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SOPA Mark-Up: Manager’s Substitute and Links to Webcasts of Committee Hearings

16 Dec

Text of the Manager’s Subsitute for H.R. 3261, the “Stop Online Piracy Act”, referred to in yesterday’s LLB post. Links to “official” yesterday’s and today’s webcasts (well, sort of) and more here. [JH]

 

Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer is Out, COO Jim Smith to Replace Him; What’s Next?

02 Dec

Yesterday, TRI reported in a press release, Thomson Reuters Announces New Organizational Structure and Leadership, the Company’s latest shake up in its executive suites: On December 31, 2011, Thomas H. Glocer, chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters and Reuters Group…

 

Lawyers and Firm C-Level Types Oftentimes are No Smarter Than the Ordinary Consumer: The Case of Mobile Phone Monitoring

01 Dec

Yesterday LLB’s Mark Giangrande reported on the hidden mobile phone montioring software provided by Carrier IQ that is installed in millions of mobile phones, including most modern Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones. See Your Phone Is Spying On You But…

 

More TR Legal Layoffs?

18 Nov

According to an unnamed source, Thomson Reuters Legal may announce another wave of layoffs soon, perhaps even as early as today. The layoffs may affect customer service operations. As of yesterday evening the local press had no reports about this…

 

Taking the Pulse of WestlawNext Sales

02 Nov

According to Thomson Reuters’ 2011 3Q financials released yesterday WestlawNext sales increased by approximately 5,000 customers since 2011 2Q and now represents 46 percent of Westlaw’s revenue base. This means since WLN’s launch in February 2010 approximately 54 percent of…

 

The ABA Reacts

18 Oct

The American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar issued the most remarkable statement yesterday. It wrote to clarify its role of how it manages the collection and publication of jobs data. As readers well know,…

 

LSAC Working to Audit LSAT and GPA Statistics Provided By Law Schools

11 Oct

One the heels of my post yesterday, Senator Boxer Calls Out ABA On Jobs Data And Scholarships, comes news that the LSAC has had a change of heart and will now audit LSAT and GPA scores reported annually by law…

 

Google’s Eric Schmidt Appears Before The Senate Judiciary Committee

22 Sep

Google’s chairman, Eric Schmidt, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. The witness testimony is available in prepared remarks and an archived webcast. The hearing was titled “The Power of Google: Serving Consumers or Threatening Competition?” Other witnesses included Jeff…

 

Yahoo Fires CEO Bartz, What Next For The Company?

07 Sep

The news came in late yesterday that the Yahoo Board of Directors fired CEO Carol Bartz even though she had about a year to go on her contract. There are various angles to the story. One is the way Bartz…

 
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When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a TR Tax & Accounting Catalog on the Same Day as an Advance Renewal Invoice for a WG&L Print Title

19 Aug

I should add luckily both appeared before my wondering eyes on the same day … that would be yesterday. While any regular reader of LLB knows that I am less than delighted with the editorial quality and pricing of many…