For the inside counsel revolution to succeed, the General Counsel must follow a basic dictum: Hire the best. The key to the legal function's credibility with the CEO and senior line executives is to seek broad-gauged lawyers who are outstanding technical experts, wise counselors and effective leaders to occupy the top specialists jobs in the company and to be general counsel in the main operating divisions.
- April 01, 2016Ben W. Heineman, Jr.
As creditors well know, a lien holder must be vigilant in both perfecting and maintaining the perfection and priority of its lien. But even a creditor that properly maintains its lien may find that enforcement of (or more specifically, failing to enforce) that lien can affect priority.
April 01, 2016Barbara M. GoodsteinThere has been a great deal of media attention the past several years about the JOBS Act. It has various components that do various things. The aspect of the JOBS Act that has the potential to touch the largest number of Americans is Title III (Crowdfunding).
April 01, 2016David H. Freeman and Jonathan FriedlandDeactivated Facebook Page of Band Not a "Use in Commerce"
New York Federal Court Declines Request From Elvis Presley Enterprises To Obtain Royalty Documents From Sony Music for Litigation Against Arista Music in GermanyApril 01, 2016Stan SoocherThe tragic circumstances of the blowout of the Macondo Well that was being drilled in the Gulf of Mexico by Deepwater Horizon have helped clarify how to determine the extent of insurance coverage that is extended to parties who contract with the insured to be named as an additional insured on its liability policies.
April 01, 2016Robert M. BrowningLeveraging advanced technologies can empower corporate counsel and law firms alike to take control of the ongoing challenge that today's "information on demand" expectations present. When access, disaster recovery, scalability and security are paramount requirements, a migration to the cloud could be the most effective route to help ensure this is accomplished.
April 01, 2016David GreethamNot if, but when." These simple words are enough to keep privacy officers, corporate counsel, compliance officers and IT managers up at night when faced with the reality that their network will at some point be breached. While there are no silver bullets to stop breaches from occurring, understanding and following legal actions brought by regulatory agencies and heeding security guidance they issue can go a long way.
April 01, 2016Marc S. RothLast month, in Part One of this article, we discussed the fact that one size does not fit all when it comes to social media training for lawyers. We continue herein with a look at the inevitable changes in ways that lawyers do business.
April 01, 2016Molly PeckmanCloud computing may be here to stay, but is it truly safer than the solutions that it's outmoding? The Legal Cloud Computing Association (LCCA) thinks there's a path to greater security, publishing for law firms its first "Cloud Security Doctrine."
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