184 articles by Robert Freedman

• In-house legal outlook series: Value creation rises to the top

  Feb. 3, 2023

• GoodRx takes issue with FTC approach but settles first breach-rule charge

  Feb. 2, 2023

• Ex-Twitter legal leaders to face House oversight grilling

  Feb. 1, 2023

• J&J talc-liability bankruptcy maneuver not in good faith, court rules

  Jan. 31, 2023

• Split communications to ensure privilege after SCOTUS nixes ruling

  Jan. 30, 2023

• Banks claw back pay from employees using WhatsApp

  Jan. 27, 2023

• Cyber insurance won’t save your company if it has a breach

  Jan. 26, 2023

• DOJ selling revisionist history, Google says in response to antitrust suit

  Jan. 25, 2023

• CLOs to reduce hiring, focus on operations

  Jan. 24, 2023

• Netflix ops leader says don’t be rushed into legal transformation

  Jan. 23, 2023

• How avoiding 10b5-1 plans can yield better insider trading protection

  Jan. 20, 2023

• Don’t let over-analysis slow system launches, says legal ops pro

  Jan. 19, 2023

• DOJ: Even problem-plagued companies can get cooperation credit

  Jan. 18, 2023

• In-house job market to stay strong, recruiters say

  Jan. 17, 2023

• In tough economy, assignments in lieu of bankruptcy could grow

  Jan. 12, 2023

• Ex-McDonald’s CEO to pay $400,000 for false statement

  Jan. 11, 2023

• 2023 outlook: Slower economy will pressure GCs to cut spend, operate more efficiently

  Jan. 11, 2023

• After legal battles, CEO sees GC value

  Jan. 9, 2023

• 6 in-house legal trends to watch in 2023

  Jan. 6, 2023

• Non-competes would be illegal under FTC’s proposed rule

  Jan. 5, 2023

• CFO turned SPACs into personal banks to fund crypto, meme investments

  Jan. 4, 2023

• How GCs can prevent universal proxy cards from disrupting strategy

  Jan. 3, 2023

• Tesla gains by using arbitration, but, like Twitter, it might end up losing

  Dec. 20, 2022

• Video game maker settles for $520M for putting kids in harm’s way

  Dec. 19, 2022

• Knowledge of rule didn’t stop AT&T execs from breaking law, SEC says

  Dec. 16, 2022

• Changes make it easier for SEC to go after insider trading

  Dec. 15, 2022

• Twitter’s in-house legal team shrinks as legal threats mount

  Dec. 14, 2022

• Promising confidentiality in your internal investigations isn’t realistic

  Dec. 13, 2022

• How a PR specialist and tech writer were key to legal ops success

  Dec. 12, 2022

• Protecting your intellectual property in the metaverse

  Dec. 9, 2022

• With his firing, ex-deputy GC becomes magnet for Twitter critics who see bias

  Dec. 8, 2022

• Trump Organization tax guilt turned on meaning of ‘in behalf of’

  Dec. 7, 2022

• Behind the snark, counsel for laid-off Twitter staff promises Musk a rough ride

  Dec. 6, 2022

• NYC could limit ranges under pay transparency law

  Dec. 5, 2022

• Is that lobbyist you’re hiring just an influencer?

