MP McQueen

May 29, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Legal department leaders who have surmounted obstacles of every sort, from the Great Recession and business reversals to serious illness say emotional resilience—defined by psychologists as the ability to adapt to stressful situations or adversity—can be cultivated. Here's how.

By MP McQueen

11 minute read

May 01, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Currently much of the hiring is for corporate legal departments who need more lawyers to fill specific niches, or because of reduced productivity from COVID-19-related issues. But increased demand from law firms is anticipated for later this year, recruiters say.

By MP McQueen

4 minute read

April 30, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

A growing number of retailers, restaurants and other businesses are skipping payments to malls and office buildings in recent weeks as COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders shut down operations. But there can be pitfalls for businesses and property owners beyond the obvious ones for not paying the rent or the mortgage.

By MP McQueen

6 minute read

April 23, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Timothy Adelman, general counsel and chief legal officer of Luminis Health based in Annapolis, Maryland, and Robert Gerberry, senior vice president and general counsel for Summa Health System based in Akron, Ohio, discuss how they are leading their legal departments during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how their day-to-day responsibilities have changed in the emergency.

By MP McQueen

10 minute read

April 16, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

General counsel and labor and employment lawyers say that weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic in-house lawyers are scrambling to keep up with changes in government regulations and guidelines as organizations try to cope with everything from shutdown orders to labor shortages.

By MP McQueen

18 minute read

April 10, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

An Association of Corporate Counsel member flash poll conducted in late March shows how legal departments are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic on matters ranging from working remotely to coping with supply chain disruptions.

By MP McQueen

4 minute read

April 10, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Thomas Moriarty, the Woonsocket, Rhode Island, company's top lawyer, is guiding CVS through the thicket of complex legal and regulatory issues the company now faces from the coronavirus pandemic. A recent proxy statement shows he earned more than $23 million last year.

By MP McQueen

10 minute read

April 07, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

While mergers and acquisitions were declining as the novel coronavirus spread across the globe, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States at the U.S. Treasury Department, which reviews transactions for national security concerns, is also being affected by the new working conditions, attorneys said.

By MP McQueen

5 minute read

April 06, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Corporate Counsel interviews Huberman about the challenges and opportunities facing the legal team of the 500-employee data security solutions company founded in 2001, and his role as a general counsel during this extraordinary COVID-19 crisis. The company helps organizations defend against insider data security threats.

By MP McQueen

8 minute read

March 30, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

An inside look into the Columbia in-house counsel program and one their two leaders Andrew Hendry.

By MP McQueen | Sue Reisinger

3 minute read