July 29, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Companies Still Aren't Sending Enough Work to Diverse Outside Lawyers, Report SaysA new survey of in-house lawyers shows that most give less than 10% of their business to diverse outside counsel, according to a report from the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
By Phillip Bantz
4 minute read
July 28, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Opendoor Hires Away Legal Chief From Winklevoss Twins' Crypto Firm GeminiSydney Schaub, who kicked off her in-house legal career at Google, will lead a team of more than 24 legal professionals at Opendoor, which aims to disrupt the $2.3 trillion U.S. residential real estate market.
By Phillip Bantz
2 minute read
July 27, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Kepler Group Taps Former Twitter, Visa Lawyer for New GC RoleThe digital marketing agency's new top lawyer, Ruchi Prasad, most recently served as GC for the Americas at competitor Media.Monks.
By Phillip Bantz
2 minute read
July 27, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Pay Rises for Nearly Every In-House Legal Position as Companies Focus on Retention"If you get somebody who's doing incredibly important work at the top, you need to retain that person and you figure you can always fill in the other roles at a certain point," said in-house counsel recruiter Michael Sachs.
By Phillip Bantz
4 minute read
July 25, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Former In-House Legal Leader for Bark, Sotheby's Joins Estate Planning Startup Vanilla as General CounselKaren Nachbar advised Vanilla, which was a client of her solo consulting practice, before she joined the Los Angeles-based estate planning company as its GC.
By Phillip Bantz
2 minute read
July 22, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
New Legal Chief, Ex-DOI Official Aims to Help Revive US Uranium MiningGregory Zerzan, the first-ever general counsel at enCore Energy Corp., talks with Corporate Counsel about his new GC role and the effort to restart domestic uranium production for nuclear power.
By Phillip Bantz
8 minute read
July 22, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Speak Up or Keep Quiet? In-House Lawyers Wrestle With Responses to Tough Social Issues"GCs have to make their own judgment about how we balance our role in the corporation, our role as a credible legal adviser, and our own sense of personal values and humanity," said Cox Media Group legal chief Eric Greenberg.
By Phillip Bantz
7 minute read
July 19, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Ex-Cisco, Duo Lawyer Joins Secureframe as Cybersecurity Startup's Legal ChiefKyle McLaughlin now leads all legal, risk and privacy functions at Secureframe, which has raised $79 million since its 2020 launch and has been on a bit of a hiring spree.
By Phillip Bantz
2 minute read
July 19, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
The 2022 GC Compensation Survey: Legal Chief Pay Spikes After Pandemic Pause"The market remains very competitive. There are incredible amounts of hiring. Money is being thrown at everyone," said Deborah Ben-Canaan, senior practice leader for in-house counsel recruiting at Major, Lindsey & Africa.
By Phillip Bantz
8 minute read
July 18, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Ex-Government Official Joins Uranium Mining Firm enCore Energy as General CounselGregory Zerzan brings more than 20 years of experience as a legal, compliance and policy adviser in the public and private sectors to enCore, which wants to ramp up uranium mining in the U.S.
By Phillip Bantz
3 minute read