Counsel to Counsel - January 2008 - (Page Cover2) letter from martindale contributor profiles Serving as general counsel isn’t easy. In this high-pressure position, it often seems that everyone from regulators to customers to board members looks to you for a quick and correct response. In this issue of Counsel to Counsel, three Profiles in Partnership examine how your fellow professionals manage these demands and create longstanding, successful relationships. For instance, our cover story shows how energy provider UPC Wind employs creative project financing methods that are vital to its growth with the support of its trusted adviser, Chadbourne & Parke LLP. Government investigations are always a pressure point. Jenner & Block Partner Chris C. Gair provides guidance on what role inside counsel should play in responding to Department of Justice or SEC inquiries, while McGuireWoods partners provide tips on handling investigations and recalls in the food industry. Yet another source of tension comes from creating agreements and processes that will stand up to legal scrutiny while still benefiting the organization’s bottom line. Our Best Practices feature approaches for achieving both of these occasionally conflicting goals. Please share your thoughts on Counsel to Counsel by sending email to counseltocounselmag@martindale.com. Liane R. Komagome Litigation and Discovery Compliance Counsel, Hewlett-Packard Co. Sifting through mountains of informal business or personal information stored on employee hard drives can lead to huge e-discovery costs during litigation. Learn how you can teach employees to purge such information every week. DeMaurice F. Smith Partner, Patton Boggs LLP When conducting an internal investigation, implementing a risk management methodology, such as game theory, that strategically studies the relationship between issues and players, addresses current as well as possible future issues. Marjorie M. Goux Corporate Counsel, The Clorox Company Beginning development work with outside specialists and firms before finalizing legal agreements compromises negotiating positions and jeopardizes the development process. Putting a corporatewide technology agreement process into practice prevents any such problems. Michael Walsh President and CEO M. Mallory Mantiply Counsel, Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC On the cover: Pictured from left are Evelyn Lim and Tim Rosenzweig, UPC Wind; Marissa L. Alcala and Keith Martin, Chadbourne & Parke LLP. Cover photo by James E. Walker. Story on page 4. InsideCounsel 222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 620 Chicago, IL 60606 calfred@insidecounsel.com 312-651-0345 LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® 121 Chanlon Road New Providence, NJ 07974 counseltocounselmag@martindale.com 800-526-4902, ext. 2156 W. Calvin Smith Associate, Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC Under the Bankruptcy Code, your company may be asked to return allegedly preferential payments made by a customer in bankruptcy. Determine the limits of your preference liability to assess whether defending the preference suit or settling is more cost-effective. Counsel to Counsel is published as a supplement to InsideCounsel, 222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60606. Copyright 2008 by LexisNexis. All rights reserved. No reproduction of any portion of this supplement is allowed without written permission from LexisNexis. The views expressed herein are the views of the contributing author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of LexisNexis or its affiliated companies. LexisNexis, the Knowledge Burst logo, Martindale-Hubbell and martindale.com are registered trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under license. © 2008 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.martindale.com
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