Corporate Counsel

Don Riddick CLO of Luminance. Courtesy photo Don Riddick has joined contract intelligence provider Luminance as chief legal officer, adding a veteran technology and in-house lawyer to the executive team of a company that has become one of the most prominent players in the legal AI market.

L-R: Rebecca Goodman-Stephens, CEO of Moses & Singer; Tania Medina Bryant, chief cybersecurity & technology regulation counsel of Marsh; Nancy Hoffman, general counsel of New Tradition; and Theresa Shea, EVP, chief legal officer & corporate secretary of Utz Brands.

Courtney Nelson Wills, general counsel of nVent Electric. Courtesy photo. A day after her successor was named at diabetes care spinoff MiniMed Group, Courtney Nelson Wills has been announced as the new general counsel of fast-growing electrical products company nVent Electric. London-based nVent, which has its management offices in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, posted a 30% jump in sales last year, to $3.9 billion.

Credit: A Stockphoto/Adobe Stock Legal organizations have spent the past two years asking how AI can execute legal work more quickly. They are now confronting a more difficult question: how do they know that AI-enabled work is trustworthy? Most discussions answer that question by strengthening review. Add another approval. Require human oversight. Insist that a lawyer remain in the loop. Review matters.

After more than two decades on the trial bench and the California Court of Appeal reading briefs, listening to arguments and deciding cases, I have seen—to quote the classic Sergio Leone Western—"the good, the bad and the ugly.” One thing I know is that every attorney wants to position their clients for the best possible outcome. That's where neutral analysis can make a real difference.

Credit: Uuganbayar/Adobe Stock Several civil rulings have now recognized some work-product protection for AI-assisted litigation preparation. Most involved pro se litigants acting as both party and advocate; Tate, the only decision clearly involving a represented party, was mixed and expressly non-final.

Credit: stokkete/Adobe Stock As employers rush to incorporate artificial intelligence into their operations, many say they believe the technology will become a powerful organizing tool for unions. Yet few have updated the labor relations strategies they may need to address the resulting workforce concerns. That disconnect emerged as one of the central findings of 2026 Labor Survey Report, released Tuesday by Littler.

Sheila Denton, general counsel of MiniMed. Courtesy photo Six months after being spun off from medical device-maker Medtronic, MiniMed Group Inc. has hired a seasoned biopharma legal chief as it ventures out on its own under the glare of public market scrutiny.

(l-r) Trudy Knockless, Suzanne Law Marisa, Aswathi Zachariah and Jana Maharaj, during the WIPL session “Quantifying Legal's Financial Impact,” on Sept. 14, 2026. Courtesy photo In-house legal teams may know they are saving the company money and helping it move faster, but proving it when budget season rolls around requires translating that work into something business leaders can see and measure.

After more than two decades on the trial bench and the California Court of Appeal reading briefs, listening to arguments and deciding cases, I have seen—to quote the classic Sergio Leone Western—"the good, the bad and the ugly.” One thing I know is that every attorney wants to position their clients for the best possible outcome. That's where neutral analysis can make a real difference.