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July 17, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Northern Calif. U.S. Attorney to Probe Stock Options

Northern California's top federal prosecutor Kevin Ryan said Thursday he has formed a task force to investigate whether companies in Silicon Valley have committed fraud by improperly issuing employee stock options. Formation of the task force comes as more than 65 U.S. companies have said in recent days that they are under investigation for retroactively changing the date stock options were granted. About two dozen of those companies are located in Northern California.
4 minute read
August 30, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

In-House Jobs Not Always a Path to Work/Life Balance for Women

Many women lawyers look to in-house jobs for satisfying work, an escape from the tyranny of the billable hour, and more flexible time for their families. But going in-house may not mean a better work/life balance.
14 minute read
February 25, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Reading, Writing, and Regulation in Online Education

As online education takes off, the legal issues are starting to take shape.
6 minute read
January 30, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

The Risks of De-Risking to Eliminate Company Pension Liability

One de-risking technique for defined benefit pension plans has attracted significant attention as of late: plan buy-outs through the purchase of group annuity contracts.
7 minute read
December 01, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

S&P's Big Bank Downgrade 'A Drop in the Bucket'

Standard & Poor's ratings agency announced it had downgraded the six largest banks in the country as part of a review of the world's 37 largest financial institutions. And it's just a start.
4 minute read
June 30, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Blame Game for Poor Patents

Big tech companies like to complain about the glut of low-quality patents clogging up the system. Craig Opperman has a message for them: Take a look in the mirror. The Reed Smith patent lawyer says that companies are trying to file more patents than the next guy, but they're also trying to pay less for the legal work. The consequence, according to Opperman: a backlog at the patent office and wasted money at companies where patents end up being rejected or not worth that much.
4 minute read
March 05, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

A Rational Explanation for Why Law School Tuition Keeps Rising

Matt Leichter, who runs The Law School Tuition Bubble website, posits a rational, numbers-driven explanation for the continually rising price of law school tuition.
8 minute read
May 27, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

How Technology Helps Reduce the Risk of Malpractice Claims

Articles from the ALM network of publications during the last six months confirm what many lawyers already know -- lawyers are increasingly the target in a troubled economy. Yet bad stories with bad endings and bad headlines rarely start as a verdict or settlement.
6 minute read
December 13, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Energy Lawyers Predict Sweeping Legislation

Congress could make big moves on energy policy next session, thanks to the boom in natural gas and oil production from shale deposits across the country.
6 minute read
April 01, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Viva La Revolution?

In-house counsel should fight firms' hefty associate raises.
6 minute read

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