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Trudy Knockless

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. 

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September 22, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Ropes and Gray Partner Joins Private Equity Giant as Legal Chief

Amanda McGrady Morrison is taking the legal reins of Advent International, a 39-year-old PE firm with more than $100 billion in assets under management.

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September 22, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

'There Were Days Where I Didn't Even Eat': How In-House Leaders Derail Burnout Behavior

"If you want people to take care of themselves and you're not taking care of yourself, then they're going to be afraid to," said Sarena Straus, general counsel of Virtual Incentives.

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September 21, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

CNN's Lemon Says DEI Requires Getting Out of 'Comfort Zone'

"You have to broaden your horizons. And it has to start in your personal life," Lemon said at General Counsel Conference East in New York.

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September 19, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Passion Play: How a Global GC Is Helping Staffers Unlock Their Inner Charisma

McKinsey legal chief Pierre Gentin said employees have different ways of doing their best work. "People come to work and have AirPods in their ears, and you can actually see they are physically energized," he said.

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September 16, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Voya Financial Taps Insurance Regulator as Legal Chief

The 6,000-employee company has handed the legal reins to My Chi To, who spent more than two decades at a law firm before joining the New York State Department of Financial Services in 2020.

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September 16, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Top-Paid Female GCs Are Earning More, But Not All the News Is Good

Women cracking the highest-paid female GC list collected substantially higher cash compensation than a year earlier. But when men are included, just five women cracked the top 20.

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September 15, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Outside Counsel Jumps Aboard Star Cancer-Diagnostic Firm

Russ Denton is taking the legal reins of Caris Life Sciences a year after it raised $830 million in a funding round that valued the business at $7.8 billion.

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September 14, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Distilled Spirits Supplier Hires Legal Chief

Curtis Landherr joins Atchison, Kansas-based MGP with more than two decades of legal experience across a variety of industries.

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September 14, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Snap's Legal Cuts Likely Not Sign of Carnage to Come, Recruiters Say

"Companies need their in-house lawyers. ... So somebody is going to have to do the work—whether it's inside or outside," legal recruiter John Gilmore said.

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September 13, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Green Dot Bank Hires Financial Services Veteran as Legal Chief

Amy Pugh will help Green Dot advance its growth strategy while helping to "mitigate risk and ensure compliance across the board," CEO Dan Henry said.

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