Due Diligence

Dec 8, 2016

Coal is resurgent, renewables in retreat: Energy with Trump

If you want a snapshot of what the global energy map will look like under President Donald Trump, look no farther than the stock market. Glencore Plc, the world’s top coal trader, surged more than 7 percent the day after the election. Vestas Win[...]

Dec 8, 2016

Obama-Era Court Fights Become Mission Impossible After Trump Win

Three days before Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th U.S. president, attorneys for Barack Obama’s outgoing administration will ask an appeals court to revive rules governing oil-and-gas fracking on federal land. Even if Obama wins, the v[...]

Dec 8, 2016

Obama stays busy on environmental front in final weeks

WASHINGTON— Citing fears of a Donald Trump presidency, environmental groups are urging President Barack Obama to stay busy in his final weeks. He is listening. With his days in office numbered, Obama has pushed ahead with several executive ac[...]

Dec 8, 2016

Trump rollback of Obama climate agenda may prove challenging

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump plans to dismantle President Barack Obama's efforts to reduce planet-warming carbon emissions. But delivering on his campaign pledges to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency and bring back tens of thousands of [...]

Sep 29, 2016

General counsel survey predicts more disputes

If your company or client views spending on litigation as a bad thing, which it no doubt does, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Litigation Trends Annual Survey will be quite depressing to them.

Jun 20, 2016

Corporate Counsel: In search of pro bono clarity

Although Madison-based CUNA Mutual Group has been offering pro bono legal services since 2013, it has never been clear whether Wisconsin Supreme Court rules let every lawyer there participate.

Jun 20, 2016

Corporate Counsel: In-house roles are ever-shifting

Ask someone who’s a company’s general counsel what the job entails, and you’ll get a lot of answers.

Mar 24, 2016

Recycling mandatory at many businesses

A new state law that went into effect Jan. 1 requires commercial property owners in the seven-county Twin Cities region to have recycling and garbage-collection programs in place. Any buildings that collect more than 4 cubic yards of waste a week [...]

Mar 24, 2016

Strategies for uncomplicating complex litigation

By Tyler E. Chapman and Amy Morrissey Most business litigators tend to tout a self-professed expertise in “complex” commercial litigation. Indeed, nearly all attorneys seem to have an inherent ability to turn even a simple business dispute int[...]

Mar 24, 2016

Lines of communication: Attorney-client privilege in close corporations

By Julie E. Green Attorneys routinely communicate with clients by email, relying on the assumption that their communications are cloaked with the attorney-client privilege and the work product protection. But that can be a dangerous assumption [...]

Dec 15, 2015

Patent world expanding, but work sharing helps

By Jay Erstling Patenting is no longer restricted to the wealthiest nations. As the global economy has grown, so has the number of countries actively participating in the patent system. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, in[...]

Dec 15, 2015

Samsung’s Apple check is no sign of surrender

Samsung Electronics Co. agreed to pay Apple Inc. the $548 million a court ordered but that doesn’t mean they’ve come to a final resolution of their long-running patent battle over smartphones. Samsung said in a court filing Thursday that it�[...]