Archive for July, 2016
Foley Adds Experienced Litigator in Washington
News
Andrew Hurst has joined Foley & Lardner LLP’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice as partner in the Washington, D.C. office.
Software Contracts – Successfully Negotiating an Indemnification Section (Part 1 of 3)
Insight
Jeff Pinson of Scott & Scott, LLP, says that, beecause Indemnification is a risk transfer mechanism, it is crucial to understand the provision and to successfully negotiate it to prevent unwanted risk.
Quarles & Brady Named One of the Best Law Firms for Women
News
Quarles & Brady LLP has been named to list of the 2016 Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for Women.
Maynard Cooper & Gale Names New Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer
News
Birmingham, Alabama-based Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C. announces that the firm has elected veteran leader Greg Curran as chairman of the firm.
Barnes & Thornburg Adds Three Insurance Recovery Attorneys in Los Angeles and Dallas
News
Barnes & Thornburg LLP announces today that three lawyers from Anderson Kill’s Ventura, California, office have joined the firm’s Litigation Department and Insurance Recovery and Counseling Practice Group.
Litigator Harold D. Pope Joins Dykema’s Detroit Office
News
Harold D. Pope has joined Dykema in its Litigation Department as a senior counsel in the firm’s Detroit office.
Yahoo GC Could Receive $9M in Severance
Bloomberg Law is reporting that Yahoo General Counsel Ronald Bell could receive as much as $9 million in severance payout as a result of Verizon Communications’s $4.8 cash acquisition, according to the company’s filings.
Microsoft Sued Over Windows 10 Update Campaign
News
A suit in U.S. District Court in Florida alleges Microsoft’s Windows 10 update prompts violated laws governing unsolicited electronic advertisements, as well as FTC prohibitions on deceptive and unfair practices, reports The Seattle Times.
Big Bank’s General Counsel Fired Over ‘Personal Matter’
News
Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bancorp has reportedly fired its general counsel, Heather Russell Koenig, over what the bank called “a personal matter,” reports the Cincinnati Business Courier.
Ninth Annual Law Department Operations Survey
Survey
The Ninth Annual Blickstein Group Law Department Operations Survey, in cooperation with Consilio, is being conducted online now.
On-Demand: Benchmarking Your FCPA Compliance Program
On-Demand
The webinar is the third of the year in Bryan Cave’s anti-corruption series. The topic will be of interest to in-house counsel and compliance professionals of companies that conduct business outside the United States.
Wake Up GCs: You’re Your Companies’ Tech Visionaries
Insight
General counsel can serve as the champion in their department for legal technology, and the reality is that technology is here to stay. Monica Zent discusses basic technologies every GC must adopt now:
Buchalter Nemer Named Best Place to Work in Orange County
News
The awards program was created in 2009 and is a project of the Orange County Business Journal and Best Companies Group. county-wide survey and awards program.
Webinar: Leveraging Innovation to Streamline Attorney Workflow
Event, August 3, 1 p.m. EDT
Practical Law will present a complimentary webinar on the use of Practice Point to incorporating new technologies into legal practice
Jeffrey M. Griffin Joins McDonald Sanders
News
Jeffrey M. Griffin has joined McDonald Sanders of Fort Worth as an associate attorney, the firm announced.
Lawyer Who Says He Helped Win $52.5 Million Chesapeake Settlement Sues Co-Counsel Over Fees
News
A Fort Worth attorney who helped represent residents of Johnson, Tarrant and Dallas counties in a lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy and Total E&P USA is suing his co-counsel for a third of the legal fees from the nearly $53 million settlement, reports The Dallas Morning News.
Webcast: CFPB Trends in Enforcement and Investigations
On-Demand
The Gibson Dunn webinar covers challenges the CFPB raises for compliance professionals and in-house litigation counsel.
A.M. Best Webinar Examines Legal, Insurance Ramifications of Lead Injuries
Event, August 3, 2 p.m. EDT
A panel of legal and insurance professionals will discuss the sources of lead injury claims, developing liability issues and the industry impact of lead-based claims.
Can Pokémon Go Land You in Court?
Insight
While Pokémon Go is being credited for encouraging more public conversation and promoting regular physical exercise, Dallas attorney Rogge Dunn says there are many ways that a Pokémon pursuit can land a player at the courthouse or, worse, the jailhouse.
Ex-Johnson & Johnson Unit Execs Guilty of Misdemeanors, Avoid Felony Convictions
News
The jury acquitted the two defendants on felony charges of wire fraud and conspiracy, finding they did not act with intent to defraud or mislead. But the two former executives were convicted on charges of promoting a product for an unapproved use, Reuters reports.
