Jennifer Williams Alvarez

December 21, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Is the move to block a proposed merger between Time Warner and AT&T indicative of what's to come for antitrust under Trump?

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read

December 20, 2017 | Law.com

Uber lawyers are making headlines yet again due to a letter filled with damning accusations against the company, including attorney-client privilege abuse. Also, a look at what it means for legal departments when companies combine and the roles in-house counsel play in IPOs.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

10 minute read

December 20, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

The newest edition of the General Counsel Up-At-Night Report found that these attorneys are spending even less of their valuable time on issues they hold up as major concerns for the legal department.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read

December 18, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

John Sommer, who represented designer Erik Brunetti in the high-profile "Fuct" trademark case, says he focused his arguments on the practical.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read

December 15, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Can companies stop their employees from writing about what goes on behind closed doors? Maybe. Should they? Probably not.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read

December 13, 2017 | Law.com

Cyber issues are front and center— from a case that could change the data breach litigation landscape to emerging problems around cybersecurity risk disclosure.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

24 minute read

December 12, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

A patent infringement case has brought the Association of Corporate Counsel out to advocate for the preservation of privilege for in-house counsel.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

3 minute read

December 08, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Companies still aren't talking about their fear of breaches in filings, but that could change as cybersecurity continues to grow as a priority for regulators.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

7 minute read

December 07, 2017 | Law.com

Uber is in trouble again and companies are still seething about Trump's travel ban. The GC of Meetup tells the inside story of how the company's big deal with WeWork got done. Plus, we ask, what's a general counsel to do when the CEO departs?

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

11 minute read

December 05, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

“Be careful to not make cyber sexy and strange and interesting,” one in-house lawyer said at ALM's cyberSecure conference. “You want to do that to get into the room, but the minute you get in the room, this is just like any other risk that is facing our company.”

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

7 minute read