February 27, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Walgreens Goes Outside Retailing to Hire New Legal ChiefLanesha Minnix's appointment completes the executive committee for CEO Tim Wentworth, who came out of retirement in October to take the post.
By Maria Dinzeo
3 minute read
February 26, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
FTC Sues to Block Kroger's $25B Albertsons PurchaseThe combination "would lead to additional grocery price hikes for everyday goods, further exacerbating the financial strain consumers across the country face today," FTC official Henry Liu said in a statement.
By Maria Dinzeo
4 minute read
February 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Senior Boeing Attorney Steps In to HR Chief Role as Contentious Labor Talks LoomUma Amuluru's move to human resources "is great training to someday sit in the GC seat," legal recruiter Deborah Ben-Canaan said.
By Maria Dinzeo
4 minute read
February 21, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Lawsuit Throws Spotlight on Former FTX GC, Calls Him Sullivan & Cromwell's 'Man on the Inside'Ryne Miller is not a defendant in the shareholder lawsuit, but it asserts he helped funnel millions of dollars in work to Sullivan & Cromwell after he left the firm to join FTX in 2021.
By Maria Dinzeo
6 minute read
February 16, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Antitrust Enforcers Race to Stay Ahead of AI's Skynet Problem"What we'll see is that AI gets better and better and the companies that make it and sell it get more and more sophisticated, and it's harder and harder to say there's collusion," said UC Law San Francisco professor Joshua Davis.
By Maria Dinzeo
8 minute read
February 15, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
HPE Legal Chief's Pay Shot Up in 2023The business software company rewarded John Schultz for continuing to "transform HPE's information technology systems to improve stability, resilience, and performance."
By Maria Dinzeo
2 minute read
February 14, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
AI Might Kill Off the Billable Hour Someday, But It Will Be a Slow Death"The people who regulate the profession are the profession. They are judges and members of the bar. So what incentive do they have to give away that control to the machine?" said Foster Sayers, vice president of legal ops at health tech company symplr.
By Maria Dinzeo
7 minute read
February 08, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Match.com Legal Chief Splits for GoDaddy and Its $10M Stock Grant"I love technology that makes it easier for people to do the things they love, and I'm inspired by GoDaddy's mission to empower entrepreneurs everywhere through its technology platform," GoDaddy's chief legal and strategy officer Jared Sine said of his new role.
By Maria Dinzeo
3 minute read
February 07, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
Legal Chief Steps Up to Lead Forward Air After Disastrous Acquisition, Ouster of CEO"Forward has been my professional home for the last 18 years, and I am honored to serve in this important role," interim CEO Michael Hance said.
By Maria Dinzeo
3 minute read
February 07, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
New Corporate-Transparency Laws to Require 'Mountain of Filings'Startups will need to avoid stumbles because "you want to be putting yourself out there as a good, sophisticated and responsible founder," Fenwick & West partner Jonathan Sagot said.
By Maria Dinzeo
7 minute read
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