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Corporate

Nov. 29, 2012

GCs increasingly involved in business strategy

In an ever-changing corporate climate, chief legal officers are taking an increasingly active role in business decisions, top in-house lawyers and consultants say.


By David McAfee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In an ever-changing corporate climate, chief legal officers are taking an increasingly active role in business decisions. At the bottom of the tide of change are a swirl of new regulations that give more value to the lawyers who help companies navigate them. There has also been a post-recession shift in which in-house departments are taking on work traditionally sent to outside counsel, as well as a more global...

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