"It is striking how often the finger is not pointed at general counsel when things go wrong at banks, as if there is an understanding that the GC couldn't possibly have known what was going on. This suggests there is still some way to go before GCs achieve the ideal set out by former General Electric GC Ben Heineman..."
September 19, 2013 at 07:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
“The dean of American general counsel” is how Staples GC Michael T Williams introduced keynote speaker Ben Heineman at this week’s Legal Week Global Corporate Counsel Forum in New York.
Now an academic, the former General Electric general counsel, who worked closely with GE’s former chairman Jack Welch for many years, formulated an inspiring vision of the role GCs must perform.
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