Hugo Guzman is a reporter on ALM's in-house desk based in California, covering legal departments at disruptive technology companies, as well as labor and employment issues involving the NLRB, EEOC and other regulators. Connect with him at [email protected] today.
March 30, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Disney Layoffs Include Compliance Chief Alicia SchwarzSchwarz joined the company's legal department in 2014 and worked her way up its rungs before becoming deputy chief compliance counsel in 2020 and compliance chief a year later.
By Hugo Guzman
2 minute read
March 24, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
NLRB Memo Puts Spotlight on Severance Agreements"Be wary," Duane Morris Partner Gerald Maatman said. "The NLRB has employer practices on the radar screen, and assumptions about well-settled labor decisions are now being reexamined."
By Hugo Guzman
2 minute read
March 23, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Coinbase Pushes Back Hard After SEC Threatens Enforcement Action"The U.S. cannot afford for regulators to continue to threaten the good actors in the crypto industry for doing the same legal and compliant things they've always done," Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal said in an open letter.
By Hugo Guzman
3 minute read
March 23, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
AI's 'Hallucinations' Add to Risks of Widespread Adoption"Trust is the foundation of the legal system. If you can't trust what [AI tools] are saying, it can tear everything apart," said Michael Sander, managing director of the legal analytics firm Docket Alarm.
By Hugo Guzman
4 minute read
March 21, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
New Framework to Help In-House Legal Teams Measure AI Risks"AI is all about context, and the way any of these trustworthiness characteristics or their tradeoffs play out depends on the context of its use," said Elham Tabassi, chief of staff of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's IT lab.
By Hugo Guzman
3 minute read
March 17, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Goldman Sachs Legal Chief Sees Compensation Climb 35%Kathryn Ruemmler received an $11.4 million stock grant that more than offset a decline in her bonus. Her salary held steady at $1.5 million.
By Hugo Guzman
2 minute read
March 16, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Highlights Risk of Stuffing Deposits in One Bank"I'm getting a lot of calls from clients concerned about having too much money concentrated in one bank," said Dolph Hellman, an Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe partner.
By Hugo Guzman
5 minute read
March 14, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Facing Fallout From Scandal, Dentsply Sirona Shifts Legal Chief to New Role and Hires Outsider as GCThe dental-equipment-manufacturing giant is seeking to put to rest investor lawsuits and an SEC investigation that began after the company disclosed irregularities in distributor incentives.
By Hugo Guzman
3 minute read
March 10, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
SVB GC Michael Zuckert in the Eye of the Storm Amid Bank Collapse"He's got to be at the table, because this is one of those situations where he's either at the table, or the bank is on the menu," said Holland & Knight partner Rich Gold.
By Hugo Guzman
4 minute read
March 10, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Despite Doubts, Remote Work Remains Life-Saving for Long-COVID Workers"We need to view telework more favorably now that it's had a trial run in the mainstream," one expert said. "For those with varied limitations due to long COVID, this can be an effective accommodation, when reasonable."
By Hugo Guzman
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