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Corporate Counsel

Duke Energy Customers Not Lovin' Deputy GC's McDonald's Metaphor

Lawrence “Bo” Somers, deputy general counsel at the North Carolina-based power company giant Duke Energy, is facing public criticism after he compared a rate hike to the price of a McDonald's Extra Value Meal during a regulatory board hearing Monday.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Future of Lateral Moves: Practice Area, Geography and Economics Remain Important

Taking a look at emerging trends in lateral moves, can we predict for the near future that firms will more likely grow through larger groups or through individual hires? Well, as my accounting professor liked to say: It depends.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Trenam Relies on Relationship Building to Meet Client Needs

The 80-attorney Trenam law firm has offices in Tampa and St. Petersburg and cases spanning Florida.
13 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Pain Pharma Company Collegium Brings Outside Counsel In-House as Its First GC

Canton, Massachusetts-based Collegium Pharmaceutical has hired Shirley Kuhlmann as the pain management pharmaceutical company's first executive vice president, general counsel and secretary.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Leaders Say Their Companies Can Be Change Agents for Diversity

"We need general broader power structures to change," said Marie Oh Huber, senior vice president and general counsel at eBay. "I feel like those of us who have that voice, that ability, that power, we need to push for that change."
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Spoiler Alert: Most of South Florida's Top Law Firm Billers Are Men

Find out who's charging what in our annual survey of attorney billing rates.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Private Equity Partner Boomerangs Back to Dechert in NY

Timothy Clark, who joined from O'Melveny & Myers, said Dechert bulked up its global private equity practice since he left the firm just over a decade ago.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Kelly-Ann Gibbs Cartwright Devotes Her Professional Time as Employment Law Litigator

Cartwright is executive partner for Holland & Knight in Miami and chair of the Directors Committee.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What's the GC's Role in Fighting Faculty-Student Sex Harassment in Higher Ed?

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, colleges and universities are re-evaluating faculty-student relationships, and whether to ban them outright—leading the institutions' top lawyers to play a significant role in drafting policy governing the issue.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

6 Cyber and Privacy Suits We're Watching

From Microsoft at the Supreme Court to Uber in Pennsylvania, privacy and security lawsuits are all the rage for court watchers.
8 minute read

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