It’s Friday and we’ve got your legal news headlines from Thomson Reuters News & Insight:
U.S. adds muscle to fraud investigations
An Obama administration task force probing misconduct that fueled the financial crisis is increasing its ranks, adding five financial analysts and 10 new federal prosecutors.
ACLU sues over Border Patrol stops in U.S. Pacific Northwest
The ACLU says the U.S. Border Patrol is unjustifiably stopping people based on their skin color in Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula, just across the water from Canada.
As Supreme Court mulls healthcare, rumors fly
This week the nation’s top court wrapped up the last oral arguments of its current term. Now comes the nationwide angst of waiting – as long as two months – for decisions.
AMR labor needs shifted after bankruptcy: exec
AMR Corp’s labor relations chief said that the company tried to “limp along” by negotiating burdensome short-term labor deals before deciding to file for Chapter 11 protection.
Smartphone trial features dueling ex-Sun execs
A pair of former CEOs for what was once a Silicon Valley darling told two different versions of how they viewed their company’s legal rights in the trial between Oracle and Google.
Former chief administrative judge to be deposed in ‘Law & Order’ lawsuit
Ann Pfau will be ordered to answer questions from lawyer Ravi Batra, who has pursued defamation claims against NBC over an episode he says featured an unflattering doppelganger.
Interview: SEC Enforcement Division Director Robert Khuzami
Being violation-free alone does not guarantee that a public company will not face the wrath of the SEC, its enforcer told Thomson Reuters.
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Serengeti Law, part of Thomson Reuters and provider of Serengeti TrackerTM – the legal profession’s most widely used and highest rated e-billing and matter management platform – announced the creation of two customer-focused programs to extend and enhance current support and service offerings: Serengeti Professional Services and the Serengeti Services & Solutions Partner Program.
Serengeti Professional Services bring increased visibility, efficiency and cost savings to the legal department. Serengeti’s team of seasoned attorneys and advisors offer additional services when extra resources are needed and enhance the experience of using Serengeti Tracker to its full potential. Resources, skills and unique program knowledge empower and enhance legal departments with a set of tools, best practices and templates to assist in improving operations.
Continuing its efforts to help legal departments perform at their highest level, Serengeti developed the Serengeti Services & Solutions Partner Program to broaden its reach while offering expanded resources through unique relationships. Mosaic Consulting is the first organization to join the program and will help deepen and strengthen Serengeti’s services and support capabilities through its consulting expertise.
To learn more about each of the programs, click here.
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Thomson Reuters has announced the introduction of a new professional skills training program for lawyers in India. The Legal Advancement Program, the first of its kind in India, is specifically designed to prepare newly qualified lawyers for Day One of their professional career.
With approximately 60,000 students graduating in law every year in India, it’s increasingly difficult to stand out in front of prospective employers. This new program is designed to help kick start a new recruit’s legal career and enable them to quickly add value to a firm.
The Legal Advancement Program offers a flexible, self-paced online training experience that provides the core practical skills needed on a daily basis for a professional career in law. The program bridges the gap between law school and law firm, enabling candidates to put their theory of law into practice by using real-life legal situations, combined with innovative web-based training techniques.
“In India, as with many countries around the world, law graduates although academically sound, do not have access to the tools to develop the professional skills required in law practice,” said Arvind Pachhapur, country manager, Thomson Reuters Legal business, India. “The introduction of the Legal Advancement Program is designed to meet this need and ultimately, to help the legal system to perform better.”
The Society of Indian Law Firms’ president, Lalit Bhasin, said: “Law firms in India have done well in the past, which is evident from the growth achieved in the last two decades. One of the constraints in rapid growth however, has been the availability of trained manpower, and the need for fresh law graduates in India to have practical skills before they can be productive. We welcome the launch of the Legal Advancement Program, which helps to support the trained manpower needs of India’s law firms.”
The program culminates in a rigorous examination, after which successful students receive a Program Completion Certificate. Those students scoring 90 percent or higher will receive a Distinction on the Completion Certificate, together with assistance in securing a legal internship.
To learn more about the program and eligibility, please visit: http://legalcareertraining.com/
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Happy Friday! Start weekend off right with your legal news headlines from Thomson Reuters News & Insight:
Dewey & LeBoeuf retains bankruptcy counsel, role unclear
The 950-lawyer firm, one of the biggest in the United States, has lost some 70 partners since the start of the year as it negotiates with creditors.
Oracle probes Google engineer about key email
Timothy Lindholm denied that he referred to Oracle or any other company when he wrote a now-infamous email that Google should take a license to use the Java programming language.
New prosecutor seeks to stop Chevron, Transocean Brazil ops
Celso de Albuquerque Silva calls the companies’ activities “dangerous to the environment and society,” a sign that he may be just as tough on them as his predecessor.
SEC probes insider trading at Apollo Group
The for-profit education provider said the regulator contacted them seeking information about stock sales and a regulatory filing disclosing the company’s second-quarter outlook.
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Having learned the principles of lean manufacturing through his job at Thomson Reuters Eagan manufacturing, distribution and engineering (MD&E) plant, employee Scott Tierney applied the concepts to how he mows his 3-acre lawn, reducing the time it takes to complete the job from three hours to roughly two hours.
And Tierney, who works in the short run bindery, isn’t the only Thomson Reuters MD&E employee who’s taken ‘lean’, as it’s called, with its six S’s (safety, sort, straighten, shine, standardize, sustain), home. Press operator Matt Glidden redesigned his garage for increased organization and efficiency, and jokes that he may do the same with his house, if his wife will let him.
