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Inside Counsel

Total Package

Teri McClure's timely delivery of legal services keeps UPS out of trouble.
16 minute read

Inside Counsel

New Year, New Salary

In-house counsel will see a 4.6 percent increase in average compensation in 2007, according to a recent survey by Robert Half Legal, a legal staffing agency based in California. According to the report "Robert Half Legal 2007 Salary Guide," in-house attorneys with one to three years of experience will see...
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

California Tech Company Seeks First GC

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Symyx, is hiring its first general counsel to supervise all legal matters for the company. Symyx seeks a well-rounded corporate lawyer with 20-plus years of general corporate experience, a strong commercial orientation and demonstrated experience in securities compliance, M&A and "deal." The ideal candidate will have trained at...
1 minute read

Inside Counsel

Career Moves

Google's GC Gets Promotion Google Inc. hired John Kent Walker Jr. to be vice president and general counsel. Walker joins Google from eBay where he served as deputy general counsel. Walker succeeds David Drummond, who has been named as Google's CLO. Drummond retains his previous title, senior vice president of...
1 minute read

Inside Counsel

The Year In Review

20 Stories That Shook the In-house Bar in 2006
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Smart Counsel

An animal loving lawyer finds his niche as GC of PetSmart.
8 minute read

Inside Counsel

Global Company Seeks Attorney to Manage IP Division

A global company headquartered in Houston seeks an attorney with 15-plus years of experience to manage its intellectual property division. This is a high-level position in the department and has supervisory responsibility for the IP group. Responsibilities include: Advising company business units on transactions relating to the creation, protection, ownership,...
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Career Moves

H&R Block Fills GC Position H&R Block Inc. appointed Carol Graebner as executive vice president and general counsel. Graebner most recently served as executive vice president and general counsel of Dynegy Inc. based in Houston. She succeeds Nicholas Spaeth, who left the company. NYSE Appoints New General Counsel The New...
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Are You Ready to Hire?

The hiring environment has been good to legal departments over the past two years and is about to get even better. According to the 2006 Altman Weil Law Department Metrics Benchmarking Survey, lawyer staffing in corporate law departments rose by 19 percent in 2005. The key measure--lawyers per billion dollars...
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Sweet Success

Melanie Hansen keeps her client happy by serving up a variety of legal services.
21 minute read

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