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April 24, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

GM Legal Chief Joins Highest-Paid Ranks After Helping Clean Up Cruise Crisis

Craig Glidden worked through a plateful of challenges last year, including the UAW strike and fallout from a self-driving car crash that badly injured a pedestrian.

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3 minute read

April 24, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

'This Is How It's Done': Why Generational Tensions Are Boiling Over in Legal Departments

"It can't just be one generation that is making concessions," said Marni Helfand, general counsel and chief human resources officer at The Planet Group. Helfand said in response, adding that ultimately everyone needs to focus on achieving the o

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5 minute read

April 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Etsy Welcomed Aboard Ex-Facebook GC Colin Stretch With Baskets of Stock

Stretch joined the e-commerce company as chief legal officer in February 2023, his first in-house role since his 2013-19 run as the social media company's general counsel.

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2 minute read

April 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

'Is There a Culture of Fear?': Why Legal Departments Go Awry, and How to Fix Them

"Legal can't just shut the door and say, 'I'm on a phone call,'" said Lenor Marquis Segal, senior litigation counsel at Hitachi Energy USA.

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4 minute read

April 17, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

GCs Ponder Widening Scope and Direction of Antitrust Enforcement

A Tuesday panel that included a member of the DOJ's Procurement Collusion Strike Force outlined some overlooked current and emerging antitrust traps being set by ambitious regulators.

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6 minute read

April 16, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Patent Data Unicorn Names First GC, Hiring From Another AI-Driven Unicorn

Eric Topel joined Patsnap this month from Nevada-based Socure. The Singapore-founded company raised $300 million from an investor group that included Japan's SoftBank at a valuation topping $1 billion in 2021.

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3 minute read

April 15, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

FTC Member Fires Back at GOP Critics Who Say Agency Is Aiding EU Takedown of US Tech

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the longest-serving of the agency's five commissioners, said any suggestion that the FTC should be in the business of "protecting national champions" is absurd.

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7 minute read

April 12, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Retention Bonus Propels American Airlines Legal Chief Onto Carrier's Highest-Paid List

Priya Aiyar joined American in 2019, right before the pandemic spawned the biggest crisis in commercial aviation history.

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3 minute read

April 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

ADM Emptied the Silo to Lure Aboard New General Counsel

Archer-Daniels-Midland says Regina Bynote Jones forfeited $3.95 million in cash and unvested equity by resigning from her last job. It removed those golden handcuffs, agreeing to make her whole.

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2 minute read

April 10, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

HubSpot Legal Boss Poised for Big Payout as Acquisition Speculation Swirls

Just 15 months into Alyssa Harvey Dawson's tenure as legal chief of HubSpot, Reuters is reporting that Alphabet is considering making an offer for the fast-growing competitor to Salesforce.

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3 minute read