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Succeeding in a Challenging Market: What Private Equity GCs Should Focus on in 2023

While these challenges are likely to continue in 2023, prolonging sluggish deal markets, most market-watchers expect deal volume to pick up in the second half of this year, according to Jeremy Veit and Austin Pollet of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
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Apple GC's 2022 Compensation Keeps Her at the Front of the Big Tech Pack

The salary of Apple General Counsel Kate Adams continues to surpass that of the top lawyers for other tech giants.
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Former Sprint and Virgin Mobile Lawyer Joins Health Care Startup as Legal Chief

Elaine Divelbliss is taking the legal reins of San Francisco-based Vida Health, which operates a virtual care platform that has drawn major corporate clients, including Boeing and Cisco.
2 minute read

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Female Attorneys in Major League Baseball Landing Promotions, Gaining Clout

The San Diego Padres' recent legal chief promotion is the latest examples of women attorneys leading off in the male-dominated league.
4 minute read

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Former Deputy GC at EV Company Canoo Among Execs Accused of Corporate Espionage

Torrance, California-based Canoo alleges that its former execs who left to launch Harbinger Motors are a "group of serial grifters" hellbent on owning and controlling their own EV company at any cost.
5 minute read

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Hiring-Software Company Expanding Globally Taps Former Apple, Broadcom Attorney as First CLO

Jung-Hyu McCann, who is based in the Bay Area, said she is excited to join a company with a mission of helping employers embrace "more inclusive and fairer hiring practices."
2 minute read

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Live Nation Retains GC in Last-Minute Contract Renewal

Michael Bowles, who has held the legal reins at the Beverly Hills, California-based concert colossus since 2006, played a key role in the 2010 Ticketmaster acquisition and is helping the company deal with a barrage of recent challenges, including the Taylor Swift ticket fiasco.
2 minute read

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AARP In-House Veteran Tapped as 3E's GC

Carlsbad, California-based 3E tapped in-house privacy veteran Audrey Jean as its general counsel.
2 minute read

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In-House Lesson No. 1 From FTX Calamity: Don't 'Put Your Head in the Sand'

"You wouldn't want to rely on a lack of knowledge as a strategy. Be attentive to red flags and follow up on them," said Baker Botts partner Michael Ward, a former federal prosecutor who also worked for years as a chief compliance officer at companies like Adobe, Cisco and Juniper Networks.
5 minute read

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Tech Giants Have Halted Their Legal 'Hiring Frenzy,' but Specialists Will Still Be in Demand

"The current layoffs in the industry have been more of a market correction given the hiring frenzy over the last couple of years," said Lina Guo, a managing director for Major, Lindsey & Africa's in-house counsel recruiting team in San Francisco.
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