Greg Andrews
Greg Andrews is the editor overseeing ALM Media's coverage of corporate legal departments. He previously was editor of Indianapolis Business Journal and business editor of The Indianapolis Star. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Greg_Andr
August 06, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Regulators Prowl for Financial Firms That Wield NDAs to 'Muzzle' WhistleblowersNondisclosure agreements "send a message that reporting violations outside the company is wrong—this adds to the culture of silence the whistleblower laws are designed to prevent," said Stephen Kohn, founding partner of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto.
By James Palmer
4 minute read
July 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
NASCAR Restructuring Rewards Trio of Legal Department VeteransChief Legal Officer Amanda Oliver, who joined the company's legal department in 2005, is one of just three executives reporting to President Steve Phelps in the new structure.
By Greg Andrews
3 minute read
July 19, 2024 | Law.com
Inside Track: ESG Movement Hits 'Teenage Years,' Testing Companies' Resolve"We've ended up with the worst of both worlds," New York University professor Alison Taylor told IR Magazine recently. "Companies treating this as PR and attention directed away from the political process by implying that these companies are solving problems they're not solving."
By Greg Andrews
5 minute read
July 12, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Star CLO Who Joined Great Resignation Returning to Silicon Valley as Roku Legal ChiefLouise Pentland told her LinkedIn followers in November 2021 that she was stepping down as PayPal's chief business affairs and legal officer to embark on an "endeavor for renewal."
By Greg Andrews
3 minute read
July 08, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
As Organ-Transplant Industry Draws Scrutiny, FDA Alleges Eye Bank Accepted Donors With SepsisThe Food and Drug Administration said five donors either had a sepsis diagnosis or showed clinical signs of sepsis. But the Indiana Lions Eye Bank countered that blood cultures from all five tested negative. "There is still only one gold standard for the diagnosis of sepsis, and that is a positive blood culture," it said.
By Chris O'Malley | Greg Andrews
6 minute read
July 08, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Boeing Agrees to Felony Plea, as CLO Brett Gerry Strives to Contain 737 Max CrisisFamilies of 737 Max crash victims already are vehemently opposing the deal, saying it goes way too easy on Boeing, and will urge federal Judge Reed O'Connor to reject it.
By Greg Andrews
6 minute read
June 28, 2024 | Law.com
Inside Track: When the Prior GC Sticks Around, Is That a Help or Hindrance?"Every move you make can be seen as a slight of your predecessor," said Rob Chesnut, a former Airbnb general counsel.
By Greg Andrews
6 minute read
June 25, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
GM Hands CLO Post to Former Legal Chief of Activision, BoeingGrant Dixton will succeed Craig Glidden, who will remain a GM executive vice president but will focus on turning around Cruise, the company's self-driving car unit.
By Greg Andrews
3 minute read
June 24, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Packers Promote Longtime GC to CEOLegal chiefs rarely get the nod to run professional sports franchises, but Green Bay has viewed Ed Policy as more than a lawyer for a long time.
By Greg Andrews
3 minute read
June 20, 2024 | Law.com
Inside Track: Elon Musk's Latest Tesla GC Showing Staying Power in Tricky RoleChancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery wrote in January that Tesla CEO Elon Musk "wields unusually expansive managerial authority, equaling or even exceeding the imperial CEOs of the 1960s."
By Greg Andrews
3 minute read
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