InsideCounsel Magazine August 2007

Features

We asked readers to tell us about their best practices for keeping their clients happy. They provided dozens of ideas, topped by the following 10.

Holding Court

By Staff Writer

The nation's most influential circuit court judges.

Home-brewed Talent

By Staff Writer

Wisconsin native gives Brewers a legal boost as team's GC.

Plausible Pleadings

By Mary Swanton

High Court offers defendants relief from frivolous claims.

Keyword Protection

By Steven Seidenberg

Utah law forbids the practice of selling trademarked names as keywords.
Judgment Day

By Steven Seidenberg

SanDisk decision opens the door to increased patent litigation.

Career Stoppers

By Mary Swanton

Frustrated women take employers to court over glass-ceiling issues.

Access Restriction

By Keith Ecker

Digital Rights Management lets companies safeguard electronic documents during discovery.

Bribery Clampdown

By Julius Melnitzer

New wave of FCPA enforcement ensnares companies and government officials.

Culture Clash

By Keith Ecker

Eastern countries' ascension to the EU creates labor law conflicts.

Import Hassles

By Staff Writer

The other day I went to the store to buy some toys for my 5-month-old daughter. As I searched through shelves overflowing with colorful plastic and furry objects, I did something I never do...

Money Matters

By Staff Writer

Out-of-whack pay for law firm associates and judges imperils the legal profession.

Illinois Expands Damages in Wrongful Death Suits

By Staff Writer

For in-house counsel concerned about managing their liability, Illinois' recent expansion of wrongful death damages may seem like a step in exactly the wrong direction. But fear not...
Federal Circuit Rethinks Willful-Infringement Standard

By Michael T. Burr

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in June for In re Seagate Technology, a case that could change the direction of patent litigation in U.S. courts.
Supreme Court Offers Companies Pension Liability Relief

By Julius Melnitzer

Employers dodged a high-powered bullet in mid-June when a unanimous Supreme Court overturned the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in Beck v. PACE International Union.
Superfund Cleanups Get a Boost From High Court

By Staff Writer

For the past three years, owners of polluted property have been living in legal limbo.

Biblical Law

By Michael Baroni

Small department lawyers can look to the Good Book for inspiration.

Mission: Not-Profitable

By Bruce D. Collins

The absence of a profit motive makes non-profit lawyers' lives harder.

The Benefits of Web-based Litigation Tools

By Charles A. Blixt

As I've stated in this column before, much of my experience as a GC managing litigation stems from large-scale, document-intensive tobacco cases that were often multi-district, large class actions, or other complex cases of extended duration and broad discovery.