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From GC to CEO in a Year: Leafly's Yoko Miyashita on Making the Leap

Leafly, a Seattle-based firm that operates one of the world's largest cannabis websites, hired Miyashita in May 2019 and promoted her to CEO about 15 months later in mid-August.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Google Appoints Halimah DeLaine Prado to Serve as General Counsel

Prado most recently served as vice president of legal, overseeing the global products and agreements legal team, which gives product and commercial advice on Google's various products, including YouTube.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Norfolk Southern Team Is Finding Efficiencies Through Data

When Vanessa Sutherland came to Norfolk Southern Corp. as executive vice president and chief legal officer in June 2018, she came hoping to find a way to streamline legal services.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

MetroHealth's Deputy GCs Transformed the Department for Their Future

"I've read that the law profession is the least innovative of all of them. We're determined to wrestle the department into innovation," Laura McBride, deputy general counsel at MetroHealth, says.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Iron Mountain General Counsel Says CEOs Putting More Pressure on In-House Leaders to Drive Diversity

"Particularly in light of the murder of George Floyd, a lot of companies started to self-reflect even more than they had before," says Deborah Marson, general counsel of Iron Mountain Inc.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Fintech Startup Bison Trails Hires Former Goldman Sachs Lawyer as General Counsel

"I feel so passionate about the possibility of crypto and blockchain technology transforming the future and all the good it can do in leveling the economic playing field, especially in places in the world that are not as fortunate as we are here," said Elizabeth Ralston.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Verily's New General Counsel Says Health Tech Firm 'Poised to Change the World'

"We now have a platform that's making a huge difference in the pandemic that we're living in," Patton said.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Working With Coronavirus: How In-House Leaders Cope With More Pressure, Few Resources

One GC for a tech startup worked long hours while self-quarantined in her bedroom with COVID-19. Another hoped to hire more staff for her legal department but got contract management software instead.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Honeywell, Flex Top Lawyers Talk Law Firm Hiring, Driving Diversity Amid Pandemic

"It's been a challenging time but an amazing time for innovation," said Anne Madden, general counsel and senior vice president at Honeywell.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Important Updates on the 2020 Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference

This multi-pronged approach captures the very essence of what our event is all about, face-to-face interactions and senior-level discussions with the most influential women in law representing today's top organizations. The virtual summit will offer more content, more insights, and more opportunities to make the connections that matter to you.
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