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Inside Track: Musk Might Have Disdain for Lawyers, But He Needs Them Now

Elon Musk's history of giving short shrift to lawyers might have contributed to the problems he's facing now. Twitter says that the billionaire entrepreneur agreed to a "seller-friendly" agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion—a pact he's new trying to extricate himself from.
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Inside Track: Weird Economic Signals Put GCs in Tough Spot

"If I had to bet, I'd say that this might be one of the worst downturns that we've seen in recent history," Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees last week.
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Inside Track: Companies Vexed by When to Speak Out

"If you're a company and you can avoid talking about a controversial issue, that's the easier way out because there are employees and customers on both sides of this issue," said Rob Chesnut, a former general counsel and chief ethics officer for Airbnb.
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Inside Track: How Legal Departments Can Use Economic Uncertainty to Their Advantage

Adding legal department staff as the economy sputters might seem counterintuitive, but it actually might save your company money.
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Inside Track: Don't Take Your Loyal, Longtime Workers for Granted

"It's the Wild West out there," said John Albright, HUB International's chief legal and compliance officer, with some companies willing to dangle $350,000 for a job he considers a $200,000 post.
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Inside Track: Is the ESG Locomotive Suddenly Losing Steam?

At an energy-policy speech in Houston last month, potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence said he wanted to "rein in ESG," calling it a "radical" agenda.
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Inside Track: Shareholder Proposals 'Are Like the Canary in a Coal Mine'

Want to know the pressure points company legal chiefs will be wrestling with in the coming years? Check out the issues outside groups are spotlighting at public company annual meetings this spring.
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Inside Track: The Days When ESG Meant 'Warm and Fuzzy' Are Over

Companies need to police themselves to ensure their ESG disclosures are "able to withstand public and regulatory scrutiny," said Daniel Barton, managing director of disputes and investigations at Alvarez & Marsal.
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Inside Track: Nuance Is Everything in Outside Counsel DEI Programs

"The whole idea of firing the firms or hitting them with a punitive measure like that undermines what we're trying to achieve together, honestly. Can I give you specifics about why I think that? No. It's just sort of a gut feel," BASF legal chief Matt Lepore said.
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Inside Track: Employers Walking on Eggshells to Avoid Losing Talent

A survey found that more employers would adopt vaccine mandates if they weren't fretting about how a mandate would go over with employees.
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