What this service is:

The Corporate Counsel Library features in-depth analysis and practical guidance from experienced practicing attorneys in selected portfolios from the acclaimed Corporate Practice Series, plus the latest news in Corporate Counsel Weekly, helping you handle legal issues that arise in areas of corporate law that are specifically applicable to in-house corporate legal departments. 

What it helps you do:

• Meet the challenges of today's corporate practice. In-house counsel are expected to field questions about a spectrum of issues affecting their companies.
• Access reliable, detailed information and documents on the web and in print in over 30 specially selected portfolios addressing topics of interest to in-house corporate counsel. All of the portfolios are written by experienced practitioners, attorneys from such nationally recognized law firms as Skadden Arps, Covington & Burling, DLA Piper, Seyfarth Shaw, and Schiff Hardin, as well as from the prominent Delaware firms of Richards, Layton & Finger and Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell.
• Easily comprehend the basics and the nuances of corporate governance and other legal issues that all in-house counsel have to contend with. Issues are narrowly focused within subject groups, including corporate law and transactions, securities, boards of directors, human resources, and political activity.
• Save time with working papers designed to make your job easier, including checklists, forms, regulatory filings, agreements, and other documents that you can adapt for your transactions, plus full or partial text of relevant statutes and regulations.
• Discover how to handle specific legal, regulatory, and operational problems with sophisticated legal analysis and approaches that have proven effective in other companies.
• Advise your company with confidence and stay competitive in your fast-paced environment with Corporate Counsel Weekly, which summarizes top legal news and analysis and provides advance notice of emerging trends in corporate law.
• Quickly learn the week's top news in eight concise pages written in plain English, and assess its impact.

Product Structure

Portfolios: In-depth analysis of legal issues specifically applicable to in-house corporate legal departments

Notification: current reports providing news and developments

Formats and Frequency

Print: Portfolios are updated regularly. Print notification Corporate Counsel Weekly is issued weekly.

Web: Portfolios library is updated and indexed regularly. Corporate Counsel Weekly is available weekly and is archived to 10/23/1996. E-mail summaries, providing the highlights and table of contents for each weekly report, with URLs to full-text articles and documents, are also available.

• Boards of directors
• Committees of the board
• Corporate law and transactions
• Corporate political activity
• Human resources
• Securities
• Shareholder meetings