Long tagged as a cost center, the legal department can unlock savings and monetize assets by being creative, in-house lawyers say.

When the Securities and Exchange Commission announced settled charges against a board member last month for causing his company to file materially misleading statements, it put a spotlight on the role ...

Over the years, industry stakeholders have raised concerns about the large disparity between fed cattle and wholesale beef prices, resulting in separate investigations by the U.S. Department of ...

In-house counsel expect process efficiencies and cost savings but a majority say their companies aren’t ready for the change effects, ACC survey finds. “In just three years, AI technology's ...

This is the second recent case claiming the fast fashion giant sent advertisements to people on the National Do Not Call Registry. The complaint was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the ...

Sports betting company DraftKings agreed to settle for $200,000 charges it violated Regulation FD disclosure rules, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced September 26. The regulation ...

Google might need to be broken up to prevent it from capitalizing on its illegal monopolies in search and online ads, the Department of Justice says in a filing with a federal court that in August ...

Companies have until mid-2025 to revise their automatic subscription renewal processes to meet California's click-to-cancel law, enacted September 24. The law requires companies to make renewal ...

Silicon Valley had largely opposed the measure, which would have imposed liability and civil penalties on companies developing the largest AI models. The bill’s focus on large, costly models “could ...

Last year, as companies tightened their fiscal belts, few legal departments avoided budget cuts. That has meant general counsels being asked to do more or the same level of work with stagnant budgets.