James Schroeder

May 10, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Executive heads continue to roll in the wake of the #MeToo movement, which now has boards of directors and shareholders in its crosshairs.

By Lynne Hermle and Annie Prasad

9 minute read

May 01, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) continues to be an important consideration for any deal involving a foreign…

By Francesca M.S. Guerrero

6 minute read

April 20, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

About a year ago, I wrote two articles for Corporate Counsel about the 2017 CLOC conference—one article appeared in advance of the meeting to discuss what registrants might expect; the other was published after the conference ended to offer up some concluding thoughts and explore top takeaways.

By Susan Hackett

25 minute read

April 04, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

The last thing your company wants after making a considerable investment in bringing a new product to the market is being slapped with a lawsuit alleging patent infringement, stopped from selling your product or seeing your competitors quickly skirt your product because you did not obtain patent protection.

By Bradley J. Van Pelt

10 minute read

April 02, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Corporate scandals in recent years and the ensuing passage of Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank and other compliance-based legislation have resulted in an exponential…

By Meghana Shah, Lewis Wiener, Ronald Zdrojeski and Brittany Cambre

7 minute read

March 28, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Try as you might, some of your business deals invariably turn sour. No one likes to think about future disputes when you are entering into a deal, but it is worthwhile to take some time to think about how disputes will be resolved before a dispute arises.

By Julie Rodriguez Aldort and David Winters

9 minute read

March 28, 2018 | The American Lawyer

Recent moves out of Canada include a $3.8B plastics plunge and a blockbuster electric deal.

By Marlisse Silver Sweeney

7 minute read

March 26, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Given lawyers' predilection for precedent, the probability of a corporation outsourcing to an ALSP depends on the number of corporations who've already done so.

By Hugh A. Simons

8 minute read

March 26, 2018 | The Recorder

Legal departments are expected to do more with less and are now charged with better controlling and reducing costs, continuously evaluating and improving processes, and wherever possible, retaining and re-using historical data and knowledge.

By Eric Willis

5 minute read

February 28, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Several years ago, cybersecurity was not even on the radar of most companies and their boards. Over the past several years after countless fiascos and crises impacting companies of every size and scope, cybersecurity has steadily risen as a priority and emerged as an integral aspect of a board of director's duty of care and oversight to the company it oversees.

By Barry Dynkin and Benjamin Dynkin

8 minute read