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Corporate Counsel

Why the GC for Virtru Became an Open-Source Crusader

"I really am a believer that technology should not control us; we should control technology. And without open source, I don't see how we could do that."
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Networking Gets a Bad Rap': Why Lawyers Need It to Succeed and Advance

"That is how you build your mentors, you build your sponsors—people around you that you can rely on throughout the course of your career," said Lyuba Golster, a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'We Will Have to Do More With Less': Pressures From All Directions to Test Legal Departments in 2023

"To continue to increase [associate] salaries and then try to pass it on, that's just not defensible, given all the challenges businesses are facing in this environment," said Michael Wu, the chief legal officer of Bath & Body Works.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

BlackRock Exec Takes Legal Reins of New York Fed

Richard Ostrander is joining the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after spending 11 years in a senior role at BlackRock, by some measures the largest investment manager in the world.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Occidental Petroleum's Longtime General Counsel Retiring

Marcia Backus is stepping down as legal chief of the oil giant nearly a decade after taking its legal reins.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Don't Leave the Junky Work to Somebody Else': A Veteran Legal Chief Shares Leadership Lessons

"I believe firmly in training each person in the legal department to take over from me—to be my successor," said Stephen Kim, chief legal officer of Avicanna.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Streaming Service Aims to Help Lawyers Keep Up With Rapid-Fire Change

Luminate+ said it has lined up legal luminaries to produce programming that's far more relevant and compelling than the dry CLE offerings many lawyers are used to sitting through.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Cybersecurity Veteran Joins Coalfire as Legal Chief

Newly hired Coalfire GC Aparna Dasai Williams said she plans "to reinforce the company's legal foundation for future growth organically and by acquisition."
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Passion Play: How a Global GC Is Helping Staffers Unlock Their Inner Charisma

McKinsey legal chief Pierre Gentin said employees have different ways of doing their best work. "People come to work and have AirPods in their ears, and you can actually see they are physically energized," he said.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Voya Financial Taps Insurance Regulator as Legal Chief

The 6,000-employee company has handed the legal reins to My Chi To, who spent more than two decades at a law firm before joining the New York State Department of Financial Services in 2020.
1 minute read

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