Chris O'Malley

August 28, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Legal chiefs of tech companies led the pack, even though that industry last year was wracked by turmoil, including mass layoffs.

By Chris O'Malley

8 minute read

August 25, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

A year after relocating from Los Angeles to BMG's Berlin headquarters, Tony Abner is taking the legal reins of the world's fourth-largest music company.

By Chris O'Malley

2 minute read

August 24, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"The draft guidelines would fundamentally remake how the agencies analyze potential mergers and antitrust violations," the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation said in a letter to the FTC and DOJ.

By Chris O'Malley

6 minute read

August 21, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

After guiding the manufacturer through bankruptcy, Jonathan Leiken is passing the legal reins to veteran Diebold attorney Elizabeth "Lisa" Radigan, whom he called "brilliant, caring and a wise teacher of the law."

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

August 18, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Some efforts have been overzealous to the extent they could be viewed as giving a discriminatory preference for a particular minority or group. "I thought, 'Holy cow, where was their in-house counsel on this? Where was their outside counsel?'" Shawe Rosenthal lawyer Fiona Ong recalled about one particularly egregious case.

By Chris O'Malley

5 minute read

August 15, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"The use of shareholder lawsuits in this space is a real stretch. But I expect they will keep coming," Jason Schwartz, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, said.

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

August 14, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

The 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

"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

The 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

The 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