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Quick Hits: Trade Secrets Protection Program, Baldness & GINA, ADAAA Update, Blackberry & Overtime, In-House Counsel Registration, Telecommuting

Daniel Schwartz
August 20, 2010 12:07

The dog days of summer are clearly upon us. So, it seems the right time for another installment of the occasional feature, Quick Hits, featuring a few posts or tidbits you might have missed recently. Protecting your company's trade secrets isn't an easy task. But developing a program and a...

Corporations Beware: To Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege, Your In-House Counsel Must Be Active Members Of Their State Bar

July 29, 2010 19:08

The attorney-client privilege has long been held to apply to in-house counsel, just as it does to outside counsel.  But in Gucci America, Inc. v. Guess?, Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65871 (S.D.N.Y. June 29, 2010), a copyright infringement case in federal court in New York, Gucci found out the...

New survey: How in-house counsel research outside counsel

June 02, 2010 18:58

In a recent survey that is getting a lot of online attention, 164 in-house counsel were asked about their use of new media.  As part of this survey, in-house counsel ranked the following activities as "most important" for helping them research and hire outside counsel: 1. ...

Panelists tackle the perennial question: What do general counsel want?

May 25, 2010 21:28

The success of lawyers  practicing at law firms depends largely on the choices made by general counsel inside a wide range of client companies.  As a result, outside counsel devote a lot of energy to trying to read the minds of their in-house counterparts.   Who makes the decision...

What a Home Grown Girl Can Say about Global Legal Issues

May 20, 2010 14:04

  I admit it: my global travel experience is limited. I have only traveled out of the United States to Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. You guessed it: two out of the three trips were for vacation. I am not the candidate of choice for anything international. And, to top it off, I only speak...