General Counsel
A ‘Dramatic’ Gender Wage Gap Awaits In-House Counsel
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The Association of Corporate Counsel released its latest in-house trends report, which revealed that a higher percentage of women’s salaries were on the lower end of the salary scale than those of their male counterparts, reports Above the Law.
In-House Attorneys See 4.3 Percent Pay Hike
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Above the Law reports on a BarkerGilmore in-house counsel compensation report that shows in-house lawyers received average pay increases of 4.3 percent last year.
GC Requires Outside Law Firms to Encrypt Communications
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Marsh & McLennan Companies’ GC now requires the company’s biggest outside law firms to use an anti-hacking electronic communication technology known as Transport Layer Security, according to a report from Bloomberg Law.
How to Make the Case for a Smaller Law Firm to Your Board
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With a smaller law firm, seasoned attorneys are the norm, rather than the associates who typically handle day-to-day business for the big law firms, writes Norm Finkel of Schoenberg, Finkel, Newman and Rosenberg, LLC.
The Artificial Intelligence Revolution and Its Impact on In-House Lawyers
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In-house lawyers who embrace AI will become more valuable to the next generation of CEOs and CFOsm according to an Above the Law post.
Download: “Seeing Opportunity in Reputation Risk”
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The National Association of Corporate Directors’ new article, “Seeing Opportunity in Reputation Risk,” explores how effective board oversight of corporate responsibility (CR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies, practices, risk management, and crisis preparedness can not only help manage strategic risk, but also result in enhanced reputation.
Webinar: Automating Contract Management with SharePoint
Event, June 21, 2 p.m. EDT
Optimus BT will present a free webinar featuring a comprehensive demonstration of eContracts, an Enterprise Legal Contract Management product for SharePoint, featured in Gartner Market Guide 2017 for legal teams.
MetLife General Counsel to Step Down After Beating U.S. in Court
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Bloomberg reports that MetLife Inc. General Counsel Ricardo Anzaldua is stepping down after he helped win a court battle that reversed the government’s designation of the insurer as too big to fail.
Download: Bringing E-Discovery to the Cloud
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Zapproved has published a free guide called “Get In-House Processing and Review Howtos” that can be downloaded from the company’s website.
The Difficulty With Texting Employees During a Workplace Investigation
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While an employer may want to reach out to various employees including the alleged victim, doing so can negatively impact the ongoing workplace investigations, warns Natalie Lynch of Lynch Service Company.
Uber Looking for New General Counsel Amid Increasingly Dicey Legal Issues
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Recode.net reports that Uber’s search for a new general counsel could be interesting, considering the company’s many thorny legal issues.
Download: In-House Counsel’s Legaltech Buyer’s Guide
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The LawGeex book includes practical advice based on dozens of interviews, real life experiences and personal recommendations from in-house lawyers and legal experts who have used technology to cut costs and reduce legal inefficiency.
Managing Partners Say Their Lawyers Are Underperforming and Slow to Change
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One of the findings is that business is moving in-house, and managing partners recognize that: 67.9 percent of respondents said they are already losing business to in-house legal departments.
June 28 Event: Experts Explore Ways to Control Litigation Costs
Event, June 28, 2017, San Francisco
Leading in-house and outside counsel will discuss where they believe legal departments face the most pressure and how to successfully transform the management of litigation.
Congressman Targets Assistant General Counsel Over Political Activism
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The assistant general counsel of a New Jersey-based bank company says she found herself in a touchy situation after a U.S. Congressman complained to her employer about her activism that targeted the lawmaker.
American Beverage Association Promotes New SVP/Deputy GC
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The American Beverage Association announced the promotion of Sean Krispinsky to senior vice president and deputy general counsel for the association.
Report: Uber Fired In-House Lawyers for Seeking Advice From Outside Firms
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San Francisco Business Times is reporting that Uber fired two of its lawyers late last year after they sought advice from other law firms, a move Uber reportedly considered a fireable offense.
Just Released: Study of Effective Legal Spend Management
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More than 20 legal spend management techniques are analyzed and compared against one another, giving readers the needed insight for effectively minimizing legal costs within their own legal departments, the company says on its website.
Governance Challenges 2017 – Complimentary Report
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The National Association of Corporate Directors has published a report on corporate governance, focusing on environmental, social and governance oversight.
The Burden Of Keeping In-House Secrets
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In a post on Above the Law, Stephen R. Williams discusses how in-house lawyers often are brought into a myriad of issues they may wish they had been left out of.
