News

After 38 Years at Dow, GC Charles Kalil Announces Retirement

Caroline Spiezio | May 18, 2018

Associate General Counsel Amy Wilson will step in as general counsel-elect after Kalil's exit later this year.

In CBS Board's Showdown With Shari Redstone, Whose Move Is Next?

Tom McParland | May 18, 2018

The next chapter of CBS Corp.'s ongoing feud with Shari Redstone is set to turn on the validity of a board of directors' vote late Thursday to strip its controlling stockholder of her voting power and whether Redstone's National Amusements Inc. has the authority to block the move.

Expert Opinion

ADA Lawsuits and Businesses: Take Steps to Avoid Litigation Now

Patrick P. Dinardo and Erika Todd| May 18, 2018

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990, but it is newly urgent for businesses. Lawsuits filed under Title III, which requires businesses that are open to the public to be accessible to people with disabilities, have increased exponentially in recent years.

News

SunTrust Hit With Class Action After 1.5M Customers' Data Breached

Greg Land | May 18, 2018

Morgan & Morgan filed the putative class action against the bank yesterday on behalf customers whose private information may have been disclosed in a data breach.

News

AB InBev Toasts to Its New Path on Due Diligence and Compliance

Sue Reisinger | May 18, 2018

Got a compliance issue? Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer of beers, has an app for that, serving its 205,000 employees spread throughout…

Wanji Walcott’s Mission Goes Beyond Guiding PayPal Through Business Problems

Stephanie Forshee | May 18, 2018

There are bosses, and then there are leaders. Wanji Walcott, who quickly rose up the ranks at PayPal Inc., is a natural leader, according to some of…

ADM Pulled Off a Big Turnaround, A Little at a Time

Rebekah Mintzer | May 18, 2018

The year 2013 was not the easiest time to be working in the legal department at Archer Daniels Midland Co., one of the world’s largest agricultural…

James Chen Has Become a Force in the Electric Vehicle Sector

Stephanie Forshee | May 18, 2018

Serial entrepreneurs are known for running from one opportunity to another in hopes of seeking out the next big thing. But wanting to jump from one…

News

DXC Technology’s GC Risked Everything for His Vision

Sue Reisinger | May 18, 2018

In 2017, William Deckelman, executive vice president and general counsel of DXC Technology, faced a towering task: Integrate two large legal departments,…

Analysis

NetApp Had a Long Road to the Top of In-house Innovation

Caroline Spiezio | May 18, 2018

“Just start.” That’s Emily Teuben’s tech advice for legal teams. And as the senior legal operations manager for Sunnyvale, California-based…

In Heavyweight Bout, It's Clients v. Law Firms

Roy Strom | May 18, 2018

The Legal Marketing Association's P3 Conference in Chicago was the scene of a robust debate about legal service delivery and more than a few body blows.

News

Interim UF GC Amy Hass Tapped to Take Over Permanently

Kristen Rasmussen | May 17, 2018

Hass, who joined the university's legal department in 2006, replaces an embattled Jamie Keith, who resigned nearly a year ago.

News

Hispanic Bar Association Leaders Discuss Initiative to Increase Latino GC Numbers

Caroline Spiezio | May 17, 2018

"It’s time to create our own pipeline, set our own goals, and execute," said Angelita Hernandez, an in-house lawyer at Target who helped start the initiative.

Wabash National Names Melanie Margolin as New General Counsel

Dan Clark | May 17, 2018

"Wabash National’s leadership also includes the legal function as a proactive partner in the business, which is a great fit for my skills and work style," Margolin said.

News

Facebook Wants to Play Dating Game—Its Lawyers Could Face IP, Trade Secret Challenges

Stephanie Forshee | May 17, 2018

If legal fights in the online dating industry are any indication, Facebook's legal department would be smart to strategize about its inroads into this new line of business.

News

Chinese Foreign Trademark Applications Set to Outnumber Those Submitted From US by 2020

Dan Clark | May 17, 2018

A new study from CompuMark indicates the United States should watch its back with global trademark applications.

Update

Acting AG Underwood Announces Intent to Sue Purdue Pharma Over Opioids

MP McQueen | May 17, 2018

The statement of intent to sue the Stamford, Connecticut-based maker of OxyContin comes after a September 2017 announcement by a bipartisan coalition of 41 state attorneys general of an investigation into the role of major pharmaceutical companies in the current opioid epidemic.

