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Features
Whether you’re bringing home the full slab of bacon or a leaner cut, the size of your paycheck matters, and in these uncertain times knowing its potential can be beneficial.
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As companies reel from the recession, legal departments consider outsourcing to cut costs....
Profile
Vivian Tseng finds a juicy career, as well as work-life balance, as the top legal executive of Welch’s....
Departments
Litigation
Decision limits affirmative defenses under the FCPA....
IP
Egyptian Goddess clears the way for design patentees to enforce their rights in court....
Labor
New law requires coverage of mental and physical illnesses on an equal basis....
Technology
International companies face e-discovery challenges with multilingual data....
Regulatory
FASB’s proposed standards for reporting loss contingencies have GCs up in arms....
Global
U.S.-style corporate governance is becoming the norm for Japanese business....
Corporate Crime
In-house counsel play corporate cops in detecting and deterring corruption....
In Review
The Nikon D90 makes a valiant effort at video recording and takes great pictures too....
Also Inside
From The Editor
At InsideCounsel, we’re focused on doing our part to provide you, our customers, with the best service possible. ...
Inside Perspective
U.S. lawyers should appreciate our healthy judiciary but address problems as they arise....
Circuits
Ruling drastically expands hazardous materials liability....
In September the 7th Circuit held that class recovery is never available for TILA rescission claims....
In October the state supreme court ruled that the nation’s first medical criteria law could be applied to suits filed before the bill’s passage....
In late October, the Florida Supreme Court ruled 4-1 that false light isn’t a legitimate cause of action....
Career Talk
Take risks or keep your head down? Our career advice columnist offers strategies for advancing in recessionary conditions....
Career Moves
BitTorrent Inc. Names Edwards New GC and CFO...
Broadcom Corp. Names New GC...
Orlando Health Names New GC...
Inside Non-Profits
Corporate executives now face the salary scrutiny non-profits have always known....
Ethical Insights
Understanding the GC-management team relationship is critical to an ethical legal department. ...
Tech Talk
On Sept. 19, 2008, Federal Rule of Evidence 502 passed into law with the goal of establishing uniform, nationwide standards addressing the waiver of attorney-client privilege and work product protection....
Online Exclusive
Expanded and additional compensation results from Hildebrandt’s 2008 Law Department Survey....
Vivian Tseng, GC of Welch’s and CLO of the National Grape Cooperative Inc., talks more about paving her path as a successful in-house lawyer while maintaining a work–life balance....
The seeds of corporate governance reform in Japan go back to the country’s bank crisis of the 1990s....