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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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March 15, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Crypto Firm Hires Veteran Ex-Coinbase Lawyer as Chief Legal Officer

"I could not be more delighted to play a small part in this exciting growth story," said Carly Nuzbach Lowery, Copper.co's chief legal officer.

By Trudy Knockless

2 minute read

March 15, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

How Legal Departments Can Mitigate Risk When Investigators Come Calling

"The regulators are becoming more tech savvy and they want the raw data. They want to get all the data themselves. They don't want me to find the data," said Krista Ellis, managing director and counsel at Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.

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4 minute read

March 14, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Walgreens Top Lawyer Takes Legal Reins at Whataburger Chain

Elena Kraus is taking her career in a dramatically new direction after working at Walgreens for 30 years.

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March 11, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

'Know What the Other Person Is Going Through': Why Buying Legal Tech Is Like Therapy

"You can never over-communicate," said George Chiu, director of systems development at Prudential Financial.

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3 minute read

March 10, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

First-of-Kind Diversity Survey Provides Snapshot of Legal Department Workforce

The ALM Intelligence survey found that 62.2% of respondents believe their legal departments' personnel was more diverse or much more diverse than their primary outside law firms.

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3 minute read

March 07, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Ex-Tesla Lawyer Receives $30M in First Year at Maker of High-Tech Sensors

Luminar Technologies scooped up Alan Prescott last April. At the time, he was Tesla's acting general counsel.

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2 minute read

March 02, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Credit Scoring Firm Adds Former Capital One Senior Attorney as Legal Chief

"I am inspired by VantageScore's mission-driven focus to provide credit scoring models that expand access to financial services for consumers," VantageScore General Counsel Bill Sakkab said.

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2 minute read

March 02, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

What First-Time GCs Must Do to Succeed

"Relationship building is a lot of work. If it's not a lot of work, then that means that you're not doing it right," Internet Society General Counsel Ilona Levine said.

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4 minute read

March 01, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Citizens Financial Taps Former Capital One and Fannie Mae Lawyer as Legal Chief

CEO Bruce Van Saun said Polly Klane will help "us drive our ongoing transformation as we seek to deliver sustainable growth and become a top performing regional bank."

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February 28, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Oberlin College's GC Appointment Sparks Controversy Among Alumni and Labor Unions

The flap is occurring two years after the college outsourced 108 custodial and dining jobs that had been covered under United Auto Workers contracts.

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