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Fordham Law Review

2016

General counsel

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Nothing Could Be Finer?: The Role Of Agency General Counsel In North And South Carolina, Elizabeth Chambliss, Dana Remus Apr 2016

Nothing Could Be Finer?: The Role Of Agency General Counsel In North And South Carolina, Elizabeth Chambliss, Dana Remus

Fordham Law Review

This Article examines the role of agency general counsel in North and South Carolina. The two states offer a rich comparative context for research on agency general counsel. Though closely linked in both name and culture, they have different executive structures and recent political histories, and the agency counseling function has evolved and is currently organized in different ways. These structural and political differences at the state level illuminate commonalities and differences at the agency level and provide an accessible starting point for broader state-level research. Part I examines the structural evolution of the agency general counsel position and the …


Inside Lawyers: Friends Or Gatekeepers?, Sung Hui Kim Apr 2016

Inside Lawyers: Friends Or Gatekeepers?, Sung Hui Kim

Fordham Law Review

Part I of this Article sets the stage by contrasting two alternative proposals to reform the inside lawyer's role—my reform and Hamermesh's counterreform. Part II discusses the primary empirical disagreements between the two approaches. Part III interrogates the propriety and the utility of invoking the “lawyer as friend” analogy as a model to guide inside counsel's relationships with managers.