Chris O'malley

April 14, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Amazon general counsel David Zapolsky received total compensation of $18.2 million in 2022, returning him to the ranks of the nation's highest-paid legal chiefs.

By Chris O'Malley

5 minute read

April 13, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Periodic stock grants account for nearly all executive pay at the e-commerce and cloud-storage giant. A year earlier, general counsel David Zapolsky did not receive a stock grant, leaving him with total compensation of just $163,000.

By Chris O'Malley

2 minute read

April 12, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Activists concerned about China's human rights violations and other behavior hope to spur change, and perhaps cause corporate titans to squirm, by pushing shareholder proposals at the companies' annual meetings.

By Chris O'Malley

7 minute read

April 12, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Bob Bailey is retaking the legal reins of the eye care giant after a decade away. He'll work under recently hired CEO Brent Saunders, whom he formerly worked for at three companies.

By Chris O'Malley

2 minute read

April 11, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Juliette Pryor is exiting the Boise, Idaho-based grocery chain as it moves ahead with its $25 billion sale to Kroger, a deal that portends uncertainty for top executives.

By Chris O'Malley

2 minute read

April 09, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"This commission, in many areas, has demonstrated a zeal and willingness to push beyond the boundaries of our authority," recently departed Commissioner Christine Wilson wrote in a dissent last month.

By Chris O'Malley

7 minute read

April 07, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Isabelle Mitura, Current's head of talent before her dismissal in January, alleges in a new lawsuit that its leadership is a "boys' club." The company calls the allegations unfounded.

By Chris O'Malley

4 minute read

April 07, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"As an in-house attorney, I don't need you to move mountains like a soulless drone," said Matt Margolis, head of community at Lawtrades. "All I care about is results and working collegially with my counsel."

By Maria Dinzeo | Chris O'Malley | Trudy Knockless

8 minute read

April 06, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

When Colleen Batcheler gave up her 16-year career at Conagra Brands to join the rental-car giant, it had recently exited bankruptcy but faced hundreds of lawsuits from customers who were wrongly accused of stealing its cars.

By Chris O'Malley

2 minute read

April 05, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Frank Jiminez joined GE HealthCare in February 2022 and helped take it public in January of this year.

By Chris O'Malley

2 minute read