Heather Nevitt

May 07, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Securing the opportunity to move from the DGC to GC seat can be one of the most difficult professional moves for a lawyer. This article addresses several ways a thoughtful deputy can position themselves to be the heir apparent and take the GC seat.

By Chris Williams

5 minute read

May 01, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Former GCs and other senior level lawyers are now highly desirable for almost any kind of contract work – both at the high end as Interim General Counsels, but also more commonly in quality worker bee roles.

By Mike Evers

3 minute read

April 29, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

With the Corporate Transparency Act now in effect, the rubber has hit the road for corporate counsel seeking to evaluate their clients' responsibilities and filing requirements.

By Benjamin Knuth

6 minute read

April 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

In this Lean Adviser lesson, 29 years on from the trial and following the April 2024 passing of O.J. Simpson, we revisit defense attorney Johnnie Cochrane's now infamous quote, and we ask the question: Was this ploy madness or masterful?

By Lean Adviser

5 minute read

April 09, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

CLOs should be prepared to provide necessary legal guardrails that both protect and enable the business to lead the competition and enhance customer value. The following 10 questions frame the issues every CLO should address to support GenAI business adoption and simultaneously transform their legal function.

By Saskia Vermeer De Jongh and Peter Krakaur

8 minute read

April 08, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Whether a particular law provides for a private cause of action can have huge consequences for potential corporate defendants. Such a right opens the floodgates to plaintiffs, often represented on a contingency fee basis, asserting claims that may be meritless. The crushing wave of privacy class actions in recent years—made possible by the private causes of action in the underlying state privacy laws—shows what can happen.

By Richard Salgado and Ashley Hoff

5 minute read

April 04, 2024 | Law.com

Each week, the Law.com Barometer newsletter, powered by the ALM Global Newsroom and Legalweek brings you the trends, disruptions, and shifts our reporters…

By Heather Nevitt

6 minute read

April 01, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

In last month's column, I played with ChatGPT to offer a glimpse of how AI will disrupt most aspects of Law World. This month I'm doing the opposite. I asked myself: What is the most human professional niche in Law World? What expertise cannot be replicated by technology and what is the unique value proposition of that expertise?

By Mike Evers

2 minute read

March 28, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

GCs operating in today's competitive and challenged business environment must keep on top of AI developments and be able to report to their boards on whether and how GenAI and other cutting-edge technologies can help the legal department improve its contribution to the business.

By Catherine J. Moynihan

8 minute read

March 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Companies with any international operations should ensure they have a robust written policy and compliance program focused on anti-bribery and corruption. This is especially true where companies have foreign subsidiaries or engage third parties in foreign countries for sales, consulting and other activities.

By Cole Callihan

8 minute read