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Assessing The Role Of General Counsel Today: New Responsibilities Or Some Very Old Ones In New Packaging?
Editor: Would you tell our readers about your professional background? Bates: I am with King & Spalding. I joined the firm in Atlanta in 1979 and then moved to New York 15 years ago as part of the firm's expansion. I have been practicing in the M&A and corporate finance area for 28...
Read MoreCurrent Trends In Global Real Estate Investing
Editor: Please tell our readers about your professional background and experience. Arnold: I graduated from Michigan Law School in 1975 and came directly to King & Spalding in Atlanta. Bill graduated from the University of Virginia Law School a year earlier and like me joined the firm's...
Read MoreThe First Affirmative Countervailing Duty Case Against China
On March 30, 2007, in a groundbreaking decision, the United States Department of Commerce for the first time applied the countervailing duty law - or anti-subsidies law - to imports from the People's Republic of China. This decision, though preliminary, appears to mark a fundamental shift in the...
Read MoreA Dominant Presence In The Southeast Builds For The Future
Editor: Mr. Stephenson, in the year since we last spoke, you have completed a move to a new headquarters building in Midtown Atlanta. How did this transition go? Stephenson: It went amazingly well. The move from Downtown to Midtown took us over a month, but the disruption was minimal. Overall,...
Read MoreSEC Enforcement Action Shines Light On Environmental Disclosures
A recent enforcement action by the SEC suggests that the SEC may be giving new attention to environmental disclosures. This action should serve as a wake-up call to companies to review accounting policies to ensure compliance with new accounting standards, including in particular the Financial...
Read MoreWhy Compliance Doesn't Work - Part II
Part I of this article appeared in the March issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. "Process" compliance tends to cultivate the systemic error of "consumer" complacency. Compliance "consumers" - executives, officers and directors - are used to crunching numbers and can be lulled into a false...
Read MoreThe New Federal E-Discovery Rules: An Expository Narrative
On December 1, 2006, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended to formally reflect that electronically stored information, including emails, are discoverable and to set forth various specific obligations of parties in litigation with respect to the preservation and production of...
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