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June 14, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

U.S. Attorneys Set Sights on Banks

U.S. Attorneys in Georgia are setting their sights on the former officers of Integrity Bank and other failed financial institutions.
10 minute read
October 11, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Going In-House at Apple With Steve Jobs' Former GC

Before he became general counsel at Apple in 2007, Oracle's then-GC Daniel Cooperman was on a business trip in China and his boss's best friend called him with a question. That friend was Steve Jobs.
7 minute read
August 22, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

East Texas Judges Test Joinder Limits in Patent Reform's Wake

Both Congress and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently clamped down on multi-defendant cases, but a new day isn't exactly dawning for defendants already ensnared in East Texas patent litigation.
6 minute read
April 06, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Managing Employee Costs as Health Care Law Decision Looms

While awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—a.k.a. Obamacare—companies of all sizes continue to grapple with the ever-increasing cost of health care benefits.
7 minute read
April 01, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Danger Ahead, Contamination, Or Other... Damages

Some of the most challenging environmental cases a company will likely ever face are those that involve alleged contamination that took place in years past?even decades ago. The operations that led to the alleged contamination may have since been sold off, and the participants scattered, lost to time, or deceased.
5 minute read
June 01, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

A Biotech Fish Story

Will an FDA nod to gene-spliced salmon lead to other transgenic animals?
9 minute read
August 28, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

You're Tossed! L.A. Judge Nixes Shareholder Action Against Failed Mortgage Lender

A federal judge in Los Angeles has dismissed a shareholder class action against the former officers and directors of Downey Financial Corp., a mortgage lender that filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in November.
3 minute read
January 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

What Computer Models Can—and Can't—Do

They can compile and sift compliance data, but humans need to look for patterns.
7 minute read
September 21, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Women Partners Get Paid Less — Duh?

Why do I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day whenever I report about the state of women partners at big law firms? It's basically the same news over and over again: At the top of the profession — the partnership ranks — women get the shaft.
3 minute read
February 23, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

No Credit for Whistleblowing

Scott Wiegand, the ex-GC of PurchasePro.com, says he tried to help the government investigate alleged fraud at his former company. But that cooperation didn't stop a federal grand jury from indicting Wiegand last month, along with five other executives at PurchasePro and America Online.
4 minute read

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