Greg Andrews is the editor overseeing ALM Media's coverage of corporate legal departments. He previously was editor of Indianapolis Business Journal and business editor of The Indianapolis Star. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Greg_Andr
March 30, 2023 | Law.com
Inside Track: Legal Teams Strain to Adapt to 'Blistering Pace of Regulatory Change'"The rapid and sometimes incongruent shape of today's regulatory environment will continue to disquiet corporate legal departments," according to a new Thomson Reuters report.
By Greg Andrews
4 minute read
March 23, 2023 | Law.com
Inside Track: Navigating Legal Fallout From Cyberattacks Getting Trickier and Trickier"Being breached, paying the attackers and then not notifying law enforcement is something that happens dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of times a day in the United States," said Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory.
By Greg Andrews
5 minute read
March 16, 2023 | Law.com
Inside Track: What SVB's Collapse Should Tell Us About Risk"Behind the fancy facade, depositors never really know how safe their money is, and when fear starts to spread, depositors run to get their money out," London School of Economics' Jon Danielsson, Robert Macrae and Nikola Tchouparov wrote this week.
By Greg Andrews
5 minute read
March 02, 2023 | Law.com
Inside Track: Determining when to Allow Executive Stock Sales is Getting TrickierNewly tightened rules on prearranged trading plans for executives likely will reduce their usage, putting GCs more often in the hot seats on whether to approve or block proposed sales.
By Greg Andrews
5 minute read
February 28, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
KKR Juiced Freshly Arrived GC's Compensation With Huge Stock GrantKathryn "Katie" King Sudol joined KKR in September from Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, where she was a partner and co-head of mergers and acquisitions.
By Greg Andrews
2 minute read
February 28, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Investment Firm's Ex-Compliance Chief Receives 3-Year Sentence for $500K TheftAuthorities say Jennifer Campbell used voice-altering software to impersonate a firm principal as she tried to wiggle herself out of trouble.
By Greg Andrews
2 minute read
February 23, 2023 | Law.com
Inside Track: Is Your Company Ready to Weather a Crisis on the Scale of Norfolk Southern's?"The specific words chosen are critical. Be wary of legalese. Rewrite the message if Homer Simpson cannot understand it," Eversheds Sutherland said in a client advisory.
By Greg Andrews
4 minute read
February 21, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Lionsgate GC Who Quit Wasn't Entitled to Severance but Got It AnywayCorii Berg quit in December, even though he was under contract through June 2023. He and the company haven't said why. Berg's newly disclosed $1.65 million severance payment adds to the mystery.
By Greg Andrews
3 minute read
February 18, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Derailment Gives Norfolk Southern's New Legal Chief Challenge of a Lifetime"You get through these things by leading with your values, by being very transparent and going above and beyond what others have done before, in order to regain trust for your company," former Airbnb general counsel Rob Chesnut said.
By Hugo Guzman | Greg Andrews
6 minute read
February 16, 2023 | Law.com
Inside Track: Why Storytellers Rise to the Top of the In-House World"To get buy-in, you have to tell stories. You have to look at anything and come up with a narrative that other people can understand," said Jenn McCarron, director of legal operations and technology at Neflix.
By Greg Andrews
4 minute read
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