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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

The news and analysis you need to start your day.
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

The Legal Intelligencer

Slight Dip in Compensation for Pennsylvania's Top GCs

Coming off of a year that had somewhat positive numbers for several key compensation metrics in Pennsylvania, in 2022 things took a slight negative turn. Some small dips and some steady numbers were reported for the highest-paid GCs in the state.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

2023 Compensation Survey: Showered With Stock, Tech GCs Incentivized to 'Knock It Out of the Park'

"Base salary and bonus cash compensation isn't something I've spent a lot of time discussing with my peers, because at some point it tops out. What we talk about is equity," said Danielle Sheer, general counsel of Commvault.
6 minute read

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