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Corporate Counsel

Understanding Compliance Needs Related to the GDPR

There was definitely a “Y2K atmosphere” around GDPR when the May 25 go-live deadline was approaching. GCs were scrambling, corporate counsel and their law firms were preparing for the strict enforcement threats (and potential infringement costs).
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

Unbeknownst to me, my client consulted with another firm on his personal injury case. I received a letter from the client that I am discharged and the new lawyer is taking over. How do I resolve the fee situation for the fees and costs the client owes me for my time?
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

Will Protectionist Alcohol Rules Withstand More Supreme Court Scrutiny?

A U.S. Supreme Court opinion hints other state liquor restrictions could fall, writes Greenspoon Marder alcohol practice leader Louis Terminello.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

In his Realty Law Digest, Scott E. Mollen discusses “Council of Churches Housing Dev. Fund Co. Inc. v. Arlington Housing Corp.,” where the litigation involved a dispute over the direction and control of a limited partnership that was formed to own and operate a real estate investment, and “207-209 W. 107th St. LLC v. Doe,” a Landlord-Tenant case where the court found the tenant did not “commercialize the premises” with Airbnb activity.
15 minute read

New York Law Journal

Opportunity Zone Talking Points for Fourth of July BBQs

In December, Ezra Dyckman and Aaron Gaynor shared some qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) talking points for your holiday get-togethers. In April, the Treasury released a second set of proposed regulations concerning QOZs. In this column, ahead of the Fourth of July, they offer you these small "bites," to nibble on at your BBQ.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Implications of 'FMI v. Argus Media Leader' on Trade Secret Law

The Supreme Court's decision in 'FMI v. Argus Media Leader' will have important implications for companies' disclosed information. In fact, it may render certain information that would otherwise qualify as a trade secret under the Defend Trade Secrets Act obtainable under FOIA and therefore “readily ascertainable through proper means.”
6 minute read

Global Leaders in Law

Former BBC Producer Shares Key Strategies to Maximise Impact and Influence

What springs to mind when you read the calendar invitation entitled "Onsite Patient Advocacy Compliance Training"? Are you thinking, "Dull dull…
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I work for a firm where the partners are attorneys in their late 60s and early 70s—and rarely come in. But they do have a caseload and have their paralegals handling it unless it has to go to litigation. Then the files are assigned to the firm's associates. Can the partner do this or is their conduct unethical?
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Which Face Does Your Chief Legal Officer Wear Most?

As CLOs increasingly report directly to CEOs, how can they balance legal and strategic demands on their time
5 minute read

The Recorder

Will Joining a Company With a Mediocre Brand Hurt My Career?

A company's brand can influence marketability, but rarely will it destroy it.
5 minute read

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