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Corporate Counsel

A New Approach for Protecting Confidential Information During an Employee Activist Campaign

Once regarded as a vagary of a few socially conscious tech workers, employee activism has spread across industries in the form of "takeovers" of executive working spaces, public protests, social media campaigns, and public dissemination of confidential corporate information. Based on the failure of corporations to stop the leaking of confidential business data amid these campaigns, a new approach is needed.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lennox Hires 12-Year Company Veteran as CLO, Bucking Hire-From-Outside Trend

"The seamless transition is a testament to our disciplined succession planning and strong bench of talent," Lennox CEO Alok Maskara said in a statement.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

First Horizon Hires GC Steeped in Tennessee Politics

Lang Wiseman, 53, is taking the legal reins from Charles Tuggle, 76.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

OpenAI Hires First Compliance Chief, Snagging Uber's Scott Schools

"Contributing to the responsible development of technologies that positively impact society is a tremendous opportunity," said Schools, who held a string of high-level Justice Department posts before joining Uber in 2018.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

GCs Increasingly Take Lead When Crises Hit, With Companies' Lack of Preparedness Escalating Challenge

"The real way to prepare for these black swan events is to invest in trusted relationships with stakeholders and ensure you have clear channels for open and honest dialog before that thing happens," said Michael Carney, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

SEC Fines 4 Companies $7M for Downplaying Breaches Tied to Massive SolarWinds Hack

The agency said Unisys, Avaya Holdings, Check Point Software Technologies and Mimecast provided misleading disclosures about the incidents, leaving investors in the dark about their "true scope."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Three Ways to Optimize Your Legal Budget

At best, it is difficult to budget for external legal fees. Needs are uncertain at the beginning of the year, and there is constant pressure to hire the best firm possible. Here are three suggestions to help you reduce your external legal spend.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Battle-Tested' at Last Employer, Alex Tolston Takes Tegna's Legal Reins at Challenging Time

Alex Tolston is the third person to sit in Tegna's chief legal officer seat since regulators' inaction forced the company in May 2023 to scrap its $8.6 billion sale to media mogul Soo Kim.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Mastercard CLO Exits After Just 14 Months, Takes Legal Reins of Laser Manufacturer

Rob Beard is departing a financial giant with a stock market value of $477 billion for a much smaller tech innovator with a market value of $15 billion.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Sage Therapeutics Axes GC After Drug-Pipeline Failures Force Cost-Cutting

Sage is lopping off one-third of its workforce after one of its experimental drugs failed to prove effective as a treatment for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
2 minute read

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