Hugo Guzman
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.
October 26, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Study Reveals How Much Going to a Top 20 Law School Boosts In-House Pay"IP/patent litigation, entertainment, and licensing/royalty practice areas tend to pay base salaries well above the median while insurance, government relations, and risk management tend to pay below the median," the report said.
By Hugo Guzman
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October 25, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Survey Reveals Legal Departments' Strategies to Contain Litigation Costs"Moving legal work in-house is inherently a technological endeavor," said Chuck Kellner, strategic discovery adviser for Everlaw.
By Hugo Guzman
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October 21, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
As Pressures Mount, Legal Departments Must Rethink Who Does What"Really look at what the lawyers are doing. Which part is truly 'lawyering' versus just going through a playbook of options?" said E.A. Rockett, chief of staff to Adobe's general counsel.
By Hugo Guzman
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October 21, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Cisco's Top Lawyer Earned More Than $13M in First Full YearDeborah "Dev" Stahlkopf, who left Microsoft for Cisco in June 2021, received a pay package from her new employer that makes her one of the nation's highest-paid legal chiefs.
By Hugo Guzman
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October 20, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Biotech Startup Taps Industry Vet to Lead Legal TeamBarbara Bispham, Senda Biosciences' newly hired general counsel, said the business is at "an exciting inflection point."
By Hugo Guzman
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October 20, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Former Senior Attorney at Parallel Joins Cannabis-Focused Insurtech StartupCourtney Stough will serve as chief legal officer and chief operating officer of Frontier Risk Group.
By Hugo Guzman
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October 19, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Women, Minority GCs Saw Sharp Increases in Fortune 1000 Representation in 2021Female and minority attorneys still hold a smaller percentage of Fortune 1000 GC roles than their representation among U.S. attorneys would suggest, but the gap for women is narrow.
By Hugo Guzman
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October 18, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
AbbVie's Laura Schumacher Retiring; Deputy GC to Succeed Her"It is difficult to overstate the extraordinary impact Laura has had on AbbVie over the past 10 years," CEO Richard Gonzalez said.
By Hugo Guzman
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October 16, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Former JPMorgan Chase Senior Lawyer Promoted to USAA Governance ChiefJason Klein is becoming chief corporate governance officer of a financial services giant with 38,000 employees.
By Hugo Guzman
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October 16, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Analytics Unicorn in North Carolina Hires First-Ever Chief Legal OfficerBret DiMarco is taking the legal reins of Pendo, a fast-rising software-maker that's expected to go public when markets improve.
By Hugo Guzman
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