General Counsel & In House Counsel

International Edition

'Rates are Getting Crazy': General Counsel Intensify Calls to Overhaul the Billable Hour

By Tom Parry | July 12, 2023

As charge-out rates rocket alongside inflation and interest rates, top in-house lawyers say that the need to revolutionise the billable hour model is more urgent than ever.

9 minute read

International Edition

Women Taking More Partner Positions in Australian Firms, But Still Lag Men

By Christopher Niesche | July 10, 2023

35% of partner or principal positions held by women in Australia's largest state.

2 minute read
International Edition

US Companies Are Only Starting to Look at Worst-Case Scenarios Related to China

By Christine Schiffner | July 6, 2023

"What we're finding is that companies are increasingly interested in understanding the relationship between the U.S. and China and where it could be headed. They are looking for ways to navigate around the existing sanctions and tariffs that the United States and China have thrown up at each other," says Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer senior international policy advisor and former Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon.

6 minute read

International Edition

TfL and Lombard International to Retain Existing Legal Panels

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | July 6, 2023

Firms including Ashurst, Eversheds Sutherland and HSF will hold their places for up to two more years on TfL's panel.

2 minute read
International Edition

Metro Bank Conducts First Legal Panel Review in Five Years

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | July 4, 2023

The current panel includes Linklaters, Eversheds Sutherland and CMS, among others.

2 minute read
International Edition

UBS General Counsel Absorbs Credit Suisse GC Role Amid Cuts

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | June 29, 2023

The move comes as Credit Suisse's GC exits the bank amid a sweep of cuts at the beleaguered Swiss bank that have followed its sale to UBS.

3 minute read
International Edition

Australia's Real Estate Group CBRE Appoints New Regional GC

By Christopher Niesche | June 29, 2023

Leah Boyd replaces Betty Ivanoff, who left to join casino rival.

2 minute read
International Edition

Australian In-House Lawyers Expect to Send More Work to Firms, Survey Finds

By Christopher Niesche | June 29, 2023

Seven in 10 respondents said lawyers should spend time working for a law firm before they commence their in-house careers.

2 minute read
International Edition

Clayton Utz Chair Becomes GC at Australia's Largest Bank

By Christopher Niesche | June 27, 2023

Karen O'Flynn joins CBA on September 1.

2 minute read
International Edition

Daimler Truck, Germany's Largest Truck Maker, Names New Legal Chief

By Trudy Knockless | June 23, 2023

Florian Hofer, who two years ago was a key player in splitting Daimler AG into two separate businesses—Daimler Truck AG and Mercedes-Benz AG—will lead legal for a colossus with 100,000 employees and $49 billion in annual revenue.

2 minute read
Corporate Counsel

Quinn Emanuel Probe of Cruise Crash Finds Executives 'Not Actively Engaged' as Crisis Unfolded

By Chris O'Malley | January 30, 2024

The law firm's 195-page internal report blasts Cruise for "poor leadership, mistakes in judgment, lack of coordination" and a failure to grasp its obligation to be transparent and accountable to the public and regulators.

8 minute read
Corporate Counsel

Ex-Golfing Company CLO Takes Swing at Weight-Loss Industry

By Trudy Knockless | January 29, 2024

Brendan Gibbons is taking the legal reins of Allurion Technologies, which helps obese people lose weight by ingesting balloons that help make them feel full.

2 minute read
Corporate Counsel

IRobot's Top Lawyer Takes CEO Reins After Failed Amazon Merger

By Maria Dinzeo | January 29, 2024

Glen Weinstein will help stabilize iRobot now that it is retaining its independence. Resistance from European antitrust regulators scuttled Amazon's plan to buy it for $1.7 billion.

4 minute read
Corporate Counsel

'An Era of Heightened Risk': Class Action Onslaught Shows No Signs of Abating

By Hugo Guzman | January 29, 2024

Mega-settlements and high class-certification rates likely will "incentivize the plaintiffs' class action bar to be equally if not more aggressive with their case filings and settlement positions in 2024," according to a report by the law firm Duane Morris.

4 minute read
Corporate Counsel

Defense Contractor Mercury Systems Swaps Out Legal Chief

By Chris O'Malley | January 26, 2024

CEO Bill Ballhaus has hired Stuart Kupinsky as chief legal officer. Kupinsky was legal chief of Blackboard when Ballhaus was its CEO.

3 minute read
Corporate Counsel

Tech Giants Take a Beating at FTC's AI Summit

By Maria Dinzeo | January 26, 2024

"Will this be a moment of opening up markets to fair and free competition, unleashing the full potential of emerging technologies? Or will a handful of dominant firms concentrate control over these key tools locking us into a future of their choosing?" Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said Thursday.

4 minute read
Law.com

Inside Track: Surprise Exxon Mobil Suit Kicks Off Contentious Shareholder-Proposal Season

By Greg Andrews | January 25, 2024

The oil giant accused two activist investors of employing a "Goldilocks Trojan Horse strategy" aimed at undermining its business.

4 minute read
New York Law Journal

New York's New Inventor Protections Might Spawn Similar Laws Across Country

By Hugo Guzman | January 25, 2024

At issue is who owns the rights to projects that employees develop on their own time without the use of their company's resources.

3 minute read
Corporate Counsel

Bell Tolls on Mandatory Retirement for Exxon Mobil GC

By Chris O'Malley | January 25, 2024

Exxon Mobil's mandatory retirement age of 65 forced the oil giant's prior two general counsel into retirement. Will current GC Craig Morford be next when he turns 65 on Feb. 10?

7 minute read
Corporate Counsel

New York's New Inventor Protections Might Spawn Similar Laws Across Country

By Hugo Guzman | January 25, 2024

At issue is who owns the rights to projects that employees develop on their own time without the use of their company's resources.

3 minute read

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