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GCs Turning to Outside Counsel for Calm in the Trade War Storm

Phillip Bantz | August 17, 2018

Trade lawyers are trying to ease and manage the anxiety of corporate clients while grappling with capricious trade policies. “A lot of this is new, uncharted territory. We’re definitely in strange times,” said one source.

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Asset Management Firm Waddell & Reed Hires New GC From Within

Dan Clark | August 17, 2018

Waddell & Reed made the announcement that Mark P. Buyle, who has spent the majority of his career at the firm, will be the new senior vice president, general counsel and chief legal officer.

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4 Questions Financial Services Counsel Should Consider Before Implementing AI

Zach Warren | August 17, 2018

According to the panelists on a Mayer Brown webinar, financial services doesn't need to fear implementing artificial intelligence—as long as they're smart about the risks.

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When Harry Fires Sally: The Gender Gap in Disciplining Financial Industry Employees

Sue Reisinger | August 16, 2018

The gender pay gap has already been widely studied, but a new gap has been spotted that has "costly" and "long-lasting" effects on women.

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5 Companies That Have Entered the Firearms Debate

Dan Clark | August 16, 2018

This week, Shopify joined a growing group of companies that have come out with new policies and strong statements in response to the ongoing debate over guns.

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Advertiser Class Action Claims Facebook Overestimates Audience Size

Ross Todd | August 16, 2018

The suit claims that Facebook's estimated reach among the key 18- to 34-year-old bracket exceeds the actual population of that demographic group in every state in the U.S.

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Trump Fave Amul Thapar Broadens SCOTUS Ruling Against Worker Class Actions

Erin Mulvaney | August 15, 2018

Leading a federal appeals panel, Thapar said the Fair Labor Standards Act doesn't "displace" the requirement that judges enforce arbitration agreements as they are written. The Supreme Court this term, confronting the National Labor Relations Act, ruled against workers.

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Royal Bank of Scotland: $4.9B Lesson for General Counsel on Misconduct, Dumb Emails

Sue Reisinger | August 15, 2018

According to the massive DOJ settlement, RBS didn't just commit fraud—its employees also chatted about it via email and text.

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Forgot About Regtech? New Analytics Tools Aren't Part of Most Compliance Updates, Study Says

Phillip Bantz | August 15, 2018

While companies procrastinate on using regtech, legal departments and other "second lines" of defense are being asked to shoulder much of the compliance responsibility burden.

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Data Mapping May Be the Hardest Part of GDPR Compliance

Dan Clark | August 15, 2018

One expert in GDPR said that the "most common" factor in compliance challenges was that companies didn't know what data they had and where it could be located.

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Omarosa-Trump Tapes Could Mean 'Open Season on Privacy Rights' in the Workplace, Attorneys Say

Raychel Lean | August 15, 2018

Lawyers from across the country shared their responses to the tapes, and what they demonstrate about how privacy laws play out across states.

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How In-House Counsel at Swiss Bank Ticked Off Prosecutors ... and the Company Paid for It

Sue Reisinger | August 14, 2018

Attorneys at Zürcher Kantonalbank, the fourth-largest bank in Switzerland, found a way to make an already challenging federal investigation even more adversarial.

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After Weed Killer Verdict, It's Damage Control Time for Monsanto Lawyers, Comms Staff

Phillip Bantz | August 14, 2018

The agribusiness giant's in-house lawyers are working "hand in glove" with in-house communications staffers to mitigate the fallout from the $289 million Roundup verdict. But one communications expert isn't impressed with the effort and another says outside PR consultants are key.

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Turning Again to Washington, Uber Hires Former NSA General Counsel as New Security Chief

Caroline Spiezio | August 14, 2018

Matthew Olsen will now serve as Uber's top security boss, replacing Joe Sullivan, who was fired late last year after a previously undisclosed data breach at Uber became public.

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SoftBank Hires Leading MoFo Deal Lawyer as Chief Legal Officer

Dan Clark | August 14, 2018

After decades with the law firm, Robert Townsend will move in-house to lead the legal department at SoftBank, a company he's already represented many times.

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Mozilla Nabs Twitter Deputy GC as Next Top Lawyer

Caroline Spiezio | August 14, 2018

The efforts to browse for a new in-house boss are over for Mountain View, California-based Mozilla.

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Monsanto on the Hunt for New GC in Midst of $289M Roundup Verdict

Phillip Bantz | August 14, 2018

David Snively joined Monsanto's legal department 34 years ago in the midst of a PR crisis over Agent Orange. His replacement will also have to be adept at dealing with controversy.

