For legal matters, he's 'everyeady.' (James M. Neville, vice president and general counsel of Ralston Purina Co.)

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James M. Neville, the vice pres and general counsel of the Ralston Purina Co, the world's largest producer of dry drog and cat foods and, with its Eveready Battery Co, the world's largest manufacturer of dry-cell batteries and flashlights, the world's largest maker of dry-cell batteries and flashlights, heads a department of 20 staff attorneys, all working at company headquarters. Neville states the company is fortunate at present not to have a major case against it, but the largest pending antitrust lawsuit is one against the company's former Beechnut division.

Ralston Purina Co., RAL, Neville, James M.

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Jeffrey B. Kindler, McDonald's Corp.; in-house counsel

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Jeffrey B. Kindler, the senior vice president and general counsel of McDonald's Corp, thinks of the rest of his department, 89 in the US and 19 around the world, as his partners rather than his deputies. The primary outside counsel is the Chicago firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. The department structure is by various specialties such as real estate, trademark and antitrust. Kindler views the hourly rate as the biggest reason the outside world distrusts lawyers.

McDonald's Corp., MCD, Foreman, Jonathan

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They're in-house, online an on top of high tech; corporate counsel are constantly on the line, confronting questions that have no clear legal or business precedent

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Corporate counsel of high technology companies work in an atmosphere of rapid growth and often do not have any legal precedent. Intellectual property protection is a big challenge with this growth because laws remain national. It is a paradox that the technology which has helped the global marketplace evolve has also made pirating much easier. Encryption may be an answer for protecting intellectual property. Many new issues await.

Prepackaged software, Computer Software, Software Publishers, Computer industry, Software, Laws, regulations and rules, Disclosure (Securities law)

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