Law Department Management

National Law Journal

Small Firms Think Big When It Comes to Clients

By Sandhya Bathija | July 30, 2007

For attorney Larry Rosen, one pleasant conversation led to years' worth of legal work -- from Donald Trump. In 1994, Rosen was just starting out as the only tenant in one of New York City's

Corporate Counsel

Conflicting Gay Marriage Laws Cause Headaches for Companies

By Sherry Karabin | July 30, 2008

The start of same-sex marriages in California on June 16 made headlines across the country. But it wa

For Rambus' New GC, Taking Job Was a No-Brainer

By Xenia P. Kobylarz | March 6, 2007

Thomas Lavelle's decision to take the top legal post at Rambus Inc. might surprise some. After all, why would anyone give up a general counsel job at Xilinx Inc., an $8 billion company with mor

National Law Journal

Corporate Guidelines on Pretexting Slow to Develop

By Sheri Qualters | February 7, 2007

A Deloitte & Touche poll revealed that most companies have not crafted policies to ban pretexting, which exposes them to potential criminal liability if their employees or investigators use

Corporate Counsel

Commentary: Relocating -- With Eight Kids -- for Dream In-House Job

By Wendy Hufford | May 14, 2007

Editor's note: In what has become a Mother's Day tradition at Corporate Counsel, Wendy Hufford, in-house lawyer, wife, and mother of eight, delivers her latest installment on finding that

Corporate Counsel

All Compliance, All the Time

By Michael Aneiro | August 31, 2005

As compliance becomes a larger part of the in-house workload, many companies are creating posts devoted exclusively to the task. The newest all-compliance, all-the-time attorney is Elise Kirba

Texas Lawyer

Combat Human Nature in the C-Suite to Manage Litigation

By Michael P. Maslanka | July 18, 2008

America's pastime is no longer baseball. No, now it's litigation -- seemingly endless, seldom productive, usually exasperating. A hard truth, no? But for corporate counsel there is a yin t

Muzak to His Ears

By Lisa Kiersky Schreiber | March 31, 2006

You've spent the day shopping at Barnes & Noble, eating lunch at McDonald's and working out at Bally Total Fitness. What's that tune you keep humming? It's probably something you heard in one -

Daily Report Online

A Fresh Wind Blows Through Georgia-Pacific's Law Offices

By Philippa Maister | April 18, 2006

Tye G. Darland, Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s new general counsel, is bringing a breeze from the Plains to the position he assumed after Koch Industries Inc. bought the paper products giant last year.

Ensuring Consistent Quality in E-Discovery

By Barbara Deacon and Adrian Wagner | June 29, 2006

Electronic evidence is now so prevalent, it's no surprise that most litigation requires its collection and review. But, how do you know that you've collected everything you intended to harvest? How