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Corporate Counsel

'A Tug of War': New Research Finds GC-CFO Relationship Fraught With Tension

"It is part of the uniquely arrogant nature of the legal profession that we often argue that what we do is more important than what others do," said Susan Hackett, CEO of Legal Executive Leadership.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hawaiian Airlines CLO Out of Job but Set for Soft Landing

Aaron Alter was Hawaiian Airlines' outside counsel for years before becoming its legal chief in 2015.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GameStop CEO Fined $1M for Failing to Disclose Wells Fargo Investment

By March 2018, Ryan Cohen had amassed more than $100 million in Wells Fargo shares, the threshold for disclosure under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. But he didn''t submit the required filing until January 2023.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Confusion Over New SEC Cyber Rules Leading Firms to Overstate Attack Readiness

"We believe—and evidence shows—that the SEC's new rule sets a high bar that most companies and their investors cannot achieve today," the report says.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Smitten Co-Workers More Likely to Follow Heart Than Company Policy

The Norfolk Southern scandal highlights how difficult it is to set rules for workplace romances, but an ethics expert said companies are doing themselves no favors by treating discussion of the topic as taboo.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Google Taps One of Its Own for Senior Litigation Post

The appointment comes as the tech giant restructures its legal department and parts ways with Chief Privacy Officer Keith Enright and Director of Competition Law Matthew Bye.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GCs Jettisoning Zero-Based Budgeting in Quest to Be Nimble, More Efficient

"Traditional corporate budgeting approaches can feel like dinosaurs in a world demanding legal departments perform like gazelles," said Jason Winmill, chair of the Buying Legal Council.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Three Steps for Building Great Relationships with In-House Counsel

Legal podcasters Stacy Bratcher and M.C. Sungaila draw from interviews with dozens of in-house attorneys to offer up these tips for outside counsel.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Kellogg Veteran Takes Legal Reins of Wendy's

John Min worked his way from the bottom to the top of Kellogg's legal department before overseeing the legal aspects of last year's split of the company into two businesses—snack-maker Kellanova and cereal maker WK Kellogg.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lisa Zornberg, Chief Counsel to NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Resigns Post

"I have concluded that I can no longer effectively serve in my position," she wrote Adams in a letter on Sept 14.
3 minute read

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