Catherine Dunn

July 19, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Penn State University's first general counsel faced trial by fire with the Jerry Sandusky scandal and was found to be lacking.

By Catherine Dunn

6 minute read

April 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

A pension fund explains why it voted "no" on so many say-on-pay proxies.

By Catherine Dunn

5 minute read

June 11, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Clarissa Cerda, the general counsel at LifeLock, Inc., doesn't just offer guidance to her in-house clients--she works to build a long-term partnership with the whole company.

By By Catherine Dunn

5 minute read

August 24, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

When Mat Honan, a senior editor at Wired magazine, got hacked earlier this month, he lost eight years' worth of emails, and everything on his laptop, iPhone, and iPad — from documents to photos of his baby daughter. It was a highly personal loss, though one writ large against the forces confronting just about every plugged-in person and company: the increasing frequency of cyberattacks, weaknesses in data security policies and practices at major corporations, and the approaching ubiquity of cloud computing.

By CATHERINE DUNN

4 minute read

February 13, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

When investors want a company to change its ways on environmental or social practices, what makes shareholder proposals on these issues fare well?

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

February 09, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

What do organizations like the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation gain from the presence of a general counsel before, during, and after a major organizational crisis event?

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read

September 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

The special counsel's report on the Penn State scandal shines a harsh light on then-GC Cynthia Baldwin.

By Catherine Dunn

7 minute read

January 10, 2012 | Daily Business Review

General counsel Josh Floum runs Visa's law department, keeping tabs on payment trends that are changing around the globe, and the laws that help shape them.

By Catherine Dunn

5 minute read

May 18, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

As Facebook's IPO transforms the social network from a private venture to a publicly held corporation, general counsel Ted Ullyot's role at the company is about to change in some significant ways.

By Catherine Dunn

5 minute read

November 21, 2011 | Daily Report Online

When an institution is facing a scandal, how it acts to redress wrongdoing is crucial to both its legal and public standing. One of the first tasks before the newly appointed president at Penn State was to communicate certain messages of reassurances to a community in turmoil over the sexual abuse allegations against former football coach Jerry Sandusky.

By Catherine Dunn

4 minute read