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Corporate Counsel

Five Things to Know About Justice Kavanaugh and FERC

As a historical matter, the Supreme Court hears few cases involving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Yet this may change given the blurring of the line between wholesale markets, which are FERC jurisdictional, and retail markets, which the states oversee.
11 minute read

The Recorder

New Calif. Law Requiring Female Directors on Public Company Boards Becomes Effective

With this new law taking effect, the state of California became the first U.S. state to require public companies to have female directors on their boards of directors.
7 minute read

The Recorder

March Sanity: Can Courts Finesse a Legal Remedy to NCAA's Fantasy of Amateurism?

After 10 years of antitrust litigation against the NCAA, including two bench trials, Judge Claudia Wilken has twice found that the NCAA is unlawfully conspiring to suppress compensation of student-athletes who play at the highest level of college football and men's and women's basketball.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am a judicial officer and I use the internet to communicate with friends. What is the bottom line on my use of the internet?
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Executive Presence—How to Connect With and Become Part of the C-Suite

Your title as general counsel gets you in the room. To be truly impactful, however, you need the other C-level executives to see you not as a narrow subject matter expert to be consulted only on legal matters, but rather as a peer and adviser who also brings specialized knowledge.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Finding a Third Path in Bridging the Employee/Contractor Divide

Less than one year after the California Supreme Court's decision in 'Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court' upended long-settled questions on independent contractor and employee classifications, stakeholders on both sides of the debate are gearing up for a legislative fight to define the decision's reach.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Calif. High Court Avoids the 'California Rule' in Pension Benefits Change Decision

The Cal Fire decision was closely watched because the court's interpretation of the California Rule could significantly impact the opportunity for pension reform in California.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Pre-IPO Compliance Advice for Lyft, Slack, Airbnb and Levi's

As avid users of these services and products, we want these companies to succeed. In the last couple of years, we've been involved with over a half dozen tech company acquisitions and building up their compliance programs.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am an attorney who is retiring, but I am the executor on a number of estates. Can I remain in that capacity if I place myself on inactive status?
6 minute read

The Recorder

Why Millennials Should Give 'Managing Upward' a Chance

Not only can managing upward strengthen attorneys at all levels, it also aligns with some of the values many millennials hold dear, such as the desire to collaborate with others, eschew hierarchy, do meaningful and substantive work, take on early responsibility and establish strong professional mentor-mentee relationships.
6 minute read

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