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Corporate Counsel

Internal Whistleblowing Surged Globally in 2024, So Why Were US Numbers Flat?

"While the jury is still out on whether the DOJ's whistleblower awards pilot program will lead to more employees skipping over internal organizational hotlines to report directly to the DOJ and other agencies, some organizations should be concerned," said Laura Jacobus, executive director of ethics, compliance and training at Mitratech.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Disney Legal Chief Sees Pay Surge 36%

The company's newly filed proxy praised Horacio Gutierrez for a range of accomplishments, including settling a legal brawl with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Inside Track: AI Is Sure to Fray Big Law's Devotion to Billable Hour

If generative AI allows a task that used to take 100 hours to require only 50, suddenly billing by the hour loses its allure.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Netflix Music Guru Becomes First GC of Startup Helping Independent Artists Monetize Catalogs

"This role at Duetti is the perfect intersection of my previous experience advising on catalog acquisitions, acquiring content and growing a label and publishing business,” general counsel Sachin Premnath said.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Meta Workers Aren't of One Mind on Company's Retreat From DEI, Fact-Checking

Forty-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.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Global Software Firm Trying to Jump-Start Growth Hands CLO Post to 3-Time Legal Chief

Early in her career, Susan Bennett spent 15 years at Culligan, a span during which it changed ownership five times.
3 minute read

International Edition

Workload and Getting It All Done Top Challenges for In-house Counsel: Survey

Increasing responsibilities and accountability plus more work are creating high anxiety and stress levels in almost half the Canadian survey’s respondents.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

John Deere Annual Meeting Offers Peek Into DEI Strife That Looms for Companies Nationwide

"There is no reason to believe companies are genuinely eliminating DEI—they are just going to hide it better," said Paul Chesser of the National Legal and Policy Center, a nonprofit opposing corporate diversity programs.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ad Agency Legal Chief Scores $12M Golden Parachute in $13B Sale to Rival

Andrew Bonzani joined Interpublic Group in 2012 after 18 years at IBM, where he was vice president, assistant general counsel and secretary.
3 minute read

International Edition

Amazon Corporate Counsel in Brussels Returns to US Firm in ‘Boomerang Hire’

Law firms’ trade practices in Brussels have been increasingly busy as the EU has become more active in foreign direct investment.
2 minute read

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