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Maintaining Technological Competence as a Lawyer

More and more courts and bar associations have revised their ethics rules to specifically state that lawyers must have some level of technological competence to…

Conrad Jacoby April 21, 2020

Transforming Women’s Leadership: Growing and Expanding Despite Tumultuous Times

Transforming Women's Leadership in the Law (TWLL), which was launched by Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute in 2016 as a client engagement program in the…

Transforming Womens Leadership April 14, 2020

Cannabis Law: A Question of Federalism for Our Time

Recreational Cannabis is legal in almost a dozen states and medical marijuana in 33 states with more on the way. Public opinion polls reflect a…

Gina Jurva April 14, 2020

SmithAmundsen Partner Gary Zhao Discusses Importance of Diverse Bar Associations for Career Advancement

Gary Zhao, Partner at SmithAmundsen, joined the Advisory Board of the Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color (NGL-ALC) initiative to help educate legal employers on how best to…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color January 23, 2020

A Key Ingredient for Retention of Lawyers of Color: A Radically Welcoming Environment, Says Traci Bransford of Stinson

Traci Bransford, Partner at Stinson, and new advisory board member of the Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color, shares her wisdom from her career…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color January 16, 2020

How Perseverance was the Critical Ingredient to Fatima Garcia’s Success as a Latina Lawyer

Fatima Garcia, International Tax Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and new member of the advisory board of Thomson Reuters’ Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color January 07, 2020

Corruption Report 2019: As Regulators Extend Their Reach, Non-Financial Companies Need to Be Ready

“If you think compliance is expensive, try non-compliance.” — former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty For the past two decades, financial crime risk has…

Legal Executive Institute October 04, 2019

UPFRONT & PERSONAL: A Discussion with Michelle Fang, Chief Legal Officer of Turo

We continue our monthly feature, “Upfront & Personal”, a column created by Rose Ors that brings “the person behind the title” to the forefront in interviews with…

Rose D. Ors September 09, 2019

Going Social: Law Firms Use Varying Social Media Strategies to Engage Clients & the Public

Law firms have embraced social media interaction in various ways and with varied levels of success. Primarily, firms develop a social media presence for three…

Peter Colin July 11, 2019

A Lucrative Micro-Niche: The AgTech Practice

In our continuing series on lucrative micro-niche practice areas for lawyers, we examined how technology is dramatically changing the face of agriculture and how some…

Patrick J. McKenna June 06, 2019

Fraud, Schemes & Evasion: The IRS-Criminal Investigations Division Answers Your Questions

You know whom you never want to see on the other end of your Ring doorbell camera? A Special Agent from the Internal Revenue Services’ Criminal…

Gina Jurva March 11, 2019

10 Things Compliance Officers Need to Do in 2019

By many, 2018 was seen as the year that the job of compliance officers grew even wider. Now, not only are risk and compliance officers…

Susannah Hammond March 08, 2019