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January 06, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

MGA Pleads to Retain Counsel — or at Least for a Delay of Bratz Doll Retrial

The manufacturer of the Bratz doll, facing the 'horns of a difficult dilemma,' has petitioned a federal appeals court to reinstate its lead counsel, whose firm was disqualified about three weeks before going to trial against Mattel.
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June 29, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Lawyers' Blogs Aren't Just for Marketing

As his company's sole in-house attorney, Todd Lewis Mayover can't buttonhole a colleague at the water cooler or walk across the hall to a senior lawyer's office when he wants to dissect an idea or discuss a legal problem. So Mayover started his own blog to form a community with which he can talk about his professional passion: intellectual property law. Every week, the Florida-based lawyer shares ideas and exchanges advice with attorneys as far away as Japan or South America.
7 minute read
February 06, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

DuPont Sets Goal of Eliminating Use of Teflon Chemical

One year after agreeing to an EPA request to work toward phasing out a chemical used in making Teflon, the DuPont Co. says it plans to stop using it by 2015. An EPA advisory board concluded last year that the chemical, PFOA, should be classified as a likely carcinogen. In 2005, DuPont agreed to pay more than $107 million to settle a class action filed by people living near a West Virginia plant who claimed the company intentionally withheld information about PFOA's threat to human health.
4 minute read
June 25, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

General Counsel Rich Baer Leaving Qwest

EXCLUSIVE: The GC has decided not to stay with the Denver-based telecommunications company after its merger with CenturyTel Inc. is complete next year. Baer talks about his next career move and, here's a hint, he's not planning on taking it easy ...
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August 01, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Avoiding an Andersen

A record number of companies are avoiding criminal charges by signing pacts with the Justice Department.
4 minute read
February 10, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

New Top Lawyer of BCG Fulfilling Management Ambitions

"Good lawyers and good consultants do pretty much the same thing: We come up with creative solutions to problems," says Jeremy Barton, who was recently appointed general counsel at leading global management adviser Boston Consulting Group. So how does Barton, whose appointment at BCG was preceded by 10 years working in-house at Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young, see himself -- as a lawyer or a consultant? "I sometimes refer to myself as a legal business adviser," he says.
6 minute read
October 23, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Companies Will Need to Turn to Cybersecurity Law Firms to Combat Terrorism Threat

An ABA panel says the United States is ill-prepared for a cyber attack, and as a result there are plenty of lucrative opportunities for law firms in the computer security field.
6 minute read
June 20, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

ACC Value Champions Offer Tips for Legal Savings

The prevailing wisdom among the Association of Corporate Counsel's 2013 class of Value Champions is that hourly billing for legal services is dead, technology is on the rise, and predictability is a priority.
4 minute read
October 01, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Hands Across the Water

General Electric crafted a �foreign policy� for doing business abroad. Should your company have one too? By Ben W. Heineman, Jr.
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