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January 22, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

In a time of increasing regulatory risk, global complexity and shareholder activism, the role of the corporate general counsel in the boardroom has never been more important.

By Victoria Reese and Stephen W. Beard

7 minute read

January 22, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

In a time of increasing regulatory risk, global complexity and shareholder activism, the role of the corporate general counsel in the boardroom has never been more important.

By Victoria Reese and Stephen W. Beard

7 minute read

January 21, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

In a time of increasing regulatory risk, global complexity and shareholder activism, the role of the corporate general counsel in the boardroom has never been more important. Yet, companies have been slow to recruit general counsel or seasoned attorneys to serve as independent directors.

By Victoria Reese and Stephen W. Beard

7 minute read

January 21, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

In a time of increasing regulatory risk, global complexity and shareholder activism, the role of the corporate general counsel in the boardroom has never been more important. Yet, companies have been slow to recruit general counsel or seasoned attorneys to serve as independent directors.

By Victoria Reese and Stephen W. Beard

7 minute read

June 12, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

One of the notable features of the last two proxy seasons is the increasing number of shareholder complaints of misleading or inadequate disclosure materials, with courts often issuing preliminary injunctions enjoining proxy votes.

By Victoria Reese and Lee Hanson

8 minute read

December 02, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Lawrence T. Kass, a partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, and Blake Reese, an associate at the firm, write that the Federal Circuit recently established the "machine-or-transformation" test as the sole analysis for determining whether a software or business method is subject to patent in the United States. In adopting this test, the court eschewed other approaches that arguably might have helped to better harmonize U.S. law with European and Japanese law.

By Lawrence T. Kass and Blake Reese

11 minute read