Corporate Counsel's fourth annual competition for "2009 Best Legal Department" was again a difficult one. The winning legal department was one that prevailed against a backdrop of financial meltdown.  more >>

About half the chief legal officers surveyed by Altman Weil say they have fired, or may fire, some of their outside counsel, the Recorder reports. Last year, only around one-third were giving their outside counsel the ax, or considering it.  more >>

Corporate Counsel's winner of the "2008 Best Legal Department" is a telecom company whose legal department has come a long way - from the brink of bankruptcy when morale was low and attorneys were overworked, to financial success where attorneys enjoy advancement opportunities, sophisticated work, access to new technology, flexibility, and diversity.   more >>