Update

CBS Board Votes to Reduce Redstone's Control, Setting Up Court Showdown

Tom McParland | May 17, 2018

CBS Corp.’s board of directors late Thursday voted to strip its controlling stockholder of most of her voting power, setting up the next showdown in the media giant’s ongoing struggle with Shari Redstone and her family's National Amusements Inc. for control of the company.

Keeping the “General” in General Counsel: Why GCs Still Need Broad Skillsets

Craig Mills| May 17, 2018

As part of the Legal Innovators Interview Series, Craig Mills, a shareholder and co-chair of the Litigation section at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, talks to Rob Edmund, the chief legal and talent officer at Kforce.

News

Amazon's the Latest Tech Company to Adopt the Rooney Rule: Here Are Some Others

Caroline Spiezio | May 16, 2018

Amazon is putting the so-called "Rooney Rule" in place to diversify its board of directors. But it's far from the first to try this tactic in the technology business.

News

Part of Growing Trend, Anadarko Shareholders Approve Climate Change Resolution

Sue Reisinger | May 16, 2018

“Shareholders are clearly expressing to companies that they want climate risk in their decision-making,” said one advocate.

News

Is GDPR a 'Spark for New Business Models?' Some Companies Say 'Yes'

Dan Clark | May 16, 2018

A new survey indicates that, believe it or not, GDPR spells opportunity for some companies.

News

Some Lawyers Chafe as Clients Expand Outside Counsel Guidelines

Miriam Rozen | May 16, 2018

As corporate clients demand greater fealty from their external lawyers, some see a threat to their professional independence.

News

New Initiative Aims for 100 Black GCs at Top Companies by 2025

Kristen Rasmussen | May 16, 2018

The long-term goal is to increase the number of black in-house legal leaders in both public and private large companies.

News

Michigan State Settles in Principle With Nassar Victims for $500M

Sue Reisinger | May 16, 2018

Current claimants will split $425 million and another $75 million will be set aside for future claimants.

Q&A

HUB International GC John Albright Says Legal Has 'Only Begun to Scratch the Surface' With AI

Dan Clark | May 16, 2018

Albright gave his take on how legal departments should go about purchasing AI and whether or not it's going to replace human lawyers.

Expert Opinion

Mastering Legal Holds: When Does the Hold Obligation Arise? Part II

John Tredennick| May 16, 2018

In the first of this three-part series on mastering legal holds, I introduced the concept of a legal hold and offered seven steps for implementing a hold.

Q&A

Corporate Law 2.0: What It Means to Be a 'Chief Legal Innovation Counsel'

Rhys Dipshan | May 16, 2018

Former GE executive counsel Farrah Pepper discusses her move to Marsh & McLennan as its new chief legal innovation counsel, where she says her primary job is to make things "click."

News

Novartis GC Out Following Revelation of Company Payments to Trump Lawyer

Stephanie Forshee | May 16, 2018

Felix Ehrat will retire not long after it was revealed that the pharma company had signed a contract with Michael Cohen.

News

Novartis GC to Step Down After Admitting $1.2M Contract With Cohen Was an Error

Anna Ward | May 16, 2018

The pharma company's legal chief took "personal responsibility" to end public debate over the payments made to Michael Cohen.

News

SEC Cutting Back on Corporate Enforcement Actions, Report Says

Sue Reisinger | May 15, 2018

The enforcement decline is part of a downward trend that began in the last half of fiscal year 2017.

News

Association of Corporate Counsel Names 2018 Value Champions

Dan Clark | May 15, 2018

Every year, the ACC rewards innovation and ingenuity from legal departments and their outside partners.

News

AT&T Is 'Punishing Women for Being Pregnant,' Plaintiffs Claim in Class Action

Erin Mulvaney | May 15, 2018

“We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind, including for an employee’s gender or pregnancy,” AT&T said in a statement in response to the amended complaint in Indiana federal district court.

News

Following Uber's Lead, Lyft Ends Mandatory Arbitration for Sexual Assault Claims

Caroline Spiezio | May 15, 2018

Lyft also will end requirements that those who make #MeToo-type claims keep quiet about their stories.

