Phillip Bantz

March 09, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Tesla's fifth top lawyer since 2019 is David Searle, a former compliance chief for Walmart and ex-federal prosecutor.

By Phillip Bantz

2 minute read

March 08, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Norton Rose Fulbright's latest annual litigation trends survey of in-house lawyers shows that legal departments devoted 73% of their litigation budgets to outside counsel costs in 2021, compared with 66% in 2020.

By Phillip Bantz

3 minute read

March 07, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Mercury Financial launched in 2013 and leverages data analytics and risk assessment tech to offer credit cards to so-called "near-prime borrowers," of which there are 36 million in the U.S.

By Phillip Bantz

2 minute read

March 04, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

"It was not just a career decision. It was a life change decision," said Veronica Gromada, who has joined Shook as a partner after 17 years in Walmart's legal department.

By Phillip Bantz

7 minute read

March 03, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

The Minority Corporate Counsel Association has launched its latest law firm diversity database based on stats from 225 law firms representing most of the Am Law 100 and the NLJ 250.

By Phillip Bantz

2 minute read

March 02, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

"It's not a foregone conclusion—and it's not something we'd accept," Amgen Inc. legal chief Jonathan Graham said.

By Phillip Bantz

6 minute read

March 02, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

"We're there to be able to answer problems and issues—and you can't readily do that, and you can't really be sort of a guide dog and a good sniffer unless you're communicating with people," said Qolo GC Steve Zelinger.

By Phillip Bantz

9 minute read

February 28, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Annie McGuire worked her way up the legal department ladder at Amgen and, later, helped lead a biopharma startup through a $13 billion acquisition.

By Phillip Bantz

2 minute read

February 25, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

"It's pretty hard to criticize them for paying the highest rates when they're kicking butt, basically," said Nathan Cemenska, director of legal operations and industry insights at Wolters Kluwer.

By Phillip Bantz

4 minute read

February 24, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

"The idea of what a strong outside counsel-in-house counsel relationship is should be reexamined," said Zack Needles, global managing editor of regional brands at ALM.

By Phillip Bantz

3 minute read