Shirley Li

November 30, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

GC career moves.

By Shirley Li

4 minute read

November 30, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Brian Burton stepped into the position in June.

By Shirley Li

5 minute read

November 30, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

A slideshow of the events, people and stories that affected the in-house bar this year.

By Danielle Feinstein, Cathleen Flahardy, Shirley Li, Ashley Post, Mary Swanton, Alex Vorro

119 minute read

November 30, 2011 | Inside Counsel

The following lawsuits exemplify the lighter, and sometimes bizarre, side of the corporate legal world.

By Shirley Li

8 minute read

November 30, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Eleven current and former employees of Comcasts Chicago South Side facility filed a lawsuit Monday, claiming the media company has engaged in an ongoing pattern of race discrimination against African-American employees since at least 2005.

By Shirley Li

3 minute read

November 29, 2011 | Inside Counsel

A federal judge challenged a decades-old practice of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday, by rejecting a $285 million settlement between the SEC and Citigroup.

By Shirley Li

2 minute read

November 28, 2011 | Inside Counsel

The heated debate over amending the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act continues to grow, as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce pushes to amend the law and the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to reject their proposals.

By Shirley Li

2 minute read

November 23, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments

By Shirley Li

9 minute read

November 23, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. agreed Tuesday to pay $950 million to settle criminal and civil charges surrounding the alleged false promotion of its painkiller Vioxx, which was withdrawn from the marketplace after claims of heart attacks and other injuries surfaced.

By Shirley Li

2 minute read

November 22, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Maurice Hank Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group Inc., took aim at the U.S. government and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, filing a lawsuit Monday for $25 billion and claiming the 2008 federal takeover of AIG was unconstitutional.

By Shirley Li

2 minute read