Adele Nicholas

November 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific Atlanta has all the trappings of a great courtroom drama: sympathetic plaintiffs, an emotionally charged issue and high stakes for ...

By Adele Nicholas

2 minute read

November 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

For all the talk about the importance of stare decisis during John Roberts' confirmation hearings, the Roberts Court hasn't been shy about making bold changes ...

By Adele Nicholas

2 minute read

November 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

While U.S. courts took significant steps to relax domestic antitrust policy in 2007, European competition regulators stepped into the gap and emerged as the world's ...

By Adele Nicholas

2 minute read

November 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

For years bar organizations, business groups and civil liberties advocates criticized the DOJ's infamous Thompson Memo, which gave prosecutors free rein to demand waiver of ...

By Adele Nicholas

4 minute read

November 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

A life appointment to the federal judiciary is one of the most coveted jobs in the legal profession. In 2007 two members of the in-house ...

By Adele Nicholas

3 minute read

November 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

After leaving the Federal Circuit to its own devices for nearly 20 years, the Supreme Court undertook a major cleanup of IP law in 2007 ...

By Adele Nicholas

6 minute read

October 31, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

When it comes to labor and employment law, California may as well be its own country. The intricacies of the Golden State's worker-protection laws--from strictly enforced lunch and break periods to mandatory harassment training for all managers--are well documented.

By Adele Nicholas

12 minute read

December 31, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

A growing number of corporate counsel are finding career satisfaction, developing new skills and networking in their communities through probono work. Learn how and why your department should get on board.

By Adele Nicholas

9 minute read

December 31, 2006 | Inside Counsel

A growing number of corporate counsel are finding career satisfaction, developing new skills and networking in their communities through probono work. Learn how and why your department should get on board.

By Adele Nicholas

2 minute read