Jack Womack

1 week ago | law.com | Jack Womack

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Jack Womack

Geopolitics is the top disruptive force facing legal departments, according to a major survey of 1,000 leading in-house lawyers across the globe. Seventy-six percent of 1,000 general counsel and chief legal officers from organisations with $1 billion or more in annual revenue named geopolitics as presenting a significant challenge, closely followed by regulatory environments (75%) and technology advancements (74%).

2 weeks ago | law.com | Jack Womack

McLaren’s general counsel will step down from the role in May, after 34 years of running the company’s legal operations. Tim Murnane first joined TAG McLaren, as it was known at the time, in 1991 as “company lawyer”, and founded the group’s first in-house legal resource. In May, he will step back from the GC role, but continue to support the business in a consulting capacity, according to a person close to the matter.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Jack Womack

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.

3 weeks ago | law.com | Jack Womack

Drinks giant Diageo's general counsel and company secretary is to step down from the company. Tom Shropshire, who became Diageo’s GC in 2021, was previously Linklaters’ U.S. head, and had been tipped to run in the firm's senior partner election that year.