Chris O'Malley

June 27, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

The FTC rolled out new merger-review hurdles that it says are partly aimed at addressing congressional concerns that subsidies by foreign powers such as China "can distort the competitive process."

By Chris O'Malley

2 minute read

June 27, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Karen Stein's fourth stop on the data-center builder carousel is T5 Data Centers, which has grown explosively since launching 15 years ago.

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

June 27, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Legal ethics experts say a GC's responsibility is to protect an organization's rights, not to represent the president, and there are rare instances where it might be appropriate to keep information from him.

By Chris O'Malley

5 minute read

June 23, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Abigail Carter had been a labor attorney in Washington, D.C., before taking the organization's legal reins in 2020. The union has had a tumultuous stretch, marked by a corruption scandal and its first direct election of union leadership.

By Chris O'Malley

2 minute read

June 22, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

A former Justice Department prosecutor will serve as the top lawyer for the construction-equipment giant, which has 109,000 employees and $59 billion in annual revenue.

By Chris O'Malley

2 minute read

June 22, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"Preemption of inconsistent local law is a critical part of any state ... legislation," said Sara Baxenberg, counsel for the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International.

By Chris O'Malley

6 minute read

June 21, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"The world wants companies to take positions on the issues," said Rob Chesnut, a former general counsel of Airbnb. "You might want to duck it in some cases, but sometimes you can't."

By Chris O'Malley

5 minute read

June 20, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Jennifer Reiners, the only legal chief the financial software company has ever had, will receive severance following her replacement by Morningstar's deputy chief legal officer, Leah Trzcinski.

By Chris O'Malley

2 minute read

June 15, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

The largest increases were at companies with more than $20 billion in revenue, where median total legal spend rose to $80 million, according to the annual Law Department Management Benchmarking Report.

By Chris O'Malley

3 minute read

June 14, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

A study by Deloitte challenges conventional thinking about legal department employees, including that those on the lower rungs are most likely to jump ship.

By Chris O'Malley

5 minute read