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IAM Elevates Longtime HR Counsel To Associate GC
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced that the union's longtime director and counsel for human resources will be elevated to the role of associate general counsel at the start of 2025.
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Ex-Ulta Beauty Atty Returns To Quarles & Brady As Partner
National firm Quarles & Brady LLP has added the former assistant general counsel of Ulta Beauty to bolster its real estate practice group and efforts to advise its commercial real estate industry clients.
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From AI To ESG, These Issues Shaped 2024 For GCs
Between the growing significance of advanced artificial intelligence and the Supreme Court's striking down of the Chevron doctrine, 2024 was a year of change for general counsel and the legal departments they helm. Here, Law360 Pulse tracks five trending topics among in-house lawyers over the past year.
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PBS Atty Rolls The Dice With New Supreme Court Board Game
A forthcoming board game designed by Talia Rosen, an associate general counsel for PBS and lifelong gaming enthusiast, lets players experience the history of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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20 In-House Attys Will Receive 2025 'Legends In Law' Award
Twenty in-house attorneys will be honored for their work, integrity and professionalism next year as part of the 26th annual Burton Awards "Legends in Law" ceremony.
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Gunster Expands In Miami With Real Estate, Employment Pros
Florida business law firm Gunster has picked up a pair of new shareholders for its Miami office, including a real estate attorney from Cozen O'Connor and a labor and employment attorney who was previously in-house at Costa Farms.
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Twilio CLO Announces January Departure
The chief legal officer of San Francisco-based software developer Twilio has announced his plans to resign at the start of 2025 following a turbulent year that included a change in chief executive officers and ongoing battles with an activist investor.
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Federalist Society Names Walmart Counsel As Next Leader
The Federalist Society has found its second president and chief executive officer in an attorney who most recently served as counsel at the retail giant Walmart.
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Locke Lord Adds Ex-Insurance Biz General Counsel In NY
Locke Lord LLP has hired the former general counsel for specialty property and casualty insurance company Everspan Group to bolster its regulatory and transactional insurance practice group.
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Experienced Retail Adviser Joins Hunton In DC
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP announced Monday that a longtime vice president and senior counsel at the National Retail Federation has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a public policy and government relations partner.
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Shutts & Bowen Atty Named GC Of Republican Lawyers Group
The Tallahassee, Florida, office managing partner of Shutts & Bowen LLP has been tapped to serve as general counsel to the Republican National Lawyers Association, bringing experience representing government and political organizations, the firm announced Monday.
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Jenner & Block Energy Co-Chair Named Constellation GC
Constellation Energy Corp. announced Monday that a former co-chair of Jenner & Block LLP's energy practice has been appointed the Baltimore-based energy producer's new general counsel.
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Biotech Biz Xilio Therapeutics Appoints Chief Legal Officer
Xilio Therapeutics Inc. announced Monday that it has hired an attorney who previously worked in-house for Seres Therapeutics Inc. and as an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP to be its chief legal officer and help steer its legal strategy and operations.
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SEC's Corporation Finance Director Gerding To Step Down
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that the head of its Division of Corporation Finance, who oversaw the finalization of controversial new rules covering environmental disclosures and share repurchases, will leave the agency at the end of the year.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
Albertsons and its general counsel claim Kroger did not try hard enough to keep their proposed merger from being blocked by the courts, and a new survey says tight budgets are forcing in-house counsel to increasingly turn to artificial intelligence tools for help.
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Florida Bar Erases Diversity Language From Board Policy
The Florida Bar Board of Governors on Friday struck the term "diversity and inclusion" from its standing board policies, representing the latest move in an ongoing effort to separate the Sunshine State's legal profession from diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Luminar Brings Back Ex-Google Atty As Legal Chief
Orlando, Florida-based autonomous vehicle company Luminar Technologies Inc. has brought back a familiar face to its C-suite, announcing the return of a former top lawyer who, after joining from Google and spending three years as its general counsel and chief legal officer, departed the company in 2019.
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Fintech Platform Names Veteran Tech Atty Chief Legal Officer
Investment management platform Vise announced that an experienced attorney who most recently was general counsel of a fintech company he co-founded has been appointed chief legal officer and general counsel.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms recruited new talent and announced raises for associates. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law Firm AI Innovations Are Winning Over Legal Ops Teams
Despite near-universal rate increases from outside counsel, legal operations professionals are feeling increasingly positive about their law firms' willingness to innovate with artificial intelligence, according to a new report on Thursday.
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AI Terms, 'Coffee Badging' Among Top New Words In Law
Burton's Legal Thesaurus recently announced this year's top new words in law, with entries like "coffee badging" and "hot-tubbing" joining the echelons of 2022's "meme stock" and 2023's "hallucination" as the thesaurus brings to light some of the most novel terms and talking points for lawyers in 2024.
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Ex-Lockheed Diversity Chief Takes Conn. Government Role
An experienced diversity, equity and inclusion executive at private companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies has been appointed as Connecticut's chief equity and opportunity officer.
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Ex-OMB GC Mark Paoletta Returns To Role In Trump Admin
The attorney who served as the general counsel of the Office of Management & Budget in President-elect Donald Trump's first administration has been tapped by the incoming president to once again take the reins of that agency's legal work.
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Auto Parts Company Names Otis GC To Board Of Directors
Auto parts company Dana Inc. has announced that the general counsel of elevator manufacturer Otis Worldwide has been named the ninth member of its board of directors.
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Ex-Recruitment Firm GC Joins Gordon Rees In San Diego
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has bolstered its employment law practice group with the hiring of a civil litigator who previously worked in-house at a staffing agency.
Expert Analysis
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How Law Firms Can Welcome And Celebrate Autistic Lawyers
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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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.