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Around the house: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation replaces retiring CLO; former Diageo lawyer trades Johnnie Walker for Ribena
This week’s roundup of top in-house hires also includes appointments at Gong Cha, Capstan Therapeutics, Advanced Vapor Devices and Pérez-Llorca
More UK in-house teams plan to cut legal spend than most global peers, study shows
Economic worries are higher among UK corporate legal departments, according to a Thomson Reuters survey
Trailblazing women leaders, diversity campaigners and businesses recognised in Women and Diversity in Law Awards
Winners unveiled at London ceremony dedicated to professionals making the UK legal sector more diverse and inclusive
Heavy workloads hinder one in 10 in-house lawyers from completing regulatory duties
Study by professional regulator also shows that 5% of in-house counsel felt compelled to suppress information
Around the house: Dentsply Sinora shakes up legal team; former Revlon GC joins New York consultancy Accordion
This week’s roundup of top in-house hires also includes appointments at Zingeroo, Indara, Numeracle and McCalla Raymer
‘A time of significant transition' – The Global Legal Post launches international guide to ESG laws and regulations
Practical tool for businesses and their advisers is edited by Debevoise’s Ulysses Smith and features contributions from array of top firms
US companies spend record $3.5bn on class action defence in 2022, study finds
Majority of in-house teams are worried about growth in meritless claims, according to Carlton Fields
Cybersecurity unicorn Armis hires first CLO ahead of planned IPO
Efraim Harari joins fast-growing company in Palo Alto from listed network security player SentinelOne
Creating safe spaces for neurodivergence in the workplace
Companies need to think differently about how they can support employees with autism and ADHD, writes Express Solicitors partner Damian Bradley
Securities class action settlements grew 142% globally in 2022
Settlement recovery opportunities topped $7.4bn last year according to new report from Broadridge as market rebounded after Covid-19 pandemic
Sprinklr promotes chief compliance officer to general counsel amid job cuts
Listed New York software startup names Jacob Scott next top lawyer a week after implementing round of job cuts amid slowdown
Almost half of US lawyers see no rate increases in 2022, Wolters Kluwer report shows
Some 27% of law firm timekeepers saw no increase, while 13% saw average rates go down
Tesla hires GC from Dish as it promises 'world class' legal team
Brandon Ehrhart’s appointment comes amid founder Elon Musk’s mission to build a ‘hardcore litigation department’
Greenwashing: scrutinising eco-friendly imagery, labels and claims
Cyril Abrol and Radha Khera discuss the legal framework in India for making misleading sustainability claims
The perils of the DoJ's new corporate self-reporting guidance
Greater incentives are now available for businesses which report wrongdoing in the US, write Anoushka Warlow and Suzanne Gallagher. But at what price for the individuals? And should the UK's SFO follow suit?