Expert Opinion

Unexpected Successor Liability Arising From an Asset Purchase

Gary S. Matsko| May 15, 2018

It is an article of faith that a company seeking to acquire a business without being saddled with its liabilities does so by acquiring assets: “Most jurisdictions, including Massachusetts, follow the traditional corporate law principle that the liabilities of a selling predecessor corporation are not imposed upon the successor corporation which purchases its assets ...,” as in Milliken & Co. v. Duro Textiles, 451 Mass. 547, 556, 887 N.E.2d 244, 254 (2008).

News

Uber CLO Explains Decision to Scrap Mandatory Arbitration Clauses and NDAs Around Sexual Harassment, Assault

Stephanie Forshee | May 15, 2018

Tony West of Uber explained the rationale behind his company's announcement of new policies on how it deals with claims of sexual harassment and assault.

News

Salesforce Names Data Protection Officer as GDPR Implementation Approaches

Caroline Spiezio | May 14, 2018

Lindsey Finch, whose appointment was announced by the San Francisco-based company on Monday, has worked in-house at Salesforce for 10 and a half years and heads global privacy at the company.

News

Trump's Move to Ease Sanctions on ZTE Called 'Highly Unusual'

Sue Reisinger | May 14, 2018

“This is highly unusual,” said one law professor who has been focusing his lessons around ZTE. “I’ve never heard of a politician trying to change [a plea deal] before.”

News

Legal Artificial Intelligence Vendors On the Rise, Report Says

Dan Clark | May 14, 2018

Options abound for legal departments attempting to integrate more artificial intelligence into their work.

News

CBS Sues Shari Redstone to Block Possible Viacom Merger With CBS

Tom McParland | May 14, 2018

CBS Corp. on Monday sued to stop controlling stockholder Shari Redstone from pursuing a merger with Viacom, amid fears that she could act quickly to oust the CBS board and force a deal that CBS claims would irreparably harm the company and its investors.

Expert Opinion

A Legal Ops Pro With His Eyes on the Future: A Q&A With Gary Tully of Gilead

Dan Clark | May 14, 2018

Tully spoke to Corporate Counsel about the evolution of legal ops, his day-to-day challenges, his project to help with law firm data security and more.

News

Kickstarter Picks Former Tumblr Legal Boss as New GC

Stephanie Forshee | May 14, 2018

Mitchell replaces Michal Rosenn in the post of top lawyer at Kickstarter, the company that runs one of the most popular global crowdfunding platforms.

Expert Opinion

India: An Emerging Economic Powerhouse and the Need for In-House Counsel

Pooja Mahbubani| May 14, 2018

With sustained economic growth above 7 percent and an exploding start-up culture, the Indian economy is booming. And thanks to the ongoing economic liberalization brought about by the Modi government, it’s never been more accessible for foreign companies.

News

US Supreme Court, Divided, Buys Into Wider Legalized Sports Betting

Tony Mauro | May 14, 2018

The justices in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association found the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act infringed on state sovereignty. The decision could transform sports and sports gambling from coast to coast.

News

5 of the Biggest Compliance Questions About Renewed Iran Trade Sanctions, Answered

MP McQueen | May 11, 2018

Greta Lichtenbaum, a partner at O’Melveny & Myers whose practice includes international trade and regulatory compliance, answered Corporate Counsel's questions about the impact on multinational companies of the Trump administration's renewed sanctions against Iran.

Patent Owner Launches Takings Class Action in Wake of SCOTUS Ruling

Scott Graham | May 11, 2018

Heninger Garrison Davis serves up a challenge to AIA proceedings that Justice Clarence Thomas refused to rule out.

News

Champagne Anyone? Celebrating an End to 'Piling On' White Collar Enforcement

Sue Reisinger | May 11, 2018

A recent announcement from the Justice Department may prompt some in-house counsel to raise their glasses.

News

Cheesecake Factory Serves Up Casual Dining Vet as New GC

Stephanie Forshee | May 11, 2018

May will step in for Debby Zurzolo, who announced earlier this year that she is leaving the company to "pursue other interests."

News

AT&T Gov’t Affairs to Work Under GC David McAtee After Cohen Payments Revelation

Rebekah Mintzer | May 11, 2018

AT&T is putting McAtee in charge of lobbying after making what its CEO called a "big mistake" with President Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.

