Drug Companies and ''Off-Label'' Marketing
Recently, pharmaceutical companies have come under fire for allegedly employing a practice known as...
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Michael Brizel: General Counsel for Saks, Inc
On Monday, April 16, Michael Brizel joined the Saks, Inc., team, and on May 7, he will begin his new duties as...
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Supreme Court Hears IPO Antitrust Case
On March 27, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing, the...
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Angela Williams Brings a Musician's Finesse to Her Job as General Counsel of the YMCA of the USA
When Angela Williams was in the 11th grade, she had her career goals narrowed down to two options: she was...
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Salespeople Sue for Overtime Pay
Reflecting a recent surge in class-action overtime litigation, another wave of lawsuits is being filed across...
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Paul Barringer: General Counsel for Common Good
While working for his family's business, Paul Barringer made the decision to enter the legal profession. His...
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Viacom Sues YouTube
On March 13, Viacom, Inc., parent company of such cable mainstays as MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central, sued...
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Douglas J. Wood, Renaissance Man of Marketing and Advertising Law
Douglas J. Wood is an attorney who knows how to maximize his skills. In addition to being a partner at Reed...
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Verizon Wins Infringement Suit, Vonage to Appeal
On Thursday, March 8, an Alexandria, VA, jury found that Vonage was infringing upon three Verizon...
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Georgia Yuan: General Counsel for Smith College
Georgia Yuan was working as a project geologist for the Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco...
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YouTube, BBC Reach Partnership Agreement
Google, Inc.'s YouTube has reached a partnership agreement with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and...
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''Sex Addict'' Fired by IBM Sues for $5 Million
A $5 million lawsuit filed against IBM by a former employee who was terminated because he entered an adult...
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Ian Thompson Enjoys Helping to Plan and Execute Strategy as General Counsel for SeaMobile, Inc.
When Ian Thompson joined SeaMobile as general counsel last year, he had an extensive and variegated work...
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MySpace to Block Unauthorized Copyrighted Material
MySpace.com, the social-networking website owned by Fox Interactive Media, Inc., recently announced that it...
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Samsung to Pay $90 Million in Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory-chip maker, has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a...
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Stephen Martin Thinks Outside the Box as General Counsel for Corpedia, Inc.
Stephen Martin believes that a successful general counsel needs to have the ability to think outside the box...
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Media Conglomerate Demands That YouTube Remove Unauthorized Videos
Viacom, Inc., which owns MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, and Paramount Pictures, has demanded that YouTube take down...
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Lorraine Koc Does a Lot of Everything as Vice President and General Counsel of Deb Shops, Inc.
Lorraine Koc has spent almost her entire legal career working in-house. For more than 20 years, she has served...
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Wal-Mart to Pay More Than $33 million to Employees in Back Wages
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., will pay more than $33 million in back wages to thousands of employees after turning...
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Richard T. Hills Likes Being Part of the Team as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for MagnetBank
While in high school, Richard T. Hills decided to follow family tradition and go into law. His father,...
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Growing Complaints against Highly Paid Executives Compel the Senate Finance Committee to Approve Limit on Executive Compensation Plans
The Senate Finance Committee recently approved legislation that will place a $1-million annual limit on the...
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Gil Goldschein Thrives on the High Energy and Excitement of Being General Counsel for Bunim-Murray Productions
When he was a law student at Brooklyn Law School, Gil Goldschein never aspired to work at a big law firm and...
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Consulting Giant Demands Diversity among Outside Counsel
Accenture, one of the world's largest consulting firms, is pushing its outside counsel to add more diversity...
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Lewis Shender, Vice President and General Counsel for Jenny Craig, Inc., Enjoys the Hands-On Involvement of Being an In-House Attorney
Like many other young boys, Lewis Shender had big career plans set for himself when he was in grammar school....
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Top 3 Reasons Attorneys Decide to Move In-house
What is it about going in-house that seems to increasingly draw attorneys from law firms to in-house legal...
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Jeff Kerr Battles Animal Abuse as General Counsel of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
A passion for justice compelled Jeff Kerr to enter the legal field, and that same passion ultimately led him...
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Real Estate Attorneys Play Bigger Role in Corporate Deal-Making
Real estate attorneys are adopting more deal-making skills characteristic of their corporate counterparts,...
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Thomas Dorer: General Counsel for West Virginia University
As an undergrad studying history at Brown University, Thomas Dorer decided that he wanted a career in law, but...
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Survey finds dissatisfaction of companies hiring outside Consel
Corporate America is not happy with its outside counsel, according to a recent client-service survey. Only 32%...
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Wayne Lovett: Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Mercury Air Group, Inc.
It was not Wayne Lovett's dream to become a lawyer. In fact, one might say he fell into the profession by...
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