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Last news: April 28, 2009 07:49:02

Working on a venture capital term sheet? If you are, you may want to take a look at a new online term sheet generator from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. The tool has numerous options so even if youve done dozens of VC deals, it will be interesting to see what WSGRs tool can [...] -�[Read�more]

The law school rankings are out! Head over to Best Law Schools - US News and World Report to get the details. ** Find an In-House Counsel Job @ InhouseBlog.coms Job Board. ** -�[Read�more]

The Employee Free Choice Act, which was introduced on March 10 in the House and Senate, dramatically modifies the National Labor Relations Act on how employees select unions and how unions and employers negotiate collective bargaining agreements. Attorney Michael P. Maslanka predicts that some version of EFCA will be the law no later than next [...] -�[Read�more]

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is an unprecedented economic stimulus plan. ARRA contains a number of provisions designed to assist unemployed workers and their families, including federal tax cuts and credits, expanded unemployment benefits and federally subsidized COBRA premiums. Attorneys Marjorie Glover and Edward Smith review the new COBRA subsidy requirements that [...] -�[Read�more]

Multiple media outlets are claiming that the latest US News Law School rankings have been leaked. Some blogs are even showing scanned in copies of the purported rankings themselves. One thing is for sure - the real rankings will be officially out this week! Stay tuned, well link to the actual results when [...] -�[Read�more]

Yes, another installment of the weird, wacky and funny - and related to an earlier post at that. ABA Journal has posted their Top 3 Peeps in Law Entries. Head over to take a look. Yes, its Friday. Top 3 ‘Peeps in Law’ Entries | ABA Journal - Law News Now ** Find an In-House [...] -�[Read�more]

No, its not something out of Scientific American or Star Trek, its an inflection point when in-house legal costs equal outside billing rates. Read all about it at Rees MorrisonsLaw Department Management blog and dont forget to subscribe while you are there. ** Find an In-House Counsel Job @ InhouseBlog.coms Job Board. ** -�[Read�more]

Check out these featured in-house legal positions for Tax Day - many more are available at InhouseBlogs Job Board and if youre looking for Patent/IP Jobs, dont forget Patently-Os Job Board. TRADEMARK ATTORNEY – NORTH SUBURBAN CHICAGO - McCormack Schreiber Legal Search Inc., Chicago, IL HEALTHCARE ETHICS/COMPLIANCE ATTORNEY - NORTH SUBURBAN CHICAGO - McCormack Schreiber Legal Search [...] -�[Read�more]

What happens to the attorney-client privilege when a corporation enters bankruptcy or receivership? As the current economic crisis spawns criminal investigations into sinking companies, corporate officers  and their counsel  need to remember that waiver of the privilege may ultimately be decided by a trustee or receiver and that prosecutors still have considerable freedom [...] -�[Read�more]

Amid the pressure that general counsel face in todays economy, a select group of in-house leaders has shown particular finesse in managing their departments, choosing outside counsel and remaining committed to diversity in their own ranks and those of the law firms they hire. In the inaugural publication of The National Law Journals Most Influential [...] -�[Read�more]

As the financial downturn grew in intensity through 2008, a number of high-profile general counsel took proactive steps in response to drive down costs, including renegotiating outside counsel fees. With the legal profession facing the most uncertain outlook for a generation, will in-house legal teams ride out the storm and drive innovations that prove their [...] -�[Read�more]

Business calls it Armageddon. Labor says its a modest step. The Employee Free Choice Act, a proposal making the most dramatic changes in labor law in decades, is labors highest priority this year. Business and labor appear to stand on opposite sides of an unbridgeable gulf on the proposal, with neither side willing even to [...] -�[Read�more]

The market meltdown saw 22 banks outright fail, but through it all, several major banks stood tall, and perhaps none taller than BNY Mellon. The bank ended the third quarter of 2008 with a profit of more than $300 million, despite a write-off of more than twice that sum  while other financial institutions posted [...] -�[Read�more]

Judicial tolerance for shortcomings in e-discovery is on the decline, and litigants and their counsel are facing direct liability for such failures. Sensibly managing e-discovery is critical not only to success in the underlying litigation but to minimizing the possibility that e-discovery failures will become a source of liability themselves, say attorneys Kirby Behre and [...] -�[Read�more]

Consultant Rees W. Morrison reviews five hot-button issues in outside counsel guidelines: charges related to travel time, conflicts of interest, changes in billing rates, disbursements and staff restrictions. These topics crop up all the time because for law departments they affect the budget; for law firms they concern quality of life, liability, profitability and management. [...] -�[Read�more]