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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
GCs warned to prep litigation war chests 
by Brian Katkin, Legal Times
Some 200 general counsel and human resource directors packed into a conference room at the National Press Club on Jan. 27 for a horror story.The tale—told chillingly by lawyers from Epstein Becker & Green—concerned ....
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Ex-KPMG in-house lawyer skirts fraud charges
by Sherry Karabin, Corporate Counsel
The worst is over for Steven Gremminger, a former associate general counsel at accounting giant KPMG. The government appears to have given up in its attempts to prosecute Gremminger and 12 other former ....
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Corporate counsel chair tapped by Obama
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
The Association of Corporate Counsel will be looking for a new national chairman if the Senate confirms President Barack Obama's appointment for GC of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Ivan K. ....
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Litigation tops meeting agenda
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
Litigation trends will be the subject of a panel discussion for the Associate of Corporate Counsel Georgia chapter's meeting on Tuesday at Maggiano's Little Italy in Cumberland Mall.“Hot Topics in Litigation: ....
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
CompuCredit lawyer leaves for Orlando company
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
Stephen B. Kaplan, the former CompuCredit assistant general counsel who became well known to the Association of Corporate Counsel's Georgia chapter by creating and organizing a popular charity golf and ....
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
In-house lawyer offers job search tips
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
Deborah M. House, vice president and deputy general counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel, has done her share of job hunting and hiring.Before joining the Washington-based in-house bar association, ....
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Corporate lawyers play big role in NAWL conference
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
In-house lawyers highlight some of the programs for the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) conference, which will be held on Feb. 5 at Atlantic Station's Twelve Hotel.A morning session—9:30 ....
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Former lawmaker, lobbyist slips into new role as GC
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
This legislative session marks the first in nearly three decades that Thomas S. “Tommy” Chambless hasn't been at the Capitol either as a member of the House of Representatives—where he served from 1981 ....
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
ACC Georgia chapter builds list to help laid-off in-house lawyers
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
The Georgia chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel is responding to corporate cutbacks and economic collapses with new efforts to help laid-off in-house lawyers find jobs.The local in-house bar ....
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Pro bono group to honor volunteers
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
The Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta will honor its volunteers for 2008 during a reception Feb. 3 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Turner Studios on Techwood Drive.“This is not a fundraising event. Rather, it ....
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Corporate, outside counsel look to realign cost and value
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
More than 100 in-house lawyers gathered Tuesday to talk about a gap between the cost of outside counsel and the value of the work done. At the center of the problem, some said, was the billable hour.The ....
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
GC sees Obama victory as indicative of Atlanta Life's story
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
Last summer, Donald E. Smart, general counsel of Atlanta Life Financial Group Inc., had a hunch about the outcome of the presidential election.Smart is a Republican, yet in the primaries he initially ....
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
New GC of WWE has headlock on legal position
by Rachel Breitman, Corporate Counsel
A career in law usually isn't filled with body slams, outrageous costumes and rip-roaring crowds getting ready to rumble. But Jared Bartie, the new general counsel of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., ....
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
ACC offers tips on weathering economic storm
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
The generation that lived through the Great Depression might now have an advantage when it comes to managing a budget for a corporate law department—or anything else, for that matter—according to Susan ....
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Tight economy doesn't crimp GCs' resolutions
by Rachel Breitman, Corporate Counsel
This year, corporate and nonprofit leaders will have their work cut out for them. Tight credit markets could put a crimp in growth and innovation. After a year in which real estate, banking, automobiles, ....
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
In-house group plans program on managing outside counsel costs
by Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Staff Reporter
The Georgia chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel has scheduled an interactive meeting on the ACC Value Challenge, a program dealing with managing outside counsel costs.The in-house bar association ....
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