875 ABA Journal In-house Counsel articles.
Despite rich profits recently reported by some of the nation’s biggest and best-known law firms, the legal work landscape is changing for the vast majority of corporate practitioners. Faced with…
May 1, 2008 4:01 PM CDT
When struggling companies go under in a big way, bankruptcy trustees today are increasingly looking to their accountants and lawyers to ante up at least some of the missing money
…Apr 23, 2008 6:46 PM CDT
Despite headaches created by increased corporate compliance requirements and tension with outside auditors, the vast majority of lawyers at the helm of corporate legal departments are happy with their jobs.…
Apr 17, 2008 8:24 PM CDT
The Coca-Cola Co. sent a questionnaire to its 18 outside law firms asking about their diversity practices, then honored Shook, Hardy & Bacon for good results.
The soft drink company…
Apr 17, 2008 6:10 PM CDT
General counsel at 14 Silicon Valley companies have seen their careers slide under the taint of backdating scandals.
The Recorder (sub. req.) investigated the fate of general counsel…
Apr 17, 2008 2:59 PM CDT
A suit by a sales employee claims his boss subjected him to waterboarding as part of a “team-building exercise.”
Chad Hudgens, part of a 10-person telephone sales team, said he…
Apr 14, 2008 3:54 PM CDT
Chevron Corp. has hired William “Jim” Haynes II, the former Pentagon general counsel criticized for his role in approving harsh interrogation techniques, but the company didn’t rush to publicize its…
Apr 11, 2008 2:14 PM CDT
While those who are parents aren’t a protected class, employers seeking to be family-friendly can ironically stumble into legal pitfalls if they aren’t careful.
When disciplining a worker who is…
Apr 10, 2008 11:43 PM CDT
Angry, unpleasant, rude fellow employees, in legal settings and elsewhere, make life a lot less pleasant—and less productive. Increasingly, companies and law firms recognize this fact, and some have even…
Apr 9, 2008 6:50 PM CDT
Changes to federal rules governing the discovery of electronic documents have boosted legal outsourcing to India.
E-discovery is producing thousands of pages of documents in lawsuits that require a careful—and…
Apr 4, 2008 2:37 PM CDT
Lawyers representing Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. could be on the hot seat under a federal judge’s order allowing them to be questioned about deposition testimony in a case that…
Apr 2, 2008 12:05 PM CDT
Some corporations are so intent on cost-cutting that their purchasing or procurement departments are involved in decisions to hire outside counsel.
Ron Friedmann, president of Prism Legal Consultants Inc., told…
Apr 1, 2008 2:42 PM CDT
The general counsel of New Century Financial Corp. warned of unsound lending practices in a 2004 memo that was apparently ignored, according to a bankruptcy examiner’s report.
General counsel Stergios…
Mar 31, 2008 1:27 PM CDT
The global patent director of Pfizer Inc., Alan Hesketh, has been arrested and charged with child pornography, the Associated Press reports.
Hesketh is a British citizen who…
Mar 28, 2008 3:41 PM CDT
If you think a jump from a law firm to an in-house position is the ticket to a cushy, stress-free job, think again. The life of an in-house lawyer is…
Mar 27, 2008 4:00 PM CDT
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