Wake Up Call: Looking Closely At GC Compensation

• Apple Inc.'s top lawyer Bruce Sewell earned $25 million in total compensation in 2015, while General Electric’s Bracket Denniston got a bit more than half that much. BLB’s new Report on G eneral Counsel Compensation lists 30 of the country’s highest paid GCs. (Big Law Business)

• Microsoft Corp. won’t be forced to turn over e-mails stored in Ireland to the U.S. government for a drug investigation, an appeals court ruled in a decision that may affect data security throughout the U.S. technology industry. (Big Law Business/Bloomberg Law)

• Although some local legal markets have lost steam, ...