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Corporate Counsel

Ex-Prosecutor, New GC at Due Diligence Firm Mintz Group Outlines Top Priorities, Concerns

"Navigating the legal, regulatory, and practical uncertainty of post-COVID-19 recovery will be my most immediate and greatest challenge as a new GC," Patricia Astorga said.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Rhonda Powell, Chief Legal Officer of Buzzfeed, Shares Strategies to Incite Change In an Organization

Rhonda Powell, Chief Legal Officer of Buzzfeed, discusses what it means to create a leadership legacy and inspire others. She offers her advice to future leaders and shares her most useful leadership lessons learnt so far.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Series on Contracting Challenges: Tips on Building Contract Templates

Designing and using templates is the easiest place to start for legal teams that want to streamline their company's contracting work. They are easiest because they fit precisely within the skillset of the attorneys. Attorneys know the words that go into contracts; actually, they know lots of words (maybe too many). Therein lies much of the problem.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Software Firm Allvue Taps Ex-Nielsen Lawyer as Chief Legal Officer

"My immediate goals include working with the team to streamline existing practices and processes to ensure that the legal function effectively and efficiently supports the business," Deborah Mason said.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Readers (Including BASF's In-House Counsel) Say Remote Work Flexibility Is a DEI Issue

In a recent message to the company's outside counsel, BASF General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Matt Lepore said remote work flexibility "has become an important D&I topic," adding that the pandemic created "an inflection point for us to embrace a new way of working that fosters, not hinders, diversity and inclusion."
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Series on Contracting Challenges: What Contracts Should (and Shouldn't) the Legal Department Spend Time on?

In this series of articles for Corporate Counsel Advance, we examine the ways to make contracting simpler, smoother, and more predictable and efficient for the business. The first step in this effort is for the law department to define the company's basic policies and guidelines. What contracts should the legal team spend time on, and what contracts should it not spend time on?
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

TricorBraun Hires Ex-Georgia-Pacific, Equifax Lawyer as Company's First-Ever GC

Susan Bergethon began her new job Monday at TricorBraun, after having spent the past decade at Georgia-Pacific, one of the world's largest paper companies.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Arrogant' and 'Tone Deaf': Morgan Stanley CLO Stance Draws Ire From UK, European Finance Partners

The elite bank's chief legal officer's call for lawyers to return to the office last week has been met with unhappiness from many in the market.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Judge Rosemarie Aquilina to Speak at WIPL About Accountable Leadership

Judge Aquilina is most notable for presiding over the 2018 USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal and sentencing Larry Nassar to up to 175 years in prison.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

WarnerMedia Lawyer Exits for GC Job at 'Radically Different' Digital News Startup

Stephanie Abrutyn will join Confidential in the fall as general counsel. The company's founders are an ex-editor for Politico and Vox.com and a former reporter for ABC News and executive for Smithsonian Enterprises and National Geographic.
2 minute read

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