Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Mike Evers | February 1, 2023
You are inheriting 10 attorneys, including three direct reports. Two of your direct reports were qualified for your job, but the CEO wanted to go outside for new leadership. Welcome to Day One. Here are ten tips for general counsels in this situation.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Michael W. Peregrine | January 30, 2023
Over the past several years, the Survey has been particularly valuable in identifying trends such as greater visibility of the CLO with the C-suite and the boardroom, and increased CLO operational authority over related functions such as compliance and ethics.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Joshua Briones, Crystal Lopez, Sofia Nuño | January 26, 2023
2022 saw an increase in consumer class action filings, and 2023 is likely to follow that trend. With the number of these cases increasing, it is critical for businesses to stay on top of the latest trends, including the types of products and practices that plaintiffs are targeting. This article is the second of a two-part series that details the consumer class action trends to watch in 2023.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Dean Brown | January 23, 2023
As corporations respond to lower business demand and possibly a recession, legal departments will be under increased pressure to do more work internally without adding staff. That's why now is the time to prepare.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Mark Henriques | January 9, 2023
Governments, environmental groups, and class action attorneys have all gotten the message and are actively looking to find and punish companies engaged in greenwashing. The litigation risk continues to grow. The article below outlines some examples of claims and cases.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Zack Hutto | January 9, 2023
Legal departments are failing to adopt relatively proven, fast maturing technologies that will provide the most established benefits, with some well-established technologies still having adoption rates of less than 50%, according to Gartner data.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Mike Evers | January 6, 2023
Positivity is absolutely a leadership quality. It's needed to earn the respect and trust of CEOs, direct reports, internal clients, and even outside service providers. Naysayers, negative Nancys, and cynics get weeded out and don't sit in the GC chair.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Justin Weitz and Amy Schuh | January 4, 2023
In the latter half of 2022, the US Department of Justice unveiled highly anticipated updates to its corporate criminal enforcement policies, cementing a more aggressive stance on white-collar crime and corporate responsibility. Below is an overview of the recent DOJ corporate policy changes and matters for chief compliance officers to consider in 2023.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Lori Lorenzo and Keri McKenzie | January 3, 2023
Irrespective of how the final SEC ESG disclosure rules shape up, corporate boards; management teams; and other internal functions such as marketing, strategy, compliance, and audit, will likely need to lean more heavily on Legal to understand the new rules – especially given that 68% of chief legal officers report being the enterprise ESG leader for their organization.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Jonathan Brown, Alexa La Barbiera and Dave Ervin | December 19, 2022
The unraveling of Ye's partnerships, particularly Adidas, have attracted the attention of law practitioners and scholars, provoking questions about the transactional mechanics of the partnership agreements that follow when brands decide to collaborate with celebrities and influencers. We take a look at what brands similarly situated or who are contemplating future partnerships need to know.
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