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Corporate Counsel

New Report Looks at Rise of Class Action Bans in Employment Contracts

Nearly 65 percent of workplaces where the average wage is less than $13 an hour also require mandatory arbitration agreements for their employees, according to the Economic Policy Institute report. The U.S. Supreme Court this term is looking at these agreements in action that involves the NLRB and private companies.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

State and Local Paid Family Leave Laws Create Challenges for Employers, Lawyers Say

Many states and municipalities' efforts to update workplace policies and extend rights beyond the federal Family and Medical Leave Act are presenting difficulties for employers, particularly large ones that operate in numerous states.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Leaders Say Their Companies Can Be Change Agents for Diversity

"We need general broader power structures to change," said Marie Oh Huber, senior vice president and general counsel at eBay. "I feel like those of us who have that voice, that ability, that power, we need to push for that change."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Corporate Leaders Teach Compliance With Mixture of Real Life and Pretend

The 2018 Ethisphere Global Ethics Summit provided a forum for in-house compliance leaders from Tenneco, 3M and U.S. Bancorp to share their compliance training methods.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

You're a General Counsel and You Just Lost Your CEO. Now What?

"Be bold and don't be afraid to step in where you see the gap," said one former GC who has also been an interim CEO.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What's the GC's Role in Fighting Faculty-Student Sex Harassment in Higher Ed?

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, colleges and universities are re-evaluating faculty-student relationships, and whether to ban them outright—leading the institutions' top lawyers to play a significant role in drafting policy governing the issue.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Glympse Hires a New GC as the Location-Sharing Startup Expands

The Seattle-based company has made Alan Koslow its brand new general counsel.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

LiDAR Producer Quanergy Announces Rick Arnold as Its First GC

Arnold was most recently in-house with Silver Spring Networks and previously worked in the legal department at Hewlett-Packard.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Inclusion Movement: A Look at the #InclusionRider Outside of Entertainment

Are these riders, made famous in a speech by Oscar winner Frances McDormand, viable options outside of the entertainment industry?
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

After a Second Google Suit, Time to Re-Examine Policies Around Internal Forums

The follow up to James Damore's suit against Google may prompt legal departments to take a close look at how they deal with speech on internal company message boards.
5 minute read

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