  Dec. 2, 2022

• Prosecutors may need to alter approach to deceptive practices cases

  Dec. 1, 2022

• Private equity in crosshairs under aggressive FTC antitrust posture

  Nov. 30, 2022

• Insiders central to SEC enforcement efforts

  Nov. 29, 2022

• Patience leads to in-house tech buy-in, legal ops chiefs say

  Nov. 28, 2022

• Analysis fails to show 737 MAX 8 cover-up led to over-priced tickets

  Nov. 22, 2022

• GCs key as companies prepare for clawback rule

  Nov. 21, 2022

• Companies lose surprising number of devices when employees leave

  Nov. 18, 2022

• Legal ops chief is a storytelling role, Heineken exec says

  Nov. 17, 2022

• SEC: Big fines make violations more than a cost of doing business

  Nov. 16, 2022

• Board, not Musk, crafted disputed pay plan for Tesla chief, director testifies

  Nov. 15, 2022

• Small wins help general counsel get CLM buy-in

  Nov. 14, 2022

• Twitter lawyer recommends engineers seek whistleblower protection

  Nov. 11, 2022

• M&A disputes are up, making due diligence key

  Nov. 10, 2022

• Most legal spend is predictable by looking below the surface

  Nov. 9, 2022

• Book publishers struggled to win points in DOJ antitrust case

  Nov. 8, 2022

• Lighting a competitive fire under your outside law firms

  Nov. 7, 2022

• How a healthcare CLO cut legal spend by 60%

  Nov. 4, 2022

• NLRB GC wants to curb workplace surveillance tech in the name of employees’ right to organize

  Nov. 3, 2022

• DOJ interlocking directorate posture puts private equity in antitrust crosshairs

  Nov. 2, 2022

• Court blocks merger of publishing giants in a win for Biden’s labor agenda

  Nov. 1, 2022

• Lawsuits over Twitter golden parachutes could get messy

  Oct. 31, 2022

• Pressure grows to curb law-firm costs, PE, VC lawyers say

  Oct. 28, 2022

• Twitter legal chief Vijaya Gadde, at center of storm, is fired as Musk completes purchase of social media site

  Oct. 28, 2022

• No bright line on mandatory arbitration exemption

  Oct. 27, 2022

• Google, DOJ put to rest a matter involving lost data

  Oct. 26, 2022

• Making in-house legal success a concrete reality to the broader business

  Oct. 25, 2022

• Big discrepancy in average litigation costs between large, small companies

  Oct. 24, 2022

• Using digital dispute resolution to manage risk better

  Oct. 21, 2022

• DOJ’s latest antitrust front: boards of directors

  Oct. 20, 2022

• Trade secret misappropriation is hot; so is ‘freezing’ employees’ laptops

  Oct. 19, 2022

• Capturing the creative act to win a patent fight

  Oct. 18, 2022

• Trump media executive turns SEC whistleblower

  Oct. 17, 2022

• More matters without more resources: In-house legal chiefs

  Oct. 14, 2022

• 153% cost difference between NYC, Phoenix lawyers

  Oct. 13, 2022

• Feds step up focus on companies’ use of dark patterns

  Oct. 12, 2022

• Technical solutions attorney helps company tie legal tech to in-house needs

  Oct. 10, 2022

• Ex-Uber security chief loses hack cover-up case, faces prison

  Oct. 6, 2022

• In-house counsel walked fine line as abuse allegations mounted against women’s soccer league coaches

  Oct. 5, 2022

• Lax documentation at core of Oracle settled corruption charges

  Oct. 4, 2022

• Common tech tools can aid legal holds but they’re not optimal

  Oct. 3, 2022

• Biggest company GCs make 232% more than peers

  Sept. 30, 2022

• Big pay gap between veteran, newer GCs

  Sept. 30, 2022

• Clean data, cultural awareness key to legal ops transition in merger

  Sept. 29, 2022

• In-house lawyers shared ‘concerning’ texts, but Boeing chief omitted them in statements

  Sept. 28, 2022

• Taking a broad approach to help over-worked in-house attorneys

  Sept. 27, 2022

• D.C. is latest to restrict company non-competes

  Sept. 23, 2022

• Litigation funding poised to rise as economy slows

  Sept. 23, 2022

• This state’s attorney general looks for cooperation, not confrontation

  Sept. 22, 2022

• Trade secret lawsuits most popular with litigation funders

  Sept. 21, 2022

• $3.1M median pay for large public-company general counsel

  Sept. 20, 2022

• Third parties provide no buffer from foreign corruption violations

  Sept. 19, 2022

• Keeping on DOJ’s good side: Deputy AG Monaco

  Sept. 16, 2022

• Ex-Uber lawyer’s immunity in coverup rests on he-said, she-said conflict

  Sept. 15, 2022

• General Counsel gets lawyer tech buy-in using ‘wrap-around’ technique

  Sept. 14, 2022

• Small mergers to get automatic scrutiny under FTC policy changes

  Sept. 13, 2022

• Thrown into legal ops, a former asset manager tapped his project, budgeting skills

