GM Names LyondellBassell Exec Its New GC
General Motors Co. on Thursday named Craig Glidden its new top lawyer, after earlier saying general counsel Michael Milikin would retire in July, reports The Detroit News.
Glidden’s appointment will be effective March 1.
The position puts him at the head of a team of staff attorneys who are integrated into all of GM’s regional and functional teams in more than 30 countries.
“The legal job is highly important to the Detroit automaker as it faces investigations by the U.S. Justice Department, 49 state attorneys general, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian officials,” The News reports. “It also faces hundreds of lawsuits tied to the ignition switch defect.”