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Corporate Counsel

Apr 21, 2011

Getting the business, from in-house counsel

Lawyers sifting through social media tools should start with LinkedIn, a panel of in-house counsel told their law firm counterparts April 21 at a program in Richmond. “It’s your resume and Rolodex online,” all rolled into one, said Springfield lawyer Brett Coffee, a panelist at Virginia Lawyers Media’s first Business and Law Breakfast April 21 […]

Jan 5, 2011

Proposal: Expand pro bono by corporate counsel

Corporate counsel would be able to provide pro bono legal services without the supervision now required by rules of court, according to a proposal by a joint task force of the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association. The proposal would apply to attorneys licensed in another state but limited largely to representing their […]

May 28, 2010

Supreme Court asks for pro bono proposal for corporate counsel

The Supreme Court of Virginia has asked the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association to submit a proposed rule for pro bono practice by corporate counsel. The request followed comments last month by Randal S. Milch, executive vice president and general counsel of Verizon Communications Inc., about “regulatory impediments” by the Virginia State […]

Nov 13, 2009

New Web site lets in-house counsel rate outside firms

Hoping to give in-house lawyers a powerful tool to assess outside legal help, the Association of Corporate Counsel has unveiled a Web site that grades law firms on how well they perform and whether they stay within budget. Subscribers can click here to read the full article.

Nov 13, 2009

New Web site lets in-house counsel rate outside firms

Hoping to give in-house lawyers a powerful tool to assess outside legal help, the Association of Corporate Counsel has unveiled a Web site that grades law firms on how well they perform and whether they stay within budget. Subscribers can click here to read the full article.

Jun 13, 2008

CEO can’t muzzle in-house lawyer

An in-house lawyer’s warning that he represented the company, not its employees or CEO, meant the CEO could not use the attorney-client privilege to keep the lawyer from testifying before a federal grand jury. In an unpublished decision June 11 in U.S. v. Investment Properties of America LLC, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]

Oct 24, 2007

Benchmarks for the board room: corporate counsel metrics

“How’m I doing?” was former New York City Mayor Ed Koch’s trademark greeting to his constituents. Lawyers may ask themselves the same question. Lawyers who labor in a law firm often use the almighty billable hour as their primary measure of productivity. But an attorney who works for a corporation may come at that billable-hour […]

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