Navigation In this week’s Legal Speak episode, O’Melveny COO George Demos, Christina McCarthy of One Mind at Work and Stephanie Hildreth of ThirdHorizon speak with ALM Global Senior Vice President of Content Gina Passarella about mental health and how law firms and lawyers can mitigate systemic challenges and boost individual resilience to help create safer spaces […]
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Inside Track: Career Path for Aspiring GCs Becoming More Daunting
“Corporate America is very risk-averse,” which leads companies to hire current GCs for their GC openings over internal candidates ripe with potential, management consultant Jason Winmill said.
Good News for Insurer Facing Business-Interruption Suit: Judge Finds COVID Was Only 1 Occurrence
“Under the clear language of the policy itself, it’s the order of a governmental authority, which prohibits access to the premises, which triggers the coverage. Because there were several different executive orders which were issued, in our view, each order triggered coverage under the policy,” plaintiffs attorney Michael Canning said.
How We Made Practice Chair: 'Surround Yourself With Smart People,' Say Jay Bhimani and Douglas Fleming of Dechert
“Surround yourself with smart people—colleagues, clients, even opposing lawyers. If you do that, you’ll be forced to keep up.”
AI Startups Rely on Tech Giants Even as They Fear Their Dominance, Complicating Antitrust Debate
“We need to partner with hyper-scalers for computing, for distribution, for almost everything. And if we cannot do that, there is a risk that we just do not exist,” said Blanche Savary de Beauregard, general counsel at the AI startup Mistral.