Rebekah Mintzer

February 18, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

After an initial period of silence, several major technology companies have begun to signal their support of Apple Inc. in its pushback against a government order demanding the Cupertino, California-based company break into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

February 17, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

It could be the sort of "concerted activity" protected by the National Labor Relations Act, according to a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

February 15, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

GCs are hiring legal operations managers, keeping a tighter rein on outside counsel spend, and increasingly implementing information governance programs.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

February 15, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The Minority Corporate Counsel Association named Jean Lee as chief executive officer on Thursday. Lee, an assistant general counsel at JPMorgan Chase & Co., will be the first Asian-American to head the organization.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

February 11, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

It's almost Feb. 14, a favorite day for greeting-card manufacturers, chocolate companies and, in some cases, couples. It's also as good a time as any for employers to check on their policies and practices involving workplace romance and dating.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

February 10, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Monsanto Co., the St. Louis-based agribusiness giant, has finally put an end to a long-running accounting violations case, but not before two of its executives took the unusual step of handing over a chunk of their bonuses and stock awards even though they were never accused of personal misconduct.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

February 10, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Some are calling it political correctness “gone mad”: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has prohibited a group of Christian employees from writing “Jesus” in a newsletter. Did NASA's legal department make the right call?

By Rebekah Mintzer

2 minute read

February 08, 2016 | Law.com

The Sunnyvale, California-based tech giant got slapped with a lawsuit this week alleging gender discrimination, but not the kind one might typically expect, especially in Silicon Valley.

By Rebekah Mintzer

4 minute read

February 04, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Months after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed that the company was cheating on emissions testing, embattled carmaker Volkswagen AG has replaced David Geanacopoulos, its head of U.S. legal, with former Clifford Chance attorney David Detweiler.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

February 03, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

A federal criminal investigation into food safety practices at one Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. restaurant in Simi Valley, California, was a troubling enough development for the embattled Denver-based burrito maker. But now that investigation has ballooned.

By Rebekah Mintzer

4 minute read