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In-House Counsel

Jun. 23, 2011

Emboldened Leader

C. Michael Carter Dole Food Co. Inc.




Carter joined Dole as general counsel in October 2000 - the same month the Nicaraguan National Assembly passed Special Law 364, a plaintiff-friendly law that opened the floodgates for a new round of litigation stemming from pesticide use decades ago on banana farms.


"We've been dealing with the aftermath of Law 364 and those lawyers ever since," Carter said.


A corporate lawyer with a Wall Street backgr...

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