A San Francisco federal judge is demanding that lawyers for McAfee Inc. appear at a hearing today to explain why 18 pages of corporate e-mails weren’t disclosed until the eve…
His demanding job as an in-house general counsel, difficulties with his marriage and adjusting to being a father made it easy for Steven Spitz to pack on the pounds.
A former colleague says the general counsel of Fannie Mae is well-suited to help restore confidence at the mortgage giant taken over by the federal government last weekend, if she…
A Connecticut lawyer who posed as a parking lot attendant when she wrote an anonymous letter complaining about her boss at a state agency is now facing a disciplinary complaint.
Pfizer Inc. has dubbed its law firm management effort P3, for Pfizer Partnering Program. It’s a bit of a misnomer, however, since the program involves the whittling away of law…
Former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen has agreed to pay $2.2 million in a civil settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve allegations of stock options backdating.
In-house counsel who advise their employers in a given state, even when they are admitted to practice only in another state, ought to be required to register with the state…
The number of top women lawyers at Fortune 500 companies has risen to 92 from 44 when the Minority Corporate Counsel Association first started counting nearly 10 years ago.
Only about 8 percent of midlevel associates surveyed by the American Lawyer expect to move to in-house positions in the next five years, while 43 percent expect to stay with…
A high-level lawyer at UBS AG is reportedly at the center of the New York attorney general’s civil investigation of the Swiss bank’s sale of auction-rate securities.
Adam Palmer’s day job is working as policy counsel for .ORG, a public interest Internet domain registry based in Reston, Va. But his avocation is protecting children from Internet predators,…
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