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Atty With Tom Brady's Blockchain Co. Rejoins Loeb & Loeb
Loeb & Loeb LLP has rehired an experienced entertainment attorney who most recently was head of business operations for Tom Brady's blockchain startup Autograph as a partner in the firm's Los Angeles office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Shumaker Atty Named GC Of United Soccer League
Tampa, Florida-based United Soccer League has brought on a new top lawyer with the addition of an international partner from Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP as the national professional and semi-professional sports organization looks to continue its rapid growth.
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Dye & Durham Accepts Activist Board Noms, Suspends Sale
Legal technology company Dye & Durham announced this week that it would both suspend its exploration of an outside sale and reconsider six nominees to its board of directors after earlier labeling the bid by an activist investor a "zero-premium takeover."
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John Buck GC Named Restaurant Group's Top Atty
Restaurant platform Craveworthy Brands announced Wednesday that an experienced in-house attorney who most recently served as the top lawyer at real estate developer John Buck has been named its first in-house general counsel.
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Atty From Telecom Biz Joins IP Firm Panitch Schwarze
Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP has hired an attorney with extensive in-house experience in the tech industry to help enhance the intellectual property services it offers to its clients.
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LegalZoom Adds Squarespace CFO To Board Of Directors
Online legal services provider LegalZoom Inc. has grown its board of directors with the addition of Squarespace Inc.'s chief financial officer as the company focuses on its subscription revenue growth.
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Calif. Biotech Firm Vera Taps Veteran Chief Legal Officer
Biotechnology firm Vera Therapeutics is welcoming a new chief legal officer in advance of an anticipated biologics submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a treatment targeting an autoimmune kidney disease.
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NM Finance Authority's Top Atty Joins Sherman & Howard
The longtime chief legal officer at the New Mexico Finance Authority has joined Sherman & Howard LLC's public finance practice as a staff attorney in Albuquerque, helping the firm further grow its presence in the state.
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Cigna In-House Atty Joins Akerman In Chicago
Akerman LLP announced Tuesday that an experienced technology and transactions attorney who most recently was in-house counsel with health insurer Cigna had joined the firm's Chicago office as a corporate partner.
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Congruex Appoints Ex-Armstrong Teasdale Atty As GC
A former Armstrong Teasdale LLP of counsel has joined telecommunications, engineering and construction company Congruex as its new general counsel based in its headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, the company announced Tuesday.
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McGuireWoods Lands Health Ace, Former GC From Akin In NY
A veteran healthcare and life sciences attorney who previously served as general counsel at pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk and Daiichi Sankyo has made the move from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to McGuireWoods LLP.
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Koch Pro Bono Teams Up With Barnes & Thornburg, Villanova
In-house counsel at Koch Inc. are partnering with Barnes & Thornburg LLP, the Stand Together Foundation and Villanova University's Charles Widger School of Law to offer law students the opportunity to work with attorneys on pro bono legal matters supporting nonprofit organizations.
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West Monroe Hires Nixon Peabody Labor Counsel As GC
Chicago-based global business and technology consultancy West Monroe announced Tuesday it had selected a new general counsel who brings with him more than 20 years of in-house and private practice experience, as the firm works to incorporate artificial intelligence and focuses on exploring new acquisitions.
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Blackstone Funds Name New CLO Amid Leadership Shift
The chief executive officer and chief legal officer for three Blackstone Liquid Credit Strategies LLC funds, have stepped down from their posts, with new executives named from within the company to replace them immediately.
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US Law Firms Continue Exiting China As Market, Politics Shift
U.S. law firms have continued exiting the Chinese market as rising geopolitical tensions, shifting regulatory landscapes and economic uncertainties make it increasingly challenging for firms to maintain profitable operations in the region.
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In-House Female Attys Say They Prefer Work Culture, Balance
In a first-of-its-kind survey by the National Association of Women Lawyers, in-house female attorneys report finding their work-life balance, work substance and workplace culture superior to that of law firms.
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Union Pacific CLO To Retire As New Deputy Comes Aboard
Union Pacific Railroad's chief legal officer will retire at the end of March, the freight railroad giant said Monday, adding that a new deputy general counsel and senior vice president had been brought in from Goodyear Tire.
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Ex-Manufacturing Co. Prez Returns To Pittsburgh Law Firm
The former president of a Western Pennsylvania optical technology manufacturer has recently returned to Sherrard German & Kelly PC's Pittsburgh office after leaving the firm nearly 10 years ago.
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Where Women Are And Are Not Getting Ahead In Law
Women now make up the majority of law school graduates, law firm associates and lawyers in the federal government and will likely soon make up the majority of law school faculty, according to a report from the American Bar Association out Monday, however the proportion of women in certain positions of power within the profession continues to lag.
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Intuit's GC-Turned-People Chief Sees Comp Reach $15.8M
An executive who helps oversee financial software company Intuit's workforce and formerly served as its general counsel earned roughly $15.8 million in compensation for fiscal year 2024, most of that from stock awards, a public filing says.
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Healthcare Atty Leaves GC Role To Lead Legal At GeneDx
Connecticut-based genetic testing company GeneDx announced Monday that an experienced in-house healthcare attorney who most recently worked as general counsel at Zoetis was named its chief legal officer and corporate secretary.
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Texas Court OKs Peloton Atty's Suit Against Ex-Coworker
A Texas appeals court won't toss a defamation suit accusing a former Peloton employee of falsely claiming to company executives and New Jersey police that she was bullied by her workplace acquaintance, an in-house attorney, after finding she can't avail herself of a state statute protecting citizens from retaliatory lawsuits.
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SEC's Top Cop Says Election Hasn't Slowed Enforcers Down
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement attorneys continue to work with "urgency" in the waning months of the Biden administration, the acting leader of the enforcement division said Friday at an event where he also spoke about a shuttered task force and the agency's approach to pursuing cases involving cybersecurity breaches.
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Former CLO Of Biotech Business Joins Avalyn Pharma Board
Avalyn Pharma Inc. has announced that an experienced executive who formerly served at the helm of one biotech company and was chief legal officer for another will serve as chair of its board of directors.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
In moves that will affect general counsel, President-elect Donald Trump this week announced his choices to fill several key legal positions, including attorney general, deputy attorney general, solicitor general, chief White House counsel, and the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Meanwhile, the National Labor Relations Board told companies to stop ordering employees to attend anti-union meetings.