In This Issue - December 2011
Cover Story
Taking Your Measure
Why dig into the data to show how much the law department is worth to the rest of the enterprise.
Features
Diversity Digest: Redoubling Their Efforts
Despite a recessionary setback, firms are working to hire and promote more minority associates.
Questions & Answers with Nigel Holloway / Jonathan Oviatt
The Mayo Clinic's GC sheds light on what these metrics really mean.
Diversity Digest: Persistent Differences
Black associates continue to face challenges at law firms, but at least the pay gap is closing.
Diversity Digest: It's About The Work
Minority associates don't become partners because of diversity initiatives. They're promoted because they get, and do, great work.
Patently Up
Despite judges reining in damages awards, patent litigation shows growth.
Do Ask, Do Tell
Editor's Note
In The News
Working Under an iCon
Steve Jobs, Apple's confident leader, wasn't so sure how to manage his lawyers.
Questions & Answers: Thomas Russo
From the ashes of Lehman Brothers, a general counsel stepped into another monumental challenge.
Going Up?
A recent survey predicts that law departments, and attorney salaries, will grow in 2012.
American Carrot, British Stick
Could the U.K.'s anticorruption enforcement arm use an injection of American justice?
True Grit
The general counsel of True Religion, which makes the jeans du jour, takes aim at knockoffs.
Going, Going, (Not) Gone!
The San Francisco Giants might want to rethink their IP law spend.
It Could Get Ugly
The new patent law attracted lots of attention, but a small provision could place lawyers in a quandary.
On The Job
It's a Wild World Out There
Mobile apps are empowering and fun, and a little scary when it comes to security.
Something Good, Something Dangerous
The economic crisis means there are bargains, and pitfalls, in M&A.
Moves: This One's For Who?
The economic crisis means fewer suds buyers, more headaches for Molson Coors GC.
DC Watch
A Slippery Track
The ITC uses a railway case to put the brakes on the theft of trade secrets.
Shining a Light Inside the Court
Retired justice John Paul Stevens writes candidly about five chief justices he knew.
Pounding The Gavel On E-Discovery
The Federal Circuit's chief judge announces a model that could limit the cost and burden.
Market Cops Max Out
CFTC sets personal bests for number of investigations and enforcement actions.
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