Phillip Bantz

April 30, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

"If this [diversity effort] was a mission that he had a personal belief in and strongly wanted to see through," then this consulting agreement is a way to do it, according to employment lawyer Thy Bui.

By Phillip Bantz

5 minute read

April 30, 2021 | National Law Journal

With vaccines expected to be widely available, here's what corporate lawyers are talking about.

By Dan Clark | Wendy Leibowitz | Phillip Bantz

11 minute read

April 28, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

"People are scared. People in-house have received the message," said Donald Prophete, a partner at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete.

By Phillip Bantz

5 minute read

April 27, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

During a global legal team meeting, Monica Howard Douglas introduced herself as the new general counsel then opened up the floor for a Q&A session—but there were more questions than answers, according to a source.

By Phillip Bantz

3 minute read

April 26, 2021 | Lean Adviser

Consider the unique challenges clients are facing around managing budgets in a particularly difficult year. This lesson is intended to give you a peek behind the curtain at those challenges and suggest how outside counsel can help.

By Phillip Bantz

7 minute read

April 26, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Stock awards accounted for the largest chunk of Walker's hefty paycheck.

By Phillip Bantz

3 minute read

April 23, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

"He came in with all of these aggressive ideas and they were just very unrealistic expectations. He didn't want any feedback from the leaders who had been there."

By Phillip Bantz

5 minute read

April 22, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

"It's a huge loss for the legal profession and our legal community," said Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.

By Phillip Bantz

4 minute read

April 21, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Gayton, who recently unveiled a stringent diversity initiative, has resigned as the Atlanta-based beverage giant's top lawyer.

By Phillip Bantz

4 minute read

April 20, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Dinah PoKempner, who also was an adjunct professor at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University, repeatedly used the racial slur while discussing "comparative legal treatment of hate speech" during a Zoom lecture.

By Phillip Bantz

6 minute read