Catherine Dunn

October 28, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

In an overview session on privacy law, in-house lawyers focused on the overlapping lines of the U.S. approach to privacy at the federal and state levels.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

April 09, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

In a two-part interview, the ex-general counsel of General Electric talks about his career, and shares his thoughts on compliance, regulation, corporate political spending, and corporate integrity.

By Catherine Dunn

6 minute read

November 21, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Members of the country's premier business court, the Delaware Court of Chancery, recently heard professors at Columbia University Law School discuss what their academic research reveals about the bench's decision-making.

By Catherine Dunn

5 minute read

June 05, 2012 | Law.com

The directors on Wal-Mart's slate all won board seats at the company's annual meeting, but the percentages of for and against votes showed shareholder ire over the allegations of bribery in the retailer's Mexico division.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

November 15, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

The expected civil claims stemming from the actions of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky will derive from institutional failures and reckless negligence at Penn State and at The Second Mile, the youth charity founded by Sandusky.

By Catherine Dunn

5 minute read

November 07, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

For in-house counsel who wish law firms were more gung-ho about delivering outside counsel value to legal departments, a new Altman Weil survey shows they aren't alone.

By Catherine Dunn

3 minute read

November 05, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

During a panel discussion entitled "Reality Check for Law Firms," three in-house counsel dished on the good, the bad and the ugly of doing business with outside lawyers and firms.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

March 07, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Shareholder advocates for environmental and social changes at companies want to see hard numbers—whether on a corporation's lobbying spend or its carbon footprint—according to the new "Proxy Preview 2013" report.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

March 08, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Arrests of hackers and cyber-thieves from groups like Anonymous and LulzSec create the illusion that the good guys are winning the battle to secure the online world. But many corporate boards of directors are ignoring cyber-risk management altogether.

By Catherine Dunn

5 minute read

November 08, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

President Barack Obama's re-election victory will simplify one campaign trail question mark: the future of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

By Catherine Dunn

3 minute read