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Phillip Bantz

Phillip Bantz

Phillip Bantz is a reporter for Corporate Counsel. Follow him on Twitter @PhillipBantz.

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January 21, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Indiana University Planned to Fire General Counsel Before Retirement Agreement

Jacqueline Simmons quietly stepped down in December, ending her nine-year run as the university's legal chief. The departure followed a feud with a law school professor.

By Phillip Bantz

4 minute read

January 20, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Walt Disney General Counsel Alan Braverman Collects $16M Pay Package Before Retirement

Braverman's total compensation spiked a year after he and other Disney execs agreed to pay cuts as part of pandemic-related corporate austerity measures.

By Phillip Bantz

2 minute read

January 20, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Thinking About Leaving the Law Firm and Going In-House? Beware the 'Doomsday Clock'

"The longer you're in a law firm, sometimes there are generalizations made about you that may or may not be true," said an in-house legal recruiter.

By Phillip Bantz

6 minute read

January 19, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Dodgers Steal Washington Football Team's Chief Legal Officer

Damon Jones' exit from Washington occurs as the team looks to build a new stadium, and rebrand and revamp the organization's workplace culture.

By Phillip Bantz

3 minute read

January 18, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Phillips 66 Lures General Counsel Away From Norfolk Southern

Vanessa Allen Sutherland helped streamline legal services at Norfolk Southern and saved the company $2 million in outside counsel fees.

By Phillip Bantz

2 minute read

January 14, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Ripple General Counsel Stu Alderoty Discusses His Beef With the SEC

"We're all trained as lawyers and professionals to be deferential to regulators and to not pick fights with regulators. But Ripple didn't pick a fight with the SEC. The SEC picked a fight with Ripple."

By Phillip Bantz

7 minute read

January 13, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Ripple Legal Chief Accuses SEC of Playing 'Delay Card'

"So much for 'justice delayed is justice denied.' How about publicly committing to moving the Ripple case as 'swiftly' as possible with no more delays?" Stu Alderoty wrote in a series of Twitter posts lashing out at the SEC.

By Phillip Bantz

4 minute read

January 12, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Major Companies, Legal Chiefs Step Up to Support Equal Rights Amendment

"The GCs of the major companies that signed on to the brief were intimately involved," said Paul Weiss partner Liza Velazquez.

By Phillip Bantz

3 minute read

January 11, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Tesla HR Exec, Diversity Champion Exits for Legal Chief Job at Tech Unicorn

Valerie Workman, who most recently served as Tesla's head of human resources, will build the legal department at Handshake, a job search platform for college students.

By Phillip Bantz

3 minute read

January 10, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Former Motion Picture Association GC Sentenced in Blackmail, Sex Abuse Case

Steven Fabrizio was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to threatening and sexually abusing a woman he met online and paid for sex.

By Phillip Bantz

3 minute read