Amy Miller
May 18, 2009 | Corporate Counsel
FMC Turns to Social Networking to Find Law FirmsHouston-based manufacturer FMC Technologies is looking to update its roster of outside counsel and hire firms that embrace innovation, technology and, especially, alternative billing arrangements. But its general counsel, Jeffrey Carr, isn't holding an auction or putting out a request for proposals to find them. He's using Legal OnRamp, a social networking site for lawyers. Says Carr, "We like doing things differently. Some people call us grenade throwers. Some people call us crazy. But it works."
By Amy Miller
4 minute read
September 15, 2009 | Corporate Counsel
Chipped Off the Block: Intel GC Steps Down in Executive ShuffleD. Bruce Sewell, Intel Corporation's general counsel, has resigned in a management shuffle. During Sewell's five years as GC, the chipmaker suffered one of its biggest setbacks when it was hit with a huge fine in Europe.
By Amy Miller
3 minute read
December 08, 2010 | The Recorder
Intellectual Ventures Files Its First Patent Suits, 9 Tech Companies NamedIntellectual Ventures, founded in 2000 by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, has filed three suits in a Delaware federal court, seeking unspecified damages and requesting a jury trial.
By Amy Miller
2 minute read
April 05, 2010 | Daily Business Review
A healthy workload for health insurance company GCs as reform won't be one event, but a 'trilogy'Now that President Obama has signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, in-house counsel not only have to figure out what the law requires their companies to do now. They're also trying to predict what rules and regulations will follow in the months and years ahead.
By Amy Miller
4 minute read
April 05, 2011 | Law.com
Wilson's Departing Patent Litigators Chafing Over Conflicts?Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's long and much-envied list of tech clients may keep patent litigators there busy. But conflict issues may explain in large part why so many Wilson patent litigators are leaving the firm, including a recent exodus of six attorneys, former partners say.
By Amy Miller
5 minute read
February 05, 2010 | Corporate Counsel
Ruuuuuumble! There's a Storm Coming Over the Internet 'Cloud'Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith says a storm front's blowing in over regulating cloud computing — the technology that lets users store huge amounts of data on remote servers, such as Gmail.
By Amy Miller
5 minute read
November 23, 2009 | Corporate Counsel
Legal Problems Aplenty for the Biggest Company You've Never Heard OfBy Amy Miller
4 minute read
August 24, 2011 | Law.com
Friends in High-Tech PlacesThe Chipsters -- a sort of acronym for chief IP counsel -- are a group of female lawyers who set out several years ago to help each other thrive in Silicon Valley's male-dominated business culture. The group today includes top lawyers at Google and Apple, and is also helping to provide others with some tips for success.
By Amy Miller
8 minute read
August 05, 2011 | The Recorder
GCs Find Options Never Go Out of StyleZynga's expected IPO will mean serious money for top lawyer Reginald Davis.
By Amy Miller
5 minute read
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