Greg Andrews is the editor overseeing ALM Media's coverage of corporate legal departments. He previously was editor of Indianapolis Business Journal and business editor of The Indianapolis Star. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Greg_Andr
February 05, 2025 | Corporate Counsel
Trump Taps McKinsey CLO Pierre Gentin for Commerce Department GCGentin would handle legal affairs for an organization with wide-ranging operations—from the Patent Office to the National Weather Service—and 48,000 employees in 86 countries.
By Greg Andrews
3 minute read
February 03, 2025 | Corporate Counsel
LSU General Counsel Quits Amid Fracas Over First Amendment Rights of Law ProfessorA day before Winston DeCuir Jr. submitted his resignation letter, he'd offered encouraging words to a group of students protesting the suspension of law professor Dan Levy.
By Chris O'Malley and Greg Andrews
7 minute read
January 31, 2025 | Corporate Counsel
'A Warning Shot to Board Rooms': DOJ Decision to Fight $14B Tech Merger May Be Bad Omen for IndustryHPE Enterprise and Juniper Networks say that the wireless networking market has robust competition and that AI adoption is lowering barriers to entry.
By Greg Andrews
4 minute read
January 30, 2025 | Law.com
Inside Track: Why Relentless Self-Promoters Need Not Apply for GC Posts“True leadership is about putting others first,” said Jason B. Daly, chief legal officer of Amneal Pharmaceuticals.
By Greg Andrews
5 minute read
January 29, 2025 | Corporate Counsel
Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners, Kneecapping Democrat-Controlled Civil Rights AgencyA White House official defended the purge, calling the three women from the two agencies who lost their jobs "far-left appointees with radical records of upending longstanding labor law."
By Greg Andrews
4 minute read
January 27, 2025 | Corporate Counsel
Starbucks Hands New CLO Hefty Raise, Says He Fosters 'Environment of Courage and Joy'Brad Lerman has helped the company navigate a litany of sticky situations, including the firing of its CEO, a proxy battle with activist investors and tensions with workers over their nationwide unionizing drive.
By Greg Andrews
5 minute read
January 24, 2025 | Corporate Counsel
Inside Track: AI Is Sure to Fray Big Law's Devotion to Billable HourIf generative AI allows a task that used to take 100 hours to require only 50, suddenly billing by the hour loses its allure.
By Greg Andrews
5 minute read
January 23, 2025 | Corporate Counsel
Meta Workers Aren't of One Mind on Company's Retreat From DEI, Fact-CheckingForty-five percent of the 965 Meta employees surveyed by the anonymity-protecting messaging app Blind disagreed with the company's shutdown of its DEI initiatives, while 43% agreed with it.
By Greg Andrews
3 minute read
January 14, 2025 | Corporate Counsel
Private Equity-Backed Medical Imaging Chain Hires CLO, Continuing C-Suite Makeover"Health care organizations face an increasingly complicated business landscape. At the same time, the demand for their services is dictating rapid expansion, innovation, and operational shifts," said Chris Shea, chief legal officer of MedQuest Associates.
By Greg Andrews
3 minute read
January 13, 2025 | Corporate Counsel
Apple GC’s Compensation Flat Again in 2024, but She Might Snag No. 1 Spot on Top-Paid List AnywayKate Adams was the highest-paid U.S. legal chief in 2022 and the second-highest in 2023 and 2024.
By Greg Andrews
4 minute read
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