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Don't Miss What Is Just Over The Horizon
In our front page interview, Norm Veasey states that anticipating future developments is one of the important attributes of general counsel in their capacity as persuasive counselors of CEOs and Boards. One future development of concern to all corporate counsel is so important that we devoted...
Read MoreCapital Markets Reports' Recommendations: The Litigation Climate
The outside counsel interviewed for this Special Section discuss civil justice and litigation-relatedrecommendations designed to improve the competitiveness of U.S. capital markets and the institutions that use them. These recommendations, which were also highlighted in our May and June issues,...
Read MoreGood Corporate Behavior Redux - The Federal Self-Evaluative Privilege
An increasingly litigious environment for public companies and the requirements imposed by the Sarbanes Oxley Act have forced U.S. corporations to be more aggressive in establishing pro-active compliance programs, managing risk, and ferreting out corporate malfeasance and employee misconduct. The...
Read MoreHow Competitive Are U.S. Capital Markets And U.S. Public Companies? Issues Of Importance And Reform For All Corporate Counsel
The Committee of Corporate General Counsel of the ABA Business Law Section presented a program on March 16 that included a panel ("ABA Panel") entitled "New Commissions, New Recommendations: U.S. Capital Markets and Corporate Reforms." The panel discussed three reports containing recommendations to...
Read MoreThe McNulty Memorandum: New DOJ Policies On Attorney-Client Privilege And Attorney Work Product Protections
On Tuesday, December 12, 2006, Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty released revised Department of Justice guidelines regarding federal prosecution of business organizations. The revised policies, which are embodied in an internal Department of Justice memorandum (the "McNulty Memorandum"),...
Read MoreResponsible Interactive Advertising And Children: Understanding And Complying With COPPA And The CARU Guidlelines
Children in this digital age receive more commercial impressions than ever before. Many companies whose products are directed towards a general audience may find that, by default, they are "youth marketers," since their product or their marketing message not only reaches children, but is appealing...
Read MoreA Notable Defense Success In The Class-Action Arena: A Practitioner's View
Editor: Mr. Wiegand, would you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Wiegand: I am a litigation partner at Winston & Strawn, and have been with the firm for 16 years. I am involved in a wide variety of litigation matters from inception of the case through trial,...
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