Richard Levick

May 21, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

It's been a persistent theme of this column that, in the current business environment, there is compelling need for chief legal officers to play more strategic business roles as C-suite advisors and on boards of directors (an increasingly common phenomenon).

By Richard Levick

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April 22, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

In 2014, lawsuits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) that named the directors and officers of failed financial institutions greatly exceeded the annual totals of the previous three years.

By Richard Levick

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February 23, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

If nothing else, the disasters at Target and Neiman Marcus offer portentous reminders to boards and C-suites that the OGC must play a ground-floor role in forging a data breach response plan.

By Richard Levick

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January 26, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

GCs' job now too demands an increased quotient of emotional intelligence of were going to make things better and weve learned a lot and were going to be better if theyre to contribute to the real mission at hand

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December 31, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

GC must be soothsayers, key participants in the ERM agenda, simply because nearly all future risk will likely fall within the office of the general counsels purview.

By Richard Levick

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November 21, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

An array of hostile forces has integrated strategies, collaborating in multifaceted campaigns to put targeted companies or industries on the defensive, damage reputations and secure significant changes in corporate policy.

By Richard Levick

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October 31, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Think GMOs. Think fracking. Think oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge.

By Richard Levick

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