The Shaw Group, a $7 billion engineering and construction contractor for the power generation market, has appointed John Donofrio to the position of executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective Oct. 5. Donofrio joins Shaw from Visteon Corporation, a global automotive supplier of innovative products to vehicle manufacturers, where he was senior vice […]
Jaclyn Jaeger
Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal, enforcement, technology, and more. Prior to joining CW, she spent four years as a legal reporter for Lawyer’s Weekly. Jaclyn attended undergraduate school at St. Joseph’s College of Maine and graduate school at Emerson College, earning degrees in journalism.
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Barnes & Thornburg Adds New Lawyer
Barnes & Thornburg has hired Patrick Brady to its white-collar crime defense group. Brady, who has a significant background in corporate financial investigations and counseling and has particular expertise in issues relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, will be located in the firm’s Chicago office. Brady joins Barnes & Thornburg after spending four years […]
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Former FAA Administrator Joins UAL Board
$20.2 billion UAL Corporation, the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, announced that Jane Garvey, former administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, is joining its board of directors, effective Sept. 23. Garvey is the chairman of Meridiam Investment Fund NA. She also serves on the Bi-Partisan Policy Project, which is examining the future […]
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Progress Energy Elects New Board Member
$9.1 billion Progress Energy has elected John Baker to serve on its board of directors. With more than 35 years of experience in the construction materials and trucking industries, Baker currently is president and CEO of Patriot Transportation Holding. Previously he served as president and CEO from 1997 to 2007 for Florida Rock Industries, a […]
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Intel General Counsel Departs for Apple
Intel Senior Vice President and General Counsel Bruce Sewell is departing the company to assume the same duties at Apple. Sewell is replacing Daniel Cooperman, who is retiring at the end of September. At Intel, Sewell has been responsible for leading all of the company’s legal, corporate affairs, and corporate social responsibility programs, managing attorneys […]
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Former Honeywell GC Joins McDermott Will & Emery
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced that Peter Kreindler, a former executive of Honeywell International, has joined the firm as senior counsel. In this post, Kreindler will focus on strategic litigation management, internal investigations, and corporate crisis management, and will maintain offices in the firm’s New York and Washington, D.C. locations. Kreindler comes […]
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Maintaining Efficiency, Despite Cutbacks
&“Doing more with less” sounds like a wise, if unwanted, business policy these days—right up until reckless cost-cutting alienates employees and weakens carefully crafted segregation of duties. In a prolonged recession, companies “want to make more thoughtful and strategic decisions to respond to these ongoing pressures,” Nik Shah, a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, said during a […]
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Citigroup Former Exec Joins Anglo as Risk Officer
Peter Rossiter, a former executive for Citigroup, will join Anglo Irish Bank as chief risk officer, effective Nov. 2. Rossiter, who has worked with Citigroup for the past 27 years, was most recently chief risk officer of its publicly listed Polish subsidiary, Citi Handlowy. In his new role, he will be responsible for managing Anglo’s […]
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Former Assoc. White House Counsel at Jenner & Block
Kenneth Lee, former Associate Counsel to President George Bush, has joined Jenner & Block’s Los Angeles office as a partner. Lee brings significant litigation and counseling experience to the Firm’s Litigation Department and Complex Commercial Litigation Practice. As associate counsel to the president, Lee represented the White House in various investigations and other sensitive matters, […]
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Yahoo Legal Exec Joins Chadbourne & Parke
The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke has hired Duane Valz as counsel in the firm’s intellectual property group. He will divide his time between Chadbourne’s Los Angeles office and Northern California’s Silicon Valley. Valz’s practice focuses on patent portfolio development, IP strategy and complex technology transactions. He also advises on all aspects of […]