General Counsel in the U.S. are Bullish on Trump

In a new survey, a majority of chief legal officers at U.S. companies expressed optimism that their business operations will be positively affected when Donald J. Trump takes control of the White House as U.S. President.

The phone survey, conducted by the legal market research firm Acritas, covered 101 U.S. general counsels or their equivalent personnel and took place after the November election.

It found 72 percent of respondents believe their business operations will be impacted as a result of Trump’s election (21 percent said they didn’t know and seven percent said their business operations would not be impacted). Fifty-six ...