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Life in the Cannabis Lane: Terra Tech CLO Talks Regulations, In-House Life

Caroline Spiezio | August 14, 2018

Joseph Segilia built a legal department from scratch at Terra Tech, and learned a great deal about cannabis law in the process.

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Growing Drugmaker Vanda Hires Health Care In-House Vet as New GC

Kristen Rasmussen | August 14, 2018

Vanda, which has brought on Timothy Williams, specializes in drugs to treat schizophrenia and the "Non-24" sleep disorder.

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Rebuilding After FCPA Purge, Panasonic Avionics Hires New Compliance Chief

Sue Reisinger | August 13, 2018

Catherine Razzano was formerly assistant general counsel and director at General Dynamics.

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'Ban-the-Box' Enforcement Gains Steam. What Employers Need to Know.

Erin Mulvaney | August 13, 2018

Labor and employment perspective on several recent "ban the box" state attorney general enforcement actions.

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Updated: As Part of EY Acquisition, Riverview Law Extends Kim Technologies Partnership

Rhys Dipshan | August 13, 2018

The new contract allows Riverview to leverage Kim’s AI technology in its offerings well into the next decade, but enables Kim to partner with other legal managed services providers as well.

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Collibra Hires New General Counsel Amid Expansion

Dan Clark | August 13, 2018

Michelle Rosen, the new GC, previously ran the legal team at IMAX in China.

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Wynn Resorts' Embattled GC Leaves With $1.8 Million in Cash and Millions More in Stock

Sue Reisinger | August 10, 2018

Kim Sinatra, who got swept up in the #MeToo controversy swirling around former company CEO Steve Wynn, left her job this summer—but not without being paid handsomely, according to a new SEC filing.

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The Reviews Are in: EY's Acquisition of Riverview Law Has Grabbed Legal Departments' Attention

Dan Clark | August 10, 2018

Asked about EY's latest move into the legal market, one GC said the idea of having legal service providers only owned and operated by lawyers is "narrow-minded and dated."

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For Some Legal Departments, Two GCs Are Better Than One

Kristen Rasmussen | August 10, 2018

Sometimes, it takes two. The legal department at Hearst Communications recently took the unusual step of appointing dual general counsel. Here are four others that have adopted this unusual model.

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PubMatic Snags Former Snap Lawyer Thomas Chow as New GC

Caroline Spiezio | August 09, 2018

"My top goal is to make PubMatic successful, so I want to make the legal process here the most efficient in our industry," Chow told Corporate Counsel.

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Anti-Corruption Survey Shows China, Latin America Risks Worry In-House Legal Teams

Sue Reisinger | August 09, 2018

The sixth annual global anti-corruption survey from global legal consulting firm AlixPartners found that 90 percent of companies operating in Latin America, and 94 percent of companies operating in China, reported their industries are exposed to corruption risk.

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GCs Are Flirting With the Big Four— But They Remain Wary

Phillip Bantz | August 09, 2018

As giant accounting firms make new forays into the legal industry, in-house attorneys are giving more thought to offering the EYs and PwCs of the world their business.

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Judge: Reinsurers Not Liable for $26M Judgment for Failed Loan Linked to Glacial Energy Collapse

Greg Land | August 09, 2018

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden said he had no jurisdiction to hold a group of foreign-based reinsurers liable for a $26 million arbitration award that followed the 2014 bankruptcy of Glacial Energy Holdings.

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As the Business Evolves, so Does Legal: a Q&A With Vonage's Randy Rutherford

Dan Clark | August 09, 2018

Rutherford shared his views with Corporate Counsel about the rise of AI and the big shift that's taken place in his own law department, among other topics.

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Ex-Morgan Stanley Lawyer Alleges Retaliation After Raising Corruption Concerns

C. Ryan Barber | August 09, 2018

U.S. labor judge confronts "unsettled" litigation-funding issue in whistleblower Christopher Garvey's case against the investment bank. Morgan Stanley contends Garvey, who was based in Hong Kong, voluntarily resigned.

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Lessons from Elon Musk: What the CEO's Tweet Can Teach GCs About Damage Control

Caroline Spiezio | August 08, 2018

When Musk tweeted about potentially taking his company private this week, the world listened. And it's likely his in-house lawyers had to step up their game.

