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Stepping Up

New York-based Pfizer Inc. tapped its general counsel, Jeffrey Kindler, to serve as its CEO July 28. Kindler's transition is the most recent example of a handful of GCs who have made the move from the top legal post to the top business position within the past couple of years....
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New Hampshire Tech Company Seeks Chief Patent Counsel

A New Hampshire semiconductor R&D company is seeking a chief IP counsel with 5 to 10 years of patent portfolio management and licensing experience preferably in the semiconductor industry. Prior in-house experience is required. The chief IP counsel will be primarily responsible for managing the company's patent portfolio as it...
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Inside Counsel

Career Moves

LifePoint Hospitals Inc. appointed Paul Gilbert general counsel, senior vice president and secretary. Prior to joining LifePoint, Gilbert served as a partner in the Nashville office of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis. The University of Florida (UF) named Jamie Lewis Keith vice president and general counsel. Most recently Keith served...
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The 200 Largest Legal Departments

InsideCounsel's annual list of the nation's 200 largest legal departments.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Brand Protector

Counterfeiters and acquisition sprees keep VF Corp.'s GC on the move.
7 minute read

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Companies Replace Junior In-House Lawyers with Paralegals

In recent years general counsel have discovered that paralegals can do more than summarize depositions and Bates stamp documents. Smart GCs are using them in place of junior in-house lawyers--at least that's one way to interpret the results of two recent surveys conducted by Altman Weil. According to the legal...
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Inside Counsel

Career Moves

Nissan Hires Former Sears Counsel Gardena, Calif.-based Nissan North America Inc. appointed Scott E. Becker as general counsel and vice president of legal. Most recently, Becker was vice president and deputy general counsel for retail operations, real estate and services for Sears Holding Corp. and its Sears Roebuck & Co....
3 minute read

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Business Services Firm Seeks Senior Corporate Counsel

A large national Minneapolis-based business services firm has an extraordinary opportunity for an experienced attorney to help build and develop the legal services for a large and growing division. Ideal candidates will have 10+ years of sophisticated in-house corporate and business experience in a fast paced, high energy setting. Key...
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Inside Counsel

The 17th Annual Survey of General Counsel

It's no secret that legal departments' relationships with law firms are somewhat tense. That tension is largely attributable to the fact that their objectives are ...
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Sound Choices

Steinway's GC fine-tunes his role as both general counsel and CFO.
19 minute read

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