The impressively high level of enthusiasm for lean principles shown by Tierney, Glidden and many of their colleagues began with plant-wide lean initiatives and continuous improvement projects, implemented over the last several years, that have sought to transform the Thomson Reuters MD&E operation, which produces 54 million products annually, into an industry best practice.
And it was these initiatives, along with Thomson Reuters commitment to sharing its lean knowledge and experience with other area manufacturers that led to its recent selection as the Manufacturer of the Year, in the large company category, by the Manufacturer’s Alliance. The results are striking: One particular area of the plant has seen an 80 percent drop in the amount of waste per changeover. Make-ready time in the short run bindery has been reduced by 75 percent.
“Without a doubt, we could not have implemented lean manufacturing principles with the tremendous degree of success that we’ve had over the last several years without the commitment and hard work of each manufacturing employee. Scott and Matt are just two examples of the remarkable level of engagement, excitement and enthusiasm that our employees bring to their work,” says Marty Kennedy, vice president, Manufacturing, Distribution and Engineering, Thomson Reuters. “Our people are central to our plant’s continued improvement and success. And they were an absolutely critical part of our winning Manufacturer of the Year.”
Watch the video below to see MD&E employees talk about their lean journey:
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FindLaw.com has retained its position as the top destination for consumers looking for legal information or an attorney via the web, according to recent data from comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, which found that nearly 40 percent more people used FindLaw.com than its closest competitor when searching for legal information or a lawyer in 2011.
View the rest of the release here.
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The U.S. Constitution is one of the most powerful and impactful documents in existence. It literally touches every American’s life, and has since its creation in 1787. Recently, I had the opportunity to view the document first-hand as part of a new exhibit, “We the People: The First Official Printing of the U.S. Constitution,” sponsored by Thomson Reuters in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society. The exhibit includes one of only eight existing original printed copies of the U.S. Constitution that were sent to the states to be ratified.
Thomson Reuters sponsorship is fitting because the rule of law, articulated so effectively in the U.S. Constitution, is at the heart of the work we do here every day.
“As part of our daily work, we get to see that these documents – the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights – are not only historically important, but as alive today as they were at the time of these early printings,” said Mike Suchsland, president of the Legal business of Thomson Reuters at the unveiling reception for the exhibit. “According to Westlaw, in the first three months of this year, there were more than 600 decisions issued in federal courts involving the First Amendment alone,” said Suchsland.
To learn more about this exhibit, visit “We the People: The First Official Printing of the U.S. Constitution.” Or better yet, if you’re in the neighborhood you can stop by the Minnesota History Center and see it in person.
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Organizing and analyzing vital case information can now be done more efficiently than ever. Westlaw Case Notebook 3.0 provides greater integration with legal research and e-dsicovery.
The new version more efficiently builds strong cases by pulling essential case information together in one place, including e-discovery documents, briefs, transcripts, pleadings, key facts, legal research and more.
Westlaw Case Notebook is part of Westlaw Litigator, the most comprehensive set of integrated tools, services and content that help attorneys be more productive at each stage of a matter.
Kristin Nimsger, managing director and general manager, Litigation, discusses what’s new in Westlaw Case Notebook 3.0, and how its integration with other litigation tools improves workflow for litigators.
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Happy Friday! Get your legal news headlines from Thomson Reuters News & Insight:
How Jed Rakoff makes the calls
The U.S. District Judge spoke with Reuters about the law, the twists and turns of his career and what he sees as a decline in the ability of lawyers to try a jury case.
What’s next for George Zimmerman?
Being charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of the unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin is just the beginning. Here’s a look at the legal road ahead.
SEC says ‘Social Capitalist’ bilked churchgoers
Ephren Taylor was charged with fraudulently selling $7 mln of notes said to bear 12 to 20 percent annual interest rates to fund small businesses such as laundries, juice bars and gas stations.
Ex-Lehman Europe clients may get cash this year-PWC
Former clients of the European arm of the investment bank may get paid for the first time, although admistrators warned legal struggles could hold things up.
Apple rejects e-book pricing collusion charge
The company calls allegations that they conspired with publishers over pricing “simply not true.”
U.S. tests rare legal path in financial crisis cases
An Obama administration task force established to investigate misconduct that fueled the financial crisis is turning to a little-used statute that may make such cases easier to bring.
For more legal news, check out Thomson Reuters News & Insight.
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The U.S. Constitution is one of the most powerful and impactful documents in existence. It literally touches every American’s life, and has since its creation in 1787. Recently, I had the opportunity to view the document first-hand as part of a new exhibit, “We the People: The First Official Printing of the U.S. Constitution,” sponsored [...]
Earlier this week, we released our 2011 Annual Report in an interactive format available online at thomsonreuters.com. Along with information on the company’s financial performance as well as business unit overviews, this year’s annual report contains a variety of dynamic content including interviews with our new business leaders as well as stories of how we [...]
We’ve got a great episode for you this month, kicking off with our “Chaos in the Courts” segment that, believe it or not, is yet another story about the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas. Since our March podcast, another person has fallen victim to the establishment’s trademark bypass burger.
Then in our “On the Blawgs” [...]
Vehicle is an “effect” as that term is used in Fourth Amendment, which provides that “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.” United States v. Jones, 132 S. Ct. 945 (U.S. 2012)
An acknowledgment in court that one is not the owner of certian property being demanded, and that it in fact belongs to the demandant.
Our recap of the Gladwell, Sanders & Craig keynote at LegalTech, with photos http://bit.ly/9x8EDx #ltny 2010-02-04
