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Georgia GC Compensation Remains Strong Following COVID-19 Decrease

"As in 2021, I think 2022 was also a great year financially for a lot of companies," said Bob Graff, an Atlanta-based in-house recruiter and a partner with Major, Lindsey & Africa. "The stock market did pretty well last year. It's not surprising that people met or exceeded their bonus targets and met or exceeded their equity targets."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Netflix Follows Apple in Overhauling Executive Pay, Signaling Tech-Industry Trend

"CEO compensation of the largest and most visible publicly traded companies in the United States has long been controversial. … What's different now is that there might actually be a modest sea change in the works," legal department consultant Jason Winmill said.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Microsoft's Goal-Based Pay Formula Spits Out Cuts for Top Lawyer Brad Smith, Other Execs

The compensation committee says it set ambitious targets despite the forecasting challenges caused by "a changing global macroeconomic environment, including increasing inflation and rising interest rates."
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Cisco CLO's Pay Falls but Stays in Elite Territory

Dev Stahlkopf had been general counsel at Microsoft before taking the legal reins at the computer-networking giant in August 2021. Cisco sweetened her arrival with a $2.2 million signing bonus.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

GC Compensation Report: Men Still Outnumber Women, Though Diversity Remains in the 'Spotlight' at Legal Departments

Of the 20 general counsel on this year's list, just six (30%) are women. That's a lower proportion than last year.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas GC Compensation Report: Cash Drops Off While Total Compensation Rises

An updated ranking based on 2022 data has revealed shifts in the compensation structure among the highest paid general counsel in Texas, with notably less cash among the top 20 than last year but an increase in total compensation.
6 minute read

Law.com

Pay Gap Between GCs and CEOs Narrowing: The Morning Minute

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3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

General Counsel Compensation 2023: Check Out All Our Stories, Charts

Pay for the nation's most powerful legal chiefs rose substantially in 2022, even though economic uncertainty hung over the nation and spawned widespread layoffs.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Pay Gap Between GCs and CEOs Narrowing, as Legal Chiefs Become Jacks-of-All-Trades

General counsel compensation is rising partly because companies want their legal chief to have a slate of skills that is difficult to find in one person, according to a new report from Equilar.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Biotech GC Sues, Says He Was Fired for Pushing Probe Into 'Drugging of a High-Level Female Employee'

The 56-year-old former legal chief of Koneksa Health accused the CEO of unlawfully firing him and "intentionally and maliciously" underpaying him because of his age.
3 minute read

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