June D Bell

June 29, 2009 | Law.com

SwimWays Corp. is a Virginia Beach, Va.-based designer and manufacturer of pool and outdoor products. Anthony F. Vittone is SwimWays' one-man legal team and its first inside counsel. Until this year, Vittone spent no more than 30 percent of his time on patent infringement cases. Lately, however, he's more than doubled his hours on litigation to protect SwimWays' innovations. The company holds more than 120 patents and applications in 15 countries.

By June D. Bell

5 minute read

December 04, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Top lawyer Matt Kendrick is Mercedes' sole U.S.-based attorney, and as such, says that his main goal is to get the job done for the $5.5 billion car and sport utility vehicle manufacturer 'without burning a lot of legal fees.'

By June D. Bell

5 minute read

May 25, 2011 | The Recorder

A long-ago paralegal job at Skadden led not to Big Law, but a career as an in-house lawyer and the GC position at Dialogic Inc.

By June D. Bell

6 minute read

February 12, 2007 | Law.com

What's on the legal industry's agenda these days? Law Firm Inc.'s first survey of Am Law 200 chief operating officers shows that, when asked to predict what issues will demand a significant amount of their attention this year, 49 percent listed evaluating a possible merger as among their top three priorities. The others: evaluating practice group performance, and making greater use of business intelligence. Find out what else is on these COOs' to-do lists.

By June D. Bell and Aric Press

11 minute read

February 03, 2005 | Law.com

Lawyers who'll be devoting time to their laptops or case files tonight can take comfort in one fact: They have plenty of company. A national survey shows that 87 percent of lawyers take work home with them. Lawyers blame their "homework" woes on a double whammy of technology and heavy caseloads. As caseloads have grown, so has the ability to continue toiling into the wee hours, courtesy of wireless handheld devices and networks that allow remote access.

By June D. Bell

3 minute read

January 31, 2011 | National Law Journal

Profile of Karen King, General Counsel for Silver Lake Technology Management LLC.

By June D. Bell

6 minute read

February 08, 2010 | National Law Journal

Profile of Denise Jackson, senior vice president, corporate secretary and general counsel for AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.

By June D. Bell

5 minute read

February 26, 2003 | Law.com

The defense win in the wrongful-death trial of a 15-year-old gunned down by a stalker convinced she'd spurned his love was formidable. Defense teams for both the stalker's therapist and the clinic where he'd been a psychiatric patient took a remarkable path: They claimed that the stalker had received appropriate psychiatric care and suggested that the plaintiffs were not blameless in their daughter's death.

By June D. Bell

7 minute read

November 21, 2002 | Law.com

A California Superior Court judge has ruled that DEHP -- a chemical used to keep medical plastic flexible -- no longer needs to bear a warning that it may cause cancer. Proposition 65 requires a warning on any potential human carcinogen, and this ruling marks the first time in the proposition's 16-year history that a manufacturer's affirmative legal action has resulted in an exemption to a mandated warning.

By June D. Bell

3 minute read