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
August 26, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
In NFL GC Search, White Papers Offer Hints Into How Newly Hired Adviser Will Shape ProcessExecutive search giant Russell Reynolds Associates has issued reports in recent months describing the key challenges professional sports leagues must navigate in the coming years, and laying out what skillsets general counsel must possess to thrive in their fast-evolving roles.
By James Palmer | Greg Andrews
5 minute read
August 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Complete Coverage of Fraud Trial of Autonomy Execs Lynch, ChamberlainHP in 2011 paid $11 billion to buy Mike Lynch's software company, Autonomy—a deal that turned out disastrously for the Silicon Valley giant. The question for jurors was whether Lynch and Stephen Chamberlain used accounting trickery to dupe HP into overpaying.
By Greg Andrews
3 minute read
August 21, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Tom Sabatino, an 8-Time Legal Chief, Off to New Adventures After Year-Long Run at Rite AidSabatino helped the pharmacy chain navigate its way through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring that slashed its debt load.
By James Palmer | Greg Andrews
2 minute read
August 21, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Many Companies Steadfastly Support ESG, Despite BacklashEven so, they're laying low, with many ditching use of the acronym to avoid drawing the attention of conservative activists.
By Trudy Knockless | Greg Andrews
3 minute read
August 15, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
2024 GC Pay Report: $20M Club Shrinks, but Not Average CompensationNetflix was an outlier in revamping its pay practices in a year when robust stock market returns left investors disinclined to second guess boards.
By Greg Andrews
12 minute read
August 15, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
2024 GC Pay Report: The Full List, From No. 1 to No. 526In a quirk that's unlikely to be repeated, one legal chief from Big Tech tops the rankings and another lands at the very bottom.
By Greg Andrews
1 minute read
August 13, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Tyson Veteran to Succeed Target's Don Liu as Legal ChiefAmy Tu is taking the reins of a retail goliath with 415,000 workers and annual sales of $107 billion.
By Greg Andrews
6 minute read
August 09, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Disclosure Flip-Flop by Nuclear Reactor Firm Powers Debate Over SEC Reporting ObligationsNuScale Power found itself having to explain why it stated that it did not believe it was under SEC investigation, even though it had been contacted by the agency seven months earlier and asked to provide a trove of information.
By Chris O'Malley | Greg Andrews
6 minute read
August 06, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Regulators Prowl for Financial Firms That Wield NDAs to 'Muzzle' WhistleblowersNondisclosure agreements "send a message that reporting violations outside the company is wrong—this adds to the culture of silence the whistleblower laws are designed to prevent," said Stephen Kohn, founding partner of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto.
By James Palmer
4 minute read
July 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
NASCAR Restructuring Rewards Trio of Legal Department VeteransChief Legal Officer Amanda Oliver, who joined the company's legal department in 2005, is one of just three executives reporting to President Steve Phelps in the new structure.
By Greg Andrews
3 minute read
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