As general counsel of Safeway Inc., the nation's third largest grocery store operator, Robert A. Gordon sees more in a typical day than discounted items, fresh produce, and supermarket tabloids. The $42 billion Pleasanton-based company faces legal dilemmas ranging from employment litigation to intellectual property issues, all of which Gordon oversees and manages.
Gordon hasn't always occupied the supermarket's legal aisle. He was a litigation partner at Pil... (continued)
Oct. 9, 2008
Keeping Some Litigation at Home
"I think if this proves successful, that we could be taking more of our California litigation in-house," Robert A. Gordon, general counsel of Safeway Inc, says of his plan not to hire outside lawyers for some of his employment litigation.
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