Mark Harris

Mark Harris

February 28, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Court Accepts SEC's 'Shadow Trading' Theory of Insider Trading

In their Securities and Corporate Litigation column, Margaret Dale and Mark Harris discuss the recent case 'SEC v. Panuwat', where a California district court allowed a case of shadow trading to go forward, seemingly for the first time.

By Margaret Dale and Mark Harris

6 minute read

October 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The Next M&A Deal Can Be Your Thomas Edison Moment

Not too long from now, all of the active contracts in a company's corpus will be digitized and translated into structured data. Instead of being disguised in impenetrable legalese, locked into scanned PDFs and then, often, misplaced entirely, contracts will become a source of incredibly valuable data for the enterprises that enter into them.

By Mark Harris

8 minute read

December 08, 2014 | National Law Journal

A New Way to Manage the Mountains of Contracts

Multitudes of agreements that keep business humming don't have to be the bane of law departments.

By Mark Harris

5 minute read

April 16, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Managing Risk with an "Austerity Workforce": The Who vs. The How

The mounting pressure on general counsel to do more with less can conflict with their responsibilities for reducing risk. But looking at the "how" instead of the "who" in legal process can get better results at a lower cost.

By Mark Harris

8 minute read

August 26, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Strategies for Interlocutory Appeals in Class and Collective Employment Actions

Proskauer Rose partners Mark Harris and Mark Batten write: Rule 23(f) gives the federal courts of appeals discretion to provide interlocutory review of class certification decisions, while 28 U.S.C. §1292(b) allows for review of decisions on collective action status. Lawyers need to understand the rigorous rules governing these appeals under both Rule 23(f) and §1292(b).

By Mark Harris and Mark Batten

12 minute read

October 01, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Seize The Day

General counsel, you hold the purse strings. Go for it.

By Mark Harris

7 minute read

May 09, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Managing Risk With an 'Austerity Workforce'

Aside from the hopelessly clueless, everyone in the legal industry knows about the mounting pressure on general counsel to do more with less.

By Mark Harris

8 minute read

September 20, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

From the Experts: Seize the Day

The right question for the evolving legal services industry is not "How are law firms planning to adapt?" but "Who decides what the industry will look like?" And the answer is, "The general counsel."

By Mark Harris

7 minute read