Post-Enron Crackdown Sends General Counsel Pay Soaring
- Posted by Geoffrey G. Gussis on August 2nd, 2005
- Filed in Careers (Inhouse Jobs), Law Department Management, News
Is your inhouse salary commensurate with the risks you are taking by being an in-house lawyer? In the post-Enron world it seems that increased scrutiny and increased risk equates to increased pay:
"The post-Enron governance clampdown sent pay for top US in-house lawyers soaring last year, according to new research that shows take-home pay for general counsel at the US’ largest companies rocketed by more than 15%."
Read more at Legal Week.
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