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DOJ Vets Start Group To Protect Ex-Colleagues From Trump
Former attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice are launching a new initiative to protect staff caught in the cross-hairs of President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape the department in his image.
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Trump Furthers NLRB Shakeup By Firing Acting NLRB GC
President Donald Trump continued his shakeup of leadership at the National Labor Relations Board by firing acting general counsel Jessica Rutter, an agency spokesperson confirmed Monday.
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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards
Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2025 editorial advisory boards.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
The battle over corporate diversity issues weaved its way throughout this past week's news and this roundup, including 19 Republican attorneys general threatening Costco over its policies. And a new survey shows general counsel trying to cut costs, but also saying they will increase the work they send to outside lawyers in 2025.
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Growing Healthcare AI App Hires Veteran Health, Tech GC
Healthcare-focused artificial intelligence company Suki has welcomed a new general counsel amid what it called exponential growth, including an investment from Zoom Ventures, the investment arm of Zoom Communications Inc.
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Infectious Disease Lab Hires Veteran Healthcare Atty As CLO
Texas-based infectious disease laboratory HealthTrackRX has expanded its leadership team, including with a new top attorney from primary and urgent care business VillageMD.
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DLA Piper Adds Digital Finance Regulatory Partner In NY
DLA Piper has hired a financial regulatory and technology partner who has a range of experience helping found and lead digital platforms and technology businesses to its New York team, the firm announced Thursday.
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5 Key Topics To Watch At The ABA Midyear Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to consider more than two dozen proposals at its semiannual meeting Monday, including two resolutions concerning judicial security as violence against judges is on the rise.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of January with another action-packed week as firms expanded practices and hired high-profile government attorneys following the ascent of President Donald Trump. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Retail Industry Association Leader Leaving After 13 Years
The president and top attorney of a retailers trade association, who helped overturn U.S. Supreme Court precedent related to the taxation of online retailers in 2018, is stepping down from her roles at the end of 2025, according to a Wednesday announcement.
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McDermott Partner Joins Florida PE Firm As Top Atty
A longtime McDermott Will & Emery LLP attorney has made the move in-house, joining private equity firm AE Industrial Partners LP as its legal leader.
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FICO Legal Chief Unloads $30M In Stock As Pay Grows 20%
The general counsel for data analytics company Fair Isaac Corp. took home $7.4 million in compensation for 2024, a nearly 20% increase from what he received the previous year, and sold an additional $29.7 million in company stock, according to documents recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Workshop Teaches Soft Skills That A GC Needs To Lead
Some current and former general counsel say they have gained valuable career insights and leadership skills from an annual workshop headed by a Los Angeles-based litigation partner at Sheppard Mullin.
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Compliance, Data Risks Top Of Mind For In-House Pros
Data security risks and adherence to new regulations stand out as the major concerns for in-house legal professionals heading into 2025, according to a new report from Summize, a provider of contract lifecycle management software.
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Momentus CLO Quits To Advise Trump On National Security
The top attorney for U.S. commercial space company Momentus Inc. has stepped down from his post to join President Donald Trump's administration as an adviser on national security matters.
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Defense Department's Top Atty To Join Hilton As GC
The former general counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense, who was the first woman confirmed by the Senate as CIA general counsel, is joining Hilton in March as its top attorney, the global hospitality company has announced.
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19 Republican State AGs Press Costco To End DEI Policies
A group of nearly 20 Republican attorneys general is urging Costco to end its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the wake of President Donald Trump's recent executive order encouraging companies to end them, criticizing the initiatives as "discriminatory" and saying they fly in the face of recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
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Pa. Bank Regulator Claims Co. Hid Affiliation, Misused Privilege
A Texas debt-settlement company should be sanctioned for failing to disclose its alleged affiliation with another debt consolidator and for invoking attorney-client privilege when pressed about how its general counsel complied with a subpoena, Pennsylvania's banking regulator told a state court Tuesday.
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Ex-DOJ Criminal Division Deputy Leader Joins Sidley In DC
Sidley Austin LLP announced Tuesday that it has deepened its white collar defense bench in Washington, D.C., with a partner who formerly served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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GCs Told To Cut Costs Despite Growing Regulatory Risks
Over 40% of chief legal officers globally who responded to a recent survey received a cost-cutting mandate from their company in the past year, so it's not surprising that their top strategic initiative for 2025 is to operate more efficiently.
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Spotify's General Counsel Announces Her Departure
Streaming giant Spotify's general counsel for nearly five years is gearing up to depart the company following a decision to transition away from full-time corporate life.
