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Hertz GC Sues Analyst for Predicting Possible Bankruptcy

The general counsel of Hertz Global Holdings Inc. has filed a suit claiming a research firm defamed the auto rental company by issuing pessimistic statements about Hertz’s financial condition. The firm, Audit Integrity, put Hertz and 19 other companies on a list of concerns that were “likely to go bankrupt…

Oct 1, 2009 12:09 PM CDT

Legal Rebels Roundup: Beyond Jail; Int’l Pro Bono; Blogging In-House; Why Social Media?

This week at LegalRebels.com read the following profiles: Charles J. Hynes: Jail Breaker Suzanne E. Turner: Global Pro Bono Rex Gradeless: Follow the Tweeter PLUS: Q&A With Rex Gradeless on Why Social Media Matters for Lawyers Mike Dillon: Open Blog Policy

Sep 30, 2009 3:59 PM CDT

Mike Dillon: Open Blog Policy

Opening communication on suits, strategies

Sep 30, 2009 2:54 PM CDT

Rex Gradeless: Follow the Tweeter

Tweeting for social media in law

Sep 29, 2009 3:30 PM CDT

New Apple GC Gets Stock Options Currently Valued at $18M

Apple’s new general counsel D. Bruce Sewell is getting 100,000 shares of Apple stock currently valued at $18 million. There’s just one rub, according to Legal Pad. The stock doesn’t vest for four years. Sewell, formerly the general counsel at Intel Corp., replaced Daniel Cooperman, Apple’s general counsel since 2007.…

Sep 29, 2009 12:02 PM CDT

New Service to Rate Arbitrators

An influential non-profit that promotes alternative dispute resolution is partnering with a little-known small company to promote an arbitrator rating service. The ratings, which will be made anonymously by lawyers who have used arbitrators listed on a directory maintained by Positively Neutral, will be available to members of International Institute…

Sep 28, 2009 10:22 PM CDT

Suzanne E. Turner: Global Pro Bono

Working to make pro bono international

Sep 28, 2009 3:14 PM CDT

Charles J. Hynes: Jail Breaker

Promoting alternatives to jail terms for nonviolent offenders

Sep 28, 2009 3:11 PM CDT

Citigroup GC Has No Sympathy for Law Firms Seeking Premium Fees

The general counsel for Citigroup says his in-house legal department has been battered by the economic downturn, leaving him with little sympathy for law firm arguments for premium fees. General counsel Michael Helfer, a panelist at an event sponsored by Bisnow, said Citigroup’s in-house legal department has shrunk by about…

Sep 28, 2009 1:52 PM CDT

Cynthia Calvert: Practicing for Lawyers

Seeking work-life balance in law firms

Sep 25, 2009 7:56 PM CDT

Chip Mellor: Libertarian Law

Proving humor has a place in issues advocacy

Sep 24, 2009 3:15 AM CDT

Lawyer-Blogger Settles Defamation Suit After Favorable Ruling on Punitives

A former in-house lawyer sued for his blog comments about an intellectual property litigator has settled after a favorable ruling during his defamation trial in Texas. Rick Frenkel and his former employer, Cisco Systems, apologized for Frenkel’s anonymous statements on his Troll Tracker blog in a statement announcing the settlement,…

Sep 23, 2009 12:00 PM CDT

David Lat: Gossip at Law

Remaking legal journalism by crowd-sourcing the news

Sep 23, 2009 7:03 AM CDT

Marjorie Shultz: Up to the Test

Designing a race-balanced law exam

Sep 22, 2009 4:00 PM CDT

Frank Aquila: Free Talker

Pushing back the curtain through media of all types

Sep 21, 2009 6:37 PM CDT

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