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.
STORIES OF THE DAY
Yahoo Board Moves May Reduce Future Liability
Does replacing its CEO, changing board members, and other moves by Yahoo add up to a free pass on future legal liability faced by the company around its most recent governance troubles? Not quite.
IP Insider
Google Is Probably the Big Winner in First Phase of Oracle Trial
The Recorder
Though the jury said Oracle had proven infringement, it deadlocked on Google's fair use defense, potentially throwing the decision in U.S. District Judge William Alsup's lap.
The Intellectual Property Hot List
The National Law Journal
The National Law Journal's first intellectual property hot list features 20 law firms that excel in providing patent, copyright, and trademark legal services.
From the Experts
In Support of Flat Fee Pricing for Complex Litigation Matters
Paying for legal services by the hour is an option, but only an option, and often not the best one. The use of alternatives, including flat fees, is widespread in many parts of the legal landscape.
Forecasting the Future of FCPA Enforcement
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales examines the current climate of FCPA enforcement and looks to the future of the government's strategy for building and winning cases under the law.
HP Lawyer Jumps to Network Security Company as GC
Paul Shinn, a former associate general counsel at Hewlett-Packard Co., is joining Gigamon as its first general counsel.
Occidental Petroleum Taps John Ale for General Counsel
Go Daddy GC Christine Jones Gets Going
A New GC at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA
Tracking Software Company Carrier IQ Taps New GC/Privacy Chief
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Law.com Newswire
Court Revives $500 Million Malpractice Claim Against K&L Gates
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has reinstated a $500 million malpractice suit against K&L Gates and accounting firm Pascarella & Wiker for their alleged failure to detect fraudulent activity at the now bankrupt Le-Nature's when the firms conducted an internal investigation of the company years before the bankruptcy.
- The Legal Intelligencer
Settlement Approved Between SEC, Former Morgan Stanley Executive
A federal judge in Brooklyn has approved a $3 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and former Morgan Stanley executive Garth Peterson, who has pleaded guilty to secretly acquiring real estate for himself and a Chinese official, who in turn steered business to Morgan Stanley.
- New York Law Journal
CorpCounsel Spotlight
JPMorgan's $2B Loss Re-Focuses Attention on the Volcker Rule
When JPMorgan Chase confirmed a $2 billion trading loss, the resulting flood of commentary quickly focused on the so-called Volcker Rule, intended to place prohibitions on risky bets at banks.
'Fowl Play' in E-mails Between Maryland Governor and Perdue GC?
An environmental group has accused Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and Perdue general counsel Herbert Frerichs Jr. of having a "cozy relationship," based on e-mails between the governor's office and the poultry company.
Corporate Counsel Video:
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Corporate Counsel Spotlight: The Wal-Mart Bribery Scandal [VIDEO]
In our first Corporate Counsel Spotlight video, Web Editor Brian Glaser and Executive Editor David Hechler take you behind the scenes of our coverage of the Wal-Mart Mexican bribery case.
