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Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

[Event] GC Forum: Building a Case for the CLO of the Future - September 26th, Atlanta, GA

Join us for an exclusive half-day event designed for General Counsels and Chief Legal Officers. Through engaging panel discussions and networking opportunities, explore the future landscape of legal leadership. We will...more

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A Note to CFOs From the Legal Industry

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As economists debate whether the world economy is headed for a recession with a “small r,” a “slowcession" or a “soft landing,” CFOs are increasingly turning to the most common way to reduce cost - layoffs....more

Troutman Pepper

Best Practices: In-house Legal Support of SEC Disclosures

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To help navigate the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) detailed disclosure requirements, Troutman Pepper attorneys offer the below checklist as a blueprint for organizing your disclosure process and strategy. These...more

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How Outside Counsel Can Improve Cooperation With In-House Counsel in 2023

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Outside counsel is an integral part of the legal industry. Sometimes companies hire law firms to handle the entirety of a legal issue or dispute, while other times they retain outside counsel only for specific questions or...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Benefits of Hiring Outside General Counsel: Part 3 – Cost Effectiveness

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There are many benefits for businesses if you hire outside general counsel, including what we reviewed in the first two articles of this series about efficiencies and broader perspective. In this third article, we explore the...more

Leopard Solutions

[Webinar] Examining the Results of the 2022 Leopard Solutions In-House Counsel Survey - November 1st, 1:00 pm ET

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Leopard Solutions surveyed close to 500 in-house counsel attorneys to learn about their job satisfaction, the current salary landscape of in-house attorneys, and what they look for in hiring outside counsel. Join us for a...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

The role of General Counsel in Times of Crisis with Maria Feeley, Chief Legal Officer of Washington and Lee University: On Record...

Gina Rubel goes on record with Maria Feeley, the Chief Legal Officer of Washington and Lee University, to discuss the important role of the general counsel in times of crisis and GC’s expectations of outside counsel....more

Goodwin

Conducting Internal Investigations: In-House Counsel’s Guide

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Whether you are a director, or a member of an in-house legal, human resources, or internal audit team, there are sensitive scenarios that occur daily in companies and charitable organizations across industries that trigger...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Dallas, TX - February 12th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm CST

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Baker Donelson

Sitting with the C-Suite: Integrating Outside Counsel with eDiscovery Partners

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Hal Brooks has served as the CEO of HaystackID since 2018. HaystackID recently merged with NightOwl and offers, along with eDiscovery technology and litigation support, its ReviewRight remote document review services. A...more

Baker Donelson

Sitting with the C-Suite: How In-House Counsel Can Merge eDiscovery Preferences

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Mark Hawn, the CEO of Trustpoint.One, is an experienced entrepreneur, having founded and served as the CEO for Legal Copies International for eight years before it was acquired by Ikon. He also founded DocForce/Onsite...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

[Webinar] From Contract To Courtroom: Lessons Learned In Contract Litigation And Trials - September 30th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

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What can we learn from past contracts, good and bad, and how they played out in the courtroom? In this presentation, seasoned-in-house counsel, trial attorneys, and a jury consultant will examine lessons learned in litigation...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Webinar] Anti-Corruption Risk Assessments 2020 – Best Practices - May 19th, 12:00 pm CT

Main Points Covered: - What to consider when conducting a company-wide anti-corruption risk assessment for your business, as recommended by the DOJ in recent guidance - Best practices for risk assessments covering...more

Kilpatrick

4 Key Takeaways | In-House Lawyers' Expectations of Outside Counsel

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Kilpatrick Townsend’s First Chairs Club recently presented “In-House Lawyers’ Expectations of Outside Counsel.” Not all legal departments are the same. Not all clients are identical. But what makes good outside counsel never...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Key Performance Indicators for the Legal Department

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How do you measure the success of a corporate legal department? Gant Sowinski, Associate General Counsel with Michelin North America, talks with us about his experience defining Key Performance Indicators for his office and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Court Allows Plaintiff to Call Defendant’s In-House Attorney Responsible for Supervising Trial to Testify About Advice of Counsel...

In Sound View Innovations, LLC v. Hulu, LLC, a district court denied Hulu’s motion to quash a subpoena directed to its trial-supervising in-house attorney. The court agreed that Sound View may question Hulu’s attorney live,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legal privilege of corporate internal investigations under US law - 2019 caselaw update

Understanding the boundaries of legal privilege in corporate internal investigations is critical. When counsel, either internal or external, misunderstands these boundaries, the result can be disastrous....more

Kilpatrick

4 KEY TAKEAWAYS: In-House Lawyers’ Expectations of Outside Counsel

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Kilpatrick Townsend’s First Chairs Club recently presented “In-House Lawyers’ Expectations of Outside Counsel.” Not all legal departments are the same. Not all clients are identical. But what makes good outside counsel never...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Battling Government Investigation Series – Find the Right Lawyer

It always comes when you least expect it – a government inquiry to investigate your business. While it may instill a sense of panic, there are steps you can take to make sure you’re in the best position possible when the...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Bach's Legacy and How an Outside General Counsel Can Help Your Business Sustainability

Sustainability simply means the ability to be maintained or to continue. Today, we usually think of sustainability in the context of energy or the environment. However, sustainability also is important to every individual and...more

Dechert LLP

Federal Court Finds “Oral Downloads” to SEC Waived Attorney Work Product Protection

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U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman, in the Southern District of Florida, ruled last month that outside counsel’s “oral downloads” of internal investigation findings to the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Goodwin

Business Litigation Reporter - August 2017

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In This Issue - Though law firms have been handling litigation on behalf of corporate clients for decades, industrywide surveys continue to suggest that, in a significant portion of cases, these clients feel they are not...more

Winstead PC

Tips For Managing The In-House And Outside Counsel Relationship

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David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, presented, “Tips for Managing the In-House and Outside Counsel Relationship” to the Tarrant County Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel Section. David...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Protect the Privilege: Considerations in Employment Investigations

Employers can take many steps to help maximize the likelihood that attorney-client privileged information and work product will be protected in the context of employment-related investigations. In the recent case of City...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Personnel Investigation By Outside Attorney Protected From Disclosure In Discovery

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Seyfarth Synopsis: California Court of Appeal holds that (1) an outside attorney’s investigation can be privileged even though the attorney simply investigated facts, and (2) the employer does not waive the privilege simply...more

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