Legal Current
Legal Current is a podcast from Thomson Reuters, Legal, that features information and commentary on the business and practice of law.

Richard Gabriel, a trial advisor for Casey Anthony's defense team, talks about the jury selection process and the unprecedented challenges that the team faced in order to ensure that their client received a fair trial.

Direct download: LegalCurrent_Casey_Anthony_Trial.mp3
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We have a very lively episode this month – the highlight being an interview with Dana Kravetz, an employment law expert, looking at the recent Supreme Court decision on what is being called the biggest class-action sex-discrimination case in over 50 years.

For show notes and timecodes, and more information on Thomson Reuters, go to legalcurrent.com.

Direct download: LegalCurrent_July2011.mp3
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Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Microsoft, granting Toronto-based i4i $290 million, brings up several questions. What impact will this decision have on intellectual property law in general? As innovation and technology continue to advance, will we see more IP lawsuits in the future?

For answers to these questions and to learn more about how this case will affect IP law, we interviewed Rod Berman, Chair of the IP Group with Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell L.L.P.

 

Direct download: LegalCurrent_RobBerman.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:15pm EDT

ProLaw XII is launched, built on .NET technology for improved reporting features and more.

Direct download: Legal_Current_ProLawXII.mp3
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Mark Medice, program director, Hildebrandt Baker Robbins Peer Monitor, comments on the Q1 2011 report.

Direct download: LegalCurrent_PMIQ12011.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:59pm EDT

This month's episode features a discussion on social media and its impact on political unrest in the Middle East with Reuters journalist Peter Apps. We also have "Chaos in the Courts," and "On the Blawgs," plus our new segment "In the News."

For show notes and timecodes, and more information on Thomson Reuters, go to legalcurrent.com.

Direct download: LegalCurrent_060111.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Join us for the close of our three-part series with author John Browning on the ethical implications of social media. We also have "Chaos in the Courts," and "On the Blawgs," plus our brand new segment "In the News."

For show notes and timecodes, and more information on Thomson Reuters, go to legalcurrent.com.

Direct download: LegalCurrent_050511.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:57pm EDT

Join us for an interview with Steven Plitt, author of Couch on Insurance and his latest book Practical Tools for Handling Insurance Cases.

Direct download: LegalCurrent_StevenPlitt.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

Join us as we talk to Andrew Serwin, partner at Foley & Lardner LLP and author of Information Security and Privacy: A Guide to Federal and State Law and Compliance as well as the Internet Marketing Law Handbook about how social media is impacting privacy law.

Direct download: LegalCurrent_SocialMediaPrivacy.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

Topics: Patriotic episode featring interviews with a freelance journalist who participated in the Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitutional and an interview with the former general counsel of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.

For show notes and timecodes, and more information on Thomson Reuters, go to legalcurrent.com.

Direct download: Legal_Current_040111.mp3
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