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Alaska Airlines Promotes Atty Duo After Hawaiian Merger
Following its nearly $2 billion merger with Hawaiian Airlines, Alaska Airlines announced five new executive appointments, including a pair of attorneys who will lead its legal and public and government affairs efforts.
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McDermott Welcomes Back Employee Benefits Atty In DC
McDermott Will & Emery LLP's status as a top BigLaw firm with a specialized practice focused on employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs, prompted an employee benefits attorney to recently return to the firm's Washington, D.C., office.
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Walker & Dunlop Gives Interim GC Permanent Role
Commercial real estate finance and advisory services firm Walker & Dunlop Inc. has promoted its interim general counsel since May to the role permanently.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as President-elect Donald Trump announced key appointments and Milbank kicked off BigLaw bonus season. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Curtiss-Wright GC Retiring, Deputy Tapped To Replace Him
North Carolina-headquartered aviation and defense manufacturer Curtiss-Wright announced Thursday its deputy general counsel had been named vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary effective immediately, while the company's longtime top lawyer prepares for retirement by the end of 2024.
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Meet The Holtzman Vogel Atty Picked As Trump's WH Counsel
In selecting his top White House attorney, President-elect Donald Trump has turned to a longtime Republican election lawyer who also served in his first administration and has lobbied for a range of clients in recent years.
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With Rise Of Gen AI, Firms Advised To Rethink Billable Hours
As legal professionals continue to use generative artificial intelligence tools in their work, law firms need to reconsider billable hours and how they train associates, legal industry consultant Jordan Furlong said during an American Bar Association webinar Thursday.
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ADM Compliance Head To Depart Amid Co. Accounting Woes
Archer-Daniels-Midland's head of compliance will leave the food and animal nutrition company, a spokesperson has confirmed, in a year that has seen the company grappling with regulatory probes into its accounting practices and related investor litigation.
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Proskauer Taps Ex-Creative Artists Agency CFO As New COO
Proskauer Rose LLP announced Thursday that it has hired the former chief financial officer from Creative Artists Agency as its chief operating officer to oversee the firm's operations and 800 business services professionals.
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Cooper Levenson Adds Ex-Blank Rome Litigator After GC Role
Cooper Levenson expanded its Atlantic City, New Jersey, office this week with the addition of a former litigation partner at Blank Rome LLP and in-house counsel at a social media detection and monitoring software company.
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GCs Brace For Rising Costs From Clean Energy Disputes
A new survey of 300 general counsel and top in-house lawyers shows they are already dealing with disputes stemming from the global shift toward clean energy, with many respondents anticipating litigation and arbitration costs will rise in coming years.
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Ex-Gibson Dunn Disputes Pro To Move Into In-House Role
Marsh McLennan has hired a dispute resolution partner from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in London as a general counsel for two of its consulting businesses, the firm said Thursday.
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Retiring GC Looks Back On 30-Plus Years Adapting, Growing
After 35 years as in-house counsel and never working at a law firm, Lizbeth "Beth" O'Shaughnessy is retiring in December from Steelcase. She spoke with Law360 Pulse about why she is retiring now, changes she has seen in the general counsel role, and some of her toughest and proudest moments.
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Axiom Launches Services To Tackle Corporate Litigation
Alternative legal service provider Axiom announced Tuesday it is launching two new litigation services for large-scale businesses and smaller operations offering lower-cost options for dealing with contract issues, unpaid invoices and other routine business disputes.
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Fla. Bar Eyes Scraping Diversity Language From Board Policy
The Florida Bar Board of Governors may soon remove references to "diversity and inclusion" from its standing board policies as part of an ongoing push by the state Supreme Court against such diversity-related language.
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Corporate Legal Offices May Double Technology Spend By '27
Leaders in legal, risk and compliance functions are so intrigued by automation that they will double their departments' technology spend by 2027, Gartner Inc. predicted on Wednesday.
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National Grid Atty Joins Barclay Damon's Energy Practice
Barclay Damon LLP has announced that a former in-house attorney at utility company National Grid joined the firm's New York office as a partner, saying his hire will help its efforts in the energy regulatory, compliance and litigation spaces.
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Infrastructure PE Firm Selects Ex-Softbank Atty As New GC
Global infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital announced Wednesday that a former Softbank Group attorney has been hired as its new general counsel.
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Georgia Power Coop Promotes GC To Replace Retiring CEO
Georgia energy producer Oglethorpe Power Corp. has named a longtime in-house attorney who currently holds the role of general counsel as its next chief executive beginning in February 2025, in a time of what it called "unprecedented growth and change" for the energy sector.
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Inside Legal Tech Companies' Chicago Offices
While office vacancies nationwide have been steadily increasing since the pandemic, legal tech companies in Chicago have continued to gradually expand their office spaces as their businesses grow. Here is a look at five of the biggest legal tech company offices in Chicago.
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Trump Taps Ex-Jones Day Partner For White House Counsel
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that William J. McGinley, a former Jones Day partner who worked as assistant to both the president and Cabinet secretary during Trump's first term, will serve as White House counsel during the upcoming term.
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In-House Counsel Less Wary Of Making BigLaw Jump
While most in-house counsel aren't actively looking to shift to private practice, a survey out Tuesday found there may be an increasing openness to that career lane shift if certain conditions — such as better salaries, work-life balance, and firm culture — are met.
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Former FTX Top Atty Joins Lowenstein Sandler In NY
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced Tuesday that the former general counsel at crypto exchange FTX will join the firm's New York office as a partner and chair of its new commodities, futures and derivatives practice group.
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OpenX Promotes Atty To Chief Privacy Officer, Deputy GC
OpenX Technologies Inc. has looked within for a new privacy leader in what the online advertising exchange company described as a strategic move doubling down on its commitment to privacy-first practices in the ad tech industry.
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Tampa Airport General Counsel To Become Next CEO
The Tampa International Airport's executive vice president and general counsel will soon head up the airport as CEO after the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority board of directors selected him on Tuesday.