August 06, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Hyper-Aggressive FTC Turns High Beam on Auto Industry's Sales CultureThe agency's latest target is vehicle-service-contract marketer CarShield, which agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations of deceptive sales practices.
By Chris O'Malley
5 minute read
August 02, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Fast-Growing Madrigal Pharma Names Veteran Health Care Lawyer Legal ChiefThe Pennsylvania-based company promoted Shannon Kelley to her first general counsel post, just months after the successful launch of a drug to treat liver disease
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
August 01, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Employers Race to File NLRB Petitions to Gain Upper Hand in Union OrganizingThe number of so-called RM petitions filed by employers rocketed 2,089%, to 416 petitions, in the last 10 months.
By Chris O'Malley
5 minute read
July 30, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Conservative Groups Challenge Corporate DEI Initiatives With Recent Success"It is to be hoped that corporations that enacted illegal and polarizing DEI policies during the last few years will end those policies before they are sued," said Ed Blum of the American Alliance for Equal Rights.
By Chris O'Malley
7 minute read
July 26, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Tractor Supply CEO Says DEI Dust-Up Had No 'Measurable Impact'"We learned from others who had gone before us on this and moved fast and tried to remove the perceived political and social agendas from our policies." Tractor Supply CEO Hal Lawton said.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
July 25, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
With Kenneth Cole's Latest Hire, Putting Legal Chief Over HR Is Officially in FashionRenada Williams, the fashion retailer's general counsel and senior vice president of human resources, said the overlapping responsibilities allow her "to see around corners and mitigate a lot of the risk the company might otherwise face."
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
July 24, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
After Settling With FTC, Vroom Brings Aboard New Legal ChiefTaking the legal reins of the Houston-based company will be Anna-Lisa Corrales, former general counsel of Jaguar Land Rover North America.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
July 24, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
GOP Members of FTC Worry Lina Khan Is Going in Too Many Directions"Many of these rules are unlawful, and the pace of rulemaking is quickening as we approach the presidential election," GOP commissioner Andrew Ferguson wrote this week.
By Chris O'Malley
4 minute read
July 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
FTC Probing Use of Browser Histories, Other Personal Info to Individualize Product Prices"Firms that harvest Americans' personal data can put people's privacy at risk. Now firms could be exploiting this vast trove of personal information to charge people higher prices," FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement.
By Maria Dinzeo | Chris O'Malley
4 minute read
July 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Hungry for Stability After Execs Exit, Papa John's Gives Legal Chief Big Retention BonusTo receive the full award, Caroline Miller Oyler, who's been with the pizza giant for a quarter-century, has to stick around four more years, and the company's stock price has to substantially appreciate each of the next three years.
By Chris O'Malley
4 minute read
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