NEXT

Latest Stories

March 01, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

No Privilege Here: DOJ Defends Document Request Targeting Deloitte in Dow Case

The U.S. Department of Justice has turned to a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., in the hope of forcing the accounting firm to turn over tax-related documents that government lawyers say aren't protected by the work product privilege.
2 minute read
February 08, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Making Tattoos and Piercings a Workplace Issue Without Breaking the Law

Just how far can employers go in acting against workers based on professional image alone? Legal issues related to employee lifestyle are rapidly changing.
5 minute read
March 24, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Lead Counsel for Export-Import Bank Joins Vedder Price

Douglas Ochs Adler, lead counsel for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, has joined Chicago's Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz as a member of the firm's equipment finance group in its Washington office. At the Export-Import Bank, Adler provided legal advice to loan officers in the financing of large aircraft as well as complex project finance transactions and was also instrumental in the development of derivative products for use in a wide range of financing structures.
2 minute read
November 28, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Guard Your Brand Like the Big Dogs

To paraphrase Matt Groening, the creator of "The Simpsons," trademark infringement is the sincerest form of flattery. However, flattery gives you no solace when your competitors are stealing your brand and making sales off your hard work and goodwill. But there are steps you can take to help better ensure brand security. By utilizing such techniques, some of which are simple to implement and inexpensive to use, it's possible to protect your brand just like the big dogs.
6 minute read
April 03, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

MoFo Knocks Out LCD Patent Infringement Suit Against Nikon

Joshua Raskin, a partner at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, told ABC News back in 2008 that in his entire career he'd "never seen a more clear-cut case of patent infringement" than what Nikon allegedly did to his client, University of Illinois professor Kanti Jain.
4 minute read
November 20, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Britain Gets Dressing-Down for Dropping BAE Bribe Probe

Until the United Kingdom dropped its investigation of BAE Systems, the small group that oversees a global anti-bribery treaty was riding a crest of success. The first major prosecution for corporate bribery in the U.K. would have cemented the treaty's influence. But it was not to be. The U.K.'s actions seriously undermined the treaty, called the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.
5 minute read
July 21, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Financial Reform Includes New Whistleblower Program

The soon-to-be-signed financial reform package creates a new whistleblower program with huge potential cash rewards for individuals who hand over info about violations to the SEC. Some corporate defense lawyers are calling it a 'bounty' reward program.
4 minute read
October 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Workplace Peace and Speech

7 minute read
April 10, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

New Legal Head of British Airways Is an International High-Flier

"Evolutionary" is how British Airways' head of legal and government affairs Maria da Cunha describes the internal overhaul that saw her take over the main duties of departing GC Robert Webb QC last week. Da Cunha is now juggling airport policy issues -- most notably the ongoing consultations on a third runway at London's Heathrow -- with advising on BA's long-running prospective merger with Iberia and planned alliance with American Airlines. On top of all this, she oversees the day-to-day legal goings-on.
5 minute read
August 01, 2008 | Law.com

Pressure to Fire Executives Raises Constitutional Issues

Attorneys Michael A. Asaro and Robert H. Hotz Jr. examine a new trend of federal prosecutors once again raising the bar for corporate cooperation by demanding that companies fire high-ranking executives who have not been charged with any crime, presumably because the government lacks sufficient evidence to mount a successful prosecution. The DOJ's recent push to oust managers and other corporate employees it cannot otherwise punish raises serious constitutional questions, Asaro and Hotz write.
16 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.