A federal judge in San Francisco was not happy with Google's chief legal officer's answers to questions about why the company failed to place a litigation hold on employees' electronic chats. And a new study shows general counsel are bringing more work inside in an effort to cut their outside counsel spending as law firm rates continue to rise.
Law360 Pulse looks at the pay of the best-compensated legal chiefs at S&P 500 companies. Find out who’s making and paying the most, which sectors are the most profitable, and which law firms and law schools have the most alums in these high-profile posts.
FTX Trading Ltd. is suing one of its top former attorneys, accusing him of colluding with the crypto exchange's founder Sam Bankman-Fried in looting the bankrupt company's accounts and allowing other managers to misuse billions of dollars in customers' deposits.
To mark Women's History Month that began Wednesday, Law360 Pulse caught up with eight women, who are in charge of legal departments in different industries, about the evolution of the general counsel role.
Federal prosecutors are going to require companies in settlements to implement pay systems that promote compliance, while they also will encourage clawing back money from employees who broke the law. Speaking of breaking the law, telecom giant Ericsson has agreed to pay another $207 million for breaching its previous bribery settlement with the feds.