Dan Clark

March 31, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

"I expect the attorneys to sit in on the business groups they are supporting. Then we can make very informed decisions on what we are spending our time on, and what can be shifted outside," Lea Ann King, general counsel and compliance officer of Toyota Material Handlings Inc., explained.

By Dan Clark

5 minute read

March 29, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Desiree Ralls-Morrison has served as the general counsel for Boston Scientific since 2017, and was named among the top five most influential general counsel in the world by Financial Times last year.

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

March 29, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Virginia Johnson, the new general counsel for North America of Schneider Electric, said she was drawn to the company's focus on climate change.

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

March 26, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Andrew Burt, managing partner at BNH.AI and chief legal officer at Immuta, said when communicating through text to outside counsel, he needs to make sure the attorneys are aware of his company's communication policies. As outside counsel himself, he likes to text clients for emergencies but will often use disappearing messaging apps to limit the data footprint.

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

March 25, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

"I am excited to join Novartis, a company dedicated to addressing some of society's most challenging health care conditions using innovative science and technology. As a member of the ECN, I look forward to contributing to the company's continued success," Karen Hale said in the announcement.

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

March 24, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

"A lot of our legal operations has been driven by the need to getting a better handle on legal risk through objective metrics, data collection and data analytics, instead of leaving it to the subject of opinions by human lawyers," Rian Hancock, founder and CEO of African NewLaw in Johannesburg, South Africa, explained.

By Dan Clark

5 minute read

March 24, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Fox Corp. also announced the hiring of Nicholas Trutanich, the former U.S. attorney for the District of Nevada, to serve as its chief ethics and compliance officer.

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

March 23, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Experts told Corporate Counsel the bonus Seymour received in 2020 is related to how well Goldman Sachs performed during the year despite the pandemic. The firm's total net revenues were up 22% from 2019.

By Dan Clark

4 minute read

March 22, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

P.K. Runkles-Pearson is currently working with the state attorney general's office on deciding how Oregon's legislative boundaries should be redrawn while the legislature waits for the complete census data to come from the federal government.

By Dan Clark

3 minute read

March 22, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

The financial disclosure form shows that Jessica Hertz also made over $98,000 as the general counsel of Joe Biden's transition team and that she had been paid $20,000 to be a lecturer in law at Columbia University.

By Dan Clark

2 minute read