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Vuori hires first general counsel
‘Unicorn’ company also hires other executives Shareholders in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will vote at the company’s 2023 AGM on June 9 on a proposal regarding its use of patents. Regeneron is one of several major pharmaceutical companies to receive the proposal this year as part of an initiative co-ordinated by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). Other companies where the proposal was filed are AbbVie, Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Company, Gilead Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co and Pfizer. In each case, ICCR member organizations ask the relevant company’s board ‘to establish and report on a…
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Regeneron shareholders to vote on pharma patent proposal
Company one of several where groups have filed the resolution Activewear brand Vuori has hired Libby Stockstill as the company’s first general counsel and corporate secretary. In her new role, Stockstill will establish and lead Vuori’s legal department, building the team from scratch to support the company as it develops. She was previously vice president and global general counsel at Vans, where she was responsible for developing the brand’s global legal function and serving as a senior leader of VF Corporation. Before joining Vans she was general counsel for North America at Billabong and its portfolio of brands. Prior to…
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BD names general counsel
Michelle Quinn had been acting general counsel since earlier this year Medical technology firm Becton Dickinson and Company (BD) has named Michelle Quinn as executive vice president and general counsel for the company. Quinn joined BD in 2019 and since earlier this year had been acting general counsel in addition to her previous role as senior vice president, deputy general counsel and chief ethics and compliance officer. Quinn took on the acting general counsel position when Samrat Khichi left BD to join CVS Health as executive vice president, chief policy officer and general counsel. Before moving to BD, Quinn was…
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The week in GRC: Disney tells lobbyists to step up DeSantis fight and SEC’s Gensler faces questions over climate change plan
This week’s governance, compliance and risk-management stories from around the web – CNBC reported that workers at the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company’s flagship store in Burlington, Vermont, filed with the National Labor Relations Board for a union election. The development follows a series of service industry union drives, including at Starbucks and Trader Joe’s. If the Burlington workers approve a unionization vote, their store would be the first Ben & Jerry’s location in the US to do so. Ben & Jerry’s is well known for putting its weight behind social justice causes, which became particularly notable amid the…
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Cushman & Wakefield recruits general counsel
Noelle Perkins to join real estate firm on July 1 NYSE-listed Cushman & Wakefield has recruited Noelle Perkins to become executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, effective July 1. As head of the commercial real estate services company’s global legal function, Perkins will play a key role in implementing governance and risk management practices. She will also provide strategic advice, oversight and support to the firm’s global business and operations. Perkins will join Cushman & Wakefield from Univar Solutions, where she has been senior vice president, general counsel, chief risk officer and corporate secretary. Before her time with…
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Comcast facing 401(k) climate change resolution
Proposal seeks report on ‘protecting plan beneficiaries with a longer investment time horizon from climate risk’ Comcast Corporation shareholders appear set to vote on a proposal about the company’s retirement plan and how it may be impacted by climate change.The SEC has denied a request from the media and telecoms company for the green light to omit the proposal from its 2023 proxy statement. The resolution at issue, which was filed by As You Sow, requests that Comcast’s board ‘publish a report… disclosing how the company is protecting plan beneficiaries with a longer investment time horizon from climate risk in…
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Walmart faces racial equity audit shareholder proposal
Company had sought go-ahead to exclude the resolution The SEC has denied a request from Walmart that the retailer be given the green light to exclude a shareholder proposal seeking a racial equity audit. Proposals asking companies to have an outside party conduct such audits have taken off since they were first filed in 2021. Resolutions initially targeted major financial services firms but a wider range of companies are now facing requests. United for Respect (UFR) has filed a proposal with Walmart requesting that the company ‘conduct a third-party, independent racial equity audit analyzing Walmart’s adverse impacts on black, indigenous…
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Daimler Truck North America promotes general counsel to legal chief
Nichole Tennyson joined the company last year Starbucks Coffee Company has hired Brad Lerman as executive vice president and general counsel. He is now also part of the executive leadership team and reports to CEO Laxman Narasimhan. Lerman most recently was senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Medtronic. In that role he led the company’s global legal function, government affairs and the office of ethics and compliance in the US, Latin America, Europe and Asia. He previously held leadership roles at the Federal National Mortgage Association and Pfizer, where he led the company’s litigation and investigations teams.…
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Starbucks hires general counsel
Brad Lerman joins from Medtronic Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) has promoted Nichole Tennyson to the newly created role of chief legal officer (CLO). The move expands on Tennyson’s previous role as general counsel. As CLO, she now leads a team across North America and is responsible for all legal and compliance matters, corporate audit and external affairs. She also joins the company’s senior leadership team, internally referred to as the operating committee, which she will advise on risk and governance. Tennyson joined DTNA in July 2022 having previously been associate general counsel at Tektronix, a Fortive company, since 2016.…
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Inside JLL’s award-winning compliance and ethics program
Jones Lang LaSalle was named the winner at Corporate Secretary’s 15th annual Corporate Governance Awards Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) takes compliance and ethics seriously, and on a global basis. In fact, its team comprises more than 30 dedicated individuals spread across three regions and 14 countries. Another hint as to JLL’s extensive worldwide compliance and ethics work is the name of one of its key elements: Ethics Everywhere. This program includes a global network of ethics officers, and the company has a community of ethics liaisons within business units. Claire Handley ‘We’ve tried to push a values-led compliance and ethics…