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    Opinion

    Making your first legal ops hire? Look for these 7 skills

    Overall, you want to hire someone with experience in building, managing, and scaling programs at a very strategic level.

    By Mary O'Carroll • Aug. 3, 2022
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    HR management tops recession-ready skills list

    Amid the looming recession, companies are revving up their search for payroll and benefits professionals, BTG said.

    By Caroline Colvin • Aug. 2, 2022
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    Jiffy Lube settles no-poach lawsuit for $2M

    The plaintiff alleged the company prohibited franchises from hiring each other's workers.

    By Kate Tornone • July 28, 2022
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    GC/CLO hiring roundup: Opendoor names Syndey Schaub its chief legal officer

    J.Crew Group, FreeWire, Kepler Group and Aledade also announced new legal leaders. 

    By Lyle Moran • July 28, 2022
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    Opinion

    Building a legal ops team? Start here

    Mary O'Carroll: General counsel should make their first operations hire by the time their legal team is five-members strong and look for a strategic thinker. 

    By Mary O'Carroll • July 27, 2022
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    U.S. general counsel pay up 15% since 2020, to $578,446

    Much of the gain is in the form of variable, performance-based compensation, which comprises about half of what top in-house lawyers make today. 

    By • July 27, 2022
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    Prudential's GC encourages in-house counsel to try new roles

    Ann Kappler says attorneys developing a broad range of legal skills and knowledge about different parts of the business sets them up for long-term success.

    By Lyle Moran • July 26, 2022
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    Employee’s ‘personal belief’ that manager was biased isn’t enough for race claim, 7th Cir. says

    A White firefighter’s speculation that his supervisor favored Black co-workers wasn’t enough to prove he was deprived of lucrative assignments because of his race, a court ruled.

    By Laurel Kalser • July 26, 2022
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    New platform connects startups with in-house lawyers

    HeyCounsel aims to make it easier for founders to find legal help and for full-time attorneys to develop the skills needed to become GCs.

    By Lyle Moran • July 25, 2022
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    GC/CLO hiring roundup: Johnson & Johnson names Forminard next general counsel

    ANI Pharmaceuticals, Celmatix, NSF and Current Lighting also announced new legal leaders. 

    By Lyle Moran • July 21, 2022
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    Legal talent platform Priori announces $15M financing round

    The company connecting in-house teams with outside counsel plans to use the funding to speed its growth and enhance its technology.

    By Lyle Moran • July 20, 2022
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    2nd Cir. revives worker’s retaliation claim after inconsistencies in company’s explanation for firing emerge

    Different managers produced different reasons for the firing, and the timing — following a complaint to HR — made the circumstances suspect, the 2nd Circuit noted.

    By Laurel Kalser • July 19, 2022
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    Deadline nears for company filings on health insurance, not just retirement plans

    The Form 5500 submission requirement applies more widely than some legal teams might realize.

    By • July 19, 2022
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    Leveraging online learning to retain in-house legal talent

    A portal centralizes best practices and career development resources but it also can serve as a way for associates to feel connected to the company.  

    By • July 18, 2022
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    How to implement an effective GC succession plan

    General counsel are advised to give potential successors face-time with the executive leadership and broad experiences. 

    By Lyle Moran • July 15, 2022
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    GC/CLO hiring roundup: Gilead taps new GC from Organon

    KKR, RRA Capital, Axon and the State Bar of California also announced new legal department leaders.

    By Lyle Moran • July 14, 2022
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    Employers must now justify COVID-19 testing, EEOC says

    Previously, the agency said the ADA always permitted employer worksite coronavirus testing.

    By Kate Tornone • July 14, 2022
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    Upheaval at SpaceX: What employers can learn

    Employers need to walk the talk when it comes to hearing out workers, experts said — or else workers may take more public avenues to vent their concerns.

    By Carla Bell • July 12, 2022
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    Employee genetic-info restrictions apply to COVID back-to-office policies

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can penalize your organization if it tries to make return contingent on it verifying infection status of employees or their families.

    By • July 12, 2022
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    A new GC's first 100 days action plan

    Lennar Title’s Suzette Torres said relationship building and project prioritization are at the top of her to-do list.

    By Lyle Moran • July 11, 2022
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    Hobby Lobby store refused employee her service dog in violation of ADA, EEOC says

    While service animals can be rejected as an accommodation in some circumstances, the bar is high, EEOC previously noted.

    By Emilie Shumway • July 8, 2022
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    Most legal departments are small in size, benchmarking report says

    A recent report also found that larger companies have a smaller percentage of lawyers on their legal teams and a higher percentage of paralegals compared to other businesses.

    By Lyle Moran • July 8, 2022
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    EEOC suit: Employer’s mandatory prayer meetings were discriminatory

    An employer allegedly violated Title VII when it didn’t accommodate and then fired two employees who refused to attend mandatory prayer meetings.

    By Laurel Kalser • July 7, 2022
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    GC/CLO hiring roundup: Bridgewest Group hires former Farmer Brothers general counsel

    Amber Group, BestEx Research, WELL Health and Western Michigan University also announced new legal leaders.

    By Lyle Moran • July 7, 2022
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    Jury may hear Georgia Pacific HR pro’s claim that she was fired for testifying against former employer

    HR managers engage in protected activity when they oppose their current or a former employer’s allegedly discriminatory practices, even when they do so as part of their normal duties, the 11th Circuit held.

    By Laurel Kalser • July 6, 2022