March 26, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
CLOC Plans to Host Webinars Instead of 2020 Vegas Institute"What's important to us is that we were working on putting out content for the institute because the industry changes so rapidly," Mary O'Carroll, president of CLOC and director of legal operations, technology and strategy at Google, said. "We wanted to find a way to deliver that to our members and to the community."
By Dan Clark
2 minute read
March 25, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Fired General Counsel Must Take Racial, Gender Discrimination Claims to Arbitration"We agree with the court's decision as it is in line with case law in this jurisdiction," Elior Shiloh, an attorney for film production company Cinereach, said on Wednesday.
By Dan Clark
3 minute read
March 23, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
General Counsel Need to Consider WARN Act for COVID-19 Layoffs"I think right now, state governors are really focused on public health," Cheryl Sabnis, a partner at King & Spalding in San Francisco, said. "I think we're going to see a follow-up round of executive actions that focus on economic health."
By Dan Clark
3 minute read
March 20, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Companies, Trade Organizations Seek to Postpone CCPA Enforcement Date"The undersigned organizations employ millions of individuals who are faced with this crisis and are doing their best to manage their personal and professional lives in the face of uncertain times. Many companies have instituted mandatory work-from-home measures to limit community," reads a letter from companies and trade organizations to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
By Dan Clark
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March 19, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Number of Securities Class Actions Against Non-US Issuers Holds Steady for Third Year"It seems to be an area of high interest in the shareholder plaintiffs' bar in the United States, and I don't see any letup in this particular trend," David Kistenbroker, the managing partner at Dechert in Chicago and global co-leader of the white-collar and securities litigation practice, said in an interview Thursday.
By Dan Clark
3 minute read
March 19, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Immuta Chief Legal Officer Joins Data Scientist to Create Boutique AI Law Firm"I am under the belief that the biggest barriers [to artificial intelligence] are not technical. They all arise in the form of liability. I see this joint partnership as one largely helping companies manage liability," Andrew Burt, managing partner at BNH.AI, explained.
By Dan Clark
4 minute read
March 17, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
With Lack of Resources, It's Time for In-House Counsel to Step Up on Data Privacy"When it comes time to deploy and implement the appropriate data privacy controls within your organization you need to have the right subject-matter expertise and the ability to deliver upon the obligations under the law in a way that makes sense for your business," Andrew Shaxted, senior director at FTI Consulting, said.
By Dan Clark
3 minute read
March 16, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Coinbase's Top Lawyer Heads to Comptroller of the Currency Office"In the midst of a public health and financial crisis, we are comforted to know that Brian Brooks will serve in this critical role overseeing the nation's banking system," a spokesperson from Coinbase said in an email to Corporate Counsel.
By Dan Clark
2 minute read
March 12, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Women-Owned Law Firms Should Put on CLEs to Grab In-House Counsel's Attention"We use it as an opportunity to include minority- or women-owned firms in that bid to give them exposure to our business. We'll talk to them about the case and see how they can compete as far as strategy and fee arrangements that they offer," Anne Bancroft, associate general counsel at Exelon, said of her litigation RFP strategy to include smaller women- and minority-owned law firms.
By Dan Clark
3 minute read
March 11, 2020 | Corporate Counsel
Nokia Seeks to Dismiss Former In-House Attorney's 3rd Amended Discrimination ComplaintSharan Rene Boudreau's attorney, Hal Gillespie of Gillespie Sanford in Dallas, said he was surprised Nokia's attorneys filed another motion to dismiss and called the motion "frivolous."
By Dan Clark
3 minute read