Many in-house legal teams are placing significant value on the use of technology within their department today. This has led general counsel to play a larger role in helping their organisations manage technology-related decision making but only a third believe general counsel have adequate technological know-how to manage advanced tech solutions, according to a new report. […]
In an unusual year for executive pay due to Covid-19, some legal chiefs were able to secure their annual compensation packages regardless of their company’s financial and employment situation. Bloomberg Law reported the total annual compensation of legal chiefs in the Fortune 1000 based on company proxy statements in which the top lawyer was a […]
[Happy Monday. We’re locked down in New York City, but we’ll pretend for now that everything is normal.] The law firm White & Case has surveyed companies about what drives them to acquire other companies. And one of the top considerations is the continuing wave of digitalization. “Digital drives deals in every sector, ensuring tech […]
Who doesn’t like a salary survey? We come across a few of these each year. The latest is that by recruiter JW Michaels & Company, which has just released its Financial Services Market Data Report. There’s a lot of cash floating around the big banks and investment firm, and top lawyers and compliance chiefs see some of […]
Fenwick & West loves its governance surveys. The latest, coming only a month after its proxy survey, covers a broader range of companies and practices. The law firm says, “This in-depth survey was developed as a resource for board members, senior executives, in-house legal counsel and their advisors, based in Silicon Valley and throughout the […]
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Survey: Americans aren’t really sure about their control over personal
An nCipher Security survey says that 28% of American consumers think they have more control over their personal data than they did a year ago, while 26% feel that they have less control over personal data privacy and security—or no control at all. So basically, it’s a wash. Yes, we know that that is not a […]
Reportlinker.com released its report “Alternative Legal Service Providers Market in US – Industry Outlook and Forecast 2020-2025” and its conclusion is a stunner: The alternate legal service provider market is set to increase at a 23 percent CAGR by 2025. The report says the rapid increase is due to the intense business and regulatory changes […]
The retrospective season is over, and now, inevitably, it’s time to worry about what 2020 holds for us, both top company lawyers and regular people. And the Association of Corporate Counsel tells is that, at least for chief legal officers, compliance, data privacy, and cybersecurity remain critical challenges to business. And these challenges strengthening the […]
Managers around this wobbly world are sure of one thing: in business there is nothing more important than the company’s reputation. In fact, managers from all over the world attribute 63% of the company’s market value to its reputation. This is the result of a survey, ” The State of Corporate Reputation in 2020: Everything […]
When asked “do you think global economic growth will improve, remain stable or worsen in the next 12 months?”, 53% of the world’s chief economic officers said they expected a decline (versus 24% who said growth will be stable and 22% of optimists). This is the most surprising figure of the 23rd edition of the […]
