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April 20, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Tallying Up the TARP-Related Legal Fees

The U.S. Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program may have expired, but some of the initiatives that grew out of that massive federal effort to bail out ailing banks and cope with other financial crisis fallout live on?and not always in a positive way.
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April 05, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Maria Green Nails Down GC Role at Illinois Tool Works

After 14 years in the Illinois Tool Works Inc. law department, deputy GC Maria Green will be taking over for retiring general counsel James Wooten.
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January 20, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

The Upsides of Collective Actions by Law Departments

Collaborations have supported such varied objectives as software development, budget control, and CLE.
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November 17, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Law Firms Fight Over Blame in Patent Failure

Facing a negligence suit by an ex-client, Coudert Brothers is trying to deflect blame to the next place the client took its business: Duane Morris. Coudert is trying to persuade a Superior Court judge to order Duane Morris or former partner Edward Lynch to pay up if Coudert loses or settles SenoRx's suit alleging the firm missed some patent-filing deadlines that cost it money. That strategy, of course, hasn't sat well with Duane Morris, which has requested that Coudert's indemnity suit be thrown out.
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November 07, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Twists in Europe's Telecom Mergers

Consolidation is on the horizon for the European telecom industry as companies begin wheeling and dealing again after several lean years, and Wednesday brought potential deals from key players. Deutsche Telekom declared it would not bid on U.K. mobile operator O2, paving the way for Spain's Telef�nica to acquire O2. Meanwhile, Ireland's Eircom plc received a takeover approach from an undisclosed party, sending its share price soaring as much as 17 percent. Analysts suspect the bidder may be Swisscom.
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September 24, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Dismissal of Blackstone IPO Suit Provides a Lesson on Disclosure Issues

The law isn't always crystal clear on just what a company needs to disclose, and how. An opinion this week gives some guidance on disclosure issues that were raised by shareholders of The Blackstone Group after its $4.5 billion IPO in 2007.
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September 28, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Looking for Good Arbitrators? A New Online Service Will Rate Them

If there are online user ratings for books and restaurants, why can't there be a similar system for mediators and arbitrators? One group plans to introduce just such a service to its members.
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March 01, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

For Your Eyes Only

Or a long time, metadata was one of those software quirks that inspired passionate debate among tech-savvy attorneys-and pretty much no one else. The word sounds like something out of a NASA-to-English dictionary, and the definition isn't particularly user-friendly, either. Metadata is all of the hidden information in a file, most commonly a Microsoft Word document: who creates the file, who collaborates on it, what changes were suggested, made, and rejected. Metadata does not make for spellbinding bar asso
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May 08, 2013 | Law.com

Tracking Changes in Women's Corporate Roles

A year after Sheryl Sandberg sparked a national conversation on women's advancement in the workplace, three new publications spotlight inroads women are making as general counsel, risk managers, and corporate board directors.
5 minute read
October 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Proposal Would Boost NY In-House Pro Bono Role

Under a proposed New York rule, once registered, in-house counsel could appear before any tribunal or court in the state on pro bono matters, without the need to seek pro hac vice admission, associate with a legal services provider, or work under the supervision of a NY-licensed attorney.
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