editor at Thomson Reuters in Rochester, New York: My team at West is responsible for working with authors to produce and update a...
View ArticleWestcast: The importance of a great quote
“It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing and talk by the hour” – Thomson Jefferson. What lawyer, or anyone for that matter, hasn’t needed to find a memorable, stirring or funny...
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