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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.
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Whirlpool GC On Impacting Business, Winning The Right Way
For Kyle De Jong, senior vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer for iconic appliance maker Whirlpool Corp., one of the most important lessons for in-house counsel is that winning a legal action is not enough.
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Georgia-Based Acuity Brands' GC Saw Comp Rise To $2.6M
Georgia-based lighting and building management firm Acuity Brands paid its general counsel about $250,000 more in fiscal year 2024 than the year before, bringing his total compensation up to $2.6 million, according to a Thursday securities filing.
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Ex-Paramount Exec Named Virgin Music's Legal Affairs VP
Virgin Music Group announced Wednesday that an experienced entertainment attorney who most recently was a senior vice president with Paramount Global has been appointed its new executive vice president of global business and legal affairs.
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Growing Workloads Have More In-House Teams Turning To AI
Corporate law departments are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools as they face pressure to control costs and meet growing demands for legal services amid flat headcount, according to survey results released Wednesday.
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Meta Adds Intel, King & Spalding Attys For Legal Leader Roles
Meta Platforms Inc. is bringing on a former Intel Corp. associate general counsel and a King & Spalding LLP attorney to fill senior legal leadership positions, the parent company of social media applications Facebook and Instagram confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.
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Insurance Crime Group Names Ex-Sen. Committee Aide As VP
The National Insurance Crime Bureau announced that a former attorney with the Senate Judiciary Committee joined the nonprofit organization from Venable LLP as its new vice president of strategy, policy and government affairs.
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Conde Nast Names SoundCloud Legal Leader As GC
Global media giant Conde Nast has found its new legal leader in a veteran legal executive who most recently served as general counsel for the audio streaming service SoundCloud.
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Koppers Taps New CLO, Chief Sustainability Officer
Global wood preservation technology company Koppers Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it has elected Stephanie Apostolou to serve as its chief legal and sustainability officer and secretary ahead of the retirement of its chief sustainability officer next March.
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SEC Says Xtreme Fighting CEO And GC Defrauded Investors
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Xtreme Fighting Championships and CEO Steven Smith of defrauding investors by selling millions of dollars of stock in the martial arts organization without disclosing the involvement of Smith or its criminally charged general counsel, according to a Florida federal lawsuit.
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Home Services Co. Hires CLO From SmileDirectClub
Thumbtack, a technology company that operates a home services website, has found its new chief legal officer in an experienced attorney who most recently worked at dental telehealth company SmileDirectClub.
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Former Quinn Emanuel Atty Joining Fileread In Dual Role
A former BigLaw attorney and legal technology product executive is joining Fileread, which developed an artificial intelligence-powered litigation platform, as strategic partnerships lead, the startup announced Monday.
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HubSpot's Legal Chief Leaving After Google Deal's Collapse
After two years in the role, Alyssa Harvey Dawson is resigning Dec. 31 as chief legal officer of HubSpot Inc., a sales and marketing software company whose proposed sale to Alphabet Inc.'s Google collapsed in July.