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• Preservation Critical to In-House Counsel

  
  CA on Information Governance — Authority: 121
  A recent decision was handed down in the Swofford v. Eslinger case which sanctioned in-house counsel (but not outside counsel) for failure to preserve evidence, especially email and laptops.  The attorney sanctioned was general counsel for a government entity, the Seminal County Sheriffs Department.    What was ...
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• Using Web 2.0 to Advance Your Career as an In-House Counsel

  
  InhouseBlog.com — Authority: 112
  Looking to maximize your in-house career opportunities? Leveraging Web 2.0 tools can help as Mike Evers points out in a recent article at InsideCounsel . [via Using Web 2.0 to Advance Your Career .] * Find an In-House Counsel Job @ GoInhouse.com *
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• New ALM Study Reports on In-House Compensation Trends

  
  InhouseBlog.com — Authority: 112
  ALM’s latest report on in-house compensation trends is out – and it shows a mixed bag depending on whether you are a CLO or a rank and file in-house attorney. Check out the summary of the results in ALM’s press release. [via New ALM Study Reports Chief Legal Officer Compensation Increases Have Moderated; ...
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• November’s Featured In-House Counsel Jobs

  
  InhouseBlog.com — Authority: 112
  Looking for an in-house counsel position? Head over to GoInhouse.com’s Job Board to take a look at their listings. Here are a few featured in-house counsel job openings: General Counsel – Women’s Professional Soccer, San Francisco, CA Licensing & Transactions Counsel – Broadcom Corporation, ...
  5 days ago

• Exploding Text-Harrassment Cases Create Pitfalls for Defense Attorneys

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 678
  As supervisors increasingly make objectionable comments to employees via text messages, resulting harassment cases over after-hours comments no longer are based simply on "he said, she said" evidence. But this seeming bonanza of proof for plaintiffs lawyers is surrounded by potential pitfalls for defense attorneys, ...
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• Congressman Wants to Know Why Bank of America Hired GC with Inactive License

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 678
  A congressman investigating Bank of America’s purchase of Merrill Lynch wants to know why the bank ousted its general counsel last December and hired a replacement with an inactive license. "This is another fact that leads me to believe there could be something rotten in the cotton," U.S. Rep. Edolphus Towns, ...
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• UK Lawyers Set to Stock Supermarket Shelves for Client, Delaying Case

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 678
  Lawyers with the British law firm Pinsent Mason will be stocking supermarket shelves at Asda, delaying a trademark dispute involving the U.K. supermarket chain. Asdas counsel, Hugh Cuddigan, asked the High Court to push back a January trial date because Pinsents lawyers were going to be busy stocking shelves over the ...
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• ACC President Shares Some Thoughts on the ACC Value Index

  
  InHouse ACCess — Authority: 112
  The recent launch of the ACC Value Index at  ACCs 2009 Annual Meeting generated significant interest and commentary, including both  praise and criticism.   We welcome these comments because they not only further the attention and discussion about value in the delivery of legal services ( a primary goal ...
  2 weeks ago

• PepsiCo Blames Mislaid Docs for Missed Hearings and $1.26B Judgment

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 678
  Things go better with a smooth document tracking system, PepsiCo has learned. PepsiCo says it didn’t defend a lawsuit claiming it stole the idea for purified, bottled water because of mislaid documents and poor communications that kept the legal department in the dark until more than three months after the complaint ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ex-Anheuser Exec, a Lawyer, Sues Over Alleged Pay Bias, ‘Frat Party’ Atmosphere

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 678
  A lawyer who formerly served as a top-ranking female executive at Anheuser-Busch InBev NV has sued the brewery giant for gender bias, contending that it paid women less than men and restricted their opportunities for growth while maintaining a "frat party" atmosphere. Francine Katz, who left the company late last year ...
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• Wal-Mart to Require Outside Law Firms to Have Flextime Policies

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 678
  Law firms must have flextime policies if they want to do legal work for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Wal-Mart associate general counsel Joseph West said his company will add the flextime requirement to its current list of criteria used to evaluate outside law firms, the National Law Journal reports. The retailer also decides ...
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• Work Relationships on Social Networking Sites Can Lead to Liability

  
  Legal Geekery — Authority: 113
  Michael Schmidt of Cozen O’Connor tells the LawJournal that employers who interact with employees online, outside of work, risk exposing themselves to liability. Given that social networking sites are loaded with personal information, Schmidt said, a manager is bound to learn things about an employee that he or ...
  2 weeks ago

• Random Observations & Indelible Memories

  
  InHouse ACCess — Authority: 112
  Each year, as ACC’s Annual Meeting concludes, I’m always struck by the interesting and substantive new information I discover. Inevitably, people say things - or I observe or participate in events - that leave me with much to think about. This is my 18 th annual meeting and it was no different. Throughout our ...
  3 weeks ago

• In-House Counsel Defrauded Bank of $12M, Court Finds

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 678
  A former deputy head of the legal department defrauded the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi out of some $12 million (7.4 million in British pounds, at the current exchange rate) by conning colleagues into signing off on large investments in a friends Indonesian airline, Londons Southwark Crown Court decided yesterday. Kate ...
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• ACCs 2009 Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall - Tchotchkes Overshadowed by Interest in Value & Efficiency

  
  InHouse ACCess — Authority: 112
  The second day of a two and a half day conference can sometimes wane in attendance and engagement, but Day 2 at ACC’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Boston didn’t show any sign of diminishing interest. Attendees dispersed throughout the exhibit hall for their morning coffee and croissants, while chatting with the 100 ...
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• In-House Counsel Rank Cost Control a Top Concern

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 678
  In-house corporate counsel predict in a new survey that they will not be paying an increase in billing rates to outside law firms next year, a first in the survey’s nine years. The survey also found that controlling costs spent on outside counsel is a top priority, surpassing compliance concerns for the first time ...
  3 weeks ago

• Positive Vibe Permeates throughout ACCs 2009 Annual Meeting

  
  InHouse ACCess — Authority: 112
  ACC’s Annual Meeting in Boston might have kicked off on Sunday night, but things really got underway on Monday as thousands of in-house counsel arrived at the Hynes Convention Center to register and begin their immersion into what brought them together: learning, engaging and sharing. Having been involved with ...
  3 weeks ago

• ACCS 2009 Annual Meeting Kicks Off in Boston

  
  InHouse ACCess — Authority: 112
  I n-house counsel and legal industry professional from around the world came together at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center as ACC kicked off its Annual Meeting with a Welcome Reception and networking event in the Exhibit Hall on Sunday evening. Over 100 event sponsors and exhibitors were on hand from ...
  3 weeks ago

• General counsel now rate law firms and share ratings with colleagues

  
  FP Legal Post — Authority: 504
  The Association of Corporate Counsel in the US, has created the ACC Value Index as part of its ACC Value Challenge . The purpose is to drive better value and more efficiencies. I have said many times in the past that the real drivers of better value for money from legal service providers will be general ...
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• New ACC ‘Value Index’ Helps Clients Rate—And Share—Law Firm Performance Info

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 678
  First came the ACC Value Challenge. Now the Association of Corporate Counsel is about to introduce a tool to help in-house legal departments better implement it. Corporate counsel will not only have a uniform way to measure the performance of their outside law firms but will be able to share that information with ...
  3 weeks ago

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