From Contract Management to Risk Management
White Paper
Besides explaining risk management for legal professionals and contract managers, the article also outlines steps to develop and implement a framework to identify and track legal and compliance risks using contract examples.
Embracing Disruption: Six Innovations Moving Legal Departments Up the Value Chain
EVENT: May 22, 11 a.m. CDT
The Mitratech webinar will discuss six sustainable innovations that create improved efficiency and increased business value,
Introduction to Document Assembly and Contract Management
White Paper
The white paper provides an overview of document assembly and contract management solutions and gives an insight into what questions to consider when choosing software.
Eric Miller, Former GC and Chief Risk Officer, Rejoins DLA Piper
NEWS
DLA Piper announces that Eric Miller has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as of counsel in the Baltimore office. Miller formerly was a corporate and restructuring partner at DLA Piper,corporate and restructuring partner at DLA Piper and its predecessor firms, leaving in 2006 to join FTI Consulting, Inc.
E-Discovery Provider eTERA Consulting Adds Two New Strategic Hires to Corporate Team
NEWS
Data and technology management company names new human resources generalist and manager of public relations.
Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Wins $40 Million Appeal Against FTC
NEWS
Hi-Tech says the lower-court ruling has caused concern in the industry that the FTC was trying to force double-blind, placebo clinical trial standards on the entire supplement industry.
$21 Million Verdict in Wrong-Patient Brain Surgery
NEWS
The plaintiff’s lawyer says five holes were drilled into the patient’s head and the right side of her skull was sawed out.
Battle With Insurers Over Sandy Claims Ends With Big Settlement
NEWS
A utility spokesman said the total amount of insurance recovery is $264 million, most of which is for damage to PSEG Power’s generation plants.
Vernon Nelson Joins Wilson Elser’s Las Vegas Office
NEWS
Nelson handles casino regulatory compliance and gaming/hotel operations, licensing and other matters before the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission.
Benchmarking Your Hotline in 2015: How Does Your Data Measure Up?
On-Demand
The firm compiled 2014 calendar year statistics from more than 4,600 company reporting systems for its annual Hotline Benchmark Report.
Challenges in Compliance and Corporate Governance
On-Demand
Gibson Dunn has posted a free webinar discussing practical approaches for building a robust compliance program that is risk-driven and integrated into the business.
FERC Revises Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Nomination Timelines
White Paper
The Final Rule follows an extensive stakeholder process held by the North American Energy Standards Board involving the gas and electric industries, and multiple FERC technical conferences.
Jackson Walker Adds Two More From Thompson & Knight to Real Estate Group
NEWS
Jackson Walker L.L.P. has added two more former Thompson & Knight real estate lawyers to the firm’s Houston office, joining four others who moved from Thompson & Knight on April 20.
Jon M. Spanbauer Joins Quarles & Brady’s IP Practice Group
NEWS
Jon M. Spanbauer has joined Quarles & Brady’s Chicago office as a partner in its Intellectual Property Practice Group.
Robert M. Harper Elected to Suffolk County Bar Association Board of Directors
NEWS
Farrell Fritz partner Robert M. Harper has been elected to the Suffolk County Bar Association’s board of directors.
Hogan Lovells Names Alice Valder Curran New Regional Managing Partner
NEWS
Hogan Lovells has named Alice Valder Curran the new regional managing partner for its Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis offices.
Two Bell Nunnally Partners Named to “Best Lawyers in Dallas 2015” List
NEWS
Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP partners Jeffrey J. Ansley and Karen-Lee Pollak have been selected by their peers for inclusion on D Magazine’s “Best Lawyers in Dallas 2015” list.
Government Contracts Group Joins Covington From McKenna, Long
NEWS
These additions double the size of Covington’s government contracts group and place it among the nation’s largest.
Planning for Breach Notification Requirements in Your Customer Contracts
White Paper
Companies should re-examine indemnification provisions and scale back open-ended obligations in light of the current data breach and regulatory environment.
Beware Joint-Employment Doctrine in Health Care Contracting
White Paper
A joint-employer relationship is often found to exist when one entity (such as a temporary-employment agency) hires and pays a worker, and another entity supervises the work.