News

AT&T's Top In-House Lobbyist, Entangled in Michael Cohen Payment, Retires

C. Ryan Barber | May 11, 2018

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said Friday that hiring Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was a “big mistake.” Bob Quinn, vice president for external and legislative affairs and a former Mayer Brown lawyer, retired amid the scrutiny of the company's $600,000 payment.

News

Not Just GDPR: Questions Abound as EU Cybersecurity Directive Comes Online

Rhys Dipshan | May 11, 2018

Since each EU nation can implement the Network and Information Security (NIS) directive in its own way, there is uncertainty over what local and international companies will be covered.

News

SEC Cyber Unit Chief Warns Steeper Penalties May Be Coming for ICO Issuers That Flout Rules

Ben Hancock | May 10, 2018

The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s cyber unit said participants have been put on notice that more actions and penalties could be in store for violators.

Jockey GC Talks Trump, Tariffs and Trade War Threats

Stephanie Forshee | May 10, 2018

"To put this in perspective, the current climate presents a significant threat and it is one of the bigger threats to the supply chain I’ve seen in my career," said Jockey's Mark Jaeger.

News

Hughes Hubbard Partner Named Top Lawyer at US Chamber of Commerce

Dan Clark | May 10, 2018

John Wood, who will start as the Chamber's legal boss in early June, has also been a U.S. attorney and worked as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

News

Plaintiffs Pitch Dueling Visions, One Big & One Small, to Judge in iPhone MDL

Ross Todd | May 10, 2018

The judge overseeing claims Apple deliberately slowed older iPhones heard leadership pitches in front of a courtroom full of about 40 lawyers Thursday, with another 10 or so on the phone.

News

Acting General Counsel at Michigan State Resigns Amid Criticism From Trustees

Sue Reisinger | May 10, 2018

Kristine Zayko is the second legal department leader that MSU has lost in the last three months.

News

Elanco Animal Health Company Announces New General Counsel

Dan Clark | May 10, 2018

Michael-Bryant Hicks will take the GC seat at Elanco, a division of Eli Lilly and Co.

Expert Opinion

Outside Liability in the #MeToo Era: The Viability of Aiding and Abetting Claims

Lynne Hermle and Annie Prasad| May 10, 2018

Executive heads continue to roll in the wake of the #MeToo movement, which now has boards of directors and shareholders in its crosshairs.

News

Ventura Food's Assistant GC Shares Her 'Small but Mighty' Department's Pro Bono Story

Caroline Spiezio | May 10, 2018

Many large corporate legal departments don't even have a pro bono program. Ventura Foods' three-person legal department has built a robust one.

News

2 New Suits Challenge Gig Worker Classification, And This Is Just the Beginning

Erin Mulvaney | May 10, 2018

The predicted spike in worker classification litigation—following the California Supreme Court's big gig economy ruling—is beginning. Two new suits challenge how Lyft and Postmates classify their workforce.

Slideshow

16 Legal Tech Movers We've Watched in 2018

Ian Lopez | May 10, 2018

A look at some of the biggest legal tech career moves in 2018.

News

The GDPR Deadline is Coming, Get That Cyber Insurance Policy Ready

Dan Clark | May 10, 2018

Attorneys said that companies need to be especially thoughtful about their cyber coverage now that the GDPR is imposing tougher rules on many of them around data.

News

Alternative Legal Service Providers Make the Case for Themselves in GDPR Compliance

Gabrielle Orum Hernández | May 10, 2018

Alternative legal service providers have long made the case that they can disrupt the way businesses manage legal services. Will GDPR and Brexit let these providers prove their case?

News

After 4 Months at City National Bank, Jared Wolff Becomes General Counsel

Caroline Spiezio | May 09, 2018

It hasn't taken very long for Wolff to take a step up at City National.

Facebook is Banning Foreign Ad Buys Around an Irish Referendum. Could it Do the Same in the US?

Caroline Spiezio | May 09, 2018

Facebook Inc.'s strategy around Ireland's Eighth Amendment referendum could also apply to U.S. elections this November, attorneys said.

News

Investment Firm FORT Appoints Christopher Snyder as General Counsel

Sue Reisinger | May 09, 2018

Snyder has Big Law experience behind him—he has worked at Latham & Watkins and Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

News

Don't Shortchange Workers on Short Breaks, DOJ Tells Supreme Court

Erin Mulvaney | May 09, 2018

Short breaks of 20 minutes or less are "properly understood to be part of the compensable workday," the U.S. Justice Department tells the U.S. Supreme Court.

