By Leigh Jackson | July 22, 2008
Senior in-house lawyers are confident they are still getting value from their legal advisers, despite last year's financial performance, which took many firms to record highs in terms of both turno
By Carly McElligott | August 29, 2005
More law firms are imitating their clients by hiring a general counsel, according to a new survey. The increase doesn't surprise those lawyers who hold the GC post at their firm. They say that
By Matthew T. Reinhard and Andrew T. Wise | July 25, 2005
Companies that are the subject of government scrutiny face new challenges in deciding how to investigate the allegations that sparked the government's interest. No longer can a company intervi
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | October 18, 2006
Houston's Boyar & Miller faces seven recently filed malpractice suits alleging the firm missed an April 2001 immigration filing deadline, which has serious consequences for dozens of current an
By Ursula Furi-Perry | August 11, 2006
General counsel are increasingly paying attention to work-life balance and implementing flexible work arrangements and other programs for their in-house counsel. Long work-weeks may still be the n
By Bruce S. Rosen and Amy C. Grossman | September 30, 2005
In New Jersey, like most states, there is no affirmative duty to respond to a request by a prospective employer for a reference. Awareness of potential liability has long led most attorneys to coun
By Sharon L. Caffrey | May 1, 2006
Litigation has become part of the business landscape for most companies. Companies that once faced little or no litigation now find themselves defending against "bet the company" litigation. Often
By Christian R. Bartholomew | November 29, 2006
In the midst of the firestorm over backdating stock options, many questions have been asked about the role of boards of directors and specifically about directors who sit on compensation committees
By Peter M. Newman | February 17, 2006
Technology now permits the litigatorto bring trial practice into themodern age of remote controlsand liquid crystal displays. If you're notready to give up paper and Styrofoamexhibit boards, consid
By Alan Cohen | January 16, 2007
In August, when the Patent and Trademark Office acknowledged that it had taken Wikipedia off its list of acceptable research sources, the surprise was not that the Web site had been banished, but t
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