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SLIPPING – The gender pay gap for U.S.-based general counsel is widening, Phillip Bantz reports. While the overall median total pay for GCs hit $2.6 million, according to a study by Equilar, male GCs earned 18.6% more than their female counterparts—the largest pay discrepancy since the company began studying GC wages in 2014. The data is based on SEC filings among 500 publicly-traded companies ending the fiscal year between March 2018 and February 2019.