January 2006

Circuit Court Judge Richard Posner has an article in the New Republic Online that addresses the legal issues raised by the recently disclosed wiretapping by the NSA. Judge Posner calls those issues both esoteric and complex. If Judge Posner, who is widely regarded as a genius, thinks the issues are esoteric and complex, what hope…

The Wired GC Blog reports about 2 separate instances of in-house counsel being indicted, and raising the question of the willingness of their employers to indemnify them. This is an interesting question for in-house lawyers who may not be officers or directors, and thus not normally covered by the indemnification provisions customarily offered to officers…