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The Legal Intelligencer

Approaches to Cost Containment in the Time of Coronavirus

In the current business environment, companies are justifiably concerned about the uncertain future and controlling the cost associated with managing their IP portfolios and engaging outside counsel. In-house counsel also knows that IP is part of the long game and sacrificing company IP now to save costs may cast a long cloud over the future.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Steps Corporate Counsel Can Take to Meet BlackRock's ESG Standards

BlackRock is leading the way in sustainability reporting and expecting all publicly traded companies to do the same.
6 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Corporate Governance Guru Leo Strine Lands at Wachtell

The former Delaware chancellor and chief justice's hire unites two top names in corporate disputes and governance.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Watch Out for Fraud Tied to $2.2T COVID-19 Stimulus Package: Part I

This article—the first of a series on this topic—discusses the payment mechanisms in the COVID-19 pandemic stimulus package and sets the stage for how these programs could be abused.
9 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Permits Parties to Seek Relief in Del. Despite a NY Forum Selection Clause

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that despite a forum selection clause designating New York as the appropriate venue to litigate disputes arising under an agreement, the parties could seek relief in the Court of Chancery because New York courts were unavailable.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Video Interview Tips Specifically for In-House Counsel

To be clear, we all absolutely HATE video interviewing. Outside recruiters like me, internal HR folks, and especially the actual hiring manager CEOs and GCs … none of us want this. And so a strong preference to wait for the traditional process has become an added reason, beyond macro conditions, to kick the hiring can down the road.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What General Counsels Are Telling Us About Innovation

The changing face of the legal department calls for highly innovative law firms, particularly in times of global crisis.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Dismisses Effort to Plead Around Rule 23 in CEO's Attempt to Escape Alleged Oversight Failures

In a recent Court of Chancery opinion, Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights rejected the plaintiff's effort to recharacterize what was essentially an inadequate Caremark claim into a self-interested, unfair dealing claim against the board arising from its termination of a CEO accused of sexual misconduct.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Fraud Prevention for Companies Operating in the 'New Normal'

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies across the world to embrace a remote workforce with an extremely limited window of time, or no window at all, for planning and testing. Many companies had employees that worked remotely at least part of the time.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

When to Hire Outside Lawyers to Conduct an Internal Investigation: Revisited

In early November 2019, I wrote an article about the high-profile women who had called on Comcast to conduct an internal investigation regarding the alleged widespread culture of sexual harassment within the company. I discussed this issue and the rising calls for internal investigations within many industries and companies and their importance.
8 minute read

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