Corporate Counsel

In This Issue - March 2012

Cover Story

Can't They Cooperate?

Multinationals bump up against multijurisdiction antibribery probes. A treaty is supposed to sort out who does what—but hasn't so far.

Features

The Best Defense . . .

Experts say beefed-up compliance should be rewarded.

Foreign Conflicts

Editor's Note

Keeping It Clean

Intel has found a way to develop green initiatives that can also be kind to the bottom line.

Workaround Solutions

Constrained by court decisions and ballot measures, public law schools have had to find new ways to boost their minority enrollment.

In The News

The Nonprofit Sonata

Lincoln Center's general counsel puts down her violin and pens a book not just for lawyers.

An In-House Lab for Future GCs

One law school has developed an innovative way to help students gain experience in the business of law.

Old Hammer, New Job

Deferred prosecution agreements aren't just for the big boys anymore.

Follow the Money

A nonprofit tracks the political spending of companies.

Oops

Plenty of coaches lost their jobs at the end of the football season. But one general counsel made a splash when he lost his, under circumstances that can give a lawyer nightmares.

The Short Arm of the (U.S.) Law

Perhaps no other ruling has cut down so many big plaintiffs' claims, so fast, as Morrison.

Ante Up!

Cash-strapped states aim to use a legal opinion to open Internet casinos.

On The Job

War By Other Means

Why the patent suits over tablets? Chalk it up to changing times.

Watch Your Step

Protecting your company in relationships with partners in bankruptcy.

Okay, It's Fun - But is it Useful?

No mere tweak, Apple's iOS 5 update has the potential to overhaul the way lawyers work.

Moves Profile: The Big Picture

Martyn Freeman / BBC Worldwide

DC Watch

Dial 911 for Knockoffs

The economy may have been dragging last year, but if it's any consolation, intellectual property enforcement was up.

Taking The Whistle Out of Her Hand

An appeals court must decide if the Justice Department can end a qui tam case.

Seven Quick Tips on the New Patent Law

We asked several patent practitioners to come up with a list of things lawyers should know about the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), which took effect last September.

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