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Corporate Counsel

Legal Ops Leaders Outline Diversity and Inclusion Strategies at CLOC

Legal operations professionals from Starbucks, Oracle and Northwestern Mutual discussed what's worked and what hasn't in their diversity programs, offering strategies and a maturity index for legal departments.
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Corporate Counsel

The People Side of Legal Ops: 5 Takeaways From CLOC Conference

On Day Two of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, panelists raised the importance of hiring strong talent, nurturing workers inside the organization and out, and improving processes.
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Corporate Counsel

General Counsel Share Their Legal Ops Stories, Implementation Tips at CLOC 2019

Senior in-house counsel from Oracle, Gap and Westpac described their legal ops implementation and the values their operations teams have brought in-house.
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Corporate Counsel

CLOC Is Opening Up to (Some) Firm Lawyers

The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium will begin beta testing membership for outside counsel in "a couple months," president Mary O'Carroll said at the group's institute Tuesday.
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Corporate Counsel

Uber Settles Thousands of Driver Misclassification Claims Before IPO

Uber is setting aside at least $146 million to pay drivers over misclassification concerns. The ride-hailing company announced it reached agreements with thousands of drivers the day before its planned IPO.
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Corporate Counsel

Uber, Lyft Driver Strike Could Set Off Misclassification Minefield

Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers went on strike for better pay and benefits Wednesday. Drivers' classification as independent contractors versus employees could impact what happens next.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Company Execs Could Face Individual Fines for Privacy Mishaps, FTC Commissioner Tells Congress

Federal Trade Commission officials told Congress members that executives could face individual fines for their companies' privacy violations to address concerns that massive fines are a drop in the bucket for larger corporations.
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Corporate Counsel

US Chief Privacy Officers Get Paid More Than EU Peers, Have Closer Ties to Legal

Privacy counsel and chief privacy officers are getting paid more, with salaries highest in the U.S. That could be driven by changing domestic and international privacy laws.
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Corporate Counsel

Microsoft Deputy General Counsel Reflects on GDPR, 1 Year On, With Top EU Regulator

Microsoft deputy general counsel Julie Brill spoke with European Data Protection Board chairwoman Andrea Jelinek about lessons learned from the GDPR one year in and what comes next at an IAPP Global Privacy Summit session Friday.
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Corporate Counsel

GDPR Regulators, FTC Chairman Talk Privacy Law and Enforcement at IAPP Summit Panels

GDPR regulators from Ireland, the U.K. and Austria shared the lessons they'd pass on to American lawmakers at an IAPP Global Privacy Summit Panel Thursday. The day also included a session with FTC Chairman Joseph Simons on a possible federal privacy law and his agency's enforcement strategies.
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