Rebekah Mintzer

October 29, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

These new technologies allow companies to take a deeper dive into peoples' activities and relationships, and could help in-house counsel in a wide variety of ways—from spotting corruption to conducting better due diligence in a transaction. At the same time, they present legal issues that give in-house counsel a reason to hit the pause button.

By Rebekah Mintzer

4 minute read

October 28, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

It's not just the ride-hailing company. The future of the whole sharing economy may come down to how courts answer that question.

By Rebekah Mintzer

15 minute read

October 28, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

It's not just the ride-hailing company. The future of the whole sharing economy may come down to how courts answer that question.

By Rebekah Mintzer

15 minute read

October 26, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

It's virtually impossible to be completely secure. But the legal department, working with IT and others, should have a plan if things go wrong.

By Rebekah Mintzer

5 minute read

October 26, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

It's virtually impossible to be completely secure. But the legal department, working with IT and others, should have a plan if things go wrong.

By Rebekah Mintzer

5 minute read

October 22, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

Sessions continue the global theme that was set out from the start, while attendees get pointers on how to evaluate employee training.

By Rebekah Mintzer

5 minute read

October 21, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

The Association for Corporate Counsel annual meeting continued on Tuesday in Boston, with another day of discussion panels and networking for in-house lawyers as well as others interested in the world of corporate legal departments.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

October 20, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

In-house lawyers from warmer climes brave the Boston chill as the international corporate counsel bar meets.

By Rebekah Mintzer

3 minute read

October 20, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

In keeping with the global nature of the conference, CorpCounsel.com attended sessions at the Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting that emphasized how, in this day and age, in-house counsel need to be worried about what's going on well beyond U.S. borders.

By Rebekah Mintzer

5 minute read

October 16, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

For law departments around the U.S., the 2008 financial crisis sparked a new movement in legal spend: cut overall costs by relying less on outside counsel and more on the department's own diligent work and internal expertise. Based on data collected by Thomson Reuters, the trend appears to be alive and well.

By Rebekah Mintzer

4 minute read