Sue Reisinger

October 19, 2010 |

An ethics firestorm enveloping the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission gets deeper with the filing of a complaint alleging an ex-agency official broke state ethics laws when he pursued an assistant GC job with the state's largest power company.

By Sue Reisinger

2 minute read

April 11, 2011 |

Two general counsel of Internet companies warned a House panel this week to be careful about crafting new laws to keep material stolen by online "parasites" off the web. Can a balance be struck?

By By Sue Reisinger

3 minute read

October 22, 2003 |

Paul O'Brien, former GC at Stolt-Nielsen Transportation, has unintentionally become a poster boy for some of the hottest topics bedeviling in-house lawyers. O'Brien filed a wrongful termination suit when the global chemical-shipping firm did nothing after he told his superiors about possible criminal activity. O'Brien's case isn't all the company has to worry about. The feds are looking into allegations of prohibited trade with Iran.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

September 02, 2010 |

Botox-maker Allergan agrees to pay $600M and plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of 'misbranding' its drug BOTOX� as part of a settlement — and also drops its First Amendment legal action against the U.S. government over off-label marketing.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

August 15, 2007 |

The embattled University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark searched a year and a half for a new general counsel who could accept a major legal challenge while appreciating the school's rich legacy. It found him a few blocks away. The school has named Lester Aron senior vice president and general counsel. For 20 years Aron worked nearby, co-chairing the employment and labor practice group at the Newark law firm Sills, Cummis, Radin, Tischman, Epstein & Gross.

By Sue Reisinger

2 minute read

June 27, 2005 |

Four years ago Marvell Semiconductor general counsel Matthew Gloss and two colleagues phoned the legal chief of rival Jasmine Networks. The call went to voicemail, so Gloss left a message and hung up. Or he thought he did. It turns out the voicemail was still taping the Marvell officials as they talked on speakerphone -- allegedly about how they were stealing their rival's trade secrets. The incident has turned into a major headache, not just for Marvell, but potentially for in-house lawyers everywhere.

By Sue Reisinger

5 minute read

June 01, 2011 |

It's an unlikely way to begin a legal debate that may point the way toward global free speech rights on the Internet. But a British athlete's sexual affair has triggered it, and caught in the middle is the pithy social website Twitter and its general counsel, Alexander Macgillivray, who's been busy tweeting about user rights.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

August 02, 2011 |

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York vacated the fraud convictions of Robert Graham, former assistant general counsel at General Reinsurance Corp., and four other executives.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

December 01, 2010 |

Amex says a government antitrust action threatens its business model.

By Sue Reisinger

5 minute read