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January 18, 2007 |

Canam's GC Is a Man of Steel

Ron Peppe works as the GC, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer of Canadian company Canam Steel, but he's based in Point of Rocks, Md., which he describes as "very pretty -- two churches, two liquor stores and us." While that may make Canam sound small-town, it's actually a wide-ranging international operation, with engineers in North America as well as Romania and India, and joint ventures in Russia and Dubai. Peppe finds employment issues, rather than big contracts, the toughest to handle.
12 minute read
September 10, 2002 |

S&L Cases Moving, but Government Draws Flak

Federal judges have begun issuing decisions on liability or damages in multiple Winstar suits brought by savings and loan institutions against the federal government. But plaintiffs' attorneys say the litigation has been stalled because the government is not trying to settle any of the cases. Cooper & Kirk's Charles Cooper says government lawyers are conducting a "scorched earth" defense, never accepting an adverse ruling.
7 minute read
August 21, 2002 |

Midsize Firms Maintain Revenues

Janet L. [email protected] Twain's assertion that "Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated," could apply to the firms that make up the Am Law Second Hundred this year.The American Lawyer, a sister publication of the Daily Report that ranks the nation's second 100 richest firms, noted that consultants consistently warn that these firms are the wrong size, that they must merge or waste away.
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November 20, 2007 |

GC Applies Dinner Table Lessons to Career

Matthew P. Drain learned his most important early lessons about law and life at the dinner table, where his family typically lingered over highly articulate discussions that Drain compares to "a moot court program at law school." Those family talks ultimately led Drain to a 30-year career in corporate law. The Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta recently named him one of its corporate attorneys of the year.
5 minute read
May 03, 2010 |

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The following cases were recently filed in the Washington-area district courts. This information is provided by the courts' online bulletins.
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May 30, 2000 |

Cents and Sensibility

Law firms are scrambling to find ways to manage to pay the high compensation packages that are being demanded. In a tight talent market, firms are competing with lucrative offers by corporations, accounting firms, and consulting firms offering bonus plans, stock options, and tenure, along with high compensation. How does a firm with fewer than 50 lawyers fund six-figure compensation and remain profitable?
7 minute read
September 17, 2007 |

GE Healthcare General Counsel Has a Healthy Outlook

When Carlos R. Carrasquillo first interviewed for a position at GE, he didn't get the job but made an impression on the strength of Spanish language skills he'd picked up as a boy while his family followed his career military father to various U.S. Army bases. Two years after that unsuccessful interview, the company asked him to interview with a subsidiary that operated in Mexico. After stints with different parts of the company, Carrasquillo became general counsel GE Healthcare Financial Services in 2004.
4 minute read
September 17, 2007 |

GE Healthcare General Counsel Has a Healthy Outlook

When Carlos R. Carrasquillo first interviewed for a position at GE, he didn't get the job but made an impression on the strength of Spanish language skills he'd picked up as a boy while his family followed his career military father to various U.S. Army bases. Two years after that unsuccessful interview, the company asked him to interview with a subsidiary that operated in Mexico. After stints with different parts of the company, Carrasquillo became general counsel GE Healthcare Financial Services in 2004.
4 minute read
March 27, 2009 |

Corporate Scorecard 2009 Law Firm Index

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July 19, 2004 |

No Trademark Violation Found in Dispute Over 'Smart Cards'

In a battle over "smart cards" -- credit cards containing computer chips with special features -- a federal judge in New York has ruled there was no infringement of the trademark SMARTONE by one called ONESMART. Southern District Judge Denise Cote found that the commercial weakness of First National Bank of Omaha's SMARTONE mark minimized the likelihood of confusion with MasterCard International's ONESMART mark.
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