Chris O'malley

July 28, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

CBRE moved the general counsel role to Dallas. But Laurence Midler, who is based in Los Angeles, declined to move to Texas.

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

July 27, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"For the first time in U.S. states, companies will need to collect meaningful permissions from their customers to gather and apply data relating to the customers' position on the globe," Womble Bond Dickinson said in a client advisory.

By Chris O'Malley

5 minute read

July 26, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Claudius Sokenu, ranked by Savoy as one of the most influential Black executives in corporate America, said he was drawn to Avantor's mission of scientific innovation.

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

July 24, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Days before a judge rejected Coca-Cola's request to disqualify Paul Hastings from representing a Florida startup suing the beverage giant, the law firm filed an amended complaint adding new allegations and new multinational defendants.

By Chris O'Malley

6 minute read

July 21, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

A new risk-and-compliance report based on a survey of 1,300 respondents globally found "every measure for middle management's commitment to compliance moving in the wrong direction."

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

July 20, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

President Biden for months has been blasting "junk fees." So the industry expected a proposal. But what came is "far more radical than anyone anticipated," Ballard Spahr wrote in a client advisory.

By Chris O'Malley

6 minute read

July 18, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"So long as she continues to promote the same goals she has promoted in the past," University of Washington law professor Douglas Ross said, "she's going to get the same negative results."

By Greg Andrews | Chris O'Malley

8 minute read

July 17, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"Proving that any particular plaintiff's cancer was caused by aspartame, as distinguished from the many other possible causes, could prove to be an insuperable obstacle to recovery," said Kenneth Abraham, a University of Virginia law professor.

By Chris O'Malley

4 minute read

July 13, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Kathryn Gilchrist Simpson, who a decade ago said she aspired to be a defense-industry legal chief, is getting that opportunity at Northrop Grumman with the retirement of her boss, Sheila Cheston.

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

July 13, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Among the concerns highlighted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is that consumers may not understand that most accounts are not covered by deposit insurance.

By Chris O'Malley

6 minute read