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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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April 17, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Why Cross-Functional Collaboration Between Legal and Finance Is Critical

Executives at new law provider Axiom contend that synergy between the departments not only mitigates risks but also fosters a culture of accountability and innovation within an organization.

By Trudy Knockless

5 minute read

April 17, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Stretched to the Limit, GCs Turn to Legal Ops as Escape Valve

GCs see adopting technology and more efficient processes as crucial to freeing up their time so that they can stay on top of risk management and strategically advise fellow colleagues and the board, FTI Consulting and Relativity say in a report.

By Trudy Knockless

3 minute read

April 16, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

New York Community Bancorp Taps Skadden Partner as GC Amid Financial Turmoil

Bao Nguyen replaces Patrick Quinn, who joined NYCB in 1999 and had held the general counsel role for the last two years.

By Trudy Knockless

3 minute read

April 15, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Broadridge Hires Ex-NYSE Legal Chief and Regulatory Expert as CLO

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

2 minute read

April 15, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Privacy Lawyers Lead Way as Job Market for Privacy Professionals Perks Up

"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.

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4 minute read

April 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

IBM Plucks New Legal Chief From Mutual Fund Giant

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

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2 minute read

April 09, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

AT&T GC's Comp Marches Higher as Company's Workforce Shrinks

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

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3 minute read

April 09, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Companies Deluged by Class Actions as 'Employee Activism Surges'

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

GC Who's Helped Guide Garmin for Quarter-Century Hands Role to Deputy

"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

GCs and C-Suites See Vastly Different Legal Challenges Looming

"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