Heather Nevitt

January 24, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

From understanding financial statements to appreciating geopolitical issues, today's general counsels and their legal departments must be prepared to contribute more than their legal expertise--they must be prepared to be true leaders of their organization. This requirement extends to providing calm and cogent leadership in the midst of a crisis situation.

By Andrew Gratz

7 minute read

January 14, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Corporate legal departments are arguably in a much better position than law firms to offer young lawyers hands-on experience, personally fulfilling and professionally challenging work and, yes, maybe even something resembling work-life balance.

By Zack Needles

11 minute read

January 13, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

I predict 2022 is the year many companies get to real data privacy compliance, due at least in part to increasing regulatory, consumer and business demands. In this new world, companies will no longer get away with just doing the basics—but forward-looking businesses will get serious about data privacy.

By Frankie Benjamin

10 minute read

January 06, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

While the days of unilaterally selecting hearing dates (and having disputes resolved on any timeline an attorney wants) may be gone, several best (or at least better) practices have emerged for both in-house and outside attorneys endeavoring to manage litigation against the backdrop of a clogged court calendar.

By Patrick Hammon and Jose Luis Lopez

6 minute read

January 05, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

It was clear that the long-term systematic biases disfavoring women that have long dwelled in my beloved profession grew longer and stronger roots, fed by the pandemic. And now, as we enter into a fresh new calendar year, we are descending back into a renewed and unpredictable phase of that pandemic. It begs the question, how will women in law recover from the impact of the past and the now?

By Megan Belcher

6 minute read

January 04, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

At its core, an organization's culture is about showing employees that your company cares about them — at work and beyond.

By Lean Adviser GC

3 minute read

January 04, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

The verdict is weird. Only in California can you get yes, no, and we don't know. Prosecutions are typically binary. Defendant is charged, and either pleads guilty or goes to trial. At trial, usually, you see guilty or not guilty, sometimes neither, and the jury can't agree or is hung. It's unusual to get all three in one case.

By Ryan McConnell, Meagan Baker Thompson, and Matthew Boyden

8 minute read

January 02, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

A new generation of tech savvy, social justice-focused and environmentally aware employee stakeholders are creating recruitment, retention and other employment challenges.

By Jen Rubin

5 minute read

December 16, 2021 | Law.com

because of all the challenges many faced due to the pandemic, another thing is certain: skills that were maybe once thought of as "soft" or "nice to have" are now required and highly valuable for both personal and professional success.

By Heather Nevitt

5 minute read

December 16, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Leading with empathy, authenticity and purposefulness have not only been proven to drive employee satisfaction and retention, but have also shown to have a direct impact on driving innovation, creativity and, in turn, revenue.

By Heather Nevitt

3 minute read