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Ex-White House Info Governance Leader Joins Nelson Mullins
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has hired President Donald Trump's former informational governance chief and a one-time assistant director in the Federal Trade Commission's litigation technology and analysis group, the firm announced Monday.
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Faegre Drinker Adds Ex-Smithfield Foods Deputy GC In DC
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has grown its food and agribusiness litigation capabilities with the addition of the former deputy general counsel for pork processor Smithfield Foods.
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Trump Removes NLRB General Counsel And Dem Member
President Donald Trump removed National Labor Relations Board general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox overnight, leaving the agency's panel of adjudicators without a quorum and its prosecutor's office without a top official.
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Cencora CLO's Pay Package Nearly Doubled In 2024
The chief legal officer of Cencora Inc. received a $3 million stock boost that raised her total compensation in 2024 to nearly double the previous year.
Expert Analysis
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What I Wish Law Schools Taught Women About Legal Careers
Instead of spending an entire semester on 19th century hunting rights, I wish law schools would facilitate honest discussions about what it’s like to navigate life as an attorney, woman and mother, and offer lessons on business marketing that transcend golf outings and social mixers, says Daphne Delvaux at Gruenberg Law.
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4 Ways To Break Down Barriers For Women Of Color In Law
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Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
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Opinion
We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary
With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Do I Retire Without Creating Chaos?
Retired attorney Vernon Winters explains how lawyers can thoughtfully transition into retirement while protecting their firms’ interests and allaying clients' fears, with varying approaches that turn on the nature of one's practice, client relationships and law firm management.
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Why I Went From Litigator To Law Firm Diversity Officer
Narges Kakalia at Mintz recounts her journey from litigation partner to director of diversity, equity and inclusion at the firm, explaining how the challenges she faced as a female lawyer of color shaped her transition and why attorneys’ unique skill sets make them well suited for diversity leadership roles.
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For Asian American Lawyers, Good Mentorship Is Crucial
Navigating the legal world as an Asian American lawyer comes with unique challenges — from cultural stereotypes to a perceived lack of leadership skills — but finding good mentors and treating mentorship as a two-way street can help junior lawyers overcome some of the hurdles and excel, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
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Coping With Secondary Trauma From Pro Bono Work
As the need for pro bono services continues to grow in tandem with the pandemic, attorneys should assess their mental well-being and look for symptoms of secondary traumatic stress, while law firms must carefully manage their public service programs and provide robust mental health services to employees, says William Silverman at Proskauer.
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How Firms Can Benefit From Creating Their Own ALSPs
As more law firms develop their own legal services centers to serve as both a source of flexible personnel and technological innovation, they can further enhance the effectiveness by fostering a consistent and cohesive team and allowing for experimentation with new technologies from an established baseline, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
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Modernizing Legal Education Through Hybrid JD Programs
Amid pandemic-era shifts in education, law schools and other stakeholders should consider the wide geographic and demographic reach of Juris Doctor programs with both online and in-person learning options, and educators should think through the various ways hybrid programs can be structured, says Stephen Burnett at All Campus.
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How BigLaw Can Mirror Small Firm Attorney Engagement
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BigLaw has the unique opportunity to hit refresh post-pandemic and enhance attorney satisfaction by adopting practices that smaller firms naturally employ — including work assignment policies that can provide junior attorneys steady professional development, says Michelle Genet Bernstein at Mark Migdal.
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Ditch The Annual Review To Boost Attorney Job Satisfaction
In order to attract and retain the rising millennial generation's star talent, law firms should break free of the annual review system and train lawyers of all seniority levels to solicit and share frequent and informal feedback, says Betsy Miller at Cohen Milstein.
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How Attorneys Can Narrow LGBTQ Gap In The Judiciary
Lawyers can take several steps to redress the lack of adequate LGBTQ representation on the bench and its devastating impact on litigants and counsel in the community, says Janice Grubin, co-chair of the Judiciary Committee at the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York.
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Employers Must Heed Rising Attorney Stress And Alcohol Use
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Krill Strategies’ Patrick Krill, who co-authored a new study that revealed alarming levels of stress, hazardous drinking and associated gender disparities among practicing attorneys, highlights how legal employers can confront the underlying risk factors as both warnings and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 era.
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Lawyers Can Get Ready For Space Law To Take Flight
While international agreements for space law have remained relatively unchanged since their creation decades ago, the rapid pace of change in U.S. laws and policies is creating opportunities for both new and veteran lawyers looking to break into this exciting realm, in either the private sector or government, says Michael Dodge at the University of North Dakota.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: What Makes A Successful Summer Associate?
Navigating a few densely packed weeks at a law firm can be daunting for summer associates, but those who are prepared to seize opportunities and not afraid to ask questions will be set up for success, says Julie Crisp at Latham.