Jennifer Williams Alvarez

July 06, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

According to former and current in-house attorneys, the legal department needs to be involved in all kinds of decisions around branding.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

7 minute read

July 05, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Although intellectual property budgets continue to be squeezed, patent filings are on the rise, according to a new report from RWS inovia.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

3 minute read

July 05, 2017 | Inside Counsel

At the center of Alphabet Inc.'s battle with Uber Technologies Inc. over alleged stolen technology is a due diligence report prepared ahead of…

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

6 minute read

July 03, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Ian Penny has been named general counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read

July 01, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Legal operations has been around for years, decades even. But the movement appears to be having a moment. Though implementing new technologies and processes to drive operational change has often not been the focus of the majority of legal departments in the past, there is now discussion that legal ops professionals may soon become commonplace at companies.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

25 minute read

June 30, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

A due diligence report at the center of Alphabet's battle with Uber over alleged stolen technology was seen by a number of Uber's in-house attorneys, according to a recent filing.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

11 minute read

June 28, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Andrea Newborn will start at the facility solutions provider effective July 5.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

2 minute read

June 28, 2017 | Inside Counsel

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to decide whether a popular administrative process for determining patent validity is unconstitutional.…

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read

June 27, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to take up a case on the constitutionality of inter partes review.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read

June 27, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

 Nearly 75 percent of work for legal departments is handled internally, according to a recently released report. Keeping more work in-house…

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read