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Shipman & Goodwin, Pullman & Comley Attys Get Judge Nods
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced Tuesday that he has selected partners at Shipman & Goodwin LLP and Pullman & Comley LLC, as well as a former state lawmaker and several associate and assistant attorneys general, to fill vacant judgeships on the state's Superior Court.
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AI Disruptions Raise Questions On Legal Judgment's Value
Artificial intelligence could disrupt business as usual for law firms and legal departments, but a panel of experts on Monday showed there are varying differences of opinion on the importance of human judgment in legal matters.
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Dechert Lands Ex-Microsoft, Google Atty In San Francisco
Dechert LLP announced Tuesday that it has added an attorney who has held in-house posts at Microsoft and Google to bolster its cyber, privacy and AI practice and help clients navigate risks and challenges in an ever-evolving technology landscape.
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KPMG Law Wants 'Unglamorous' Work, New Legal Chief Says
Big Four accounting giant KPMG LLP is hoping to stay in its own lane and build on its existing suite of services as it moves forward with its year-old law firm subsidiary KPMG Law US, the company's newly appointed U.S. legal chief, Christian Athanasoulas, told Law360 Pulse this week.
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Ex-Stanley Black & Decker GC Sees Lower Pay, No Severance
Stanley Black & Decker Inc.'s former general counsel saw her overall pay drop in her final fiscal year at the Connecticut-based company from about $4 million to almost $3.3 million in 2025.
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Bradley Arant Launches New Outside General Counsel Team
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that its new outside general counsel services team is up and running with a recently hired Dallas-based partner at the helm.
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Stone Hilton Adds Litigator From Texas Governor's Office
Austin, Texas-based litigation boutique Stone Hilton PLLC has expanded its roster with a partner who previously served as deputy general counsel for Gov. Greg Abbott and who also brings federal government experience to his first private sector role.
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Cravath Partner Launches Corporate Investigations Boutique
A Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner and former federal prosecutor who spent years representing Novartis and other big corporate clients and who argued a U.S. Supreme Court case in November has left to launch a new boutique law firm, the firm announced this week.
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Ex-DocuSign Deputy GC Joins AI Startup Sandstone
Legal software startup Sandstone announced Monday the hiring of Docusign's deputy general counsel of artificial intelligence innovation and trust, as its president, chief strategy and legal officer.
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Boeing CLO Earns $2.5M Increase Through Bumpy Ride
The top lawyer for the Boeing Co., who has guided management through years of legal troubles, earned more than $6.95 million in total compensation in 2025 — a $2.5 million increase over the previous year, according to a securities filing.
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Eli Lilly GC's Pay Jumps To More Than $9.8M In 2025
The top lawyer at Eli Lilly and Co. saw her pay package continue to rise in 2025, with her earnings totaling more than $9.8 million for the year, according to the pharmaceutical giant's preliminary proxy filing from Friday.
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GCs See Room For Growth In EU With The Right Trade Rules
European policymakers should ensure that regulation makes it easier to do business and supports innovation if companies in the region are to remain competitive with those trading in lighter-touch jurisdictions, according to a survey of hundreds of in-house counsel published Monday.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
Anthropic, the developer of Claude AI, says it will take the Pentagon to court over being designated a national security risk because it wants to impose ethical guardrails on Claude's use. And the Mideast war is making in-house legal teams across the country work long hours to protect employees trapped by the violence and to keep businesses running despite broken supply chains. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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Liberty Media CLO To Shift To Senior Adviser Role
Liberty Media Corp.'s legal leader since 2019 will transition out of her role and become a senior adviser this year.
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Legal Jobs Up 19th Straight Month In 'Goldilocks' Economy
The legal sector continued its lengthy upward streak in February, with 2,600 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in January, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began the month of March facing a new conflict in the Middle East and developments on executive orders targeting BigLaw firms. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Publix Super Markets' Legal Leader Earned Over $1M In 2025
Publix Super Markets Inc. general counsel Merriann Metz earned her way onto the company's list of named executive officers in 2025 as she reached over $1 million in total compensation, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Longtime GC At Marriott Vacations Worldwide To Step Down
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. announced Friday that the company's longtime general counsel will soon step down, more than three decades after beginning his in-house legal career at Marriott International Inc.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In February? Alphabet And More
Legal leaders at Alphabet, Bloom Energy and United Therapeutics made life a little sweeter during Valentine's month as each sold over $5 million worth of stock in February.
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Colo. Appeals Court Finds Atty's Suit 'Frivolous'
The Colorado Court of Appeals upheld Thursday a lower court's order of attorney fees as a sanction against a lawyer and his counsel, agreeing that the lawyer's malpractice lawsuit could be considered "substantially frivolous, groundless and vexatious."
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Intel, Lutnick Face Investor Suit Over Government's 10% Stake
An Intel Corp. shareholder is suing the company's board of directors and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over a deal in which the government received a 10% stake in the company in exchange for releasing billions of dollars in previously agreed-upon funding.
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Delta Promotes Longtime Exec, Legal Chief To President Role
Delta is promoting its chief external affairs officer, who also serves as the airline's chief legal officer, to the role of president, the Atlanta-based company said Thursday in announcing a series of leadership changes.
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BNY's GC Pocketed Almost $7.7M In 2025, Mostly In Stock
The longtime general counsel at the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. earned nearly $7.7 million in 2025, with a large chunk of his total compensation coming from stock awards, according to a securities filing Thursday.
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Choice Hotels Deputy GC Checks In As New Legal Leader
Lodging franchisor Choice Hotels International Inc. has promoted one of its longtime attorneys to serve as its new legal leader ahead of its current general counsel's retirement planned for later this spring.
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Baker Botts Adds Ex-Edison Electrical Executive To DC Team
Baker Botts LLP has hired a former executive director from the Edison Electric Institute, an association that represents investor-owned electric power companies, where he worked for more than a decade and recently focused on coordinating engagement with federal agencies on climate and energy issues.
Expert Analysis
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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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.