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Civil Justice Playbook: There’s No Place Like Home
A few years ago, SB Nation, a sports media company, set out to determine whether home field advantage is real. They crunched the numbers for professional baseball, football, basketball and hockey, and they found that the home team has an edge over the visiting team. The advantage is not...
Read MorePUBLISHER’S NOTE: February 2016
With our February issue, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel continues to evolve in important ways. This month we launch two new offerings. The first is a column, “Information Governance Insights,” from David White, a director with AlixPartners. David’s column will discuss issues...
Read MoreCivil Justice Playbook: Courts As Last Resort
Here’s an interesting thought exercise courtesy of Rebecca Love Kourlis, the former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court whose Denver-based Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) has for 10 years been working to rebuild the civil justice system. (Kourlis credits...
Read MorePublisher's Note January 2016
Happy New Year from all of us at Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. We are excited to present the January issue, which includes our trademark mix of insight and intelligence from leading law firms, academics, consultants and service providers, all tailored to the unique needs of corporate law...
Read MorePublisher's Note: December 2015
Let me first wish the MCC community – readers, contributors, partners and friends – a healthy and happy holiday season. We purchased MCC not much more than a year ago from its founders, Al and Martha Driver, and we have thoroughly enjoyed working with you. Al, the former General...
Read MoreBackstory: A Slow Road for Women and Minorities
The number of minorities holding the top legal position in Fortune 500 companies slipped this year, while the number of women holding General Counsel or equivalent positions continued to rise, according to MCCA’s 16th Annual General Counsel Survey, released in the November-December issue of...
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