We've received high honors for design and journalism excellence
We’re excited to share that we’ve received high honors at the 2017 Magazine Media Awards! The awards, presented by min, which has hosted event and coverage of a variety of media for over 70 years, honor brand excellence, with special emphasis on longevity and scope of operation. Vanguard received honorable mention in the following three […]
Read more A tip of the hat to the attorneys who influence our infrastructure
Part of a silent movement sweeping the country, Missouri is the most recent holdout state to finally allow design-build. The construction method is one in which a single firm is tasked with both designing and constructing a project, as opposed to design-bid-build, in which one firm designs a project—say, a road or wastewater treatment facility—and another […]
Read more Like many industries, legal services is poised for change. Demand for outside corporate legal services is shrinking as more companies bring work in-house or engage providers other than law firms for certain services. As the general counsel of a $2 billion global industrial manufacturer, I saw an opportunity to help companies and law firms adapt […]
Read more They are the Americans who rely on corporations as much as their country
Of all the people and businesses written about in our recent edition, none are without international ties. An office in another country is the obvious example; past ownership under a consortium of Korean private equity firms one of the more obscure (see the story on Acushnet Holdings). Such international ties are undeniably important. They are […]
Read more Long known for conservatism, attorneys are pushing a new approach
There are many differences between technology and law; high among them is that the former may change almost daily, while the latter is at the convenience of the lawmakers. It’s a hare versus tortoise race, only it’s the hare—the technology—that wins. Such are the opening lines of a story about an aggressive global social media […]
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