Law Department Management

Compliance in the Era of 'Undersight'

By Daniel P. Westman | July 18, 2005

Edmund Burke's famous 18th-century dictum encapsulates why compliance efforts cannot rely on written policies or codes of conduct alone. After all, Enron had policies on paper forbidding the p

Legal Times

Proving a Law Department's Value

By Rees W. Morrison | July 25, 2007

As if being a general counsel were not stressful enough -- risks from all directions, politics with senior executives, constant changes in the law, and all the compliance mandates -- there's still

New York Law Journal

Using Organized Crime Investigative Techniques to Get Ahead of Corporate Fraud

By Bridget Rohde | June 22, 2007

In this post-Enron era, a great deal of thoughtful guidance has been issued regarding corporate governance. General counsel have in many instances borne the responsibility of converting thought to

E-commerce Law & Strategy

Compliance: Keeping Up With Keeping Up

By Stanley P. Jaskiewicz | September 8, 2005

Compliance -- dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's in a regulated business -- has always been difficult. The slightest error can lead to fines, a business shutdown or even jail time fo

New York Law Journal

Hot-Button Issues in Outside Counsel Guidelines

By Rees W. Morrison | January 12, 2009

All but the smallest law departments have guidelines that they distribute to outside counsel. The guidelines explain how the department wants to govern its relationships with its law firms. General

Texas Lawyer

Bank Nixes Use of Social Networking Sites in Hiring Process

By Jenny B. Davis | April 13, 2009

You won't find Amegy Bank of Texas CEO Paul B. Murphy Jr. uploading new profile pictures onto Facebook or linking Twitter feeds to a MySpace pag

The Recorder

McAfee GC Fired Over Stock Options

By Petra Pasternak and Justin Scheck | May 31, 2006

The growing scandal over the backdating of executive stock options claimed a second local general counsel Tuesday when software maker McAfee Inc. said it had dismissed GC Kent Roberts because of st

The American Lawyer

Extreme Wireless

By Alan Cohen | December 7, 2005

Wireless is sort of like technology's Tom Cruise: glamorous and baffling at the same time. The good news is that like ol' Top Gun himself, wireless doesn't have to be understood to be appreciated;

New Compliance Changes Coming for UK Subsidiaries

By Richard Matthews | December 11, 2006

U.S. corporations with UK subsidiaries should be aware that company law in the UK is currently going through a process of significant review and change. There is compelling evidence that when the C

Legal Times

How D.C. Corporate Counsel Are Handling the Economic Downturn

February 17, 2009

It's no secret that the economic downturn has left many law firms scrambling to weather the storm. But have tough times caused in-house legal departments to re-examine their expenses? Legal