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January 03, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Three Campaign-Finance Lawsuits On the Heels of 'Citizens'

Three key campaign-finance challenges, one already at the U.S. Supreme Court, seek to push through doors left open by the justices' controversial Citizens United decision.
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January 24, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Report Lists Top 2013 Concerns for European GCs and CCOs

According to a new survey conducted by the Legal Exchange Network of general counsel and chief compliance officers in Europe, their top on-the-job priorities are legal department management, regulatory compliance and training, and risk management.
3 minute read
March 14, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Savvis GC Ready to Face New Challenges

One of the challenges of being GC of Savvis, a provider of hosting and IT infrastructure services, stems from the highly dynamic industry's rapid growth. In Eugene DeFelice's experience, as companies reach certain inflection points, it creates the need for the introduction of new, broader and more sophisticated systems and that need includes legal approaches. Now that Savvis is almost at a billion dollars in sales, DeFelice thinks it may be at such an inflection point.
10 minute read
September 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

A Different Kind of Disruption

After years of disturbing the tranquility of other companies, Google gets a dose of its own medicine.
5 minute read
December 20, 2012 | Law.com

Cuban and Persson Donate $500K to Fight 'Stupid Patents'

Entrepreneur Mark Cuban and Markus Persson, the developer of the video game Minecraft, are donating a combined total of $500,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to help protect innovation and reform the system for software patents.
3 minute read
June 21, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Covering the Bases of Electronic Discovery

Effective compliance with the new federal rules on e-disovery requires interdisciplinary skills involving digital technology, information management and law. Attorney Michael Gold lays out a simple guide to understanding the new rules and the e-discovery process.
10 minute read
February 04, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Let My People Go ... Online! The Party of We and People Power

The violence in Egypt is well beyond the government's control and turning off the Internet really didn't help.• ALSO SEE: Start Your Engines! | Expert Archive • Get Out of It — Welcome to Dodge City, Old Chap • All Right, GCs ... Let's Get UNIFIED!!!
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December 02, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

It Doesn't Hertz So Bad Anymore: Company Drops 'Take It Back' Libel Suit

Hertz Global Holdings Inc. makes a U-turn and drops their lawsuit against the small research firm that had warned the car rental company was one of 20 U.S. companies 'likely to go bankrupt or suffer severe financial distress.'
4 minute read
October 31, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Four Top Dell Personnel Managers Allege Job Bias

Four women, all top personnel managers at Dell Inc., accused the computer giant in a job discrimination class action filed on Wednesday with disproportionate layoffs of women and older workers, as well as limiting promotions and pay for women. The federal lawsuit alleges systemic discrimination by blocking women throughout the company from rising to top-ranked jobs; giving disproportionate shares of incentive pay to men over women; and terminating Dell workers older than 40 in the same mass layoffs.
3 minute read
May 04, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

'Deal With It!' ACC's Top Lawyer Says New Pay Practices Are On the Way

'Don't give up,' ACC general counsel Susan Hackett told an Atlanta confab — stressing that law departments and outside counsel need to take steps to reward value and not just hours. Hackett also defended the ACC 'value index' to law firm leaders in attendance.
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