August 14, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
FDA Seeks to Toss Lawsuit From Company Lawyer Seeking Anonymity in Facility-Inspection ReportThe attorney argues that being linked to the report, which stems from 20 FDA site visits in the spring of 2022, could cause reputational harm and derail the attorney's career.
By Chris O'Malley
4 minute read
August 10, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
'Divisive and Extreme': Lawsuit Assailing Target's ESG Agenda Shows How Dicey Topic Has Become"Target's ESG and DEI mandates align with one end of the political spectrum: the left," according to a shareholder lawsuit filed this week.
By Chris O'Malley
7 minute read
August 08, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Unisys Taps Fast-Rising ITT Lawyer as New General CounselThe information technology services provider handed the legal reins to Kristen Prohl, who spent more than a decade in-house at Starwood Hotels before taking senior roles at CA Technologies, AIG and ITT.
By Chris O'Malley
2 minute read
August 08, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Shareholder Support for ESG Proposals Plunges as Subject Becomes ToxicThe voting occurred this spring as ESG critics stepped up their attacks on what they derisively call "woke" capitalism.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
August 07, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Ruling Against Company That Called a Lawsuit 'Without Merit' Could Sideline Widely Used PhraseMassachusetts federal Judge William Young held software company Pegasystems accountable for pooh-poohing a theft-of-trade-secrets lawsuit that actually had legitimacy.
By Chris O'Malley
4 minute read
August 03, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Tactics of Booming Auto-Lending Industry Raising Ire of Consumer Financial Protection BureauA powerful U.S. regulator alleges the industry is rife with shenanigans, conduct it's trying to rein in by filing lawsuits.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
August 03, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
With AI Research Clustered in Hot Spots, Left-Out Regions Could Become Economic 'Deserts'A new Brookings Institution report says the "emergence of AI 'deserts' could limit generative AI's variety, accessibility, and potential to improve the quality of life in many communities."
By Chris O'Malley
5 minute read
July 31, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Audubon Society Fills GC Slot After Longtime Legal Chief's Quiet Exit Amid Renaming ControversyVeteran environmental attorney Charlotte Young is taking the legal reins from Lorraine Sciarra, who stepped down in March, the same month the organization announced it would keep the "Audubon" name despite namesake John James Audubon's racist views.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
July 28, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Successor Named for CBRE GC Who Declined RelocationCBRE 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
'Location, Location, Location' Is Latest Challenge in Data Privacy Compliance"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