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Corporate Counsel

One Year Later: 5 Best Practices Following the Updated FTC Endorsement Guides

To shield against—or outright avoid—liability for ads featuring endorsements, shrewd in-house counsel should follow these five compliance best practices below, gleaned from the Endorsement Guides, the proposed reviews rule and the recent enforcement efforts.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Beverage Trade Group Names Ex-EPA Deputy GC as Legal Chief

Allison Starmann will advance the interests of the American Beverage Association, which represents makers of nonalcoholic drinks.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Primed for Growth, Nvidia Rival Hires CLO

Veteran tech lawyer Claire Hart is taking the legal reins of Groq as it races to capitalize on the explosive growth of the AI chip market.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The General Counsel's Role in Supporting Boardroom Civility

There's little question that today's harsh and divisive public discourse can often extend itself to the corporate boardroom. There's also little question that such divisiveness can impede effective governance. And there should be very little question that the general counsel is well positioned to provide advice on respectful and productive boardroom discourse.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Exiting Kraft Heinz Legal Chief Lands at Estée Lauder, Fulfilling Wish for NYC Post

Rashida La Lande will help the 78-year-old cosmetics giant execute a restructuring plan aimed at rebuilding profits following a dismal 2023.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Sports Law Veteran Returns to Tampa Bay Bucs, This Time as CLO

This will be the fourth legal chief role for Cassie McBride, a career ascension that began with her hiring as GC of the Jackson Jaguars in 2014, when she was just 26.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC Urges Judge to Deny Coinbase's 'Breathtakingly Broad' Subpoena Request

"This court's anticipated decision(s) in this discovery dispute will certainly impact the drafting of discovery towards the SEC on a go-forward basis," Daniel Maland, the Florida Bar chair of crypto and blockchain education, said in an email.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hyper-Aggressive FTC Turns High Beam on Auto Industry's Sales Culture

The agency's latest target is vehicle-service-contract marketer CarShield, which agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations of deceptive sales practices.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Regulators Prowl for Financial Firms That Wield NDAs to 'Muzzle' Whistleblowers

Nondisclosure agreements "send a message that reporting violations outside the company is wrong—this adds to the culture of silence the whistleblower laws are designed to prevent," said Stephen Kohn, founding partner of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Corporate Regulation and Deregulation After the 2024 Presidential Election

While the focus is on the electoral horse race, what people should be focused on is the next presidential administration's policies, and especially those policies respecting the administrative state. This applies even more so to those who advise corporations and allied institutions on the political and legal landscape impacting their industry.
6 minute read

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