Stories about how corporate legal departments are restructuring and finding creative new ways to manage budget and outside counsel spend, leverage technology and work with their outside counsel more efficiently.
By PJ Harari | August 2, 2017
Here are four important pieces of advice that will not only help prospective GCs prepare for the role before they ever reach the C-suite, but will also help those already in place excel in the dual role of legal adviser and business manager.
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By corpcounsel | Corporate Counsel | August 1, 2017
Cash is king here: Our ranking of the highest-paid general counsel is based on total cash compensation in 2016. But most of these lawyers received big equity payouts too.
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By Stephanie Forshee, David Ruiz and Jennifer Williams-Alvarez | July 27, 2017
The troubled ride-hailing company is in need of a new general counsel.
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By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez | July 20, 2017
More legal departments are seizing the opportunity to implement legal operations programs to lower spend and increase efficiency. Amid this legal ops movement, one organization, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, has emerged as both a catalyst for change and an ongoing example of the movement's success.
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By Roy Strom | July 13, 2017
A group of 25 general counsel announced a plan to share and analyze data on the law firms they use and the outcomes they achieve, which elicited both trepidation and excitement.
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By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez | July 1, 2017
Legal operations has been around for years, decades even. But the movement appears to be having a moment. Though implementing new technologies and processes to drive operational change has often not been the focus of the majority of legal departments in the past, there is now discussion that legal ops professionals may soon become commonplace at companies.
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By Sue Reisinger | June 29, 2017
Flexion Therapeutics Inc. has named Mark Levine as its first general counsel and senior vice president. Levine has more than 20 years of corporate legal experience, having previously served as GC at Minerva Neurosciences Inc., assistant GC at athenahealth Inc., and associate GC at Clinical Data Inc., according to his LinkedIn profile.
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By David Ruiz | June 23, 2017
Legal consultants and private-practice attorneys say Uber's legal department needs to sort out a reporting structure and how to handle the Covington report without former CEO Travis Kalanick there to lead.
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By David Ruiz | June 23, 2017
Travis Kalanick's unexpectedly swift, full departure from Uber Technologies Inc. as chief executive has punched yet another hole in a company left…
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By David Ruiz | June 16, 2017
Creative Associates International, a global development organization, has hired Laurence Grayer as vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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