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 ...

Shareholders submitted more than 100 anti-ESG proposals in the 2024 proxy season but none of those that made it to a vote received more than single-digit support.

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 ...

Americans purchase more than $4 trillion worth of goods and services with debit cards each year, according to the complaint. Visa’s monopoly in the debit card payments market adds billions of dollars ...

Binding arbitration clauses have increased significantly in corporate user agreements and employment offer letters as companies seek to resolve disputes in a forum that offers less legal expense and ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court handed down a number of blockbuster rulings at the end of its last term, most notably its constitutional take on presidential immunity in Trump v. U.S. But it was its decisions ...

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 ...

Companies saw a 9% reduction in workplace injuries and a 17% reduced likelihood of violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards after they changed their board composition to ...

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 ...