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Virginia In-House
Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to present “Virginia In-House,” a special supplement to the April 28, 2014 paper. This 8-page B-Section is sponsored by the Alexandria law firm of DiMuroGinsberg PC. Articles from the 2014 in-house section present some of the important issues for corporate counsel: Private practice to in-house: what the transition looks like. […]
Best practices for avoiding data breach liability
Data breaches and cyber-attacks are an unfortunate reality. In the past few years, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn and Wyndham Hotels have all faced data security breaches. Now, security breaches are an increasing threat to all businesses. In May of last year, Yahoo Japan notified users that a breach may have compromised 22 million user IDs, and […]
Strategy looms large in noncompete arena
One of the most difficult and critical decisions lawyers must make is deciding who to sue. Though it’s arguably the first decision in any lawsuit, when it comes to suing to enforce restrictive covenants such as non-competition agreements, the choice is especially critical. A decision on whether a business should sue its former employee, its […]
Upcoming IP decisions that should be on in-house counsel’s radar
This term is a very active one for the U.S. Supreme Court in the area of intellectual property law. The court has seven cases on its docket dealing with various issues of patent, false advertising, and copyright law. Below is a quick primer on some of these cases, which are expected to have a significant […]
When business interruptions occur, whose liability is it?
The recent spate of weather-related casualties has caused many business owners to re-examine their business interruption insurance coverage, and now even the most bottom-line-focused entrepreneurs are thinking inclusion of this type of coverage may be money well-spent. The allocation of risk of loss under a commercial lease is fairly well settled. Exposure for rent loss […]
Private practice to in-house: what the transition looks like
Just under two years ago, I went in-house as the employment compliance attorney at Quicken Loans. I made this move after 16 years in private practice as an employment and labor defense attorney. It’s no secret that Quicken Loans’ founder, Dan Gilbert, is devoted to the city of Detroit and moved all of his Rock […]
Housing agency’s lawyer can’t get Virginia bar card
The Virginia State Bar has reversed itself on whether the in-house lawyer for Richmond’s public housing authority can be licensed or certified under the corporate attorney registration rule. The VSB at first granted Michelle W. Waller a provisional corporate counsel certificate, then revoked it two days later. The bar said that a lawyer for a […]
In firm, in-house internship lets W&L law student see both sides
BALTIMORE, MD — Some law students spend their summers working at law firms. Others work in-house for a company’s legal department. One intern in Baltimore got to do both. The eight-week internship was a combined effort by McGuireWoods LLP’s Baltimore office and Exelon Corp., one of the law firm’s clients. In the first year of […]
Offering CLE one way to get in front of in-house counsel
What’s better than a free lunch? Free CLE. If a law firm wants to get in front of a potential big-ticket corporate client, there’s no better way than offering a program that lets their in-house lawyers score easy CLE credits just before the deadline. A large Virginia-based corporation likely has lots of Virginia-admitted lawyers who […]
Applicants don’t ‘like’ requests for social-media access
Social media clearly has changed the way we interact with each other. We offer up-to-date commentary about the details of our lives with BlackBerries, iPhones, smart phones and other devices. And we can say what we want without fear of reprisal in the workplace because we limit access to that information to a select group […]
Employees conspiring to steal your business?
Every corporate counsel knows that departing employees often take some form of an employer’s confidential and proprietary information to use at their next job. It is a fact of business and to some limited extent, little can be done (cost-effectively) to wholly prevent some of a company’s know-how from leaving with an employee. It is […]
IP litigation: What every in-house lawyer needs to know
Intellectual property is one of the most complicated areas of law. Love it or hate it, at some point or another every in-house lawyer is going to be faced with some type of IP dispute. It may be necessary to fend off an attack on a company’s business practices and defend against accusations of trademark, […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Jury reaches defense verdict in $4M med mal action
- Dental hygienist tripped, fractured right wrist, foot — $190,000 settlement
- Couple contracted Hepatitis A after dining at restaurant — $5.5M settlement
- Elderly man suffers hip fracture after attack by neighbor’s dog — $350,000 settlement
- Motorcyclist injured when vehicle abruptly changed lanes — $300,000 verdict
- Passenger ejected from car in high-speed chase crash — $685,000 settlement
- Defense verdict reached in fraud suit
- 8-year-old killed in crash involving tractor-trailer — $1,100,000 settlement
- Plaintiff conceived child after vasectomy — $250,000 settlement
- Delay in diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy led to surgery — $283,432.18 settlement
- Golfer stepped in sinkhole, fractured ankle — $442,000 verdict
- Jury sides with woman injured in rear-end collision — $300,000 verdict
viewpoint
- The promise and peril of artificial intelligence in patent law
- Keys to becoming an unfrazzled lawyer
- Confused about federal COVID-19 emergencies ending? You’re not alone
- Generative AI in law: New survey of lawyer perspectives and plans
- Four misconceptions about appeals
- Font choice exposes fabricated document
- USPTO launches first-time filer expedited exam pilot program
- In times of crisis, the ‘tug of war’ is over
- The ever-evolving Fourth Circuit
- Federal protections for pregnant, nursing employees coming
- It’s time for employers to embrace the ‘Big Quit’ and adapt
- Tell the whole truth? I’ll do better than that
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