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Sharing Business Information in a High-Risk World
With today's business world requiring a company to share its data with third parties, in-house counsel must balance the benefits of openness with the increased risks. Privacy, data security and information management provide both challenges and opportunities to commercialize the value of a company's information. Knowledgeable GCs can avoid the problems and maximize the opportunities, combining best practices with sophisticated contracts backed up by practical means to monitor privacy and security.Will D.C. Circuit Nominee's Conservative Credentials Be His Undoing?
As a prot�g� of Kenneth Starr, a foot soldier in the recount fight after the 2000 election and a force behind recent controversial federal court nominations, Brett Kavanaugh is one of President Bush's key advisers. Whether Kavanaugh's right-wing credentials will translate into an ideology that can keep him from a position on the D.C. Circuit -- often called the second-most-important court in the country -- is a question sure to come before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the months ahead.Lawyer-Legislators Bemoan Thinner Ranks
Greg [email protected] Rep. J. Glenn Richardson first ran for the Legislature in 1996, his J.D. was almost a political liability. His opponent, he recalled, claimed the Capitol already was packed with lawyers. It didn't help that his opponent exaggerated the number of lawyers, Richardson said, inflating it by three times the actual count.View more book results for the query "New York Life Insurance"
Overtime litigation rises from the grave
Attorneys have helped some plaintiffs score lucrative settlements in wage-and-hour suits claiming that big-name employers improperly denied overtime pay. Now California lawyers are suing repeat defendants, alleging that certain companies that settled overtime suits, like the Rite Aid pharmacy chain, have made few changes.Would Law School Warning Labels Make Any Difference?
People smoke. People speed. They don't exercise or get enough sleep. They go to law school. By now, everyone is aware of the consequences of these actions. In fact, they have known them for some time. The question is: Who is responsible?More GCs Put Outside Litigators on a Budget
In a trend that's picking up steam, corporate counsel are increasingly requiring outside litigation firms to submit detailed budgets from the outset of a case. Corporations like getting the budgets partly because they can also be benchmarks for larger evaluation of law firms, says one consultant. In addition, the budgets enable companies to see how well their own attorneys are controlling costs. For their part, litigation partners note the difficulty -- and tension -- potentially caused by the demand.Working on cutting-edge therapies
Profile: Steven L. Kroll, vice president, general counsel and secretary, Cancer Treatment Centers of America.Trending Stories
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