Trudy Knockless
Trudy Knockless is a reporter on ALM Media's Business of Law desk. She has a background serving legal and insurance publications. Contact her at [email protected] or on LinkedIn at Trudy Knockless.
April 20, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Businesses Are Paying Big Bucks in Response to Gender Stereotype Lawsuits From the EEOCAttorneys advise employers to weigh the agency's publicity efforts in these cases and to ensure that their managers are prepared for investigations.
By Trudy Knockless
7 minute read
April 20, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Crypto Firm Hands Legal Reins to Ex-Morgan Stanley and Barclays Investment LawyerSam Brown joined Copper in June 2022 as head of product legal and has been acting general counsel since February.
By Trudy Knockless
2 minute read
April 19, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Cloud Commerce Unicorn Hires First Legal Chief Following $1.7 Billion ValuationCarrie Schiff is taking the legal reins at Pax8 after the company raised $185 million last year and reached a valuation of $1.7 billion.
By Trudy Knockless
2 minute read
April 18, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Energy Company Blazes New Trail by Combining CLO, CFO RolesIn-house consultant Susan Hackett says the pairing is rare partly because CEOs typically look to a company's legal and finance chiefs to counterbalance one another by offering differing viewpoints.
By Trudy Knockless
3 minute read
April 17, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
'Silos Have Broken Down': Why Collaboration Drives Successful ESG Programs"My goal is to get all those subject matter experts—our packaging, our sustainability engineers, every single person within our company—to be a subject matter expert on how we can reduce that footprint," said Kelly Crosier, deputy general counsel of TreeHouse Foods.
By Trudy Knockless
4 minute read
April 17, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
J. Crew GC's Wrongful Termination Case Plugs Along, as Parties Squabble Over DiscoveryMaria DiLorenzo alleges the retailer fired her in November 2021 after she complained that it wasn't making disability accommodations for her sudden hearing loss.
By Trudy Knockless
3 minute read
April 14, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Pace University Snags Ex-FDNY Legal Exec as Legal ChiefTerryl Brown, a Pace graduate, became the top legal officer for the New York City Fire Department in 2014.
By Trudy Knockless
3 minute read
April 13, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
'I'm About Getting To Yes': Why Western Union's CLO Found Fulfillment in Corporate Law and Service"When I discovered corporate law, I loved the variation. It felt like you were building something and that was really important for me," said Ben Adams, chief legal officer of Western Union.
By Trudy Knockless
9 minute read
April 12, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
'Law Firms Are Really Expensive': How In-House Leaders Ensure They Get Their Money's Worth"There are some lawyers that have been practicing for a number of years or with the firm a number of years that don't have the experience or knowledge," said Stephen Kim, chief legal officer of Avicanna.
By Trudy Knockless
6 minute read
April 12, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Amid Unionization Pressures, Starbucks Goes Outside to Hire Legal ChiefThe Seattle-based coffee giant's new CEO is handing the legal reins to a former Medtronic, Fannie Mae and Pfizer legal executive. The company has operated with an acting GC for the past year.
By Trudy Knockless
3 minute read
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