Catherine Dunn

March 26, 2013 | Law.com

Microsoft has joined Google and Twitter by releasing data on law enforcement requests for the first time—and general counsel Brad Smith has a lot to say about it.

By Catherine Dunn

5 minute read

February 29, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Insurance giant American International Group has about 500 attorneys in-house, and has launched a new pro bono program that matches them with organizations in need of lawyers.

By Catherine Dunn

5 minute read

February 15, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Seven months into the tenure of the ACC president and CEO Veta Richardson, the in-house bar membership organization released the tenets of its new five-year strategic plan.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

February 16, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

The dramatic rise in electronic economic espionage against U.S. corporations is bringing to light one of the weaker links in the online spy game: law firms' data security.

By Catherine Dunn

5 minute read

January 27, 2012 | Law.com

This week, the European Union proposed an overhaul of its data protection law, and Google announced a new privacy policy for its users. And the FTC and Department of Commerce are getting ready to join this global chorus on data privacy.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

December 23, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Reducing law department spending and forecasting yearly legal costs are big jobs for general counsel, who traditionally have been tasked with managing company risk, not modeling department finances. Yet as many CorpCounsel.com readers know, lately the pressure has been on to account for legal?s bottom line.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

February 21, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Pro bono legal work was once the sole province of law firms. Now that terrain is increasingly being inhabited by in-house legal departments, and Esther Lardent of the Pro Bono Institute offers tips for joining the pro bono wave.

By Catherine Dunn

6 minute read

June 21, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has launched the Consumer Response Database, a searchable and publicly available portal that lists the names of companies about whom consumers have complained.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

April 10, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Former General Electric general counsel Ben Heineman, Jr., discusses corporate regulation, anticorruption efforts, and the post-Citizens United role of U.S. companies in politics and elections.

By Catherine Dunn

6 minute read

August 31, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Companies may want to think twice about how they instruct employees to keep mum during internal investigations, following a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read