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Corporate Counsel

Headline-Making Companies Change Legal Leaders as General Counsel Become CEOs: May 2019 In-House Moves

Major companies from newly public Beyond Meat to scandal-ridden Boeing filled and created in-house positions in May as more general counsel assumed the CEO role.
18 minute read

The Recorder

Getting Past 'I Can't'

The next time the phrase comes to mind or voice, determine what's behind it before throwing in the towel.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Firm That Vets Lawyer-Candidates for Hire to Expand Into In-House Space

In a recent interview with Corporate Counsel, Ellenhorn talked about his role at St. Louis-based Decipher Global.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

PG&E General Counsel Appointed CEO as Company Heads Toward Bankruptcy

PG&E bumped GC John Simon to the interim CEO role as it prepares to file bankruptcy. The San Francisco-based company is facing billions of dollars in damages from lawsuits over its role in the 2018 California wildfires.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Leaders Create Leaders: How 3 Former GCs Planned for Their Successors

Former general counsel from PNC Financial Services, Gap and Dreyer's emphasized the benefits of a thoughtful succession plan.
4 minute read

The Recorder

What Facebook Should Be Looking for in Its Next GC

What kind of lawyer will it take to fill Colin Stretch's shoes? Someone with a good business acumen? An ability to navigate Capitol Hill? A knowledge of privacy law? All of the above?
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

LinkedIn Finds Its New General Counsel in Blake Lawit

Lawit, who has been working for the professional networking platform for eight years, has an impressive new title to add to his own LinkedIn profile.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Initiative Aims for 100 Black GCs at Top Companies by 2025

The long-term goal is to increase the number of black in-house legal leaders in both public and private large companies.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lingering Gender Pay Gap Plagues US In-House Counsel, Study Says

According to a new study from BarkerGilmore, female lawyers in legal departments, particularly female GCs, are still underpaid compared to their male counterparts.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Zillow's CLO Kathleen Philips Announces Retirement

Kathleen Philips, who serves as the online real estate company's chief financial officer as well as its chief legal officer, will retire from her CFO role at the end of the month but will continue her CLO duties through the end of the year.
3 minute read

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