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Pro Bono - Law Firms Pro Bono Advocacy: An Immense, And Direct, Benefit To Society
Editor: Ms. Ottaviano, would you tell our readers something about your professional background? Ottaviano: I have been in DC since I graduated from college in 1986. I was initially attracted to the city because of the political atmosphere. After several years as a staffer for a Kansas Congressman...
Read MoreADR - Law Firms Arbitrating By And Against Parties Who Have Not Signed An Arbitration Agreement
Litigators need to know that certain of their assumptions about arbitration as a potential dispute resolution forum have dramatically changed. For many years, lawyers were secure in their assumption that their clients could not be forced to arbitrate a dispute if there were no agreement to submit...
Read MoreA Brief Summary Of Customs And Trade Issues For Corporate Counsel - Part II
Trade Remedy Proceedings Just as FTA preferential duty regimes and GSP can reduce duties on imported inputs in trade remedy proceedings - antidumping, countervailing duty and safeguard proceedings - can significantly increase duties and administrative and legal costs and are issues a company...
Read MoreDeferred Compensation: A New Framework For The Future
Editor: Mr.Charyk, would you tell our readers something about your career? Charyk: I started as a pre-med student at Johns Hopkins University and soon switched to a pre-law program. My law degree is from George Washington University. During law school I went through the summer associate program...
Read MoreUse Of Trademarks In Keyword-Triggered Search Engine Advertising: A Hot Topic In Internet Law - Part II
Part I of this article appears in the May 2005 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. E. Active U.S. Litigation There are currently a number of pending federal cases in which trademark owners have alleged that the sale of trademarks as search engine keywords, as well as allowing third...
Read MoreUse Of Trademark In Keyword-Triggered Search Engine Advertising: A Hot Topic In Internet Law - Part I
Part II of this article appears in the June 2005 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. One of the hottest questions in trademark law today concerns the issue of whether Internet search engine providers, such as Google and Overture Services (Yahoo!'s commercial search engine division), are...
Read MoreSecuritization Of Government Leases And Service Contracts - Part II
Part I of this article appears in the March 2005 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Federal Laws And LegalOpinion Issues As part of its due diligence, counsel involved in the securitization of a government lease or service contract obligation should determine that the transaction...
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