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HFW and Pinsent Masons Asia Partners Leave Firms for GC Roles
By Jessica Seah | September 20, 2023
Ben Bury goes in-house with Gammon Construction and Alexander Shepherd joins Evolution Data.
3 minute read
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Will Innovation Help Law Firms and Clients Control the 'Cost Monster'?
By Andrew Maloney | Chris O'Malley | September 19, 2023
Amid rising billing rates, there's fresh optimism that innovation, not only on pricing plans but because of AI-related spending and projects, can lower costs on both sides.
5 minute read
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Why the GC of Australian Pension Fund UniSuper Keeps More Work In-House
By Christopher Niesche | September 17, 2023
UniSuper's Luke Barrett said he aims to build the best superannuation team in Australia.
5 minute read
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'We Can't Do Our Job': The Fight for Legal Privilege for In-House Counsel in Europe
By Linda A. Thompson | September 14, 2023
In-house lawyers across the continent have been fighting for years for the right to legal professional privilege. Increasingly, they are winning.
7 minute read
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Smaller, Shorter, More Competitive: A Five-Year Analysis of Legal Adviser Panels
By James Willer | September 14, 2023
A five-year analysis of panel reviews reveals the differing approaches general counsel are taking to their company rosters.
9 minute read
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Top GCs Call for Role to be Formalised in UK Corporate Governance Code
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | September 11, 2023
A letter on behalf of nearly 80 GCs criticises the code's 'extraordinary' lack of reference to the role of general counsel.
2 minute read
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GCs Collaborate with Skadden and Others to Ramp Up Corporate LGBTQ+ Inclusivity
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | September 4, 2023
The campaign, which involves top lawyers from Rolls Royce, BP and others, comes just months after Law.com revealed stagnant LGBT representation in the legal industry.
3 minute read
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Tech Giants Face Huge Fines Under New EU Rulebook
By Linda A. Thompson | August 30, 2023
Tech companies that fail to put appropriate measures in place to combat hate speech and curb online disinformation could soon be hit with fines going up to 6% of their revenue.
7 minute read
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Law Firms Race to Counsel Clients on AI—and Harness Those Learnings Internally
By Jessie Yount | August 30, 2023
Despite skepticism in the legal industry around the use of AI, clients are fueling demand for legal advice and the adoption of AI among law firms themselves.
8 minute read
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Swarovski Taps Former Nestle, Wrigley and Coca-Cola Attorney as Legal Chief
By Trudy Knockless | August 29, 2023
Stephan Mechnig's appointment as chief legal and compliance officer comes a year after the nearly 130-year-old company installed someone outside the family as CEO for the first time.
2 minute read
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2 Tech Companies Changed Policies—and Sparked Outrage. What Can You Learn From Their Miscues?
By Hugo Guzman | September 21, 2023
Unity Technologies and Zoom learned how quickly a loyal customer base can revolt.
3 minute read
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Alcoa Taps Canadian Exec for GC Role
By Trudy Knockless | September 21, 2023
Andrew Hastings is taking the legal reins of Alcoa, which has 15,000 employees and $12.5 billion in annual revenue.
2 minute read
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Tech Companies Hamstrung by Low Morale in Aftermath of Layoffs
By Hugo Guzman | September 21, 2023
"You don't want to have a culture with people who are miserable because you'll make other people miserable," Julie Brush, CEO of Solutus Legal Search, said.
4 minute read
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AI Startup Dismisses GC Amid Cash Crunch Just 1 Year After Going Public
By Chris O'Malley | September 21, 2023
Michael Will, who gave up his in-house job at Thrivent Financial in 2019 to help launch the business, posted on LinkedIn this week that he is looking for work.
3 minute read
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Pay Versus Performance Disclosures: A First-Year Recap
By Katayun I. Jaffari and Paul D. Hallgren | September 20, 2023
The new disclosure rule, referred to as "pay versus performance" added a wrinkle for companies in advance of the 2023 proxy season. A year has passed since the new disclosure rule was adopted. It is time to take a look back at the first foray into pay versus performance disclosures with an eye to considerations for disclosures in the coming year.
10 minute read
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'Serious Pushback' on RTO Policies Complicates Otherwise Brightening In-House Hiring Market
By Trudy Knockless | September 20, 2023
"GCs want to build out their legal teams in order to bring more work in-house, but often must make a strong business case for doing so," said a new report from Major, Lindsey and Africa.
4 minute read
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'The Path Is Not Linear': Starbucks GC-Turned-Adviser-to-CEO Reflects on In-House Career
By Maria Dinzeo | September 20, 2023
"While it may not seem valuable at the time, you would be surprised at how much a certain experience will then pay off and help you in the future," said Zabrina Jenkins, adviser to CEO Laxman Narasimhan.
5 minute read
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Life Sciences Startup That Ran Aground Entices New Legal Chief With Huge Equity Grant
By Hugo Guzman | September 19, 2023
Fresh from helping sell her last company for $2.9 billion, Heidy Abreu King-Jones will try to engineer a turnaround at Aeglea BioTherapeutics.
3 minute read
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Showered With Stock, Tech GCs Incentivized to 'Knock It Out of the Park'
By Maria Dinzeo | September 19, 2023
"Base salary and bonus cash compensation isn't something I've spent a lot of time discussing with my peers, because at some point it tops out. What we talk about is equity," said Danielle Sheer, general counsel of Commvault.
6 minute read
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Advertising Tech Company Hires Ex-Revlon VP as Legal Chief
By Trudy Knockless | September 19, 2023
Yossi Almani is taking the legal reins of Integral Ad Science, which analyzes the value of digital advertising placements. The company launched in 2009, went public in 2021 and now has employees in 11 countries.
2 minute read
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