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Inside Track: Determining when to Allow Executive Stock Sales is Getting Trickier

Newly tightened rules on prearranged trading plans for executives likely will reduce their usage, putting GCs more often in the hot seats on whether to approve or block proposed sales.
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Inside Track: Is Your Company Ready to Weather a Crisis on the Scale of Norfolk Southern's?

"The specific words chosen are critical. Be wary of legalese. Rewrite the message if Homer Simpson cannot understand it," Eversheds Sutherland said in a client advisory.
4 minute read

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Inside Track: Why Storytellers Rise to the Top of the In-House World

"To get buy-in, you have to tell stories. You have to look at anything and come up with a narrative that other people can understand," said Jenn McCarron, director of legal operations and technology at Neflix.
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Inside Track: Even President Biden is Making Big Tech a Punching Bag

The president devoted part of his State of the Union address to calling on Congress to rein in Big Tech. "Capitalism without competition is not capitalism. It's extortion. It's exploitation," he said.
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Inside Track: Legal Departments Share Blame for Escalating Law Firm Rates

Many departments manage and negotiate rates through "a crazy-quilt of spreadsheets and emails" said Nathan Cemenska of Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions.
5 minute read

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Inside Track: How Legal Teams Can Help Keep Activist Investors at Bay

"If an activist does buy into a company, the company should seek to meaningfully engage with the activist, rather than ignoring them or dismissing them out of hand," the law firm Herbert Smith Freehills said in a client briefing.
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Inside Track: HR's Embrace of AI Will Keep Legal Departments Busy

"Ensuring responsible use of AI is a team sport requiring engagement from the business, marketing, security, privacy, legal, compliance, and human resources departments," Morgan Lewis said in a client briefing.
5 minute read

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Inside Track: Companies Face More Lawsuit Risks from Climate Claims

"If you want to market your products as eco-friendly, you need to walk the walk by making sustainability part of your business model," said Mark Henriques, a partner at Womble Bond Dickinson.
5 minute read

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Inside Track: More Companies Jettison Employment Contracts

The agreements have fallen out of favor in part because they don't really lock down executives. Plus, they sometimes throw the spotlight on rich compensation packages, creating PR headaches.
4 minute read

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Inside Track: Why a New Logo Gave Kroger Legal Heartburn

"This case is proof that you never know how a phrase or a symbol might strike the public," said J. William Manuel, a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings.
4 minute read

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