Amy Miller

October 21, 2009 | Law.com

For the first time in three years, in-house counsel say that reducing outside legal spending is their first priority, according to a study released at the ACC meeting in Boston. Jeffrey Carr, GC of FMC Technologies, talked about how companies can start doing more alternative fee arrangements. "Once you decide to go down this path, there's only one question you need to ask law firms," Carr says. "Will you do this? Yes or no. If they say no, they are free to work elsewhere. Draconian? Yes. Effective? Absolutely."

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

January 08, 2009 | The American Lawyer

It's no surprise that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) faces several class action and individual lawsuits in the wake of a coal-ash spill at the authority's power plant in Harriman, Tennessee.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

February 12, 2010 | Law.com

General counsel for high-risk companies who stay up at night worrying about bribery could take a page from Jay Dalton's playbook. The now-retired general counsel of Panama-based Willbros Group Inc., an international oil and gas pipeline company, not only helped find employees who were bribing foreign government officials to win contracts, he also stopped them from doing it, according to federal court documents.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

June 18, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Find out what regions saw a massive boom in salaries for in-house lawyers; other startling revelations include the regions where the work is expected to boom and numbers indicating that senior in-house lawyers did, well ... a little worse than expected.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

January 14, 2011 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

February 19, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Call the makers of VitaminWater in Queens, N.Y., and a recorded female voice that sounds strikingly similar to Fran Drescher's in The Nanny asks if you're thirsty. "Well, you're in luck," she says. "The girls at the beauty parlor say the stuff works miracles. Maybe it's because the products are totally natural, which is certainly more than I can say about some of the celebrities I see drinking it."

By Amy Miller

13 minute read

January 21, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

In the first large-scale undercover probe into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Justice Department nets 22 executives, including the general counsel of a company that makes military equipment.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

December 09, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

American International Group GC Anastasia Kelly's reported threats to quit over government-imposed pay limits may not be idle. Kelly apparently may leave her job as early as this month.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

September 21, 2010 | The Recorder

By Amy Miller

2 minute read

June 10, 2011 | The Recorder

Why Samuel O'Rourke, who heads the legal department's IP group, wants his team to make friends with the engineers.

By Amy Miller

8 minute read