In-House Counsel

The Careerist: How To Ditch the Law Firm and Land a Dream Job
Tips on how to break into the nonprofit sector. Lesley Rosenthal, the general counsel at New York's Lincoln Center, offers some practical advice.

How Not to Govern
(Editor?s Note: This post comes to us from Lesley Rosenthal of Lincoln Center.) The recent governance crisis at the Smithsonian Institution came about through a toxic combination of unchecked arrogance by the CEO, a relatively disengaged Board, and a dysfunctional system of checks and balances...

“Redeveloping” Corporate Governance
(Editor’s note: This post is by Lesley Rosenthal of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) Once-in-a-generation capital projects at nonprofit cultural institutions require heightened involvement by trustees...

Lincoln offers free access to the NYT
Here's a way of monetizing the NYT's paywall which I have to admit I hadn't thought of: get advertisers to foot the bill!

Piling on Rosenthal
It's become fashionable around Houston to be critical of outgoing Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal. Frankly, much of the criticism is deserved. But given what Rosenthal has been going through over in federal court over the past couple of...

Lesley Harris
I’m pleased to report that Lesley Harris will be joining Slaw as an occasional contributor. Lesley is a lawyer, consultant and author who works on Canadian, U.S., and international copyright law, licensing and digital property issues...

House Closing
Sealing a home sale

School House Abuse
Selwyn House School agrees to $5 million teacher molestation settlement.

Rent Controlled Apartments
Landlord to pay $10 million settlement after forcing out low income tenants and then selling the buildings for a profit.

TransUnion
Class action credit practices suit offers free credit monitoring services for millions.

Ford F-150 Recall
alleging a hose in the F-150 and Lincoln Mark LT pickup trucks could affect braking power.

Cowboy Hat
Lincoln County pays citizen $10,500 settlement for Constitutional Rights violations.

Nestle USA
Recalls Toll House Refrigerated Cookie Dough Products