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January 11, 2010 | The Recorder

Shielding Employees from Genetic Bias

The Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act forces employers to tread carefully when it comes to workers' medical information.
7 minute read
October 05, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Big Texan: Fort Worth Lawyer Rides to the Top of Fair's Wheel of Volunteers

Deep-fried butter. Deep-fried peaches and cream. Deep-fried yams. These are just some of the new cardiac-challenging concoctions at the State Fair of Texas, which opened Sept. 25 and closes Oct. 18. But that isn't all that's new this year at the annual outdoor party. On Sept. 9, lawyer Craig Woodcook was selected to head the Chairman's Task Force for the fair.
10 minute read
May 27, 2011 | Legaltech News

Conn. Legal Department Turns Wary Tech Users Into Forward Thinkers

Is Alan Kreczko, The Hartford Financial Services Group's GC, tech-savvy? "My kids would answer that with a resounding no," he says with a laugh. Fortunately, though, Kreczko knows how important technology is in today's legal world -- he runs a law department that is forward thinking in the use of technology and is an early adopter of enterprise IT initiatives.
6 minute read
October 24, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Liability Waiver Decision a Step Forward for Entrenching Uniformity

In his Admiralty Law column, James E. Mercante of Rubin, Fiorella & Friedman discusses a recent Western District decision which involved a passenger aboard a jet boat in the Niagara River who was injured during a whitewater excursion through rapids in navigable waters and how the court followed maritime law on the issue of pre-accident liability waivers.
7 minute read
January 28, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Lippman Encourages More Civil Pro Bono

Warning that history will judge New York in part by how it meets the legal needs of its most vulnerable citizens in times of financial distress, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman issued a call to arms yesterday for attorneys to provide more pro bono representation to poor civil ligitants.
4 minute read
September 13, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

Transforming Young Attorneys Into Marketing Rock Stars

A program for helping new lawyers flourish in the area of marketing and business development.
5 minute read
July 16, 2010 | The Recorder

Stephen Kim

After five years in the tech industry, the Diamond Foods GC is now working at a company with tangible products -- and global expansion plans.
6 minute read
November 01, 2006 | Legaltech News

Put on Your Parachute

Every firm should be able to set up a war room in hours.
6 minute read
April 07, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

He's Been Sacked! Gucci Fires In-House Counsel Over Bar License

With pursed lips, an embarrassed Gucci has fired its director of legal affairs after discovering during a lawsuit that he wasn't properly licensed to practice law. Now the big question before the court: Can the luxury apparel designer still claim attorney-client privilege?
3 minute read
November 09, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Quantum Meruit Claims: Is Interest Mandatory or Discretionary?

Joseph H. Einstein, counsel at Labaton Sucharow, and Jonathan Gardner, a partner at the firm, write that in today's economy it is difficult to conceive of an investment with a better rate of return than a long-running litigation in which pre-judgment interest is awarded, but a litigant is not entitled to interest in every civil action.
9 minute read

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