Corporate Counsel Insight

‘Equal Pay’ Bill Set for Hearing

This year’s version of a pay equity bill is scheduled to undergo its first test at the Colorado General Assembly this week.  Introduced Jan. 18...

OSHA Rescinds Controversial E-Reporting Requirements

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration had a busy January despite the partial government shutdown. Last month OSHA made waves when it rescinded electronic reporting...

Fresh Perspectives in Western Union’s Legal Department

Western Union has some new faces in its legal department. General Counsel Caroline Tsai joined in December 2017, and in a little over a...

Fulfillment Found

For a lawyer, the move from an outside counsel role at a law firm to a corporate counsel role at a startup is more...

From Commercial Litigation to In-House

Moving between private practice and corporate counsel involves a number of adjustments and tradeoffs. It can mean a shift in time devoted to business...

Corporate Counsel Convene at Crawford Hotel

The Association of Corporate Counsel Colorado Chapter held its Annual Meeting and Showcase Thursday night in downtown Denver. In the lower-level event spaces in...

What GDPR Actions Against Google, Netflix Signal to U.S. Companies

When the European Union’s massive data privacy regulation went into effect last May, companies dealing in EU residents’ data had a big question yet...

FAA Doesn’t Allow for ‘Wholly Groundless’ Exception, SCOTUS Rules

In his first Supreme Court opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh used only eight pages to strike an argument that some litigants used to get a...

USPTO Clarifies Patentability of ‘Abstract Ideas’

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is giving its patent examiners new marching orders for determining whether certain patent applications that contain abstract ideas...

Ahead of New Rule, D.C. Circuit Upholds Obama-era Joint Employer Test

While the National Labor Relations Board is finalizing its employer-friendly joint employer rule, an appeals court has complicated the issue with a ruling that...