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The chief legal and operating officer of cybersecurity software company Gen Digital Inc. took home over $21.9 million in fiscal year 2026, more than $20 million of which was a result of stock awards, according to a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP said Tuesday that the longtime chair of its real estate division will take over as general counsel, in an announcement also naming the new leader of the practice group.
The legal leader for digital entertainment company Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. saw his compensation remain steady at almost $8 million for the 2026 fiscal year, according to a securities filing late Monday.
As in-house legal departments adopt artificial intelligence tools, legal operations pros say that unauthorized use of AI by employees, known as “shadow AI,” raises security and governance concerns.
California-based trial firm Tyson & Mendes LLP announced Monday that it has opened a seventh office in its home state following the hire of an experienced attorney who most recently had a stint in-house with insurance giant Allstate.
Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey Inc.'s general counsel and secretary saw his total compensation rise $500,000 to $3.25 million in fiscal year 2026, thanks to an increase in his nonequity incentive plan pay, according to a securities filing.
Deputy U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart will leave the office this week to return to the private sector, she told the USPTO executive staff Monday in a message obtained by Law360.
Theo Ai, a legal technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict the outcome of legal disputes, announced Monday the appointment of Sandra Leung, the retired former executive vice president and general counsel of pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb Co., to its board of directors.
Two right-leaning institutional investors that accused Airbnb of wrongly excluding their shareholder proposals from proxy materials have been allowed to quietly drop their lawsuit against the short-term rental business.
General counsel are gearing up again to help their companies adapt to the impact of a new round of U.S. tariffs. And the chief legal officer of Alphabet and Google lashed out at the European Commission over search engine changes it is demanding, after the EU imposed a $1 billion fine on Google for violating competition laws.
Luxury home furnishing company RH, formerly known as Restoration Hardware, has appointed a new top legal and compliance leader from McKesson Corp.
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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has welcomed a former assistant general counsel at 3M to its litigation group in Minnesota.
An analysis of nine years' worth of federal workforce data covering 1,482 public companies released Thursday links diverse management teams with companies that financially perform significantly better than Homogeneous ones, while all white male teams consistently underperformed.
How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.
A former FordHarrison LLP attorney who worked in-house at Providence Health and Amazon has returned to private practice in the firm's Los Angeles office.
Crowell & Moring LLP hired a former general counsel for UBS Bank USA this week to advise banks, fintechs and digital assets companies on regulatory matters.
When the CEO of BriefCatch, a startup legal writing platform for attorneys and judges, wanted to hire a new chief operating officer, he looked to someone who understands both the technology and lawyers.
Attorneys representing the government could face "more demanding" obligations to disclose misconduct by people within their client organizations than attorneys representing private entities, according to an ethics opinion issued Wednesday by the American Bar Association.
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA announced Tuesday that its North American general counsel will be promoted to group general counsel following the current legal chief's decision to leave after four years at the company.
Smith Currie Oles LLP has grown its government contracts practice in the nation's capital with the addition of an experienced attorney from McGuireWoods LLP.
Executive search and advisory firm BarkerGilmore has hired a leader from the semiconductor industry to join its team of coaches for in-house legal clients looking for leadership development, the firm announced Tuesday.
A former AT&T attorney and whistleblower who is accused of violating lawyer-client privilege 18 years ago while exposing purported company wrongdoing has vehemently denied the charges in his reply and motion to dismiss the disciplinary case in Washington, D.C.
The former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Miami regional office has joined the ranks of white collar criminal defense and litigation law firm Fridman Fels & Soto PLLC.
A congressional task force focused on constitutional rights plans to hold a hearing Wednesday to look into what its Republican chairman called the American Bar Association's use of law school accreditation to promote diversity, equity and inclusion policies in academia.
Ross McNairn, founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, discusses how the lawyers who treat legal work like an engineering problem and can deploy legal intelligence at scale will define the next decade.
Two recent reports shift the legal posture of every organization deploying artificial intelligence agents because they establish the foreseeability, for negligence liability purposes, of an AI agent becoming weaponized for data exfiltration, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
Law firms trying to weave artificial intelligence into summer associate programs should build a program that isn't really about AI but teaches students how to think about using AI, with the goal of building judgment, understanding implications and leveling up in a way that's repeatable, says Zeynep Ersin at Seyfarth.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Don't Obstruct Knowledge
Lawyers and firms should treat knowledge transfer as a business development function, using the sharing of context and institutional know-how to preserve continuity through change, strengthen relationships and create long-term competitive advantage, says Mark Wraight at Stinson.
The biggest question about private equity moving into the legal sector is no longer whether it can financially succeed, but how law firms can contend with the unavoidable economic, institutional and ethical tensions introduced by external ownership without compromising their core professional commitments, say Kirsten Vasquez and Allison Rosner at Major Lindsey.
As potential clients use artificial intelligence tools instead of search engines when looking for counsel, it is a democratizing moment for specialized midsize firms and a compression threat for generalist big-firm brand positioning, says Ronn Torossian at 5WPR.
Private equity capital has been flowing into accounting firms for years, with investors developing creative structures to work within that field's specific ownership restrictions, and the framework developed by these transactions offers valuable insights for law firms looking for outside investment, says Russell Shapiro at Levenfeld Pearlstein.
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Legal Tech Talks: StrongSuit CEO On The AI Gold Rush
Justin McCallon, CEO of StrongSuit, discusses how the potential for automation and insight generation with artificial intelligence is massive, but that in legal work, especially litigation, the margin for error is essentially zero.
The Legal Marketing Association's recent annual conference underscored how advances in artificial intelligence and shifting client expectations are causing law firms to evolve into more structured, data-driven businesses that place greater emphasis on strategy, implementation and measurable results, say Maria Aronson and Gina Rubel at Furia Rubel.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Build Relationship Habits
Meaningful relationships are foundational to business development, and they can be deliberately fostered through a set of habits for authentically, intentionally and consistently connecting with clients and colleagues — starting with people you already know and like, says Matthew Moran at V&E.
Artificial intelligence is already woven into everyday work for attorneys, so beyond questioning whether AI was used and approving such tools, legal leaders need to create a shared foundation for what good AI use looks like on their team, says Alex Denniston at Factor.
A company's contracts contain final, negotiated commercial commitments that reveal important growth, revenue and strategy insights, but for organizations that aren’t making two key structural changes, the information tends to remain within the legal department — untranslated and unused, says Shimane Smith at NerdWallet.
The U.K. offers 14 years' worth of data on private equity's involvement in the legal market, demonstrating for U.S. firms what worked, what didn’t and why, and illustrating several lessons about operational readiness, cultural fit and timing, says Tom Lenfestey at The Law Practice Exchange.
When firms attempt to deliberately organize their expertise, client relationships, business development, and thought leadership around specific industry verticals – sometimes called industry sector programs – several missteps commonly arise, but with discipline and alignment any firm can successfully grab market share, say Heidi Gardner at Harvard Law School and David Harvey at Harvey Global Consulting.
Firms of all sizes are accelerating lateral hiring of experienced partners because investing in senior expertise can pay off big — but for such an investment to work, firms need a disciplined strategy for vetting candidates, supporting their integration, and ensuring they'll generate real returns, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.