  Sept. 12, 2022

• California’s employee data-privacy rights to pose operational hurdles

  Sept. 9, 2022

• GC took carrot-and-stick approach to get CLM buy-in

  Sept. 8, 2022

• Baylor’s COVID business interruption insurance win might extend elsewhere

  Sept. 7, 2022

• Catching contract price increases before they occur

  Sept. 6, 2022

• Protecting board communications as pre-litigation discovery demands grow

  Sept. 2, 2022

• SEC pay-vs-performance rule called a chance to shape company story

  Sept. 1, 2022

• Companies in federal crosshairs over non-competes

  Aug. 31, 2022

• California passes first-in-nation wage-setting board for fast-food chains

  Aug. 30, 2022

• Other states could follow New York in requiring data privacy and security CLE credit

  Aug. 29, 2022

• NLRB, Starbucks differ on ‘direct dealing’ in unionized stores

  Aug. 25, 2022

• Biden putting heat on companies’ treatment of independent contractors

  Aug. 24, 2022

• Negotiating a SaaS escrow that fits your cloud operations

  Aug. 23, 2022

• CFPB says it’s in the data-security enforcement business

  Aug. 22, 2022

• The magic words for protecting trade secrets

  Aug. 19, 2022

• Thaler AI patent decision keeps assignment of rights a contractual issue

  Aug. 18, 2022

• GCs called key to reducing FCPA criminal liability risk

  Aug. 17, 2022

• Data concentration expected to be a focus of antitrust scrutiny

  Aug. 16, 2022

• Former Twitter employee spied for Saudi Arabia

  Aug. 15, 2022

• Make the most resistant attorney your change guide, legal ops chief says

  Aug. 15, 2022

• Sales-first mentality at core of Walgreens opioid court loss

  Aug. 12, 2022

• Employment issues will be central when SCOTUS returns in October

  Aug. 11, 2022

• Using layers to thwart network intrusions

  Aug. 10, 2022

• Congress opens can of worms with 15% minimum tax based on book income

  Aug. 9, 2022

• Over-reliance on parent a big part of $30M security penalty on Robinhood’s crypto operation

  Aug. 4, 2022

• Publishing giants to challenge DOJ’s ‘made-for-litigation’ market in antitrust trial

  Aug. 2, 2022

• J.P. Morgan’s copy-and-paste job no good as identity-theft policy, SEC says

  Aug. 1, 2022

• Operating your legal team as an internal service business

  July 29, 2022

• Leveraging the recession to optimize your legal team

  July 28, 2022

• U.S. general counsel pay up 15% since 2020, to $578,446

  July 27, 2022

• Wage info-sharing at center of DOJ poultry company antitrust probe

  July 26, 2022

• Patent judges eye USPTO oversight warily

  July 25, 2022

• Sweeping federal data privacy law gains steam

  July 22, 2022

• Leveraging legal ops to improve outside counsel results

  July 21, 2022

• GCs face limits as Calif. privacy law constrains operational flexibility

  July 20, 2022

• Deadline nears for company filings on health insurance, not just retirement plans

  July 19, 2022

• Leveraging online learning to retain in-house legal talent

  July 18, 2022

• California gun law an end-around to hold manufacturers liable

  July 14, 2022

• Federal foreign corruption focus puts spotlight on third-party partners

  July 13, 2022

• Employee genetic-info restrictions apply to COVID back-to-office policies

  July 12, 2022

• Twitter said to be in better legal position than Musk in acquisition dispute

  July 11, 2022

• As companies look to joint ventures, how deals are structured becomes key

  July 8, 2022

• Litigation terrain getting trickier for negative-option subscription companies

  July 7, 2022

• DOJ posture makes data analytics key to compliance

  July 6, 2022

• For legal ops chief, job one is getting lawyer buy-in

  July 5, 2022

• Litigation funding seen as strategic tool for pursuing lawsuits

  July 1, 2022

• Motions to amend can create 'super patents' but they're hard to get

  June 30, 2022

• Evasive practices risk ensnaring companies in Russia sanctions

  June 28, 2022

• Companies' ERISA abortion-travel protection will likely be limited

  June 27, 2022

• Novel issues arise with dismissal of drugmaker, but not insurer, from infringement case

