The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) hosted its second virtual annual meeting drawing in over 2400 attendees from 42 countries, spanning 10 different time zones. Plus, 49 legal solution providers participated in sessions and gave attendees information on the latest legal technology and services available. The high level of participation from corporate legal department professionals […]
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global legal association representing more than 45,000 members in 85 countries, recognized members, chapters, and networks demonstrating outstanding leadership, service, and dedication to the in-house counsel community at the 2021 ACC
Midmarket companies are paying in-house legal professionals higher salaries and more incentives this year than in 2020, according to a survey published by ACC. Survey also found that male CLOs earn $19,857 more than women CLOs on
With growing amounts of data to review, a variety of third parties to work with, and an evolving set of e-discovery, compliance, incident response, information governance, and data privacy requirements, corporate counsel must leverage technology
Riley Russell, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s chief legal officer, has announced that he will be leaving the company in the near future. His replacement has not yet been announced. Russell has been a part of
Disney’s longtime general counsel Alan Braverman (pictured), has announced that he will be retiring from his post at Disney after nearly three decades with the company. In their published email memo, Bob Iger, Disney’
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter announced that Kevin Amer (pictured) will serve as acting general counsel and associate register of Copyrights at the United States Copyright Office, effective July 2, 2021. Amer will start in his new
Last year was a volatile one for the legal industry, but the legal industry is no stranger to unpredictability. The job of the profession is to contain chaos—ideally to predict where it will occur
The International Association of Privacy Professionals – IAPP’s 2021 Privacy Professionals Salary Survey found that gender pay gaps were the most pronounced for privacy experts working in the tech and software industries, while almost nonexistent for
The 2021 Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer Survey: Moving Beyond the Pandemic includes insights from 700 legal professionals across nine European countries and the U.S. The survey examines issues and trends affecting the future of law
