Noah Webster

Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at Everbridge

Noah Webster is chief legal & compliance officer for Everbridge, a global software company that empowers enterprises and government organizations to anticipate, mitigate, respond to, and recover stronger from critical events. In today’s unpredictable world, resilient organizations minimize impact to people and operations, absorb stress, and return to productivity faster when deploying critical event management (CEM) technology. Everbridge digitizes organizational resilience by combining intelligent automation with the industry’s most comprehensive risk data to Keep People Safe and Organizations Running.

My Articles

Compliance and Ethics

Technology, Privacy, and eCommerce

The Story of Six Touches: How Trust Portals Streamline Compliance

Tired of late-night negotiations and broken diligence processes? Trust portals — a centralized, self-service hub where parties access security, privacy, and compliance documentation — can turn compliance into a streamlined experience.

Compliance and Ethics

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Managing Caremark Risks: Adapting Oversight to Evolving Case Law and Regulations

Everbridge’s Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Noah Webster, alongside Cooley LLP’s Special Counsel Michael Mencher and Partner Brad Goldberg, suggest several steps in-house counsel should adopt to assist their company’s directors and officers in fulfilling their Caremark obligations. #ACCDocket #inhouse #Caremark

Corporate, Securities, and Governance

Managing Complex Risks Across Teams

Everbridge’s legal team of Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Noah Webster and VP and Deputy General Counsel Cara Bradley, who provide several techniques in-house counsel can use to successfully navigate and manage complex risks while collaborating with other teams. #ACCDocket #inhouse

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Skills and Professional Development

A Millennial’s Tips for Reading Engaging Business Books

Fresh off an in-house internship, 2L student Julie Stankiewicz shares the business books that got her up to speed.

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Environmental

Law Department Management

How to Champion an Environmental Program

Explaining the how and why of an environmental program is tough. Here are some suggestions from an in-house lawyer who’s done just that.

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

How to Hone Your Negotiation Skills

As in-house counsel, if you develop a reputation as a skilled negotiator, business people will seek your input on their issues. It is worth the effort to enhance your negotiation style and ensure mastery of the basic techniques.

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

ASC 606: How Revenue from Litigation Settlement Contracts is Recognized

ASC 606 governs how revenue from your litigation settlement contracts will be accounted for and reported. By learning the ins and outs of ASC 606, you can understand how a settlement agreement will be accounted for and whether it will support your company’s revenue goals.

Interviews and Profiles

How to Transition from In-house Counsel to Startup CEO

As the general counsel of IT firms Infosys and Atos IT Solutions and Services Inc., Fayiaz Chaudhri has gained the managerial, budgeting, and strategic skills needed to become CEO of AIMACTEK, a startup that specializes in machine learning platforms. Chaudhri relates how his varied professional experience and legal acumen gave him an edge to join the C-suite and eventually run the show.

Skills and Professional Development

5 Steps to Move from a Litigation to Generalist Role

My roadmap focused on developing a business mindset, a professional reputation outside the company, and the necessary legal skills. The following activities helped me achieve the required mindset. In fact, these are great ways to make yourself an instrumental member of the business's trusted legal team.

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Mastering the Art of Storytelling for In-house Lawyers

Esther Choy is the founder of Leadership Story Lab, where she coaches managers in the art of storytelling and helps them become more engaging and persuasive. Some might call this “business consulting,” but I was intrigued by its real-world application. So, I spoke with her about using storytelling in nearly every aspect of an in-house lawyer’s job.