Inside Track: Legal Ops Abroad | What You Said About Associate Raises | Big Money Behind Net Neutrality Repeal
In this edition of Inside Track, we'll look at the big bucks companies have spent lobbying around net neutrality. And, speaking of money, in-house legal leaders have continued to send us scathing feedback on the recent Milbank associate raises and their fallout.
June 13, 2018 at 06:39 PM
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Ops Across the Pond
The growth of legal ops in the U.S set out to answer this question recently Here's some of what he learned: Connie Brenton NetApp Corporate Legal Operations Consortium ● Less Litigious. getting a job overseas! ● Tech Priorities. a bit different in the way they choose and implement technology—Associate Salaries Going Up: We Asked, You Answered
In last week's Inside Track, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. Cravath, Swaine & Moore surpassed Milbank's pay scale. are clearly stewing Dan Clark Caroline Spiezio Mark Smolik , general counsel and chief compliance officer at DHL Supply Chain Americas said: “If a law firm feels it necessary to pay first-year attorneys an extraordinary $190,000 to remain competitive, then that is their decision. Just don't ask for me to pay for it.” reality distortion field' we are firing you everyday message to the market Drop me an email here.![](https://images.law.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/292/2018/06/unnamed10-1.jpg)
Following the Money
Monday marked the end of net neutrality in the U.S. MP McQueen Telecom v. Tech. Big Spenders. Amazon.com Facebook What's just as interesting as MP's story though, is how she sifted through a maze of lobbying records to put her piece together …Also….
the runner ups 2018 Best Legal Departments competition. Hulu Dropbox AbbVie John Finley of Blackstone. Caroline Spiezio Louise Pentland PayPal GC Wanji Walcott. Watch the interview here.Don't Miss –
Thursday, June 14. Transatlantic General Counsel Summit 2018 London. Wednesday, June 20 Global Leaders in Law “Changing Corporate Culture” in Geneva Brussels. June 25-29 Mini MBA for GCs Oxford, UK. Meena Heath [email protected]On the Move –
A CLO Among CLOs. The Association of Corporate Counsel Susanna McDonald newest chief legal officer. Amar Sarwal School's In. named Deborah Solmor deputy GC for litigation at Career Education Corp Skadden Meanwhile in China Shaolin Luo Simpson Thacher has been hired by YunFeng Capital Jack Ma BeijingThis content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
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