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Jack Harding's company had a problem.ESilicon's outside counsel bills were stacking up. The process of drafting sales contracts was sucking up too much of some executives' time that could be
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William M. Muller has earned degrees from top universities and worked with New York law firms and as in-house counsel for one of the wealthiest families in American history, but for his current GC
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By Michael Booth | March 2, 2006
Outside counsel who take on corporate duties with potential impact upon third parties may be considered corporate agents for purposes of indemnification, an appeals court ruled Feb. 22. The
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If law firms are hoping that announcing their worst financial results since the early 1990s recession will cut them more slack with cost-conscious clients, they had better think again. Disc
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