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Republican AGs Rebuke Proposed ABA Diversity Rule Change
Republican state attorneys general representing 21 states are pushing back against proposed changes to the American Bar Association's diversity and inclusion standards for law schools, cautioning that they run afoul of precedent the U.S. Supreme Court established when it struck down affirmative action in 2023.
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DLA Piper Adds Ex-Verizon GC As Telecom Partner
DLA Piper is boosting its global telecom practice with a new partner at its New York office who joins after serving as Verizon Business' senior vice president and general counsel, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Starbucks' Former IP Head Joins Davis Wright In Seattle
Batur Oktay, the former leader of Starbucks Corp.'s intellectual property program, has joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner in the firm's Seattle office, according to an announcement Tuesday.
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New USPTO Advisers Include Mattel, Estee Lauder Attys
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday welcomed six additions to its patent and trademark advisory committees, including lead intellectual property attorneys at The Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. and Mattel Inc.
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CFPB Senior Litigator Who Defended Key Rules Is Departing
A veteran Consumer Financial Protection Bureau litigator who represented the agency in a slew of high-profile cases challenging its rulemakings and constitutionality is heading for the exit after more than a decade at the consumer watchdog.
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NJ Investigation Agency Elevates Interim Chief To Top Role
The New Jersey State Commission of Investigation has appointed Tiffany Williams Brewer, a former state administrative law judge, assistant U.S. attorney and law professor, as chief executive of the agency.
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Calif. Software Co. Names New Leadership Including GC
Medallia Inc., an experience management software platform, has hired a new management team, including a general counsel and a CEO who worked for its onetime rival Clarabridge.
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Gibbons Brings On Prudential Employment Legal Chief In NJ
Gibbons PC has expanded its employment and labor law practice group with the addition of the former chief legal officer for labor and employment at Prudential.
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Approach The Bench: Justice Goodwin Liu On Oral Argument
When Goodwin Liu became a California Supreme Court justice in 2011, the constitutional law professor found the intellectual demands of judging similar to academia, but was surprised to learn that "the art of judging is much more practical than people think."
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Eckert Seamans Adds Former Trump Interior Dept. Atty
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC is the latest firm to get in on the exploding lateral movement in the energy legal market following the 2024 presidential election, adding a former Trump administration attorney who served in a first-of-its-kind role in the first administration's Interior Department.
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Goya Foods Names 1st New GC In Over 3 Decades
For the first time in more than 30 years, Hispanic-owned food company Goya Foods has named a new legal leader.
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Tether, Bitfinex Tap New GC After Longtime Lawyer Retires
Stablecoin issuer Tether and its sister company, crypto exchange Bitfinex, have tapped an in-house lawyer to become general counsel after their top lawyer of more than a decade retires.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In Dec.? Robinhood, Alphabet, More
Legal leaders at tech and fintech companies like Robinhood, Alphabet, Coinbase and Meta enriched their holidays as each sold more than $2 million worth of stock in December.
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Sheppard Mullin Hires University Of Calif. Health Counsel
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Monday that it has hired two attorneys who previously served in-house at the University of California to bolster its healthcare industry practice group.
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Bracewell Adds Pioneer Natural Resources Associate GC
Bracewell LLP has expanded its energy offerings in Texas with the addition of the former managing associate general counsel for Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc., the firm said Monday.
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Husch Blackwell Joins Law Firms Adding Senior AI Roles
Husch Blackwell LLP has hired an Adobe veteran to serve as its first senior director of artificial intelligence advisory services, the firm said Monday, making it the latest law firm to add a senior AI role.
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Texas Software Co. Promotes Legal Chief, Deputy
Tyler Technologies announced Monday that the Texas-based software company has selected its chief legal officer to become the firm's first chief administrative officer, as part of several other shuffles in its C-suite.
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Haynes Boone Taps Appellate Leader As New General Counsel
Haynes Boone announced Monday that it has appointed its Dallas-based appellate practice group chair to the role of general counsel, effective Jan. 1.
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Howard University Joins Expanding Weil Service Fellowship
Howard University School of Law is the latest school to join Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's public service initiative designed to develop the next generation of leaders in the legal profession while tackling social, economic and legal inequities.
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Boeing, DOJ Say No Agreement Yet For Revised 737 Max Plea
The Boeing Co. and the U.S. Department of Justice told a Texas federal judge Friday they have not yet reached an agreement on how to revise the aircraft manufacturer's plea agreement in the 737 Max criminal conspiracy case, after the judge last month rejected the initial deal.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
How to deal with diversity, climate change and artificial intelligence are the key issues giving general counsel night terrors at the start of the new year. And in Delaware, the Chancery Court is allowing a stockholder suit to move forward against Fox Corp., related to its false reports of voting fraud in 2020.
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Power Co. Adds Ex-GC, Gibson Dunn Partner To Board
A longtime Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner who recently retired from the firm has been named as the 11th member of Texas-based energy company Vistra's board of directors, according to an announcement this week.
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SiriusXM General Counsel To Retire After 2-Plus Decades
SiriusXM will soon be in the market for a new general counsel as its longtime legal leader has announced his plans to retire in early 2025.
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FHLB San Francisco CLO Exits Amid Proposed Restructuring
The chief legal officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco has resigned after her position was set to be restructured, according to a public filing.
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The Top In-House Hires Of December
Legal department hires in the past month included high-profile appointments at Eaton Corp., Conde Nast, Constellation Energy Corp. and Turing. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from the past few weeks.