Corporate Counsel
Just Released: ACC Chief Legal Officers 2018 Survey
Insight
Notable findings include what keeps CLOs up at night, reporting structures, how CLOs view the future of departmental budgets and staffing, litigation and contract workload, and where data breaches and regulatory issues have the greatest impact.
Justice Department’s No 3 Official to Take Walmart’s Top Legal Job
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Brand attracted interest because of her potential to assume a key role in the Trump-Russia investigation,” according to the AP.
Corporate Anticorruption Compliance Programs: 10 Questions Every Board Director Should Ask
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Corporate board members have particularly important roles to play in overseeing compliance and anticorruption programs in place at the companies they serve, according to a white paper by Jones Day.
Airbnb Names Legal Chief New COO Amid Senior Rank Shakeup
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Bloomberg reports that Belinda Johnson, formerly chief business affairs and legal officer, has taken the new role with the company as part of a shakeup in the senior ranks.
New Research Report: Global Trends in Hiring Outside Counsel
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The Globality report has information on the latest industry viewpoint about hiring outside counsel, That information was gathered from more than 300 GCs from organizations with more than $1 billion in revenue.
Webinar: Contract Review Automation in Action
Event, Feb. 21, 2 p.m. EST
LawGeex says the webinar will show how modern legal teams are revolutionizing their daily contract review processes. This will be a practical look at using on-the-ground solutions for contract review automation.
Study: Companies Want Smaller Firms, But Have Trouble Finding Them
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Large companies increasingly want to work with smaller, more innovative law firms but have trouble finding them due to over-reliance on personal connections, according to a new survey reported by Courthouse News Service.
Regulatory Whirlwind 2018: What’s Ahead for Third-Party Risk Management?
Webinar, Jan. 25, 1 p.m. EST
NAVEX Global will present a complimentary webinar on recent and anticipated enforcement and regulatory changes as they concern third-party risk.
Download: How to Prepare Your Business for 2018 GDPR Requirements
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In May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect, requiring companies that do business in Europe to adjust their strategies for data management.
Former American Airlines General Counsel Recalls Turbulent Years
News
The Dallas Business Journal looks inside “Twelve Years of Turbulence: The Inside Story of American Airlines’ Battle for Survival,” scheduled for release in February.
Uber Ex-GC Involved in Data-Hiding System to Foil Police Raids: Sources
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Bloomberg, citing three people with knowledge of the system, reports that, between spring 2015 until late 2016, Uber used a system designed to thwart police raids in foreign countries.
Two Wells Fargo Execs, Including HR Lawyer, Out After Scandal
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The former head of a Wells Fargo legal department responsible for employment matters is one of two high-ranking executives who are no longer with the company, reports The Charlotte Observer.
Invitation: The Strategic-Asset GC, February 12, Washington, DC
Event, Feb. 12, 2018, Washington, DC
This exclusive, one-day event hosted by the National Association of Corporate Directors seeks to help GCs to better align themselves with director expectations, as well as elevate their role in the boardroom
Webinar: Ten Predictions for Ethics and Compliance in 2018
Webinar, Jan. 18, 1 p.m. EST
On Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, the experts at NAVEX Global will discuss the challenges of ethics and compliance and offer predictions for 2018’s most pressing compliance issues.
2018’s Top 10 Legal Challenges in Privacy and Data Security
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In an article for Bloomberg Big Law Business, Wiley Rein LLP’s Kirk Nahra details the top-10 U.S. and international developments in 2018 that companies must be aware of to ensure an effective information security program.
Free eBook: The In-House Counsel’s Guide to Change Management
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The LawGeex book dozens of interviews and real-life experiences from a host of industry leaders, including Pearson, Telstra, Avis Budget Group, NetApp, L’Oreal, Microsoft, Cisco, Google and many more.
Download: Legal Benchmarks for Compliance Program Success
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The new Navex report includes best-practice recommendations and discusses how legal departments view compliance training, third-party due diligence and policy and procedure management.
DXC Technology Selects UnitedLex to Support Global Law Function Transformation
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The announcement follows the April 2017 formation of DXC, which brought together Computer Sciences Corp. and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
New Uber GC to Staff: Cut Out the Surveillance
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Just days into his new job as chief legal officer at Uber, Tony West sent an email to the firm’s security team telling them to stop any competitive intelligence projects that included surveilling individuals, reports Recode.
Law Department Operations Survey Report & Webinar
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Blickstein Group, in cooperation with Consilio, has surveyed hundreds of law departments solely on the operations function to provide benchmarks that are useful to all law departments.
