Dan Clark

August 25, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

CPP Investments general counsel Patrice Walch-Watson discusses building her international team and legal issues that have come up from the pandemic, diversity and inclusion.

By Dan Clark

4 minute read

August 25, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

In 2017, Loretta Cecil was appointed general counsel of Change Healthcare and needed to start a new compliance program from scratch.

By Dan Clark

5 minute read

August 25, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

When Vanessa Sutherland came to Norfolk Southern Corp. as executive vice president and chief legal officer in June 2018, she came hoping to find a way to streamline legal services.

By Dan Clark

6 minute read

August 25, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"I've read that the law profession is the least innovative of all of them. We're determined to wrestle the department into innovation," Laura McBride, deputy general counsel at MetroHealth, says.

By Dan Clark

6 minute read

August 20, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"This is not a time to be giving performance reviews. People will not hear any positive information, they will only hear negative news," Dr. Helena Boschi said. "This will increase anxiety levels and it will not help."

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

August 19, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"The pandemic has created fertile soil for unionizing specifically in the area of safety and pay," Jonathan Segal, a partner and managing principal at Duane Morris in Philadelphia, said.

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

August 18, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"When COVID-19 hit, there were overnight state and local ordinances and regulations that companies had to comply with," Gillian Cooper, an associate at Saul, Ewing, Arnstein & Lehr in Philadelphia, explained. "It affected every area of the employee population."

By Dan Clark

4 minute read

August 17, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"I am honored to now be a part of this mission and to help Zai Lab expand into a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company discovering, developing and commercializing innovative medicines for patients around the world," F. Ty Edmondson said.

By Dan Clark

2 minute read

August 13, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"I have some general counsel that say there are some big New York firms that are getting $2,000 an hour. Where does this end? At $5,000 or $10,000 an hour?" Ken Callander, managing principal at Value Strategies LLC in San Francisco, said.

By Dan Clark

7 minute read

August 12, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

"You have to test for bias at every step of the way. If the job description is seen as the foundation then the foundation has to be steady in order for the entire process to be steady," Melba Hughes, partner and national diversity practice leader at Major, Lindsey & Africa in Atlanta, said.

By Dan Clark

4 minute read