Succeeding as general counsel now requires a much broader range of skills, “making the step up for internal candidates from deputy to GC a much bigger gap to bridge,” a report from the executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates says.        

Several C-suite roles were filled in the last few months amid high demand for the right talent in firms’ business ranks.        

Scott Morgan announced on LinkedIn Friday that he was leaving the data platform after 12 years.        

The subpoenas, requested in a Friday letter, would focus on Beasley Allen’s litigation financing arrangements with Fortress Investment Group and its purported relationship with news agency Thomson Reuters.        

“Now, they don’t have to worry about catching a (constitutional) challenge every time they put a rule out there,” attorney Dennis Merkley said of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.        

Due diligence, done early in merger talks, should prevent any surprises about litigation against a law firm.        

The complaint accuses Spotify of using the launch of its audiobook access product to categorize its $10.99 Premium subscription as a “bundled” subscription, reducing the amount of money reported to the plaintiff nonprofit, the Mechanical Licensing Collective.        

“Civil antitrust cases brought by the United States have historically been tried to the bench—not to a jury,” Google stated.        

According to the defendant, the consent judgment “is a direct result of the insurers’ failure to provide a defense and a failure to provide indemnification for the claims brought by the plaintiffs.”        

“I think the industry would like more clarity from the FDA on what exactly its position is on its authority over social media,” said Mahnu Davar, a partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.