Amy Miller

September 14, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

October 13, 2010 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

1 minute read

September 08, 2010 | Law.com

For years, large law firms have sent people with science degrees to law school and hired them as patent attorneys after graduation. But now, with competition for patent attorneys so keen, law firms like Ropes & Gray and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are expanding their programs.

By Amy Miller

7 minute read

June 07, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The legal strategies for BP and other companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon disaster have yet to be revealed. But one thing is certain. Their in-house legal departments are in the midst of an expensive and Herculean task -- discovery. And "It's going to be Enron on steroids."

By Amy Miller

5 minute read

November 01, 2010 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

January 19, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

A new rule is proving particularly prickly for in-house lawyers. Starting in February, attorneys are going to have to dig through company pay packages — looking for that one high-risk 'needle in a haystack.'

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

June 01, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The software giant's general counsel has recast its aggressive image and come to terms with regulators and competitors alike, while boosting pro bono work.

By Amy Miller

18 minute read

September 01, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The recession hasn't just led to cutbacks. Companies and their law firms say that it's also spurred them to develop closer relationships.

By Amy Miller

10 minute read

January 25, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The Procter & Gamble Company is awash in antitrust problems in Europe. So it's no surprise that a trade expert will soon head the legal department of the Cincinnati-based consumer products giant. Starting in February, Deborah Majoras, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, will replace the company's longtime chief legal officer, Steven Jemison. He's slated to retire at the end of September after spending 29 years rising through the ranks of the company's legal department. Until he retires, Jemison, 58, will serve as officer on special assignment and report to CEO Bob McDonald.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

December 30, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

For years, environmental and shareholder activists have pushed companies that generate greenhouse gases to disclose how climate change could affect their financial outlook. Now, two operators of coal-burning power plants have agreed to provide this information in their 10-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It was New York's attorney general, not the SEC, that demanded the information, and experts say the agreements could create a new standard for environmental risk reporting.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read