In This Issue - June 2012
Cover Story
Best Legal Departments 2012: From Singular to Plural
For the first time, we've chosen four Best Legal Departments as winners in our annual competition. They range from a department with 140 attorneys to a department with just one. This year, size really didn't matter.
Features
And Now For Something a Little Different
Editor's Note
A Lawyer Brings Order to an Unruly Shop: Palace Entertainment
Best Legal Departments 2012: The GC was determined to ensure that, above all, customers would be safe.
Setting the Bar High: Abbott Laboratories
Best Legal Departments 2012: Abbott's in-house lawyers are expected to meet big challenges—and they do.
Systems With Room for Hunches: Celanese
Best Legal Departments 2012: Celanese lawyers can do formulas and metrics with the best of them.
Life and Death is Just Part of the Job: Medtronic
Best Legal Departments 2012: Medtronic's lawyers see their jobs as a vocation, not just a career.
In The News
South of the Border Blues
What were in-house attorneys doing while Wal-Mart allegedly bribed Mexican officials?
Expanding the Lawyer's Role
The former GC of Verizon Wireless talks about the benefits and dangers of giving business advice.
GC on the Hot Seat
A tobacco company lawyer is grilled in court over shredded documents.
Monitoring the Monitors
A judge's ruling may result in the release of a corporate monitor's report.
Apple's China Syndrome
Did Apple's lawyers slip up when they registered the iPad far from home?
Why Do General Counsel Fire Law Firms?
The offense isn't always as egregious as an ethical breach or a mistake on a big case.
On The Job
It's (Not) Only Natural
Five tips in the wake of Mayo v. Prometheus and the "law of nature."
Moves: Going Aloft
For new top lawyer at Pratt & Whitney, it's been a steady climb.
Moves Profile: Green on Green
Maria Green, General Counsel, Illinois Tool Works
Six Steps to Peace of Mind
How to prevent data from walking out the front door.
Give Credit Where Credit Is Due
The government should take compliance programs into account when things go awry.
DC Watch
That Was Quick
Court cuts the time in which companies can face OSHA reporting violations before the statute expires.
Patent Suits are Still Sizzling at the ITC
With fiscal year 2012 half over, the ITC appears roughly on track to match last year's record 70 IP disputes.
Beware the Regulatory Pipeline
Antitrust cases are mounting rapidly on both the criminal and the civil sides.
One for Generics
A high court ruling will help companies fend off the efforts of brand-name drugmakers to control the market.
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