Corporate Counsel Story on Non-Licensed GCs Leads to Firing

As mentioned in one of our recent blog posts, Corporate Counsel magazine's story on Fortune 250 GCs who are not licensed to practice in the state in which they work set off buzz across the industry. One result:  Toledo-based Dana Corporation replaced general counsel Michael DeBacker six days after the story reported that he was not properly licensed to practice law in Ohio, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12. Corporate Counsel's follow-up article can be read here.