Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Michael W. Peregrine | December 4, 2017
The daily headlines are prompting boards to think hard about their responsibilities for overseeing organizational culture: not only what “culture” means in the context of the board's fiduciary duty, but also who among the executive leadership team is best suited to advise them on their culture-related responsibilities.
By Ben Hancock | November 30, 2017
Reporter Ben Hancock peers around the corner at the courtroom clashes and policy choices that loom over emerging technologies like AI, digital currency and facial recognition.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Christopher P. Bogart | November 13, 2017
If you want to glimpse the future of the law business, consider Microsoft's announcement this summer that it will start hiring outside legal services almost exclusively under alternative fee arrangements.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Brad Sheafe | November 2, 2017
The more you examine the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's recent decision in Secured Mail Solutions v. Universal Wilde, which upheld the district court's ruling that Secured Mail's seven asserted patents were ineligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. Section 101, the more you find its logic curiouser and curiouser, as Lewis Carrol's Alice might have put it.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Andrea Bricca | October 30, 2017
When hearing the words “talent development,” thoughts may first drift to the job of the Human Resources department. But in reality, talent development is the responsibility of the entire management team and the board of directors—and an area in which general counsel can add significant value.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Paul Rosen and Carlton Greene | October 30, 2017
It's Friday afternoon before the New Year's holiday. A Fortune 500 CEO gets a call from her company's general counsel: “We've been hit by ransomware. We are locked out of our network and can't communicate with our customers. The hackers demanded $30,000 in Bitcoin in the next 24 hours.”
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Laura R. Kuntz | October 25, 2017
U.S. public companies, other than emerging growth and smaller reporting companies, are tackling their first pay ratio disclosures.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Craig A. Newman | October 23, 2017
The Equifax data breach has been unlike any other. Its victims' did not voluntarily provide their personal information to the company, nor did they have the ability to opt out.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Lawrence K. Kolodney | October 23, 2017
In-house counsel who seek to enforce patents rights—but are concerned about large upfront out-of-pocket attorney fees—should consider exploring contingent fee arrangements, which have become increasingly popular in patent litigation.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion|Commentary
By Dan Panitz, Bruce (HB) Gordon and R Jason Straight | October 18, 2017
Anyone aware of current business news cannot avoid the flood of high visibility hacking and IP intrusion/theft. The issues have grown so ubiquitous that it isn't shocking to hear U.S. companies and government agencies suffered a record 1,093 data breaches in 2016 alone, a 40-percent increase from 2015.
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