Alanna Byrne

December 20, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

The organization encourages civic engagement through education and policy-making efforts

By Alanna Byrne

3 minute read

December 20, 2012 | Inside Counsel

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday updated its child online privacy rules to reflect the burgeoning growth of social networking and smartphone apps.

By Alanna Byrne

5 minute read

December 19, 2012 | Inside Counsel

In an effort to pull itself out of bankruptcy, Eastman Kodak Co. has agreed to sell its digital imaging patents for roughly $525 million to a consortium led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp.

By Alanna Byrne

4 minute read

December 19, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments

By Alanna Byrne

14 minute read

December 18, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Three former executives at Dewey & LeBoeuf are facing yet another lawsuit, this one courtesy of a life insurer that bought $35 million in bond notes from the now-defunct firm.

By Alanna Byrne

2 minute read

December 17, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Chevron Corp. has agreed to pay roughly $150 million to settle Brazilian civil lawsuits stemming from a November 2011 oil spill.

By Alanna Byrne

2 minute read

December 14, 2012 | Inside Counsel

From patent trolls to shrinking law school classes, an inside look at the numbers that count

By Alanna Byrne

16 minute read

December 14, 2012 | Inside Counsel

The Department of Justice (DOJ) certainly wasnt shy about punishing companies that were naughty this year.

By Alanna Byrne

5 minute read

December 13, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Unpaid bloggers who wrote for the Huffington Post are not entitled to profits from the sites sale to AOL Inc., the 2nd Circuit ruled Wednesday.

By Alanna Byrne

3 minute read

December 12, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Hemingways cats, an exploding ice cream scoop and three more strange lawsuits in the news

By Alanna Byrne

9 minute read