Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

August 02, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

After years of steady growth, the cybersecurity software company Rapid7 has named Peter Kaes its first-ever general counsel. He has been at the company since 2014 in the role of vice president of legal.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

3 minute read

August 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Disney lawyer Alan Braverman topped our recent list of the most highly paid GCs. But which GC got the highest bonus?

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

7 minute read

July 27, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Responses from more than 1,000 legal departments suggest many could do a better job using metrics to gauge their success.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

3 minute read

July 26, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Five in-house lawyers who teach law school courses spoke with ALM about their gigs, why they decided to teach and how their in-house experience helps in the classroom.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

9 minute read

July 22, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

There's a lot of hype over so-called technology-assisted review. But at a recent panel discussion, some of the same GCs who praise TAR said that they're not actually using it.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read

July 19, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is progress toward legal certainty on trans-Atlantic data transfers. But there's still a lot that needs to get sorted out, says NetApp GC Matthew Fawcett.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

6 minute read

July 19, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

As working from home becomes commonplace in other industries, general counsel are slowly warming up to the idea of letting their in-house lawyers telecommute.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

7 minute read

July 19, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The idea of nurturing careers really highlighted what made Kirkland & Ellis' first 1L Diversity Scholars Program different. The firm brought together students and attorneys to talk about changing the diversity landscape in the legal profession. Even more important, though, was its goal of fostering a continuing relationship between students and attorneys beyond one conference.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

20 minute read

July 18, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The average total cash sum taken home by the top 100 GCs went down by nearly 2 percent in 2015.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

18 minute read

July 15, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

General counsel at tech companies are celebrating Microsoft's courtroom victory on Thursday over the U.S. government, calling it an important win for privacy rights.

By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez

5 minute read