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October 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Corporate Confidentiality Unlocked: Leveraging Common Interest Privilege for Effective Collaboration

In the complex realm of corporate litigation, the sanctity of attorney-client privilege is often the backbone of a robust defense strategy. Yet, the scope of this privilege can blur when multiple corporations collaborate with separate legal teams. In such situations, the common interest privilege (CIP) becomes a crucial tool, enabling corporations with distinct legal counsel to share information and strategize jointly without forfeiting confidentiality.
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October 23, 2024 | Law.com

Don't Rush to Change That Noncompete Just Yet, Employment Lawyers Advise

"I'm not necessarily recommending to my clients just yet to modify their restrictive covenant programs based on some theoretical risk that the NLRB will find them unenforceable as a general proposition," employment lawyer Joshua L. Weiner said.
5 minute read
October 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Three Legal Technology Trends That Can Maximize Legal Team Efficiency and Productivity

By 2026, Gartner predicts that 50% of office workers in global enterprises will be AI-augmented, either to increase productivity or to raise the quality of their work. In this article, Gartner experts have identified three major tech trends affecting legal professionals.
5 minute read
October 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

New Merger-Review Process Could Doom Some Deals, Add Headaches, Subjectivity to Others

"We've gone from a (relatively) certain world centered around a notification that required objective information only to one that is much more murky and perhaps subject to the interpretation of rules by a particular attorney at the agency or manager at the agency," Scott Sher, a partner at Paul Weiss, says.
7 minute read
October 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

A New Approach for Protecting Confidential Information During an Employee Activist Campaign

Once regarded as a vagary of a few socially conscious tech workers, employee activism has spread across industries in the form of "takeovers" of executive working spaces, public protests, social media campaigns, and public dissemination of confidential corporate information. Based on the failure of corporations to stop the leaking of confidential business data amid these campaigns, a new approach is needed.
7 minute read
October 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Lennox Hires 12-Year Company Veteran as CLO, Bucking Hire-From-Outside Trend

"The seamless transition is a testament to our disciplined succession planning and strong bench of talent," Lennox CEO Alok Maskara said in a statement.
3 minute read
October 23, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

First Horizon Hires GC Steeped in Tennessee Politics

Lang Wiseman, 53, is taking the legal reins from Charles Tuggle, 76.
3 minute read
October 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

OpenAI Hires First Compliance Chief, Snagging Uber's Scott Schools

"Contributing to the responsible development of technologies that positively impact society is a tremendous opportunity," said Schools, who held a string of high-level Justice Department posts before joining Uber in 2018.
2 minute read
October 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

SEC Lists 2025 Target Industries in 'Familiar Rubric'

"There is some level of uncertainty this year regarding pending SEC rulemaking," said Ryan Swan, a partner at Paul Hastings.
3 minute read
October 22, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

GCs Increasingly Take Lead When Crises Hit, With Companies' Lack of Preparedness Escalating Challenge

"The real way to prepare for these black swan events is to invest in trusted relationships with stakeholders and ensure you have clear channels for open and honest dialog before that thing happens," said Michael Carney, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
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