Corporate Counsel

12/11/2025

Ferguson joined Carlyle as its first in-house lawyer in 1999, 12 years after its founding. Today, it is the world's fifth-largest private equity firm, with $420 billion in assets under management. https://loom.ly/fYg-Skg

Ferguson was an attorney at Latham & Watkins and Vinson & Elkins before joining Carlyle as its first in-house lawyer in 1999.

12/11/2025

"Federal courts have confirmed AI-generated content is discoverable ESI subject to traditional preservation obligations. You must update legal hold procedures now to include AI tools or risk spoliation sanctions." https://loom.ly/to5dLio

Two federal courts have rewritten the rules of legal holds over the past year, and most in-house counsel haven’t noticed yet. This article addresses what you need to know.

12/11/2025

"The chaos is occurring as human rights are becoming mainstream at major companies. Those programs must be agile to meet a growing web of human rights and sustainability legislation in home and host jurisdictions." https://loom.ly/1TmFMR0

As we continue our annual tradition of identifying 10 key business and human rights issues for the next year, our predictive powers are amply tested by the current geopolitical climate. But we draw strength from Human Rights Day and offer our top 10 business and human rights and sustainability topic...

12/11/2025

Longtime Pfizer lawyer John McLeod is stepping into the top legal seat at the newly formed 23andMe Research Institute at a moment when the organization is still emerging from one of the most closely watched—and politically charged—bankruptcy sales in recent memory. https://loom.ly/3rfnrl4

The 23andMe Research Institute bought the company's assets for $305 million, scotching a proposed sale to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals that had created a furor.

12/10/2025

Clifford Chance represents nonprofit Global Disinformation Index in a complaint alleging Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson launched a retaliatory ad-boycott investigation seeking to punish fact-gathering organizations in violation of the First Amendment.

12/10/2025

The 23andMe Research Institute bought the company's assets for $305 million, scotching a proposed sale to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals that had created a furor.

12/10/2025

As we continue our annual tradition of identifying 10 key business and human rights issues for the next year, our predictive powers are amply tested by the current geopolitical climate. But we draw strength from Human Rights Day and offer our top 10 business and human rights and sustainability topic...

12/10/2025

"In an ideal world, the administration and Senators Kim and Booker would put their heads together and come up with a list of names who are mutually acceptable. But no one is holding their breath for that," said Micah Rasmussen, director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider Univ...

12/10/2025

One of the stakeholders of Fini PB Florida, Dian Fini, alleges that four other equity stakeholders operated a Ponzi scheme to defraud them of their $3.2 million investment in Playa Bowls franchise locations, by misrepresenting financial “redistributions” as profits.

12/10/2025

The Garden State legal market saw a modest headcount increase this year, marking a departure from last year, where New Jersey's legal landscape shrunk slightly.

12/09/2025

“Agency Defendants have not ‘reasonably considered the relevant issues and reasonably explained the[ir] decision’ to implement the Wind Order,” U.S. District Judge Patti Saris said. “Indeed, the Agency Defendants candidly concede that the sole factor they considered in deciding to stop iss...

12/09/2025

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