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Looking Back—And Ahead: Advice From a Global Company Leader

Alex Dimitrief | August 28, 2018

Here are a few pieces of advice, based on 20 years as a trial lawyer and 13 years as an in-house lawyer, that Alex Dimitrief wished he had received when he started as a lawyer.

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European Billionaire's Investment Group Hires New GC

Dan Clark | May 29, 2018

Waypoint Capital Group, the business associated with the investments of the billionaire Bertarelli family, announced on May 22 that Ron Cami would take over as general counsel.

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GC Connie Chen Explains What’s Cooking in OpenTable’s Law Department

Caroline Spiezio | Jason Doiy | May 24, 2018

Corporate Counsel recently sat down with Chen to talk about her role at the San Francisco-based company and her career advice—plus her favorite foods.

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JetBlue GC Retires, Flies Off Into the Sunset With $1.2M

Stephanie Forshee | May 22, 2018

James Hnat revealed last week that he will leave JetBlue. But he won't depart the New York-based airline empty-handed.

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AmEx's GC Laureen Seeger Opens Up About Diversity, Mentoring, and Pay Equity

Stephanie Forshee | May 22, 2018

In an interview with Corporate Counsel, the high-powered GC shared why diversity and inclusion are so important to her and what she and AmEx are doing to level the playing field.

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Who Has Been Hired to Lead Legal at Fortune 500 Companies in 2018?

Stephanie Forshee | May 18, 2018

New data from consultancy Russell Reynolds Associates shows significant turnover in the first quarter of this year. It also indicates that more women than usual have been hired to lead legal departments in the early months of 2018

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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.

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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.

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.

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Lawyers Continue to Dominate Legal Ops Role, CLOC Study Shows

Stephanie Forshee | April 23, 2018

New data from CLOC and LawGeex shows that attorneys are parlaying their skills into legal ops roles.

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What Peabody Energy’s GC Expects From Outside Counsel

Stephanie Forshee | April 20, 2018

Peabody’s chief legal officer Verona Dorch and one of her outside firm partners, Joe Glynias of Husch Blackwell, told Corporate Counsel how the firm made it on to the energy company's latest panel, and how they've used the opportunity to work together in new and interesting ways.

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Singapore GCs Eyeing Higher Impact, Chief Executive Roles, Report Finds

Stephanie Forshee | April 19, 2018

General counsel in the city-state seem to be an ambitious bunch—and may have their eyes on the CEO or COO's chair.

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Retail GCs Now Waiting for Supreme Court Decision in Online Sales Tax Case

Stephanie Forshee | April 18, 2018

In-house legal leaders had plenty to say about South Dakota v. Wayfair. Oral arguments in the case were heard on Tuesday at the Supreme Court.

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What 10 Legal Department Luminaries Have Said About Outside Firms

Rebekah Mintzer | April 16, 2018

Here are some of the quotable (and occasionally controversial) statements those in legal departments have made about their outside partners.

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Harassment Reports Up Amid #MeToo Movement, New Data Shows

Stephanie Forshee | April 10, 2018

Have the allegations against Harvey Weinstein encouraged more survivors of workplace harassment to speak out? Looks like it.

BitGo’s New CLO Compares Cryptocurrency to Hedge Funds

Stephanie Forshee | April 09, 2018

In a Q&A with Corporate Counsel, Shahla Ali of BitGo said that the regulatory situation for cryptocurrency reminds her of what hedge funds faced a decade or two ago.

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Former Viacom GC Mike Fricklas Heads to Advance Publications

Stephanie Forshee | April 09, 2018

Fricklas, who left Viacom last year, will lead legal and governmental affairs for Advance, a New York-based company that “operates and invests in a broad range of media.”

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Investigations Firm Nardello Hires Chief Legal Officer

Stephanie Forshee | April 05, 2018

Califano has a background in investigations, including in his most recent job as senior vice president and managing counsel at American Express.

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Transportation Blockchain Platform DAV Hires New General Counsel

Stephanie Forshee | April 05, 2018

Tung Chan's varied in-house career has taken her from insurance, to an airline, to blockchain firms.

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Legal Departments Want to Add More In-House Lawyers, But Will They?

Stephanie Forshee | April 03, 2018

According to a new survey from Special Counsel's Parker + Lynch, many companies like to bring on in-house talent rather than use outside lawyers, but they may not be able to in 2018.

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Doug Luftman Lands New GC Gig at Fintech Nomis Solutions

Stephanie Forshee | March 27, 2018

Luftman will serve as the first in-house lawyer at Nomis, which was founded in 2004 and has around 100 employees.

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Corporate Leaders Teach Compliance With Mixture of Real Life and Pretend

Stephanie Forshee | March 15, 2018

The 2018 Ethisphere Global Ethics Summit provided a forum for in-house compliance leaders from Tenneco, 3M and U.S. Bancorp to share their compliance training methods.

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Former Michelin GC Takes a Ride Back to Nelson Mullins

Stephanie Forshee | March 06, 2018

After 21 years at Michelin, including several as the top in-house attorney, Daniel Sanders Jr. is returning to his old home at Nelson Mullins.

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Credible Finds New General Counsel in Jobe Danganan

Stephanie Forshee | March 05, 2018

A former CFPB attorney, Jobe Danganan, is stepping in at San Francisco-based Credible.

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In-House Lawyers and DC Regulators Can Work Together, Report Says

Stephanie Forshee | March 02, 2018

It's time for GCs and their colleagues to head to Capitol Hill to make their mark on emerging regulatory frameworks, a new report from Crowell & Moring says.

What Makes an In-House Career Satisfying? It's Not About the Money

Mike Evers | February 02, 2018

Compensation matters. But while everyone knows that a select group of general counsel are paid handsomely, the fact remains that “BigLaw” law firm attorneys make more versus most of their experience-level counterparts in-house.

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REI Names Former Gap Lawyer as GC

Stephanie Forshee | December 15, 2017

Wilma Wallace worked both as a deputy GC at the Gap and as VP of global sustainability.

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Allstate, Discover Lawyers Do 'Heart-Wrenching' Work to Help Domestic Violence Victims

Stephanie Forshee | December 08, 2017

“I personally love using my law degree for a good, special purpose," said one in-house lawyer involved in the pro bono project, which helps guide domestic violence survivors through the legal system.

Poll Research

Corporate Culture Matters to In-House Counsel

Sue Reisinger | December 05, 2017

A new report from Navex Global shows that culture is a key part of corporate ethics and compliance programs.

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Meetup’s GC 'Worked Law Firm Hours' to Make Sale to WeWork Happen

Stephanie Forshee | December 04, 2017

David Pashman's colleagues would tease him by looking over at him during the late nights or weekends when they found themselves in the office exhausted to ask him if he was still having fun. He always said yes.

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FactSet GC: GDPR, Other Global Regs Pose Tough Challenges at Home

Stephanie Forshee | November 16, 2017

It's the international regulations that pose the big challenges for FactSet's Rachel Stern.

Religion or Extremism? A Global Workplace Issue: Part I

Robbin Hutton | November 15, 2017

The United Kingdom and other countries have experienced recent acts of terrorism in in the name of religion, with the United States seeing an increase in protests by extremist groups.

Profile

How One GC Cut His Legal Department in Half, Then Rebuilt It

Sue Reisinger | October 30, 2017

Jose Gonzalez of QBE North America has worked to raise the profile of his legal department at the New York-based insurance firm and navigated major change.

Expert Opinion Webcast News

Advice for GCs: Speak Up and Use Your Elbows

Sue Reisinger | October 26, 2017

GCs need to think strategically and become familiar with the business, according a recent webinar.