Corporate Counsel

01/16/2025

Republican FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson blasted the Democrats for suing while regulators were negotiating with the company to address farmers' complaints that they are forced to rely solely on John Deere service centers, driving up downtime and repair costs.

Incoming Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson blasted Democratic commissioners for suing Deere & Co. while regulators were in negotiations with the company to address farmers' complaints.

01/16/2025

“While the promise of incorporating AI into a company has many potential benefits, it can be overwhelming to get started,” said Michael Pontrelli, a managing director at Consilio. “However, it’s important to not get stuck in decision paralysis.”

A new study has revealed the majority of legal and compliance professionals believe that artificial intelligence has the potential to help them significantly reduce their ever-escalating workloads but they remain diffident toward the rapidly developing innovation.

01/16/2025

The FTC will ask these so-called mega investors to produce information about their corporate structure, including pricing strategies and information on what they paid for homes and rental prices, said FTC attorney Tamar Katz.

While this information is theoretically available to the public, institutional owners' holdings are challenging to identify due to complicated, indirect ownership structures involving opaquely named subsidiary entities, said FTC attorney Tamar Katz.

01/16/2025

Big Law practice group leaders indicated that in light of the results of the presidential election, with Trump winning the popular and Electoral College vote, Democratic State AGs are likely to focus their efforts in some core areas.

Seeing an opportunity to grow its state AG practice, Wilmer hired Swain Wood, former first assistant attorney general of North Carolina, to co-chair its group.

01/16/2025

Khan said there can be a tendency "to privilege just certain types of expertise in policymaking, which I worry can lead to blind spots and an overreliance on the theories and models of how markets work rather than the realities."

To my mind, all of this public input and engagement made our work sharper and helped us really set priorities and focus on what people were telling us—the biggest challenges and pain points they were experiencing in our economy, Khan said Tuesday during her final commission meeting as chair.

01/16/2025

If the past week was any indication, optimistic forecasts about the M&A and private equity market are on course.

Partners from Latham, Proskauer, Kirkland, Morrison Foerster and Skadden say they are optimistic about 2025, citing activity around data centers, infrastructure and other elements of the market.

01/16/2025

Chris Shea is joining MedQuest after 12 years with Memorial Hermann, the largest nonprofit health care system in Southeast Texas.

Health care organizations face an increasingly complicated business landscape. At the same time, the demand for their services is dictating rapid expansion, innovation, and operational shifts, said Chris Shea, chief legal officer of MedQuest Associates.

01/16/2025

Two years after capturing a World Series title the Texas Ranger are searching for a new general counsel to lead its legal department as it struggles to find a partner to broadcast its games.

01/16/2025

Eddie Lazarus has shown himself to be versatile as a general counsel. Besides also serving as chief strategy officer, Lazarus had been an on-and-off chief financial officer between 2022 and early last year.

01/16/2025

Incoming Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson blasted Democratic commissioners for suing Deere & Co. while regulators were in negotiations with the company to address farmers' complaints.

01/15/2025

"While this information is theoretically available to the public, institutional owners' holdings are challenging to identify due to complicated, indirect ownership structures involving opaquely named subsidiary entities," said FTC attorney Tamar Katz

01/15/2025

A new study has revealed the majority of legal and compliance professionals believe that artificial intelligence has the potential to help them significantly reduce their ever-escalating workloads but they remain diffident toward the rapidly developing innovation.

01/15/2025

"To my mind, all of this public input and engagement made our work sharper and helped us really set priorities and focus on what people were telling us—the biggest challenges and pain points they were experiencing in our economy," Khan said Tuesday during her final commission meeting as chair.

01/14/2025

"Health care organizations face an increasingly complicated business landscape. At the same time, the demand for their services is dictating rapid expansion, innovation, and operational shifts," said Chris Shea, chief legal officer of MedQuest Associates.

01/14/2025

Kevin Lanouette, a partner at the Boston law firm Outside GC, succeeds Tonya Drake, who in March will become an adviser to the Bedford, Massachusetts-based manufacturer.

Kevin Lanouette replaces Tonya Drake, a 10-year veteran of the company who is moving into an advisory role.

01/13/2025

“[T]he general understanding is that the Firm as a whole operates most efficiently when lawyers are present in the office during normal business hours (9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.).” https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2025/01/09/sullivan--cromwell-signals-5-day-rto-expectation-as-law-firms-remain-split-on-optimal-attendance/

01/13/2025

Kevin Lanouette replaces Tonya Drake, a 10-year veteran of the company who is moving into an advisory role.

01/13/2025

"As I mark my 30th year as an attorney and nearly three decades of advocating for civil rights, I've decided it's time for me to embark on my next professional adventure," Austin wrote in a LinkedIn post.

"I must acknowledge the complexity and challenges of our work. Building for everyone, listening to everyone, and meeting the needs and expectations of our global community is pretty much impossible," Roy Austin wrote on LinkedIn.