  June 24, 2022

• GCs face compliance challenges under new import curbs

  June 23, 2022

• Start with predictable spend to change minds that legal is only a cost center

  June 22, 2022

• More duty of oversight cases surviving motions to dismiss because of robust pre-filing discovery

  June 21, 2022

• CFPB scrutinizing employer-driven debt

  June 17, 2022

• COVID-19 could cause physical loss in business interruption case, court rules

  June 16, 2022

• Legal error is a 'mistake' under federal law, Supreme Court says

  June 15, 2022

• More in-house departments using retainers to pay law firms

  June 14, 2022

• FTC wants Gravity Defyer grounded for false claims

  June 13, 2022

• Humility, team-focus key to in-house attorney hires, CLO says

  June 10, 2022

• Biden curbs injunctions for protecting standard-setting patents

  June 9, 2022

• General counsel ESG role called more than litigation avoidance

  June 8, 2022

• How SEC ESG disclosure rules will impact private companies

  June 7, 2022

• Twitter fined $150M for two-faced two-factor authentication

  June 6, 2022

• Going live doesn't make CLM a success, says former Microsoft legal ops chief

  June 3, 2022

• 'Social inflation' increasing severity, frequency of litigation against companies

  June 2, 2022

• Downturn puts spotlight on spend, says Stripe legal ops chief

  June 1, 2022

• Critics hope Solicitor General prods SCOTUS on patent eligibility

  May 31, 2022

• How not to walk into indirect Russia sanctions

  May 27, 2022

• No IP protection for AI-invented works – at least not yet

  May 25, 2022

• Copyright Board launch will simplify infringement claims

  May 24, 2022

• Legal matter management said to work best when you start small

  May 23, 2022

• Carbon offsets trader tapped fund sponsor's contacts for law-firm search

  May 23, 2022

• Fifth Circuit ruling on in-house SEC hearings shifts legal landscape

  May 20, 2022

• Remote work leading to smaller, more approachable attorneys' offices

  May 18, 2022

• Does price-fixing case warrant second retrial?

  May 18, 2022

• Avoiding the legal tech quagmire

  May 17, 2022

• Defense counsel too often hurt companies they represent, SEC enforcement chief says

  May 16, 2022

• Preparing for automated hiring-tool bias laws

  May 13, 2022

• Protecting intellectual property after Turret Labs ruling

  May 12, 2022

• General counsel face heightened liability risk as SEC seeks to drop SPAC safe harbor

  May 11, 2022

• Using third-party funders to speed judgment monetization

  May 10, 2022

• Mediation platform touted for handing GCs money-saving KPIs

  May 9, 2022

• Preparing for wave of Covid-related wrongful death, personal injury lawsuits

  May 5, 2022

• Starbucks GC ouster appears friendly, although it came at pivotal time

  May 4, 2022

• Untested venture shows trial court how much money it didn't make

  May 4, 2022

• Legal ops chief pay reflects role's strategic value

  May 3, 2022

• Contract management has good side-effect, GCs say: better legal team integration

  April 28, 2022

• Legal Dive for in-house counsel goes live this week

  April 26, 2022

• Subscription said to help team cut 90% legal hold management time

  April 25, 2022

• Operations chief, subpoena manager worth their weight, in-house litigator says

  April 25, 2022

• War exclusion could sink your cyber insurance

  April 25, 2022

• DEI seen more as fiduciary issue, raising stakes for general counsel

  April 25, 2022

• Mapping your strategy as states rethink federal income tax carve-out

  April 25, 2022

• Despite DOJ's more rigid view of cooperation, GCs have path to achieve credit, attorney says

  April 25, 2022