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In-House Bloggers Hesitantly Rising

By Catherine Aman | November 6, 2006

Blogging may be mainstream in some professions by now, but there's one group of people mostly absent from the blogosphere: the in-house bar. Even so, a few in-house blogs do exist, and their nu

The Corporate Counselor

Mitigating Liability From Employee Use of Technology

By Sherrie Travis | July 19, 2007

Gone are the days when all that "business technology" meant was a telephone, an adding machine and carbon paper. Today, no business can survive, let alone thrive, without providing employees with a

Diversity From the Top Down

By Greg Land | May 24, 2006

Television and print ads touting United Parcel Service's signature color ask consumers, "What can Brown do for you?" But in the Atlanta-based company's executive suite, a better question might be,

The Recorder

IP Claims Its Place on the Org Chart

By Jessie Seyfer | November 30, 2006

Not long ago, the Xerox Palo Alto [Calif.] Research Center, the source of history-making inventions like the computer mouse and laser printing, was at a crossroads. It was being spun off as a s

New Jersey Law Journal

No Computer Tampering Proved in Test Case of E-Discovery Rules

By Mary Pat Gallagher | February 13, 2007

A New Jersey judge has found no spoliation of e-mail evidence in a business dispute, despite the destruction or disappearance of two laptops, a computer server hard drive and back-up tapes. /p

Corporate Counsel

Living in Two Dimensions: Managing EDD In-House

By Dale Buss | April 14, 2008

Some people might look at her job as a hellish space in legal industry limbo. And as the paralegal in charge of e-discovery for Eastman Chemical Co., Leslie Lawson sometimes does feel the stresses

National Law Journal

1st Circuit Ruling Helps Ease Recoupment from Execs of Advanced Legal Fees

By Pamela A. MacLean | November 28, 2006

Spending $1 million of his employer's money on legal fees to fight a $70,000 insider-trading penalty may have been easy for Robert D. Happ, but having to pay the million back to his former comp

National Law Journal

Directors, Speak Carefully

By Michael Rivera & Adam Arkel | October 31, 2006

The financial press has been in a frenzy over allegations of improper methods employed in connection with investigations at Hewlett-Packard Co. into leaks of confidential company information. No do

Corporate Counsel

Rocky Mountain High

By Kate DuBose Tomassi | January 5, 2006

Ten years ago, David Bellack, 46, an avid skier, left a law firm partnership in the Mile High City and became the Aspen Skiing Co.'s first general counsel. The company, based in Aspen

The Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin

Why Purchasing D&O Insurance Is No Longer Enough

January 6, 2006

The media is rife with references to high-profile corporate scandals. Although the fate of those responsible for corporate misconduct is well publicized, the innocent corporate officials impacted b