Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

July 14, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Retail giant Target announced today that Don Liu has been tapped to serve as the company's general counsel. He comes to Target from Xerox.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

3 minute read

July 13, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Workplace harassment training is largely ineffective and too focused on simply preventing liability, according to a new report from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. But there are ways to better this situation, including methods gaining traction on college campuses, according to general counsel who spent over a year working on the report.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

6 minute read

July 07, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Copyright experts say a recent proposal from the U.S. Copyright Office could strip companies of vital protections.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

6 minute read

July 06, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Back in May, Health Catalyst made the unusual move of announcing in a press release that it would no longer include noncompete provisions in employment contracts. The company also announced it would not enforce them in existing employment agreements.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

7 minute read

June 30, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Office politics looks very different at legal departments than it does at law firms, according to in-house attorneys who spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the New York City Bar Association on Tuesday.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

6 minute read

June 29, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Winning a lawsuit and being awarded a large sum of money is not necessarily cause for celebration, according to a new report. In fact, companies are likely losing out on billions of dollars because of unenforced judgments.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

4 minute read

June 28, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

In-house lawyers are not happy with a recent appeals court decision requiring the online review site Yelp to remove certain reviews that have been deemed defamatory.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

7 minute read

June 27, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The National Federation of Independent Business announced on Monday that David Addington, former Vice President Dick Cheney's longtime legal adviser, will join the organization as senior vice president and general counsel.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read

June 22, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Legal departments are having more difficulty recruiting top-notch talent, according to a recent survey of in-house lawyers conducted by the legal staffing agency Robert Half Legal.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

4 minute read

June 15, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

In recent years, Canadian authorities have been cracking down on counterfeiting by using information from victims to close the bank accounts of the merchants selling counterfeit goods.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

3 minute read