Senior reporter at ALM since 2004; based in Florida; covers general counsel and white collar crime; contact: [email protected]
July 09, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
How One General Counsel Is Working to Help Connect the World“There have been fundamental changes where connectivity takes place,” Kalpak Gude, general counsel and head of global regulatory at Swarm Technologies Inc., told a U.S. Chamber of Commerce roundtable Tuesday. “We used to build networks where people work. [Now] we need networks everywhere.”
By Sue Reisinger
4 minute read
July 08, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Franklin Financial Network Hires 40-Year Banking Veteran as First General CounselSteve Groom said his goal is to add value to the organization, “and the quickest way I can do that is to understand the bank and its folks, and where I can help.”
By Sue Reisinger
3 minute read
July 03, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Survey Shows Legal Operations Teams Are Growing, but Most Still in Early StagesThe survey was developed in connection with two of Consero Group's legal operations events in the first four months of 2019. Consero polled 77 executives on the legal technology they were using and about their current needs and future priorities.
By Sue Reisinger
4 minute read
July 02, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Walmart In-House Compliance Counsel Nominated for Federal JudgeshipBy all accounts, Lee Rudofsky, Walmart's senior director for global anti-corruption compliance, is someone who defends against “encroaching” government, who seeks to keep violent criminals off the streets and who worries that today's politics are far too volatile.
By Sue Reisinger
5 minute read
July 01, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Amid Lawsuit, More Film Companies Threaten to Boycott Georgia Over Abortion LawA number of actors, producers and directors have also threatened not to work in Georgia if the law is upheld.
By Sue Reisinger
5 minute read
June 28, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Ex-Weatherford Lawyer to Bring Legal Tech Savvy as General Counsel of Germany's AtotechAlthough only recently announced, Josh McMorrow became vice president and group general counsel June 1. He succeeds former general counsel Gregor Frank, who is retiring this year.
By Sue Reisinger
3 minute read
June 28, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
Leading by Example: At Guardian Life Insurance, Legal Team Excels by 'Doing the Right Thing'When Eric Dinallo became general counsel of the Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America just over 18 months ago, he had three goals in mind. First, Dinallo wanted to manage the legal department more like a business. Second, he decided the team needed a “strategy partner for diversity” to continue its strong efforts in that area. And lastly, he wanted a legal operations unit to help with automation and outside counsel management.
By Sue Reisinger
7 minute read
June 27, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
How Other Countries Help and Hinder DOJ in Fighting Global White-Collar CrimeIn remarks prepared for delivery at the American Bar Association's Third Global White Collar Crime Institute conference in Prague, Matthew Miner noted that the $296 million Technip resolution was coordinated with authorities in Brazil and $214 million of the U.S. criminal penalty was credited to that country.
By Sue Reisinger
4 minute read
June 26, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
SEC Promotes 2 In-House Lawyers as Chief of Staff LeavesVeteran in-house lawyer Lucas Moskowitz is leaving his job as chief of staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 1, and the agency has announced promotions for two other in-house counsel.
By Sue Reisinger
3 minute read
June 25, 2019 | Corporate Counsel
As Michigan State Awaits General Counsel, It Votes for Independent Nassar ProbeThe university said June 21 it is hiring McDermott Will & Emery to conduct a probe three years after convicted ex-doctor Larry Nassar's arrest in 2016.
By Sue Reisinger
4 minute read
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