General counsel cannot escape responsibility for the corporate failures of the past two years, delegates were warned at the Global Legal Forum in May. But what can lawyers do to prevent similar failures in the future? Des Cahill reports
July 23, 2003 at 08:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
The spectre of shareholder litigation hung over general counsel delegates at the inaugural Legal Director Global Legal Forum, in association with DLA, in May.
In the past year, tough economic conditions and corporate scandals have thrown the spotlight on corporates and those that advise them as never before and general counsel delegates were conscious that they can no longer hide in the shadows.
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