Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Laura R. Kuntz | October 25, 2017
U.S. public companies, other than emerging growth and smaller reporting companies, are tackling their first pay ratio disclosures.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Craig A. Newman | October 23, 2017
The Equifax data breach has been unlike any other. Its victims' did not voluntarily provide their personal information to the company, nor did they have the ability to opt out.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Lawrence K. Kolodney | October 23, 2017
In-house counsel who seek to enforce patents rights—but are concerned about large upfront out-of-pocket attorney fees—should consider exploring contingent fee arrangements, which have become increasingly popular in patent litigation.
By Christopher Jordan and Daniel Ovanezian | October 20, 2017
Trade secret and patent laws both provide intellectual property protection but have conflicting requirements that can impose challenges for a company seeking to maximize its protection under each right.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion|Commentary
By Dan Panitz, Bruce (HB) Gordon and R Jason Straight | October 18, 2017
Anyone aware of current business news cannot avoid the flood of high visibility hacking and IP intrusion/theft. The issues have grown so ubiquitous that it isn't shocking to hear U.S. companies and government agencies suffered a record 1,093 data breaches in 2016 alone, a 40-percent increase from 2015.
By Leonard E. Marquez | October 16, 2017
There are Cons for comics, movie and television franchises, toys and much more. However, there is a less seemly side of Cons—IP infringement.
By Nancy Jessen | October 16, 2017
Two trends have emerged to motivate both legal and procurement to establish an effective partnership.
By Terence Healy | September 21, 2017
Every general counsel over the course of his or her career will face the need to conduct an internal investigation into events at the company. Many of these may be routine in nature, such as matters dealing with individual employees or human resources issues.
By Eric M. Fishman and Ross M. Bagley | September 19, 2017
You are defending a recently acquired company in a litigation. As part of pre-acquisition diligence, and prior to the litigation commencing, executives from your client and the company that acquired it shared analysis of facts relevant to the litigation. Now that the acquisition is complete, to what extent can these communications be protected by the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine or the common-interest exception to waiver?
By Robert Kramer | September 18, 2017
Whether good or bad, the law is used by some to obtain or retain advantages over others, like education, money and politics. Over short and medium time frames, access to AI—and access to better AI—will likely skew toward those who can afford to supplement quality human legal advice for their separate advantage.
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