This week it is all about Facebook and Twitter, even for general counsels. Asked: Our weekly question to the In-House community National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel Lafe E. Solomon issued his latest report on employee social media use ...

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Today we are taking a look at in-house attorneys and pro bono work. Asked: Our weekly question to the In-House community More corporate legal departments are emphasizing pro bono work by instituting more structured pro bono programs and backing them ...

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Welcome to the inaugural post for In-House Interrogatory, The Daily Record’s weekly blog for the in-house counsel community! We want In-House Interrogatory to be a forum where in-house and corporate counsel can share challenges, strategies and views on the profession. Every ...

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To many lawyers, the entire electronic discovery process is inimical to Federal Rule 1, that the federal rules “should be construed and administered to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.” When confronted with thousands ...

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For decades Richard Nixon has received credit and blame for all kinds of occurrences. Here’s another one: Wesley D. Blakeslee’s switch to a career in law, including years as a general counsel for Johns Hopkins University. “From the time I ...

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In-house counsel have never had an easier time comparing the hourly and package rates of their outside attorneys — that is, if they’re using electronic billing to track and review costs. Electronic billing, known in the industry as e-billing, has ...

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In light of hiring freezes and restrictions on the use of outside counsel, many corporations are turning to secondment as a solution for their pressing legal needs. Secondment refers to the hiring of a lawyer from a law firm on ...

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Arnold J. Kohn Executive General Counsel The Towers Companies Rockville, Md. In a time when attorneys change jobs with increasing frequency, Arnold J. Kohn has been with the same company since 1984, pursuing ways to do his job better in ...

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Colfax to buy Charter International in $2.4B deal (AP) Fulton-based pump and valve maker Colfax Corp. said it will buy Charter International PLC, which owns two engineering businesses, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $2.4 billion. Colfax said it has ...

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Near the end of its last term, the U.S. Supreme Court decided its first “minimum contacts” case in 24 years. The case, argued successfully by a Baltimore-based lawyer, is a powerful shield in the service of corporate defendants within the ...

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