Today's General Counsel

The Evolving Role of the General Counsel

A recent Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP poll of 1,300 business professionals found that nearly two-thirds of respondents believe that […]

Reconsider the Way You Protect New Ideas

Most corporate legal departments have established processes to translate new ideas into patents. In many companies this approach is automatic, […]

Prioritizing Your Patent Application

An expedited procedure for examining U.S. patent applications, called Prioritized Examination, or “PE,” has been implemented by the America Invents […]

Coordinated Witness Preparation for Employment Litigation

The defense of a labor and employment case that is headed toward trial is often based on the testimony of […]

Digital and Paper Records in Law Firms, Legally Wed

About one third of all law firms have a formal policy for managing paper records, but no policy for managing […]

How to Handle Audio, the Forgotten Esi

As early as the year 2000, federal courts acknowledged that discoverable electronically stored information (ESI) included audio. Audio stored in […]

June/July 2012

Cross-Border Deals

Unconscionability Claims Still Breathing

Before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, states often overturned arbitration agreements with class action […]

Top Five Mistakes Companies Make When Confronted With a Search Warrant

If your company is ever the subject of a search warrant, there are several mistakes that are certain to make […]

Many Defective Mortgages Are Salvageable

A mortgage may be legally defective for a variety of reasons: The property description may be flawed; it may lack […]

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