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Corporate Counsel

The Power Brokers

The GC 50: InsideCounsel's list of the most influential in-house counsel in North America.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lost Identity

A few days before Christmas I received a thin, white envelope from my mortgage company, ABN AMRO. I thought it was a holiday greeting card. It wasn't. The envelope contained a two-page letter from the CEO explaining how his company had lost a computer tape that contained my social security...
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hedge Fund Manager Fights SEC Regs in Court

The hedge fund industry operates in a notorious shroud of secrecy. Investors and government regulators know little about hedge funds' practices, activities and leadership, in stark contrast to the strict regulations and public scrutiny to which mutual funds and other investment vehicles are subject. Since June 2004 the SEC has...
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Phone Co. Can Continue Services

On Dec. 12, 2005, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit stayed an injunction against Boston Communications Group Inc. (BCGI) giving the company and its millions of customers a much needed breath of fresh air after months of uncertainty. The U.S. District Court of Massachusetts ordered BCGI to...
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Shopping Overseas

Investing time in choosing foreign law firms pays off in the long run.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Porn Distributors Back in Court

Porn distributors Robert Zicari and Janet Romano thought they had finally reached an end to their long legal battle when Pittsburgh U.S. District Judge Gary L. Lancaster dismissed a 10-count criminal indictment charging the couple with violating federal obscenity laws, ruling the laws unconstitutional. However, a three-judge panel of the...
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Cook County Makes its Judicial Hellhole Debut at No. 2

Move over Madison and St. Clare counties. There's a new judicial hellhole in the state of Illinois. According to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), Cook County, which includes Chicago, tops its neighboring jurisdictions on the 2005 list of judicial hellholes, coming in at No. 2. Formerly the reigning king...
13 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Natural Selection

Supreme Court re-evaluates controversial diagnostic-process patents.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Taking Sides

European judges demand the creation of a unified patent court.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Generation Gap

Corporate litigators adjust their strategies to deal with Generation-X and -Y jurors.
18 minute read

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