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September 06, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Compliance Chiefs See Pay Surge as Regulatory Onslaught Buries Perception It's a Backwater Role

"Companies have increasingly trended toward moving the compliance function to an independent organization, sitting as a peer to the legal function." according a Major, Lindsey & Africa report.

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September 06, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Throng of Workers Using AI Off the Grid Unwittingly Aiding Cybercriminals

AI adoption has risen so much so quickly that the average knowledge worker puts more corporate data into AI tools on Saturday or Sunday than the middle of the workweek a year ago, a Cyberhaven study found.

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September 05, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Adobe GC Unexpectedly Exits, Saying, 'I Looked at Other Priorities in My Life and Decided They Needed More of My Attention'

Dana Rao spent 11 years at Microsoft before joining Adobe in 2012. He's been legal chief since 2018.

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September 05, 2024 | Law.com

In Ironic Twist, Watchdog EEOC Accused of Workplace Discrimination

A veteran staffer accused the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of passing her over for promotion in favor of a male subordinate with substantially less experience.

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September 05, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Travel-Tech Giant Sabre Books Fourth Legal Chief in 3 Years

Sabre CLO Ann Bruder lasted 16 months after replacing Chadwick Ho, who lasted seven.

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September 05, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Swiss Building Materials Giant Holcim Promotes Corporate In-House Lawyer to Replace Departing Group GC

Holcim's corporate and M&A general counsel Lukas Studer will replace current group top lawyer Mathias Gaertner on Nov. 1. Gaertner took a job as group legal chief at ABB Group.

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September 05, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

'My Lyft Ride Has Come to an End': GC-Turned-President Kristin Sverchek Helped Build Ride-Hailing Pioneer

"Kristin helped pour the foundation the entire ride-share industry rests upon," CEO David Risher said.

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September 05, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

California DOJ Fines Robinhood $3.9M in First-Ever Crypto Enforcement Action

The company, which also is facing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry, finds itself in regulators' crosshairs despite legal chief Dan Gallagher's pledge to improve the company's compliance culture and work collaboratively with regulators.

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