September 26, 2024 | Law.com
Ex-eBay CLO Tells WIPL Attendees: You Can Toot Your Own Horn and 'Still Be a Humble Person'"Let other people know what you're doing and how it will help them or how it will help the success of the org," said Marie Oh Huber, who's been leading Fortune 500 legal departments for more than three decades.
By Maria Dinzeo
6 minute read
September 25, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Venus Williams Tells WIPL Crowd: 'Living Your Dreams Should Be Easy'"More than anything, being well and successful and living your dream should be easy. It should be enjoyable, and it should be fun, and that's the way I've always lived my life,' Venus Williams said.
By Maria Dinzeo
6 minute read
September 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Judge Blasts Authors' Lawyers in Key AI Suit, Says Case Doomed Without Upgraded TeamU.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria upbraided star litigator Joseph Saveri, who responded that he took the criticisms seriously. Saveri said that he intends to stick out the case but "not necessarily with this team. I've heard you loud and clear."
By Maria Dinzeo
6 minute read
September 20, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
FTC Decries Social Media Platforms' 'Vast Surveillance' of UsersConsumers "do not understand how much privacy they are giving up, largely to facilitate targeted advertising," the Federal Trade Commission said in a report on the data practices of social media and video streaming companies.
By Maria Dinzeo
8 minute read
September 18, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
GameStop CEO Fined $1M for Failing to Disclose Wells Fargo InvestmentBy 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.
By Maria Dinzeo
3 minute read
September 18, 2024 | 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.
By Maria Dinzeo
6 minute read
September 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Norfolk Southern Fires Legal Chief and CEO, Saying They Had Inappropriate RelationshipThe company dismissed Nabanita Nag, effective immediately. She joined the rail giant in 2020 and received a major promotion two years later.
By Maria Dinzeo
3 minute read
September 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
$10M John Deere Bribery Settlement Underscores Risks of Not Integrating AcquisitionsThe Securities and Exchange Commission said that in the three years after Deere bought Wirtgen Thailand, the unit plied government officials with cash, massage parlor visits and lavish sightseeing trips to Europe. regulator found Illinois-based John Deere failed to integrate Wirtgen Thailand, a former German outfit into its existing compliance and controls environment after acquiring Wirtgen Group in 2017, resulting in "bribery schemes going unchecked for several years," the SEC's FCPA division enforcement chief Charles Cain said in a statement. "This action is a reminder for corporations to promptly ensure newly acquired subsidiaries have all the necessary internal accounting control processes in place."
By Maria Dinzeo
4 minute read
September 09, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Ex-Twitter GC Joins Match Group as Legal ChiefSean Edgett had been at Twitter a decade when Elon Musk bought it for $44 billion in 2022 and immediately fired him and the rest of the leadership team.
By Maria Dinzeo
3 minute read
September 09, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Longtime GC of Nation's Sixth-Largest Bank to RetirePNC Financial's Gregory Jordan is retiring as legal chief but will stay with the bank as vice chair, a role that will focus on advising the CEO and board.
By Maria Dinzeo
2 minute read
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