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.
May 31, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Recruitment Platform Taps Former CNBC Lawyer as First General CounselAisha Christian is taking the legal reins at True, whose workforce has swelled from five to more than 800 over the last decade.
By Trudy Knockless
2 minute read
May 25, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Hollywood Heavyweight United Talent Agency Snags a CEO to Be Legal ChiefIncoming general counsel Stefanie Liquori praised "UTA's history of evolution and reinvention on behalf of its clients as the entertainment landscape has shifted."
By Trudy Knockless
2 minute read
May 24, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Block Inc.'s Head of Legal Ops Taking Her Expertise to Live Nation"I'll get to continue doing what I love—helping to define processes, organize initiatives, and leverage technology to create efficiencies and elevate the way the Legal team operates," Stephanie Lamoureaux said.
By Trudy Knockless
2 minute read
May 24, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Six Ways Your Legal Department Can Win the War for Diverse Talent"To have a diverse workforce is an ongoing journey for any corporation. It's not something that you do one thing or two things and then you're done," said Melba Hughes, Major, Lindsey and Africa's national in-house diversity practice leader.
By Trudy Knockless
3 minute read
May 20, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
'Constant Curiosity': Former Snap GC Chris Handman Thrives on Risk, Ambiguity"Snapchat was really at the frontier of having to negotiate this emerging question of how does technology apply to these old laws that were written decades ago."
By Trudy Knockless
9 minute read
May 20, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
College in West Virginia Turns to a Member of Its Board of Governors to Fill GC SeatIn a statement announcing H. Toney Stroud's appointment, Marshall University President Brad Smith said, "As a first-generation college student himself, he ... has a sincere passion for higher education and the impact it can have on a person's life."
By Trudy Knockless
2 minute read
May 20, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Survey: Strained Legal Departments Rarely Seize Opportunity to File Suits Themselves"Many departments are operating with limited resources to pursue new ideas and additional revenue. They will be doing well, in fact, to handle the surge of defense-side litigation they are likely to face in the year ahead," according to the 2022 Litigation Risk Survey.
By Trudy Knockless
3 minute read
May 18, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Trading Numbers for Words: CFO of Mortgage Lender Switches to Chief Legal Officer"I got to know a bunch of the attorneys. I worked with them and understood how they think and the type of questions that they ask. That really intrigued me," Open Mortgage's Anthony Nolte said.
By Trudy Knockless
3 minute read
May 18, 2022 | The American Lawyer
Widespread War for Talent Wages On in the Growing, Yet Complicated, NFT Space"There is a significant scarcity of good lawyers practicing in the area of NFTs," said Scott Shipman, CLO at Dapper Labs.
By Bruce Love | Trudy Knockless
11 minute read
May 17, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
'It's Important to Maintain Credibility': How Robinhood's Legal Chief Put His Stamp on the Company"With me coming in, the new crop of people we've hired from the risk side, and with major changes in our outside counsel ranks, we've shown the regulators that we're serious people," Dan Gallagher said.
By Trudy Knockless
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