The latest from Corporate Counsel
- Jeff Kindler's Journey from GC to Pfizer CEO to Corporate Outcast
- Kodak Tries to Protect Digital IP Portfolio with 'Poison Pill' Plan
- In Her Shoes
- Patent Holding Company NTP Gets Mixed Ruling From Federal Circuit
- Melbourne Law Bodies Call for Arbitration Center
- Marvel's League of Lawyers at Paul Hastings, Haynes and Boone, and Weil Win Copyright Fight Over Comic Book Heroes
- Got Your Stump Speech, Your Smile, Your . . . IP Lawyer?
- The 2011 GC Compensation Survey
- Fraud Conviction Overturned for Former General Reinsurance Asst. General Counsel
- From the Experts: Getting It All Together
- From the Experts: The Significance of a Group Medical Plan's Grandfathered Status
- New ACC GC James A. Merklinger Touts the Value of Association
- Ex-Rendell GC Named Top Lawyer of Philadelphia Housing Agency
- Freddie Mac GC Robert E. Bostrom Headed to SNR Denton
- Moves: Anne-Sophie Le Lay Revs Up as GC for Renault
- Moves: Covington Partner Anthony Herman Named FEC General Counsel
- Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint
| Jeff Kindler's Journey from GC to Pfizer CEO to Corporate Outcast | Top |
| Former trial lawyer Jeff Kindler's resume includes stints as a Supreme Court clerk, star litigator, in-house lawyer at GE, GC for McDonald's, and eventually CEO of Pfizer. But from that high perch, he fell far and landed with a painful thud. | |
| Kodak Tries to Protect Digital IP Portfolio with 'Poison Pill' Plan | Top |
| As the shift from film to digital imaging has crippled Kodak's share price, the company has adopted a so-called "poison pill" to protect it from an unsolicited takeover while it tries to find a buyer for its substantial IP assets. | |
| In Her Shoes | Top |
| Before Millie Chou signed on with the legal department of online shoe giant Zappos.com, Inc., in 2006, she had never ordered shoes over the Internet. Now it's been five years since she's bought a pair in a store. | |
| Patent Holding Company NTP Gets Mixed Ruling From Federal Circuit | Top |
| The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office conducted a re-examination of its patents and earlier this year invalidated many claims in eight of NTP's patents. Now, the Federal Circuit has instructed the PTO to reconsider seven of the patents while upholding the invalidity findings on an eighth. | |
| Melbourne Law Bodies Call for Arbitration Center | Top |
| Melbourne's two main bar groups have called on the Australian government to help turn their city, the country's second-largest, into an international arbitration hub to rival Hong Kong and Singapore. | |
| Marvel's League of Lawyers at Paul Hastings, Haynes and Boone, and Weil Win Copyright Fight Over Comic Book Heroes | Top |
| Marvel Entertainment and its league of lawyers (aided by comics pioneer Stan Lee) won a summary judgment in Manhattan federal district court in a copyright case brought by the estate of comic book legend Jack Kirby. | |
| Got Your Stump Speech, Your Smile, Your . . . IP Lawyer? | Top |
| Should former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin have saved a seat on her bus for an intellectual property lawyer? You betcha! | |
| The 2011 GC Compensation Survey | Top |
| If last year's CorpCounsel GC Compensation Survey showed the aftereffects (the hangover, if you will), of the deepest trough of the recession, this year's results show that chief legal officers made steady gains and recovered some momentum. | |
| Fraud Conviction Overturned for Former General Reinsurance Asst. General Counsel | Top |
| The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York vacated the fraud convictions of Robert Graham, former assistant general counsel at General Reinsurance Corp., and four other executives. | |
| From the Experts: Getting It All Together | Top |
| Electronic discovery crises are inevitable, which means law departments should start working ASAP with IT to develop a robust information-governance strategy. | |
| From the Experts: The Significance of a Group Medical Plan's Grandfathered Status | Top |
| As part of U.S. health care reform, Congress created the concept of a "grandfathered plan." What does it mean, and how might it impact your company's health care offerings? | |
| New ACC GC James A. Merklinger Touts the Value of Association | Top |
| As the new general counsel for the Association of Corporate Counsel, James A. Merklinger will continue to extol the benefits of membership, albeit from a higher perch at the world's largest organization for in-house counsel. | |
| Ex-Rendell GC Named Top Lawyer of Philadelphia Housing Agency | Top |
| The embattled Philadelphia Housing Authority has named Barbara Adams, an attorney with an extensive background in affordable housing projects and former Gov. Edward G. Rendell's GC, as its incoming general counsel. | |
| Freddie Mac GC Robert E. Bostrom Headed to SNR Denton | Top |
| Robert E. Bostrom, general counsel of much-maligned Freddie Mac, is leaving July 29 to become partner and co-head of the financial-institutions sector at SNR Denton. | |
| Moves: Anne-Sophie Le Lay Revs Up as GC for Renault | Top |
| French vehicle manufacturer Renault has appointed Anne-Sophie Le Lay as its new general counsel. | |
| Moves: Covington Partner Anthony Herman Named FEC General Counsel | Top |
| Covington & Burling partner Anthony Herman was named general counsel of the Federal Election Commission, replacing acting general counsel, P. Christopher Hughey. | |
| Best Legal Department 2011 Video: Wellpoint | Top |
| CorpCounsel.com reporter Shannon Green talks to general counsel John Cannon from Best Legal Department 2011 Finalist Wellpoint. | |
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