A partner from Williams & Connolly has been tapped by News Corp. to serve as the company’s group general counsel. The partner, Gerson Zweifach, has experience in litigation, first amendment,…
Tom Gerke, former Sprint Nextel Corp. executive has been hired by H&R Block Inc. as their senior vice president and general counsel. Gerke is also the former CEO of…
It was announced on Tuesday by Textron Inc. that Siemens Corp.’s former general counsel is joining its company as the executive vice president and general counsel. The company is based…
On May 3, ConAgra Foods announced an offer for Ralcorp Holdings in the amount of $4.9 billion. Ralcorp Holdings is a cereal maker, and ConAgra wants to expand into generic…
According to the April 4th news.cnet.com article, “Google, under legal siege, seeks Nortel patents”, Google has thrown its hat in the ring to the tune of $900 million dollars, for…
Skadden Arps partner David Meister has been named head of enforcement at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The CFTC’s director of enforcement oversees the investigation of instances of alleged…
A survey by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association revealed the number of Fortune 500 companies with female general counsels has reached an all-time high this year. After a drop to…
Good morning! Today is Thursday, March 18, and here’ a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Polsinelli Shughart announces plans to acquire Hendren Andrae… Fox Rothschild expands their West Palm…
Former Apple and Oracle general counsel Daniel Cooperman is rejoining Bingham McCutchen’s Silicon Valley office. Cooperman previously served as managing partner of the firm’s San Jose office (then known as…
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