September 15, 2016 | Corporate Counsel
Managing IP Budgets Is a Time Drain, Study FindsIn-house intellectual property attorneys spend a huge amount of time managing their budgets, according to a new study from IP management and analytics company Lecorpio.
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez
4 minute read
September 14, 2016 | Corporate Counsel
How GE is Fighting CybercriminalsAs cybercriminals get more and more sophisticated, General Electric Co. is putting all hands on deck to protect its confidential materials, a GE in-house lawyer said at a panel discussion on Monday in New York City.
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez
4 minute read
September 13, 2016 | Corporate Counsel
Intel In-House Lawyer Says It's Too Early to Judge PTABTina Chappell, Intel's associate general associate and director of intellectual property policy, defended the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at a conference in New York on Monday.
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez
4 minute read
September 12, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Big Paychecks in the Big AppleOur latest list of best-paid general counsel reveals that New York is the place to be, with four of the top 10 in the nation hailing from the Empire State. These GCs, who are ranked by cash compensation, which includes salary, bonuses and nonequity compensation, took home some hefty chunks of change.
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez
17 minute read
September 12, 2016 | National Law Journal
Pay Packets Flatten, But There's Magic at the TopIt's The Walt Disney Co.'s Alan Braverman who once again had the magic, as he took the top spot in our latest list of best-paid general counsel for the second year in a row.
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez
17 minute read
September 09, 2016 | Corporate Counsel
WordPress GC: WB Blunder Shows Flaws in Copyright SystemCritics of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act got some ammunition—not to mention a laugh—last month, when Warner Bros. Entertainment embarrassingly asked Google to take down hundreds of copyright-infringing websites, only to later realize that it had included legitimate sites and some of the company's own official pages.
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez
7 minute read
September 02, 2016 | Corporate Counsel
Avvo General Counsel Denies That Fixed-Fee Legal Service Violates Ethical RulesAvvo Inc.'s online fixed-fee legal service violates ethics rules related to advertising and splitting fees, a recent South Carolina bar advisory opinion found. Not surprisingly, Avvo general counsel Josh King disagrees.
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez
6 minute read
September 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel
How Hard is it to Land an In-House Patent Job?A patent lawyer's opportunities to find work in-house are far fewer than their opportunities to work at a law firm, a new survey confirms. Less than 24 percent of patent attorneys work in-house, according to recent findings from online platform Patexia Inc.
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez
6 minute read
August 30, 2016 | Corporate Counsel
At BASF, It's Alt-Fees or Firms May Not Get the WorkA number of companies are moving away from the billable hour, favoring alternative fee arrangements instead. At BASF Corp., not only is an AFA preferred, firms are required to present such an arrangement for review.
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez
6 minute read
August 18, 2016 | Corporate Counsel
Zara Can't View Former GC's Emails, Judge RulesIn what may strike some as a surprising ruling, a judge has blocked Zara from seeing files its former GC, who is suing for discrimination, stored on a company laptop.
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez
14 minute read
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