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The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2023
Want to know which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates to BigLaw? How big a slice are landing those prized clerkships in federal or state courts? Explore the ins and outs of law school graduate placement in our interactive graphic.
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Norton Rose Adds Foley & Lardner Private Equity Pro In Texas
Norton Rose Fulbright has added a Dallas-based private equity lawyer with decades of experience to its corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities practice who came aboard from Foley & Lardner LLP.
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How In-House Leaders Are Deploying Generative AI
Corporate legal department leaders are using and planning to use generative artificial intelligence to automate legal tasks, manage contracts and eliminate duplicate data, panelists said at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's annual conference in Las Vegas.
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Atty's GC Role Helps Her Fulfill Her Childhood Dream
At the age of 9, Hazel-Ann Mayers decided she would become a lawyer because she wanted to help people — and she never thought about any other career. She shared with Law360 Pulse how she has lived out her childhood dream, most recently as general counsel at the education technology company Turnitin.
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Proxy Snapshot: Norfolk Southern Corp.
Giant railway transporter Norfolk Southern Corp. is facing a triple threat from investors at its annual meeting Thursday: a contested election for its board of directors, a shareholder proposal on lobbying disclosure and a proposal to restrict bylaw changes by the board.
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Reed Smith Hires Epiq Exec As 1st Director Of Applied AI
Reed Smith LLP has hired legal technology company Epiq's managing director of applied artificial intelligence to serve as its first director of applied AI, the firm said Tuesday.
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FordHarrison Taps Longtime Atty As New General Counsel
FordHarrison LLP tapped an Atlanta partner who has spent her entire career at the management-side labor and employment law firm to serve as its next general counsel.
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Fisher Phillips Adds Ex-Lyons HR GC To Employment Group
Employer-side labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has brought on the former general counsel and senior vice president of human resources for professional employer organization Lyons HR to its Atlanta office, strengthening its professional employer organization and staffing practice.
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Ex-Hulu GC Named Lumen Technologies New Legal Chief
Louisiana-based telecommunications company Lumen Technologies announced that longtime general counsel Stacey Goff will be leaving the company, with an experienced former Disney and Hulu executive set to take over the role.
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8th Circ. Seems Unwilling To Revive Ex-Lockheed Atty's Suit
The Eighth Circuit appeared likely Tuesday to uphold the dismissal of a Black former Lockheed Martin in-house attorney's race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, questioning whether a lesser sanction would've adequately punished misstatements to the trial court about her current high-paying job.
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Globetrotting Atty Continues World Tour, Joins Saudi Aramco
The general counsel of consumer health giant Haleon in London has announced the latest stop in what's been a globetrotting legal career, heading to Saudi Arabia as senior vice president and deputy general counsel of oil giant Aramco.
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Cahill Adds Bankruptcy Partner From Barclays In NY
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has expanded its bankruptcy and restructuring practice with the addition of an experienced attorney from Barclays Investment Bank, the firm said Tuesday.
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In-House Vets Launch Firm To Help B Corp. Clients B Good
Attorneys Jim Black and Julie Ryan don't just want to help public benefit and B Corporations through their newly launched Washington, D.C., boutique ImpactGC, they also want to be one.
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Colo. Court Order Smashes Atty-Client Privilege, Insurer Says
The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal of a Denver trial court order in a construction insurance case that an insurer warns would "eviscerate privilege protection for the vast majority of attorney-client privileged communications in society."
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Workday Defeats In-House Atty's Bias Suit, For Now
A California magistrate judge on Monday dismissed, for now, a lawsuit by a Workday Inc. in-house attorney who accused the company of discriminatory and retaliatory behavior, which included pay inequities and calling the police to conduct an unnecessary wellness check at his house when he was hospitalized.
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SEC's Grewal Says Self-Reporting Best Bet For No Penalties
Self-reporting is the most important factor that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement staff weigh in determining cooperation credit and whether a firm should face a penalty, SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal said in an interview with Law360.
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Nutter Adds Former McDermott, Boston Beer Co. Atty
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP has expanded its food and beverage team with the addition of a McDermott Will & Emery LLP partner and former corporate counsel at the Boston Beer Co. in the firm's New York office, the firm said Monday.
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3rd Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Pa. Agency Atty's Firing Suit
The Third Circuit on Monday declined to revive a former Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development attorney's suit alleging his firing violated his 14th Amendment rights, reasoning that the lawyer failed to show how his termination constitutes a deprivation of property.
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Elite's Latest Leadership Hire Joins From Discovery Education
In the latest of several major moves since its shift in ownership last year, Elite Technology, a provider of financial and practice management solutions to law firms, announced Monday that it has hired the former general counsel of Discovery Education as its chief legal officer and corporate secretary.
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Hill Int'l Moves Its Ex-GC To New Acquisitions Chief Role
Hill International Inc., one of the world's largest project and construction management companies, said Monday it has appointed William Dengler Jr. to the new role of chief acquisition and administrative officer, using his experience as Hill's former general counsel to help the firm grow.
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NJ-Based Kids' Clothier's GC Saw Comp Fall Under $1M In '23
The top legal officer for New Jersey-based children's clothing company The Children's Place Inc. saw his compensation fall in 2023 from the previous year and dip below $1 million for the first time since taking the general counsel role, largely because of lower stock awards, a new securities filing shows.
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SEC Targets Robinhood's Crypto Unit For Possible Lawsuit
Robinhood Markets Inc. notified investors Monday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to sue its crypto arm for allegedly failing to register as a securities brokerage firm and clearing agency, saying the agency could go as far as demanding that the platform be shut down.
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Hooper Lundy Adds Government Relations Director
An attorney who worked in-house for healthcare industry trade and advocacy associations has joined healthcare boutique Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC as director of government relations and public policy.
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How To Make The Leap From BigLaw To Legal Recruiter
The legal recruiting industry is made up of many former practicing lawyers, but not every BigLaw associate or partner is poised to make it in the world of recruiting.
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Digital Ad Group GC On Tech, Privacy Challenges
Michael Hahn, executive vice president and general counsel of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, finds he spends as much time learning about technology as he does the law, and says, "There's no other place I'd rather be at this point in my career."
Expert Analysis
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.