Letter from the Publisher

Please welcome the newest addition to the Missouri Lawyers Media family — Missouri In-House Counsel. This inaugural issue of our new magazine is the latest in our ongoing effort to provide high-utility information to help Missouri attorneys meet the many ...

Inside Counsel and lawyers in private practice both value strong, effective relationships with one another. Ask any lawyer on either “side of the fence” what creates the most stress on these relationships and you’re likely to get the same answer: ...

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For almost 40 years, Upjohn Co. v. United States, 449 U.S. 383 (1981), has been the seminal case regarding the attorney-client privilege in the corporate setting. According to the U.S. Supreme Court in Upjohn, the purpose of the privilege is ...

The precise parameters of when a Missouri business can be held responsible for a crime that occurs on its property has long been determined on a case-by-case basis. But in late August, a new law comes into play. On July ...

When University of Missouri Law School graduate Alyson Carrel first heard about a three-week legal “boot camp” to be held in Chicago in May, and its curriculum offering in-house training, she did not expect a big draw. “We weren’t sure ...

On the surface, Equifax and Lord & Taylor may seem to have little in common. The unwelcome distinction they share? Along with several other major companies, the worldwide credit-reporting agency and the nation’s oldest department store both were struck by ...

Matthew Geekie has been an in-house corporate attorney long enough to remember simpler times. “Going back 30 years ago, the general counsel was looked at more as a resource book,” said Geekie, senior vice president, secretary and general counsel at ...

Attorney and journalist Dan Abrams has some key advice to lawyers who find themselves on the business end of a reporter’s question: No matter what you think about the media, don’t ignore it.