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Corporate Counsel

Cloudy Skies: Cloud Providers Step up to Relieve Legal's Apprehensions

Cloud computing is becoming more widely used than ever before by corporate legal departments and law firms, mainly because of the flexibility and lower cost such ­technology affords. Yet some haven't fully jumped on the bandwagon just yet, slowed by concerns over security and data access.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Compliance Collaboration: eBay's Legal Team Exceeded Through Teamwork and Tech

The legal team at eBay has a recipe for meeting new compliance challenges head-on while improving existing processes and saving time and money: teamwork and technology.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Tech Transformation: U.S. Bank's Drive to Support Products Through Innovation

Following the financial crisis, in-house attorneys in commercial banking had to wear two hats: one of their particular specialty and another that let executives know they could navigate through regulations.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Meet the Finalists for GC of the Year

Three outstanding general counsel top the list for GC of Year.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lawmakers Ask Big Tech for Their Outside Counsel's Diversity Stats

Members of Congress are pushing tech's 10 biggest companies to disclose their diversity practices when hiring outside counsel, in a letter sent to Apple, Alphabet, Facebook and others Friday.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Contract Management Company DocuSign Taps New General Counsel

Trâm Phi, the lawyer who brought Imperva and ArcSite through their IPOs, has joined DocuSign.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Airbnb's General Counsel Shows Up and Gets Creative to Promote Employee Ethics

Airbnb general counsel Rob Chesnut shared his role in educating employees on company ethics, including in-person training, creative videos and international visits, at the Peer 150 General Counsel Institute West at the UC Berkeley.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Driving in Blockchain's Legal Guardrails: How Ripple's General Counsel Works with Regulators

As general counsel of Ripple, Stuart Alderoty works with regulators to educate them on emerging blockchain technology. He's also tasked with keeping Ripple in regulatory guidelines that aren't always clear.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Qualcomm, Nokia and IBM Lawyers Back Proposed Changes to Patent Law

Company patent lawyers from Qualcomm, IBM and Nokia backed aspects of a draft bill that would amend patent eligibility rules.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Growing an In-House Career: 5 Tips From Former Apple General Counsel Bruce Sewell

Former Apple and Intel general counsel Bruce Sewell gave early career lawyers advice for in-house success in an interview with Doreen Benyamin, a Columbia Law School student and the founder of YouTube channel Before You Take the LSAT.
3 minute read

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