Career Development

  • Brand Protector

    By Staff Writer | July 31, 2006

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

  • Companies Replace Junior In-House Lawyers with Paralegals

    By Keith Ecker | July 11, 2006

    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...

  • Career Moves

    By Staff Writer | July 11, 2006

    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....

  • Business Services Firm Seeks Senior Corporate Counsel

    By Staff Writer | July 11, 2006

    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...

  • The 17th Annual Survey of General Counsel

    By Staff Writer | June 30, 2006

    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 ...

  • Sound Choices

    By Staff Writer | June 30, 2006

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

  • University of California Seeks GC

    By Staff Writer | June 12, 2006

    The University of California is looking to replace its outgoing general counsel. Based in Oakland, the general counsel has a dual reporting relationship to the Regents and to the president of the university, and provides proactive professional advice on critical strategic, legal and public policy issues. The outgoing general counsel...

  • International In-house Pay Remains Stagnant

    By Keith Ecker | June 12, 2006

    If you've ever thought about migrating to the other side of the pond, you might want to brush up on your Russian. According to a recent survey of in-house counsel salaries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, general counsel in Russia, China, India, Dubai and Switzerland currently received the...

  • Career Moves

    By Staff Writer | June 12, 2006

    JDS Uniphase Corp., a global supplier of broadband and optical solutions, named Matthew Fawcett vice president and general counsel. Prior to joining the company, Fawcett served as JDSU's associate general counsel and senior director of global intellectual property, where he oversaw the development and management of JDSU's intellectual property portfolio...

  • The Truth About Benchmarking

    By Mary Swanton | May 31, 2006

    When Alcoa Inc.'s senior attorneys sat down in late 2004 for their annual review of outside counsel costs, they wanted to get a feel for how their peer group's expenses compared. The team first scrutinized data from off-the-shelf law department benchmarking surveys, but found that wasn't helpful because the universe...

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