http://www.wiredgc.com role of the general counsel; law from the inside out Thu, 08 May 2008 13:47:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Financial Times management blog notes a different twist on the "do as I say, not as I do" bromide: Students at Canada’s Richard Ivey School of Business will have an unusual guest speaker on Thursday: Nick Leeson, the rogue trader who served four years in prison after bringing down ... http://www.wiredgc.com/2008/05/08/when-the-criminal-becomes-a-compliance-leader/ So Microsoft walks away from Yahoo. My take: there's a reason you rarely see large-scale hostile takeovers in the tech world. The real assets don't just walk out the door every day, but you need most of their hearts and all of their minds to compete. Rather like big law firm ... http://www.wiredgc.com/2008/05/04/hostile-takeover-reality/ Ning chairman Marc Andreessen gives a great summary of the alternatives available if Microsoft decides to take their takeover offer of Yahoo into hostile territory. One of the great options present to a highly successful entrepreneur like Mr. Andreessen (Netscape, Opsware) is that you can ask your favorite lawyers to work ... http://www.wiredgc.com/2008/04/29/hostile-takeover-tutorial/ As Ed Thornton notes in Legal Week, the appointment of UBS GC Peter Kurer as chairman has again stirred the debate as to whether this is a trend, or a good idea. Given the small sample size represented by these appointments, those who point to the experience of Charles Prince at ... http://www.wiredgc.com/2008/04/22/the-gc-as-chairman-lawyer-as-lightning-rod/ The Wired GC has learned that several money-center law firms are quietly exploring some creative ways to deal with excess associate capacity due to the economic slowdown. The first idea out of the chute: near real-time associate pricing. Here's what we have learned thusfar from one firm: >> The ... http://www.wiredgc.com/2008/04/01/real-time-associate-pricing/