Marlisse Silver Sweeney

Marlisse Silver Sweeney is the Canada-based correspondent for Law.com International. She writes about lawyers and legal issues across Canada. Her coverage includes the business of law, global and domestic law firms, in-house legal departments and regulatory issues. She can be reached at [email protected].

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April 08, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

An In-House Lawyer's Guide to Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege

An in-house lawyer at Accenture Federal Services, Shawn Haque, recently teamed up with Alison Bost of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice to write an in-house lawyer's guide to protecting attorney-client privilege.

By Marlisse Silver Sweeney

6 minute read

April 08, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Programs to Attract Millennials Are Waste of Time, Says KPMG Exec

We've all heard the stereotypes of millennials: They're lazy, entitled, narcissistic and flighty. In short, they make for lousy employees. But Bruce Pfau of KPMG, writing in the Harvard Business Review, says we've got it wrong.

By Marlisse Silver Sweeney

3 minute read

April 07, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Sara Yang Bosco Named GC of Emerson Electric

There's some new energy in the legal department at Emerson Electric Co. The Fortune 500 company announced on April 6 that Sara Yang Bosco has been named senior vice president, secretary and general counsel.

By Marlisse Silver Sweeney

2 minute read

April 07, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Securities Class Actions Are Up—And Smaller Companies Are the Targets

There was an increase in securities class actions in 2015 and smaller companies are often targeted, according to the 2015 Securities Litigation Study from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

By Marlisse Silver Sweeney

2 minute read

April 06, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Entegris Names Sue Lee Its New GC

Entegris Inc., a supplier of materials to the semiconductor industry, announced on Tuesday that it has a new top lawyer. Sue Lee has been named senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.

By Marlisse Silver Sweeney

5 minute read

April 06, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

DOL Gets Hit With Lawsuits Over 'Persuader Rule'

It didn't take long for law firms and industry groups to attempt to persuade the courts that the U.S. Department of Labor's “persuader rule” is unlawful.

By Marlisse Silver Sweeney

5 minute read

April 05, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

How BoA Accurately Forecasted Its Legal Budget

Last year Bank of America predicted almost perfectly that its legal budget would be $1.3 billion, according to this recent post on LexisNexis' Business of Law blog. How did BoA do it? Through fixed fees and what LexisNexis calls “the science of prediction.”

By Marlisse Silver Sweeney

3 minute read