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Corporate Counsel

Achieving Real In-House Legal Change: Is Your Aim High Enough?

Since January I've seen striking consistency in my conversations with in-house leaders in larger enterprises across North America and Europe. Everyone is trying to re-think and advance their legal function.
6 minute read

Law.com

Call for 'No More Corporate Judges' Sparks Argument Among Lawyers

Law professors, Big Law lawyers, plaintiffs-side trial lawyers and others weigh in on a proposal to cut "corporate" lawyers from Democratic presidential hopefuls' lists of potential nominees to the bench.
7 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Don't Be a Maverick: Chancery Reinforces Limits on Attorney-Client Privilege

The attorney-client privilege is fundamental to the adversarial system of law. Indeed, the Delaware Court of Chancery recently observed that "without the privilege, candid communication between client and counsel for purposes of representation would be impossible."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What Keeps GCs Up at Night? Three Things Come to Mind

A few things every general counsel should remain concerned about as we enter the second half of the year.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Transforming Corporate Legal Departments for Success in the 'Market of the Future'

Many corporations are facing unpredictable events or drivers happening outside an organization that can be either negative or positive, but present greater volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA), which makes it more difficult for leadership to make decisions.
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Litigation Funder Poses Challenge to Industry: Can We Get Some Client Service Over Here?

Contrary to conventional wisdom, litigation finance is not just a financial product. It is a relationship-focused, trust-based service—and it should stay that way.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Stockholders Had Third-Party Beneficiary Standing to Enforce Anti-Takeover Protections

Section 203 prohibits a stockholder from engaging in a business combination with a company for three years after the stockholder acquires 15% or more of the company’s voting equity. If a company’s board pre-approves such a business combination, however, the Section 203 anti-takeover protections do not apply.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Consider Potential Litigation Fees, Costs When Drafting Business Contracts

Before you sue someone, it may be prudent to consider potential litigation fees and costs. This is because, unless your claim arises from a Florida statute or contract that entitles you to recoup attorney fees, each side will bear their own regardless of who prevails.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ethical 'Fails': Social Media Pitfalls and In-House Counsel

It’s an incredibly wired world we live in. Over 82% of the adult American population has at least one social networking profile, and in a single minute we’ll witness 293,000 status updates posted to Facebook, more than 360,000 tweets on Twitter, and roughly 400 hours of video uploaded to YouTube.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Judge Rules Automatic Discovery Stay Applies in State Securities Litigation, Highlighting Post-'Cyan' Split

Justice Andrew S. Borrok cited the "simple, plain and unambiguous" language of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 in holding that the statute's automatic discovery stay applied to state court actions during a pending motion to dismiss.
4 minute read

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