Keith Ecker

April 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

European Commission moves to eradicate golden shares and break down trade barriers.

By Keith Ecker

22 minute read

March 31, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Shure earphones rate high on quality, low on usability.

By Keith Ecker

4 minute read

March 31, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Data analytic software organizes electronic files for more efficient document review.

By Keith Ecker

6 minute read

March 31, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Brooklyn-born plaintiffs' attorney Michael Hausfeld is a betting man. He's banking that the legal environment overseas is ripe for private antitrust litigation. That's why in March, his firm--Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll--opened an office in London, making it the first U.S. plaintiffs' firm to set up shop in Europe. "There's...

By Keith Ecker

6 minute read

February 28, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

While this month's cover story reveals that men still dominate top-level in-house positions, the Internet has created a level playing field for legal bloggers.

By Keith Ecker

5 minute read

February 28, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

In general employers are allowed to choose their workers. But that's not the case for Los Angeles grocery store owners. That's because last spring the city became one of several California cities to pass the controversial Grocery Worker Retention Ordinance. This law mandates that when a grocery store changes ownership,...

By Keith Ecker

16 minute read

February 28, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Developed piecemeal through the years, the rules governing U.K. companies remained the statutory equivalent of a pocketful of cocktail napkin scribbles. A law about shareholder communications here, another about transactions there. The large body of common law was an enigmatic nightmare for in-house counsel. Parliament decided to alleviate the nightmare...

By Keith Ecker

6 minute read

February 28, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Companies save time by using brand-tracking services to track down online IP thieves.

By Keith Ecker

6 minute read

February 06, 2007 | Inside Counsel

Over the past 26 years, LegalTech New York has become a sort of holy pilgrimage for legal technologists, who come from across the country, and in some cases the world, to find out about hot new gadgets, software and services for the new year. This year the annual trade show,...

By Keith Ecker

5 minute read

January 31, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Law firm attorneys and professors have dominated the legal blog landscape ever since legal blogs came into existence. But more and more in-house counsel are taking the plunge into cyberspace, including Sun Microsystems GC Mike Dillon and Microsoft attorney David Rudin.

By Keith Ecker

2 minute read