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