News

Read the NBC Universal Legal Department’s Report on Sexual Misconduct at the Network

Kristen Rasmussen | May 09, 2018

On Wednesday, the NBC Universal legal team, led by the network's GC, released its report, which was spurred by claims from several women that Matt Lauer had acted inappropriately with female colleagues.

You Need to Network Like Your Life Depends on It—and Other Reflections on Founding a Start Up as a Lawyer

Ben White| May 09, 2018

As the traditional legal career path evolves into more of a career “zig zag,” an increasing number of lawyers, like me, are finding themselves pursuing…

Ushering Legal Operations Into the Future: A Q&A With Reese Arrowsmith of Campbell Soup

Dan Clark | May 09, 2018

Arrowsmith, who also chairs the ACC's operations group, believes that sharing knowledge and stories of legal ops successes and failures will move the field forward.

News

Fintech Expert Lee Schneider Leaves McDermott to Become GC at Blockchain Startup

MP McQueen | May 08, 2018

Financial technology expert Lee A. Schneider has left McDermott Will & Emery to become general counsel of blockchain software developer Block.one, after joining the law firm from Debevoise & Plimpton just last fall.

News

Lingering Gender Pay Gap Plagues US In-House Counsel, Study Says

Sue Reisinger | May 08, 2018

According to a new study from BarkerGilmore, female lawyers in legal departments, particularly female GCs, are still underpaid compared to their male counterparts.

News

Twitter Heads to Court to Fight Class Claims of Discriminatory Promotion Practices

Erin Mulvaney | May 08, 2018

"Holding companies accountable for systemically keeping underrepresented groups out of these leadership positions is an important step in achieving that balance,” plaintiff Tina Huang said.

News

Zillow’s CLO Kathleen Philips Announces Retirement

Kristen Rasmussen | May 08, 2018

Kathleen Philips, who serves as the online real estate company’s chief financial officer as well as its chief legal officer, will retire from her CFO role at the end of the month but will continue her CLO duties through the end of the year.

How to Handle EU Employee Data Under the New General Data Protection Regulation

Dan Clark | May 08, 2018

There are plenty of complexities around how companies can and can't use the personal data of EU employees under the massive new GDPR.

News

Former EE General Counsel Blendis Assumes Role as UK GC at Renault-Nissan

Anna Ward | May 08, 2018

Blendis resurfaces as automaker's U.K., Ireland and Northern territories legal chief.

News

Actuant Creates General Counsel Post, Names Fabrizio Rasetti

Sue Reisinger | May 07, 2018

Rasetti is the former vice president, general counsel and secretary at Boart Longyear.

News

Smoothie King Crowns New GC From Yum Brands

Stephanie Forshee | May 07, 2018

Michael Sukenik brings global experience—particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean—to his position at Smoothie King.

Expert Opinion

Matter Management Can’t Do It All

James Beckett| May 07, 2018

Innovative legal leaders are measuring beyond the level of just matter management. They are measuring subjective performance data and sharing the results with their law firms.

News

The AI Tech That’s Saving Walmart’s In-House Lawyers Time

Stephanie Forshee | May 07, 2018

Alan Bryan, Walmart’s senior associate GC of legal operations and outside counsel management, told Corporate Counsel how the new technology is really making a difference.

News

New Working Group Aims to Improve Outside Counsel Matchmaking for Legal Departments

Caroline Spiezio | May 07, 2018

A "Tinder" for matching in-house and outside counsel is one of the big ideas on the table for the group, which consists of legal department and law firm representatives.

Building Legal Ops From the Ground Up: A Q&A With Mike Russell of Ingersoll-Rand

Dan Clark | May 07, 2018

Mike Russell of Ingersoll-Rand spoke about artificial intelligence, building an operations function and where legal department outsourcing may be heading next.

News

Wells Fargo Settles Securities Class Actions Over Fake Accounts for $480M

Ben Hancock | May 04, 2018

It's the largest payment the bank has agreed to make so far since the scandal broke in 2016. But Wells Fargo is not out of the woods yet.

News

In Apple MDL Leadership Fight, a Contrast in Styles

Amanda Bronstad | May 04, 2018

The pitches for lead plaintiffs counsel pit Steve Berman and a few lawyers at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro against a 40-lawyer coalition led by Joseph Cotchett, of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, and Laurence King of Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer.

