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Corporate Counsel

NLRB Appoints 'Chief AI Officer,' Embracing 'Hottest Job of 2024'

The trend has its critics, some arguing that many companies would be better off integrating AI into existing leadership structures.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Moves of Month: FedEx, Target Pass the Torch

Declaring he "found retirement boring," former Geico legal chief Seth Ingall returned to the game, becoming chief legal officer of the Crash Champions chain of body shops.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Going Beyond the Gut Check When Hiring

"Trusting your gut" is a litmus test that matters. You should feel good about a new hire. But don't be seduced into simply picking the most charismatic interviewee. Great interviewee does not always translate into great employee.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-Lucid, Tesla Legal Leader Joins Gene Therapy Startup With IPO Ambitions

Jonathan Butler will serve as general counsel of Cellares, which says it has developed a manufacturing process that makes cancer-fighting gene therapy more affordable and more widely available.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Tegna Legal Chief Ousted Just 9 Months After Taking Post

Lauren Fisher's exit as chief legal officer comes on the heels of Tegna replacing the CEO who had hired her for the role.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

2024 GC Pay Report: Signing Bonuses Swell in Size as Companies Shy Away From Internal Hires

"If you have to throw millions of dollars at somebody before they start work, and then they start work and it doesn't work out, you are up the creek because you've paid them a lot of money," legal department consultant Jason Winmill said. "Sunk costs are exactly that—sunk."
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Longtime GC of Big Medicaid Insurer Out Amid C-Suite Shakeup

AmeriHealth Caritas is coping with the loss of a big Florida Medicaid contract and with a decline in the number of Medicaid enrollees nationwide.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FedEx Promotes Its Top Lobbyist for Past Two Decades to General Counsel

Forty-two-year company veteran Mark Allen is passing the legal reins to 32-year company veteran Gina Adams.
2 minute read

International Edition

Tech Company and Luxury Hotel Name New GCs

The two women have been appointed to general counsel roles at the companies.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Judge Blasts Google Over Legal Chief's 2008 'Communication With Care' Memo

The judge presiding over a Justice Department suit alleging Google has an illegal monopoly over ad technology said the memo instructing employees to use history-off mode when discussing litigation may have led to the intentional destruction of evidence.
4 minute read

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