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Global Cartel Misconduct Reaches Into Bank Rates, Oranges, Even Condoms

Sue Reisinger | August 08, 2018

In the first half of the year, many of the crackdowns happened in Europe, but other jurisdictions such as Australia, Singapore and Egypt saw heightened enforcement as well.

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GCs Want to Speak Out for Companies on Political Issues, But It May Not Be Worthwhile

Phillip Bantz | August 08, 2018

New survey findings suggest that GCs should think twice about taking public stances on many political and cultural issues ... and never talk about Trump.

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The American Arbitration Association Announces Alternative Fee Options

Caroline Spiezio | August 07, 2018

It looks as though AFAs aren't just for outside counsel anymore. They're now a part of the arbitration process for at least one major ADR provider.

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Companies' Calls Growing More Urgent on How to Navigate Latest Trade Sanctions

Sue Reisinger | August 07, 2018

This week, the first phase of Iran sanctions from the Trump administration went into effect, and companies are certainly phoning their lawyers to figure out how to navigate it all.

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Worried About a Harvey, Travis, or Roseanne at Your Company? Here’s What GCs Can Do

MP McQueen | August 07, 2018

“Increasingly, reputational issues are falling within the purview of general counsel because if there is a problem, it becomes a legal issue very quickly,” said one attorney and consultant.

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Benchmark Electronics Leaves Its Global Legal Function to Steve Beaver

Phillip Bantz | August 07, 2018

As VP and GC, Beaver will oversee global legal, compliance, ethics, intellectual property, environmental health and safety matters.

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Trump's NLRB Is Taking New Look at Restricting Workers' Electronic Communication

Erin Mulvaney | August 07, 2018

Can employees use corporate email and other forms of electronic communication to discuss their workplace? The National Labor Relations Board tees up a fresh test about the scope of protections for employee speech on company property.

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Gig Companies, Fearing Litigation 'Onslaught,' Press Fight Over Labor Ruling

Cheryl Miller | August 06, 2018

"The time to act is now, before work opportunities are destroyed, and before the trial lawyers start crushing businesses with an onslaught of litigation," companies and business advocates contend, fighting a new California Supreme Court ruling that could upend the business models of gig companies.

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It Takes 2: Hearst Names Jon Donnellan and Mark Redman as Co-General Counsel

Sue Reisinger | August 06, 2018

Both GCs will continue to practice in their specialty areas. For Donnellan, that's First Amendment law and litigation, while for Redman, it's transactional work.

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Villanova Promotes From Within for New General Counsel

Dan Clark | August 06, 2018

It's getting closer to back-to-school time both for Villanova's students and its newly minted GC, E. Michael Zubey.

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Meet the GC of Knotel, Amit Khanna

Stephanie Forshee | August 06, 2018

Khanna spoke to Corporate Counsel about his work with “headquarters as a service” company, Knotel.

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Cisco, Arista Settle IP, Antitrust Disputes With Arista Paying $400M

Scott Graham | August 06, 2018

According to a joint statement from the parties, Arista will pay Cisco $400 million, maintain the product modifications required by U.S. International Trade Commission rulings, and make "limited changes to further differentiate its user interfaces from Cisco's."

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Construction Company Granite Strengthens Foundation With New General Counsel

Dan Clark | August 06, 2018

Craig Hall, Granite's new general counsel, has spent more than two decades in the construction industry, most recently at Oldcastle.

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Christopher Updike Named General Counsel at Bankruptcy Management Solutions

Sue Reisinger | August 03, 2018

A veteran of both Cadwalader and Debevoise, Updike joins a lawyer-helmed company that provides software and services for consumer and corporate bankruptcy.

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On Road to IPO, Uber Hires Keir Gumbs of Covington as Associate GC

Dan Clark | August 02, 2018

Uber Technologies Inc. announced on Thursday that as it accelerates toward a projected initial public offering in 2019, it will be adding longtime Covington & Burling partner Keir Gumbs as associate general counsel, corporate transactions and deputy corporate secretary.

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Electric Carmaker Faraday Future Hires Banking, Regulatory Expert as Top Lawyer

Phillip Bantz | August 02, 2018

Henry (Hong) Liu, a former partner at Mayer Brown who served as general counsel of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, will hold several global roles at Faraday Future, bringing years of experience in Asian markets.

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ServiceMaster Hires Experienced GC for Home Warranty Business Spinoff

Dan Clark | August 02, 2018

Jeffrey Fiarman, who has worked in-house at several companies and even founded two businesses of his own, will take the post.

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