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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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December 20, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Autonomous-Cargo-Plane Developer Hires Chief Legal Officer

Douglas Coleman's hiring comes on the heels of the company raising $100 million to fund certification of its commercial cargo system.

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December 15, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Kaiser Names Longtime Health Care Lawyer as CLO to Replace Retiring GC

The new legal chief has been with Kaiser Permanente for six years, and worked in-house at two other large health care companies.

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December 14, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Toyota Promotes Veteran Company Exec to Legal Chief of Financial Services Arm

Toyota North America has promoted its general counsel, Ellen Farrell, to group vice president and chief legal and compliance officer of Toyota Financial Services.

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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.

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December 10, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Insurance Giant Announces Successor to Retiring Chief Legal Officer

Liberty 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.

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2 minute read

December 09, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Data Center Operator Taps Former Floral-Company Exec as Chief Legal Officer

Scott Levin is joining Atlas Energy after spending eight years at FTD.

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December 09, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Aerospace and Defense Giant Raytheon Promotes Veteran Exec to General Counsel

Raja 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.

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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.

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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.

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December 03, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Florida University Promotes Longtime Employee to General Counsel

The 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.

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