David Hechler

January 05, 2011 | The Recorder

By David Hechler

2 minute read

May 29, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

A funny thing happened on the way to the Stone Temple Pilots's 20th anniversary concert tour. The band got divorced, and it's a pretty nasty split.

By David Hechler

4 minute read

May 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

Did Paul Wolfowitz lose his job as president of the World Bank because he didn't listen to its top lawyer? Roberto Da�ino, the bank's former general counsel, thinks so.

By David Hechler

3 minute read

February 04, 2010 | Daily Business Review

As more companies turn to arbitration, in-house lawyers complain it can be as costly and time-consuming as litigation. An advocacy group wants reforms.

By David Hechler

3 minute read

January 06, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Toyota's long-running battle with former in-house lawyer Dimitrios Biller appears to be over, and the automaker won a complete victory.Arbitrator Gary Taylor granted the the company's motion for summary judgment in dismissing Biller's RICO claims, and ruled against Biller's claims of defamation, fraud, and false promises.

By David Hechler

2 minute read

November 15, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Very little is known about the role that Penn State's general counsel played during the various stages of the university's sexual abuse crisis — or is playing now. But one thing's clear: She wasn't anywhere near Penn State when the allegations first surfaced. Cynthia Baldwin is the first general counsel that Penn State has ever had, hired in January 2010.

By David Hechler

2 minute read

July 01, 2002 | Law.com

For a relief pitcher, it's protecting a one-run lead with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning. For a general counsel, it may be discovering that an employee hired away from the competition has just returned to his old company and may have taken your trade secrets with him. William Black found himself in such a predicament last year as GC for Thales Avionics Inflight Systems in Irvine, Calif.

By David Hechler

3 minute read

September 27, 2001 | Law.com

If the World Trade Center disaster had been a movie, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani told a radio audience a week after the attack, the events would have unleashed the worst side of New Yorkers. Reality, the mayor noted, proved the opposite. The legal profession is a case in point. Lawyers have gone out of their way to help those whose offices were destroyed or rendered unusable.

By David Hechler

3 minute read

June 01, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

A House leader suggests that FBI lawyers should be fired for lapses in terror probes.

By David Hechler

4 minute read

September 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

COO meetups with law firm CIOs may be the next big networking thing.

By David Hechler

3 minute read