Chris O'Malley

August 07, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Massachusetts 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

A 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

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

Veteran 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

CBRE 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

"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

July 26, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Claudius Sokenu, ranked by Savoy as one of the most influential Black executives in corporate America, said he was drawn to Avantor's mission of scientific innovation.

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

July 24, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Days before a judge rejected Coca-Cola's request to disqualify Paul Hastings from representing a Florida startup suing the beverage giant, the law firm filed an amended complaint adding new allegations and new multinational defendants.

By Chris O'Malley

6 minute read

July 21, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

A new risk-and-compliance report based on a survey of 1,300 respondents globally found "every measure for middle management's commitment to compliance moving in the wrong direction."

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

July 20, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

President Biden for months has been blasting "junk fees." So the industry expected a proposal. But what came is "far more radical than anyone anticipated," Ballard Spahr wrote in a client advisory.

By Chris O'Malley

6 minute read