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Corporate Counsel

Most Cost-Effective Legal Departments Invest More in In-House Training, Survey Says

The most cost-effective legal departments made efforts to continuously strengthen their in-house capabilities, the survey found, and invested more in lawyer training and development.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Achieving Real In-House Legal Change: Is Your Aim High Enough?

Since January I've seen striking consistency in my conversations with in-house leaders in larger enterprises across North America and Europe. Everyone is trying to re-think and advance their legal function.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Building a Data Privacy Program In-House: BNY Mellon's Anju Khurana Weighs In

The head of privacy for the Americas within BNY Mellon's global privacy office, Anju Khurana, shares her experience building internal company privacy programs, adapting to meet changing regulations worldwide and growing a career in data privacy.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Virtual Reality: Tips for Successful Management of a Virtual Team

The primary challenge of managing a virtual team is building trust with and among people who are not in the same place. With minimal in-person interaction and visibility, the manager of a virtual team must use every opportunity to build trust with and within the team. Here are five tips for making the best use of each opportunity.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

General Counsel Joins Elon Musk's Human Brain-Machine Interface Company

The general counsel of publishing platform Medium has moved to Neuralink, a company developing tools to connect the human brain and computers founded by Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Tech General Counsel Talk Innovation, Regulation and Diversity at ABA Panel

General counsel from Lyft, Oracle, 23andMe and Microsoft weighed in on legal's role in tech companies; diversity in-house and at firms; and working with regulators at an ABA annual meeting panel Friday.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

IP Litigation Spending Is on the Rise, Survey Finds, With Larger and More Complex Matters

Increasingly large, international and complex IP litigation matters are pushing companies to spend more, according to a new report from Morrison & Foerster.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Glassdoor Deputy General Counsel Takes Top Lawyer Spot at Vlocity

Employer review site Glassdoor's second-in-command lawyer is taking the legal reins at cloud computing company Vlocity. He is Vlocity's second general counsel hire in the past year.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Senators Probe Facebook on More Possible Privacy Violations, This Time Over COPPA

Senators are pushing for "more transparency" around an alleged security flaw in Facebook Messenger Kids that allowed unauthorized adults to communicate with children under 13, in violation of COPPA.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Cisco Chief Legal Officer Says $8.6M Settlement Over Security Flaws Signals 'Changed Environment'

Cisco chief legal officer Mark Chandler said the company's $8.6 million settlement of a security flaws whistleblower case where there is "no evidence that any customer’s security was ever breached" is a sign "standards by which suppliers are judged are ... changing."
3 minute read

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