Should Wage and Hour Issues Be Keeping You Up at Night?

Employment attorneys have long focused on discrimination and harassment litigation. Few devoted time to wage and hour issues. But that's changing, and in-house counsel need to be on the lookout for liability.

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LGBT Bar Association Honors Out & Proud Corporate Counsel

Prudential's law department was held up as one to emulate at the National LGBT Bar Association's
Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Awards.

IP Insider

Motorola and Lemko Settle Suits Over Theft of Trade Secrets

The American Lawyer

A jury will never hear claims that Motorola engaged in racial profiling of its Asian American employees in order to find trade secrets thieves, or that Lemko Corporation helped an accused Chinese spy smuggle Motorola documents out of the country.

Rounding Up the 10 Biggest IP Litigation Wins of 2011

Corporate Counsel

In light of the ever-increasing importance of intellectual property to not just Apple, but seemingly every modern business, CorpCounsel presents a list of last year's top 10 IP litigation wins.

From the Experts

Should Your Company Head Into the Cloud?

by Timothy Cahn

As companies contemplate moving their existing data, software, and/or infrastructure applications to a cloud service, whether public, private, or a hybrid between the two, potential traps lurk for the unwary.

Preparing for Whistleblowers Under Dodd-Frank

by Matt Morley and Carol Elder Bruce

While there is no sure way for a company faced with a securities violation to ensure that it will not become the subject of a whistleblower report, there are steps corporate counsel can take to minimize the risk.

Michael Bloomquist is GC for Key Congressional Committee

The "supercommittee" general counsel, Michael Bloomquist, has taken on the GC role at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Rocking Out with Pandora GC Delida Costin

Wendy's Company Serves Up R. Scott Toop as GC

David Feinberg in Charge of Legal for American Electric Power

Eric Grossman Promoted to CLO of Morgan Stanley

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Law.com Newswire

Penn State Insurer Seeks to Limit Coverage in Sandusky Sex-Abuse Case

An insurance company covering Penn State has asked a Philadelphia court to declare it should not have to provide coverage or cover the university's defense costs in a lawsuit stemming from the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal unless the abuse in the underlying case started in what appeared to be a narrow time frame.
- The Legal Intelligencer

Big Bankruptcy Billers Line Up to Feast on MF Global Fees

With former federal judge and FBI director Louis Freeh and Hughes Hubbard & Reed corporate reorganization co-chair James Giddens set in their roles as trustees for bankrupt MF Global Holdings, several Am Law 100 and international firms are angling to help unwind the defunct derivatives broker.
- The Am Law Daily

CorpCounsel Spotlight

Was Penn State's GC Counsel for University Officials?

In-house lawyers represent the entity that issues their paychecks, not the executives and staff. But as seen in testimony from two Penn State officials, a company's lawyers and constituents can understand the relationship differently.

Regulators Prepare to Examine the Facebook IPO

As Facebook files its initial public offering paperwork with the SEC, regulators and potential investors will examine the company under a fiscal microscope and decide just how much they "like" Facebook's operational structure.