General Counsel
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Biglaw, Sponsored Content
Who Is Better Compensated: Elite Biglaw Partners Or Top General Counsel?
Biglaw partners and general counsel are both, typically, well-compensated positions. But, which path is more beneficial for your pocket? -
Finance
Return Of Inflation Or Pandemic-Era Blip?
Despite official assurances, investors reacted sourly to the unexpected Consumer Price Index numbers. - Sponsored
The Ethical use of Generative AI
What’s the key to empowering your legal team with the efficiency and insight of AI while protecting the integrity of their work? Read this article… -
Health Care / Medicine, In-House Counsel
In-House Q&A: Bryan Huffman Of Prime Therapeutics
The pharmacy benefits company's Senior Legal Counsel discusses how his efforts in public service ultimately allowed him to meet a career goal with an in-house position.
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Antitrust, Finance, Government
Big Companies Eye Antitrust Issues As Rhetoric Heats Up
From the Federal Trade Commission to the literary ambitions of two sitting senators, the pressure is building from many directions. -
In-House Counsel
Why This, Why Now? Lessons For In-House Counsel
The role of in-house counsel is unlike any other legal role. Get ready to learn why. -
Finance, In-House Counsel
In-House Q&A: Kate Bally Of Thomson Reuters
The Director of Labor and Employment Service at Thomson Reuters Practical Law offers some practical advice concerning pandemic-related issues. -
Finance, Government
SEC Enforcement Chief's Departure Shows Need For Deeper Recruiting Pool
Coming straight from a big white collar defense firm to the SEC, long a solid career path, proves disastrous. -
General Counsel, In-House Counsel
How Much Are In-House Counsel Making?
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New Report - Are Small Firms Achieving Their Legal Tech Goals?
In this new report of more than 100 professionals at small and smaller midsize law firms, iManage and Above the Law shed new light on… -
Finance
Analysts Largely Shrug Off Effect Of Higher Capital Gains Tax On Roaring Equities Market
A proposed big increase to the long-term capital gains rate would likely affect higher earners, but not stock indexes. -
In-House Counsel
General Counsel Uses The N-Word During A Lecture, Loses Her Job
Can professors please STOP already? -
Finance, Government
Know Your Regulator: MIT Professor, Cryptocurrency Lecturer Gary Gensler Sworn In As SEC Chairman
The new leader of the Securities and Exchange Commission is a bitcoin nerd, former Goldman Sachs partner, and fierce investor advocate all rolled into one. -
Finance, In-House Counsel
In-House Q&A: Emily Menchaca Of Schwan's Co.
The foods company's senior corporate attorney discusses the restaurant industry, remote work interruptions, and a few surprises about in-house life. -
Finance, In-House Counsel
In-House Q&A: Thomson Reuters' Steve Rubley
The president of Thomson Reuters' government segment discusses a digital evidence product he's developing along with home-office style.
Sponsored
New Report - Are Small Firms Achieving Their Legal Tech Goals?
The Ethical use of Generative AI
Mitigating M&A Cyber Risk: Pre- & Post-Acquisition Due Diligence
Sponsored
Attention Buyer: Not All Legal AI Models Are Created Equal
How To Maximize Productivity With Westlaw Precision With CoCounsel
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Finance
Introducing Finance Docket!
Dealbreaker and Above the Law detail the latest in litigation, regulation, transactions, and trends for in-house counsel in the financial services sector. -
In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content
Your Guide To Mastering In-House Life
You can think of this eBook as your blueprint to achieving the gold standard of in-house work. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.09.20
* A company that makes a law firm performance review platform has hired its first general counsel. Wonder how they’ll track his performance… [Corporate Counsel]
* A new lawsuit alleges that an Illinois funeral home gave out the wrong ashes to family members of the deceased. [Insurance Journal]
* A lawyer for President Trump has been sued for saying that a former cybersecurity chief should be shot for statements made about the election. [Bloomberg Law]
* Check out this New York City lawyer who is dressing up as Santa for the holiday season. [Fox News]
* The New York Attorney General predicts President Trump will step down so that Vice President Pence can pardon him. Sounds like a plot line from House of Cards. [Hill]
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In-House Counsel
General Counsel Comp: In-House Bonuses Soaring Sky High (2020)
How much more money are GCs earning than Biglaw partners? -
In-House Counsel
Company's First GC: An Opportunity-Rich, Rewarding Challenge
Firsts are filled with dreams and hopes. They are difficult and complicated for everyone involved. But they are also full of opportunities. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.02.19
* Trump wins on taxes (this time): A federal judge in California blocked a state law that would require candidates for president to disclose their income tax returns before their names can appear on the state’s primary ballot. [CNN]
* In the wake of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations of sexual assault, Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s name has not been “totally and permanently destroyed” as he predicted; though he may be regarded as a “walking controversy,” he’s mostly gone back to his regular life. [Washington Post]
* Rudy Giuliani has hired former Watergate prosecutor Jon Sale to represent him in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Sale says of his client: “He 100 percent did not do anything illegal.” That’s a good lawyer. [National Law Journal]
* The D.C Circuit largely upheld the FCC’s right to dump net neutrality rules, but the court’s opinion still allowed for state and local governments to set their own regulations that would prohibit some customers from being charged more than others. [Associated Press]
* A judge has ruled that Harvard’s admissions policies are constitutional due to the school’s reliance on “race conscious admissions.” If Students for Fair Admissions appeals, it could go to SCOTUS and endanger affirmative action. [NPR]
* If you’ve been dreaming about going in-house and eventually becoming general counsel, now might be a good time to make a move, considering that GC pay recently hit a five-year high of $2.6 million. [Big Law Business]
* “Alabama and I had a difference of opinion, but Gainesville and I have the same opinion.” That tide has rolled, so Hugh Culverhouse decided to make a $1.1 million donation to the University of Florida Levin College of Law. [Herald Tribune]
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Money
Oh Great, The Gender Pay Gap Is Actually Getting Worse For General Counsel
It doesn't get better.