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The American Bar Association's Task Force for American Democracy, launched last year, published a 12-page report Friday outlining the importance of lawyers knowing their state's election laws and encouraging them to volunteer their time to bolster faith in elections.
Trial in a five-year-old case alleging two former Cognizant executives authorized a bribe to a government official in India has been delayed again, this time by six months, so prosecutors can complete necessary depositions in that country, according to a federal court order handed down Friday.
This coming week at its annual meeting in Chicago, the American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to discuss the "traumatic" practice of requiring would-be lawyers to disclose and discuss their experiences of sexual violence during the attorney licensure process.
Kirby Corp., a Texas-based tank barge operator, has promoted its longtime general counsel to executive vice president.
The DOJ unveiled its pilot program to reward whistleblowers who alert prosecutors to significant corporate misconduct — though the rollout didn't come without criticism from attorneys — and a new report determined that class actions accusing companies of deceiving investors about their AI capabilities are on the rise this year.
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced that five months after hiring a new chief compliance officer, it has promoted her to general counsel effective Monday.
The legal industry shed 500 jobs in July, continuing a three-month streak of declines following a gain in April, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The chief legal officer of solar equipment supplier Shoals Technologies Group Inc. is set to soon leave the post, according to a public filing.
The proposed plea agreement between the Boeing Co. and the U.S. Department of Justice over compliance failures related to two fatal passenger jet crashes in 2018 and 2019 prominently mentions the role of its new global chief compliance officer, just before it lists several pages of compliance lapses.
The legal industry marked the end of July with another action-packed week of news as BigLaw made hires across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
A recent New Jersey Supreme Court ruling "dramatically changes the landscape and scope" of a former Reed Smith LLP attorney's discrimination suit, the firm has told a state court judge in a brief asking that discovery and damages be limited and one claim be dismissed.
Legal department hires over the last month included high-profile appointments at Roku, JetBlue and Harvard University. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from July.
Former Michigan State University football coach Mel Tucker has filed a suit against the school's top administrators alleging they fired him over baseless sexual harassment allegations to protect their own jobs after the Larry Nassar debacle.
Delaware-based financial technology company Best Egg has promoted its general counsel to chief legal officer and corporate secretary, replacing its retiring, longtime top lawyer.
The senior vice president and chief external affairs officer for the Kansas City Royals, who has also been chief counsel and staff director at the U.S. House's Veterans Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, has left the ball club to join Dentons, the firm announced Thursday.
Healthcare-focused artificial intelligence company Abridge announced Thursday that a former Google AI expert who most recently served as the head of legal and safety at Inflection AI was named its new general counsel.
A Michigan township's former general counsel was not denied due process when his position was eliminated in 2020, the Sixth Circuit has ruled, agreeing with the district court that the attorney's employment agreement did not guarantee him a job.
The Washington, D.C.-based Minority Corporate Counsel Association announced that the chief legal officer at IBM has been named chair-elect of its board of directors, with the general counsel of Tyson Foods and Thermo Fisher Scientific added as board members.
An attorney known for civil litigation work on major cases, such as Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, is leaving their position as a deputy practice chair at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP to lead Her Justice, a New York City nonprofit dedicated to serving women living in poverty.
Kohler Co. has recruited an established general counsel, who spent the past seven years in the agribusiness sector and implemented several programs to empower women, as its next legal chief, a spokesperson told Law360 Pulse exclusively Thursday.
As it warned would be the case, Live Nation is telling a New York federal judge that it has no in-house counsel that will be able to meet his rules on counsel access to highly confidential material in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust suit against the live events company.
A chief privacy officer at Ameriprise Financial Services LLC has joined Fisher Phillips in Detroit as a data privacy and cybersecurity of counsel, the firm has announced.
While many legal chiefs don't want business leaders to view their legal teams as the department of "No," a new study says some executives continue to wait until as late as possible to consult with their counsel — if at all.
Utah-based Myriad Genetics Inc. announced Wednesday that the current general counsel at Emergent BioSolutions Inc. will join the company in September as its new chief legal officer.
Experts say associates should use social media with extreme caution, weighing any benefits against the impact that their online presence may have on their law firms, practice, clients and future employment.
Many attorneys are going to use artificial intelligence tools whether law firms like it or not, so firms should educate them on AI's benefits, limits and practical uses, such as drafting legal documents, to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal market, say Thomas Schultz and Eden Bernstein at Kellogg Hansen.
Dealing with the pressures associated with law school can prove difficult for many future lawyers, but there are steps students can take to manage stress — and schools can help too, say Ryan Zajic and Dr. Janani Krishnaswami at UWorld.
Corporate counsel often turn to third-party vendors to manage spending challenges, and navigating this selection process can be difficult for both counsel and the vendor, but there are several ways corporate legal departments can make the entire process easier and beneficial for all parties involved, says David Cochran at QuisLex.
Amid ongoing disagreements on whether states should mandate implicit bias training as part of attorneys' continuing legal education requirements, Stephanie Wilson at Reed Smith looks at how unconscious attitudes or stereotypes adversely affect legal practice, and whether mandatory training programs can help.
To become more effective advocates, lawyers need to rethink the ridiculous, convoluted language they use in correspondence and write letters in a clear, concise and direct manner, says legal writing instructor Stuart Teicher.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Negotiate My Separation Agreement?Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey discusses how a law firm associate can navigate being laid off, what to look for in a separation agreement and why to be upfront about it with prospective employers.
Recent legal challenges against DoNotPay’s "robot lawyer” application highlight pressing questions about the degree to which artificial intelligence can be used for legal tasks while remaining on the right side of both consumer protection laws and prohibitions against the unauthorized practice of law, says Kristen Niven at Frankfurt Kurnit.
At some level, every practicing lawyer is experiencing the ever-increasing speed of change — and while some practice management processes have gotten more efficient, other things about the legal profession were better before supposed improvements were made, says Jay Silberblatt, president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Law firms will be able to reap great long-term benefits if they adopt strategies to nurture four critical components of their employees' psychological wellness and performance — hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism, says Dennis Stolle at the American Psychological Association.
With caseloads and spending increasing, in-house counsel might find themselves called to opine on the risks and benefits of litigation more often, and they should look at five Sun Tzu maxims from the ancient Chinese classic "The Art of War" to inform their approach to any suit, says Jeff Golimowski at Womble Bond.
Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.