News

Don't Forget the Soft Skills: In-House Counsel Now Boosting Public Speaking, People Skills

Caroline Spiezio | May 04, 2018

The popularity of "soft skills" sessions at last week's CLOC annual institute is a testament to how important building these abilities is becoming for in-house professionals.

News

Fox News Names New GC as Former Top Lawyer Remains on ‘Voluntary Personal Leave’

Stephanie Forshee | May 04, 2018

Lily Fu Claffee, the new general counsel at Fox News, comes to the network from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Expert Opinion

Leadership and Mentoring: Leading by Serving

Frank Ramos| May 04, 2018

Leadership is not a title. Nor is it a right. It is not an excuse to boss others around. It doesn’t bestow upon its owner powers over others’ choices, values or decisions. Leadership is service.

Analysis

Facebook's GDPR Challenge and the Conundrum of Consent

Ian Lopez | May 04, 2018

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation goes against the business models of Facebook and many other internet companies, say some compliance experts.

News

Business Crossing the Border? Hire Local Lawyers But Beware of Pitfalls, Experts Say

Sue Reisinger | May 03, 2018

“It’s neither simple to go overseas, nor is it something that’s impossible. It is becoming more imperative for many companies to do it,” one expert said.

News

Canadian Cannabis Company Aphria Announces New CLO

Caroline Spiezio | May 03, 2018

"What attracts me to this role the fact that the industry is so new, and the work [I'll] be doing is new, innovative and cutting edge," said Christelle Gedeon, the new CLO.

News

Law Departments Are Seeing More Class Actions, No New Staff to Manage Them, Survey Says

Stephanie Forshee | May 03, 2018

The 2018 Carlton Fields Class Action Survey indicated that in-house legal departments have to deal with more class actions than before, but aren't getting a corresponding increase in staff devoted to these types of matters.

News

Equifax Judge Warns Lawyers to Limit Record-Sealing Requests

R. Robin McDonald | May 03, 2018

U.S. District Chief Judge Thomas Thrash issued a 34-page protective order in the Equifax data breach multidistrict litigation but warned lawyers and their clients that they should treat documents filed in the case as "presumptively public" and use their "best efforts" to limit confidential filings.

News

How TED Talks' GC Is Battling the Problem of Sexual Harassment After Complaints at Group's Conferences

Stephanie Forshee | May 03, 2018

In a recent interview with Corporate Counsel, Nishat Ruiter of TED provided a rare look into how a GC has handled harassment issues in the era of #MeToo.

Software Company Alfresco Names New General Counsel

Dan Clark | May 03, 2018

Chaudhary's promotion is one of a few executive moves in Alfresco's ranks as of late.

Sourcing Your Next Great Hire

Mike Evers| May 03, 2018

Every general counsel understands the importance of hiring the right people. Take your time. And do your best to take control of the process.

News

T-Mobile, Sprint Want to Merge. What Should Their Law Departments Do Next?

Caroline Spiezio | May 02, 2018

Legal departments at both companies will have plenty of issues to think through, including the deal's potential effect on the U.S. telecom market as well as its possible international implications.

News

Whole Foods Can't Erase NLRB Ruling Against Workplace Recording Policy

Erin Mulvaney | May 02, 2018

The federal labor board said in its ruling against Whole Foods that the agency does not have power to "modify an order that has been enforced by a court of appeals." Last year, Whole Foods lost its challenge in the Second Circuit.

News

Ex-GC of McDonald's and Former Golf Pro Co-Author New Novel About Libel, Justice

Sue Reisinger | May 02, 2018

The funny and folksy former McDonald’s GC Shelby Yastrow, who can spin a tale in answer to any question, spoke with Corporate Counsel Tuesday as his new book went on sale.

News

Growing Daytime-Restaurant Chain Serves Up First GC

Kristen Rasmussen | May 02, 2018

In-house restaurant veteran Jay Wolszczak joins First Watch Restaurants Inc., which specializes in breakfast, brunch and lunch, after more than 20 years at Hard Rock Cafe International Inc.

Analysis

3 Ways the GDPR Will Change How Legal Professionals Work

Ben Hancock | May 02, 2018

Experts share their insights on how the massive EU privacy law not only changes the landscape for companies, but affects their approach to practicing law and e-discovery.