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.
December 20, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Autonomous-Cargo-Plane Developer Hires Chief Legal OfficerDouglas Coleman's hiring comes on the heels of the company raising $100 million to fund certification of its commercial cargo system.
By Trudy Knockless
2 minute read
December 15, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Kaiser Names Longtime Health Care Lawyer as CLO to Replace Retiring GCThe new legal chief has been with Kaiser Permanente for six years, and worked in-house at two other large health care companies.
By Trudy Knockless
2 minute read
December 14, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Toyota Promotes Veteran Company Exec to Legal Chief of Financial Services ArmToyota North America has promoted its general counsel, Ellen Farrell, to group vice president and chief legal and compliance officer of Toyota Financial Services.
By Trudy Knockless
1 minute read
December 14, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
'Risks Are Multiple Themes That Come Together': Experts Take Stock of Complex Realm"There are some risks that you should take. So just calling it a risk doesn't mean you shouldn't do it by any stretch of the imagination," said Harvey Anderson, HP Inc.'s chief legal officer.
By Trudy Knockless
3 minute read
December 10, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Insurance Giant Announces Successor to Retiring Chief Legal OfficerLiberty Mutual Insurance, the world's sixth-biggest property-and-casualty insurer, opted to promote an insider to succeed Jim Kelleher, who's been the legal chief for nine years.
By Trudy Knockless
2 minute read
December 09, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Data Center Operator Taps Former Floral-Company Exec as Chief Legal OfficerScott Levin is joining Atlas Energy after spending eight years at FTD.
By Trudy Knockless
1 minute read
December 09, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Aerospace and Defense Giant Raytheon Promotes Veteran Exec to General CounselRaja Maharajh succeeds Frank Jimenez, who left to pursue opportunities outside the company. Maharajh has held a variety of leadership roles since joining the Raytheon in 2004.
By Trudy Knockless
2 minute read
December 06, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
'The Ability to Read the Environment': Soft Skills Become Crucial for GCs"The COVID experience has highlighted how flexibility, judgment, adaptability and even generalist skills—and not just deep legal expertise—are critical to the delivery of legal services," said Roxanne Khazarian, founder of Khazarian & Associates.
By Trudy Knockless
4 minute read
December 06, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
'Steady Hands on the Wheel': How GCs Recommend Navigating Crises"With judge and jury out there as social media and within social media, companies have to think hard about everything they do in order to avoid what could be a huge PR crisis," Hilton general counsel Kristin Campbell said.
By Trudy Knockless
6 minute read
December 03, 2021 | Corporate Counsel
Florida University Promotes Longtime Employee to General CounselThe University of Central Florida promoted Youndy Cook to general counsel. She'd been acting general counsel since W. Scott Cole stepped down as general counsel in December 2020.
By Trudy Knockless
2 minute read