General Counsel
Invitation: General Counsel to Discuss Cost Control
Event, Feb. 23, 3 p.m. CST
Bloomberg Big Law Business, in partnership with Catalyst, will convene corporate counsel to discuss the need to control rising legal costs particularly related to litigation at the complimentary event, Controlling Litigation Costs – Managing Your Legal Department for Success.
Management Needs to Own Core Programs
Insight
Management ownership of core programs is critical not just for maintaining effective governance practices but also in ensuring company business objectives and strategies are met.
NACD Webinar: How Progressive GC Use Board Evaluation
Event, March 23, 2 p.m. EST
The National Association of Corporate Directors will present a complimentary webinar discussing how progressive general counsel use the board evaluation process as a tool to effect positive change in the boardroom.
GC from Major Companies Join NACD’s First GC Steering Committee
News
The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the advocate for the profession of directorship, announced the formation of its first-ever General Counsel Steering Committee.
Reduce Risk in Finance, Contract & Employment Law: ACC Mid-Year Meeting
Event, April 2-4, New York City
The Association of Corporate Counsel, the world’s largest community of in-house counsel, will stage the ACC Mid-Year Meeting in New York on April 2-4, 2017.
Contracting by Tweet: What Impact Can the New Administration Have on Existing Contracts and Future Awards?
Insight
A president always can pressure high-profile government contractors to “voluntarily” take actions to their detriment and in favor of the government, but what legal tools or contractual remedies are available if a president forces a particular outcome?
Download: Eight Practices to Oversee Risk Effectively
Insight
The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) has published a complimentary executive summary of “Eight Key Practices for Overseeing Risk Management.”
Catalyst Announces Purpose-Built E-Discovery Platform for General Counsel
News
Catalyst, a developer of e-discovery solutions, has introduced Insight Enterprise, a platform the company says is specifically designed for corporate general counsel.
Dream Hotel Group Appoints Laura Mutterperl EVP and GC
News
Hotel brand and management company Dream Hotel Group announces the appointment of Laura Mutterperl as Executive Vice President and General Counsel.
On-Demand: E-Discovery Benchmark Survey Insights Revealed
On-Demand
General Counsel News and Zapproved have posted a complimentary on-demand webinar titled “Trends in Corporate E-Discovery Data Processing: Benchmark Survey Insights Revealed.”
Report Finds Corporations Will Decrease Use of Outside Legal Counsel in 2017
Insight
A new report released by Liquid Litigation Management, Inc. (LLM) explores the motivations for technology adoption among U.S. law firms and corporations.
GE Creates ‘Yelp for Lawyers’ to Assess Outside Law Firms
News
The internal website allows the company’s approximately 800 in-house lawyers to search “preferred providers” of outside counsel and learn about their track record with the company, reports Bloomberg Law.
Event – A Wake-Up Call: Antitrust Compliance in the U.S.
Event, Jan. 19, NYC
Bloomberg BNA will present a complimentary event to discuss the widespread corporate apathy towards antitrust risks – and why the business community needs a collective wake-up call.
White Paper: Top 10 Ethics & Compliance Predictions and Recommendations
Insight
Navex Global has published its 2017 edition of the annual Top 10 Ethics & Compliance Predictions and Recommendations white paper.
Law Firm Market Share Declines as Partner Profit Rises and In-Housing Grows
News
Law firms have an unsustainable model that remains largely intact even as corporate clients are seeking options, writes Mark A. Cohen for Forbes.
In-House Lawyers Should Watch Their Law Firms in Court, Judges Say
News
Judges told Silicon Valley patent lawyers that in-house attorneys and their clients should know what they’re paying for when they hire counsel to litigate their disputes, according to a Bloomberg report.
General Counsel Compensation Jumped in 2015
News
At companies with less than $1 billion in revenue, median total direct compensation for general counsel was $725,021.
eBook: A Guide to the Enterprise Legal Management Paradigm Shift
Insight
Onit has published an eBook that discusses how ELM solutions are positively impacting corporate legal departments like Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), The Home Depot and Under Armour.
Law Department Operations: Survey Results & Live Webinar
Insight and Event
The 2016 report on a comprehensive survey of law department operations, “Trying to Take the Leap from Small Changes to Major Disruptions,” can be downloaded from Blickstein Group at no charge, and a webinar will discuss the results on Dec. 14.
Meet the Top Lawyer of the World Series Champs
News
As the top lawyer for the Chicago Cubs, Lydia Wahlke spends most of her time protecting and enforcing the team’s brand, but she still gets to be a fan of the new World Series champions, according to an interview published in Bloomberg’s Big Law Business.
