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NetApp Legal Team Races Ahead: Playing a key role in achieving the company’s business goals
For NetApp Inc.’s legal department, the autobahn isn’t just a ribbon of pavement slicing through the German countryside. In symbolic terms at least, it’s the route to the future. Three years ago, the Silicon Valley data management giant adopted the idea of using the autobahn to...
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One for Two or Two for Two with CCOs?: The Chief Compliance Officer Debate
As the role of the chief compliance officer (CCO) takes on more prominence, many CEOs and boards must evaluate whether their general counsel (GC) can take on this second role or if the function should be led by a separate executive. After the financial crisis, Enron, and growing privacy, corruption...
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Backstory: GCs Take Matters Into Their Own Hands – Literally
Altman Weil, a management consultancy dedicated exclusively to the legal industry, kicked off its “Law Firms in Transition” survey on the heels of the Great Recession. Now in its eighth edition, the survey, released earlier this month, reveals a frightening gap between lawyers and...
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