Strategy is the word when it comes to approaching a quagmire of patent litigation. Regardless of the business or field of industry, it's the key to overcoming competition and protecting your market interests. Glean some food for legal thought on launching a successful global patent litigation.
In-house counsel should be prepared to address each patent licensing and indemnification case with their best legal foot forward. But is there a way to get an early heads-up to better assess the scope of possible infringement threats?
In the legal profession, communication has just as much to do with listening as it does with speaking, representing and decision-making. There's no set standard for how to be a great communicator, but this article highlights important techniques for communicating effectively.
Hate it or love it, employ it or avoid it, the billable hour has been the primary expensing tool used in the industry. In often variable and unpredictable litigation matters, it seems to be the only practical option to recoup charges - or is it?
Bob Feldman applies the wisdom of Winston Churchill to the pay-when-paid provision put into effect in New Jersey, evaluating its efficacy and its clarity of purpose and direction.
In response to CEO pleas for legal departments to cut costs, columnist Ronald Pol offers some advice, including to outsource, to share costs, and more.
In this moving column, written following the experience of personal tragedy, Whitnie Henderson reflects on the importance of balancing work with other key elements of one's life.
In response to the continued economic challenges that we are facing today, ACC Board Chair Dan Fitz offers some words of encouragement to Docket readers.
This InfoPAK discusses the role of the general counsel in the United States, Canada and Europe. The purpose of this InfoPAK is to provide some definition of the role, scope and nature of the duties of a general counsel in a globalized, post-Enron, post-Parmalat, post-Satyam Sarbanes-Oxley world, further battered by a worldwide recession the likes of which have not been seen for more than a generation. By noting some of the issues that arise in the ordinary course of an inhouse counsel’s practice, this InfoPAK will help general counsel provide high-quality representation for their corporate client.
In a difficult business climate, legal departments need to maximize the contributions of all employees and make an extra effort to retain their best people. Performance reviews can be a powerful tool for motivating legal professionals to higher performance levels and inspiring them to meet new challenges.