Legal Operations

Corporate Counsel

Lloyd M. Johnson Jr. | Chief Legal Executive LLC

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...

Corporate Counsel

Carolyn Casey | AccessData

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...

Discovery

Steve Schneider | Thomson Reuters

Corporate legal departments are continually under pressure to control their costs. As the expense of litigation continues to increase, it is becoming increasingly important for corporate counsel to manage and control the costs associated with e-discovery, which comprise the majority of their...