Amy Miller

April 01, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Barilla's U.S. division finds its small outside firm molto simpatico.

By Amy Miller

7 minute read

September 25, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

When the Second Circuit reinstated global warming suits against six utilities this week, the Tennessee Valley Authority was the only defendant that didn't use outside counsel. TVA relied solely on in-house lawyers, including GC Maureen Dunn.

By Amy Miller

3 minute read

October 29, 2010 | The Recorder

What makes Twitter GC Alex Macgillivray's legal department chirp?

By Amy Miller

7 minute read

August 24, 2011 | Legaltech News

The women behind a series of Silicon Valley IP events really know what they're talking about: One heads patents at Google and one leads litigation at Apple. They call themselves Chipsters -- an acronym of sorts for chief IP counsel. Several years ago they set out to help each other, and other women, thrive in the Valley's male-dominated business culture.

By Amy Miller

8 minute read

December 22, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Attorneys from Dewey & LeBoeuf's Silicon Valley, Frankfurt and London offices are representing eBay Inc. in its acquisition of brands4friends, Germany's largest online shopping club.

By Amy Miller

2 minute read

December 31, 2009 | Law.com

Pfizer general counsel Amy Schulman's goals are simple and familiar: lower fees, more collaboration, better value for both the customer and vendor. By the end of 2010, Schulman wants three-fourths of her legal spending to be done within the Pfizer Legal Alliance, in which each firm is paid one annual flat fee for all of the work that it does for the entire year. If Schulman is successful, Pfizer will become one of the largest companies to have more than half of its legal work done under alternative fees.

By Amy Miller

16 minute read

August 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

CLOs at top companies, even banks, enjoyed record pay and stock grants. Are there echoes of the time that the tech bubble burst?

By Amy Miller

11 minute read

May 31, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The high-end leather goods maker has declared war on counterfeiters — and it's winning ... with a little help from outside counsel and alternative fee arrangements.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read

March 26, 2008 | Law.com

Robert Graham, former associate GC at General Re Corp., could spend the rest of his life in jail. On Feb. 25 a federal jury convicted Graham and four other defendants for aiding a sham deal at American International Group. Graham's conviction is further proof that in-house lawyers can't do something that they suspect may be wrong just to please company executives, says one former federal prosecutor, who notes that being an in-house counsel is not a "9-to-5, rubber-stamp, do-what-I'm-told kind of job."

By Amy Miller

6 minute read

March 04, 2011 | The Recorder

Creative copyright thinking 31 years ago helped the gamemaker chase down infringers.

By Amy Miller

4 minute read