Trudy Knockless

April 15, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Hope Jarkowski is taking the legal reins of the Lake Success, New York-based fintech company, which has a market value of $23 billion, earned $6.1 billion in revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and employs 14,700 people.

By Trudy Knockless

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April 15, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"The regulatory landscape is trying to keep up with technological advancements. As a result, there will be an increase in the demand for lawyers with expertise in AI-adjacent spaces like privacy, intellectual property and regulatory affairs," Anna Gorodetsky of Major, Lindsey & Africa said.

By Trudy Knockless

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April 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Anne Robinson has deep financial services experience and has held key roles at Deloitte, American Express, Citigroup and Vanguard.

By Trudy Knockless

2 minute read

April 09, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Since David McAtee II became legal chief in 2015, the company's employment has declined from 281,450 to 149,900.

By Trudy Knockless

3 minute read

April 09, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Labor and employment class actions accounted for 43.4% of legal departments' class action matters in 2023, an increase of nearly 10 percentage points from a year earlier, the newly released Carlton Fields Class Action Survey found.

By Trudy Knockless

3 minute read

April 08, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"Andrew Etkind has been at the forefront of the most consequential business and legal matters that shaped Garmin into the company it is today," Garmin CEO Cliff Pemble said.

By Trudy Knockless

2 minute read

April 08, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"As GCs prepare their departments to be tomorrow's value center, they will need to be as ready to advise the business on these future issues as they are comfortable today advising on labor and litigation matters," Thomson Reuters says in a recently released report.

By Trudy Knockless

3 minute read

April 05, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

"You get a lot of good training at the law firm but it's still not enough. It's necessary but not sufficient. The sufficient part is to see things from the business side—to tie your work in-house to exactly the product and services that the company is providing, because that will color how you deliver legal services," Adam Nguyen said.

By Trudy Knockless

9 minute read

April 04, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Ralph Weber received his undergraduate degree from the school and for a quarter-century has taught a trial-advocacy class there. Now, Weber is taking the legal reins at the 11,000-student institution.

By Trudy Knockless

2 minute read

April 01, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Sixty-nine-year-old Bill Tennis, who's been GC of DiamondRock Hospitality for 14 of the company's 24 years in business, plans to retire in June.

By Trudy Knockless

3 minute read