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Corporate Counsel

How GCs Can Fix Firms That Are Too Risk-Averse or Too Willing to Go for Broke

"There are times you have to say, 'You can't do this.' But that can't be every time," said Theresa Shea, general counsel of Utz Brands.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Most Big Chicago Law Firms Grew in 2023, but Several Not as Fast as Am Law 100

Six of the nine Chicago-founded Am Law 100 law firms had lower revenue growth than the 100 as a whole. But most Chicago firms maintained their spots or moved up in the latest rankings
5 minute read

Law.com

Legal Speak at General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024: John Meyer, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at Zeem Solutions

Zeem Solutions GC and Chief Privacy Officer John Meyer discusses the importance of data privacy and how difficult it has become to protect as the number of external vendors many companies, and law firms, utilize grows exponentially.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Don't Self-Select Yourself Out': How the US GC of McDonald's Rose to the Top

"I have a very varied background that I would not trade for anything," said Angela Steele, a 13-year veteran of the fast-food giant.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Crowell Builds in Chicago, Luring Neal Gerber Corporate and Securities Leaders

The firm is now adding a large corporate practice in Chicago after its 2021 merger with an IP boutique in the city.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GCs Ponder Widening Scope and Direction of Antitrust Enforcement

A Tuesday panel that included a member of the DOJ's Procurement Collusion Strike Force outlined some overlooked current and emerging antitrust traps being set by ambitious regulators.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

The Strategy Behind a $525M Patent Infringement Verdict Against Amazon Web Services

"In massive, high-stakes litigation, it's really, really difficult to try cases [against] somebody like Amazon who's got, for all intents and purposes, unlimited resources," said the plaintiff's counsel, Courtland Reichman, noting his team put more than 30,000 hours into the suit.
4 minute read

Law.com

Mayor of Chicago Suburb Sued by Former Employee, Security Detail for Allegedly Covering Up Sexual Assault Reports

The complaint alleges that mayor Tiffany Henyard's former assistant was drugged and sexually assaulted by a trustee for the Village of Dolton, Andrew Holmes, while on a work-related trip to Las Vegas for a conference Henyard was attending.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

ADM Emptied the Silo to Lure Aboard New General Counsel

Archer-Daniels-Midland says Regina Bynote Jones forfeited $3.95 million in cash and unvested equity by resigning from her last job. It removed those golden handcuffs, agreeing to make her whole.
2 minute read

Law.com

Pinterest's Wanji Walcott Returns to the $10M Pay Club, Thanks to Sweeteners in First Contract

Walcott jumped aboard Pinterest in November 2022, enticed by CEO Bill Ready, a former colleague, to join the effort to turbocharge the image-sharing platform's performance.
4 minute read

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