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Legal Job Market Continued Downward Trend In August
The legal industry lost 2,300 jobs in August, the fourth month in a row of declines, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
A contracting company has launched a $59 million malpractice suit against Troutman Pepper, alleging the firm and a partner in its construction practice failed to provide adequate representation in two underlying cases, while artificial intelligence was atop the list of new technologies law firms have used this year. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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McGlinchey Stafford Adds Ex-United Auto Credit GC In Texas
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC announced that it has strengthened its financial institutions compliance practice group with a Dallas-based attorney who came aboard after more than seven years as general counsel and chief compliance officer for United Auto Credit Corp.
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TriNet Promotes Former Binance Exec To Chief Legal Officer
Human resources services company TriNet has elevated its deputy general counsel, who joined the company earlier this year from Binance.US, to replace its departing chief legal officer.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off September with another action-packed week as law firms shifted offices and made new hires. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Seasoned Atty Returns To Sterne Kessler As General Counsel
After a self-described nine-month sabbatical, an attorney who previously worked at Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox for more than two decades has returned to the Washington, D.C.-based firm to serve as general counsel.
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Troutman Pepper Faces $59 Million Malpractice Suit In NY
Queens-based construction company Judlau Contracting has launched a $59 million malpractice suit against Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP in New York state court, alleging the firm and a partner in its construction practice of failing to provide adequate representation in two underlying court cases.
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Adobe's GC, Longtime Atty Resigns
Adobe Inc.'s general counsel, a technology veteran who has worked to increase trust and transparency online and to fight the spread of both misinformation and disinformation, has stepped down from his post, a spokesperson for the computer software company confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Thursday.
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UK Screen Directors Tap Ex-Disney GC To Seek Royalties
One year ago this month, Peter Wiley walked away from his job as chief international counsel for the Walt Disney Co., saying he wanted to "take a short break." And he did.
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Wiley Beefs Up Enviro Team With Special Counsel Add In DC
Wiley Rein LLP has hired an environmental lawyer who has helped clients understand the regulatory, public policy and enforcement impacts of climate laws on their businesses for more than 15 years, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Travel Tech Biz Sabre Taps Another Chief Legal Officer
Travel tech company Sabre Corp. will soon welcome its third chief legal officer within the past few years due to the termination of the attorney who started in the post last year.
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How Revlon's Former GC Landed A Board Position
When Cari Robinson left Revlon as general counsel in 2022, she thought she was ready to retire. Since then, however, she has taken a job at a strategic communications firm and found a board seat. Now, she said she has "the best of both worlds."
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Texas Real Estate Group Lands Veteran In-House Atty As GC
Austin, Texas-based real estate investment and development platform The Amherst Group has hired a new general counsel with 20 years of experience in real estate, including more than a decade of in-house work under his belt.
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Cooley Hires Corporate Governance Pro As Strategic Adviser
Cooley LLP has hired a thought leader with expertise in securities regulation as a strategic adviser to provide content for clients, including a new blog to give guidance on all types of governance issues, the firm announced Thursday.
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Private Investment GC Joins King & Spalding Finance Group
A transaction attorney who served as in-house general counsel for private investment firm PSP Partners LLC for nearly four years has returned to private practice this week and joined King & Spalding's Chicago office.
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H&R Block Promotes Attorney To Tax Institute Head
H&R Block Inc. has named one of its longtime employees as the next leader of its Tax Institute, which studies changing tax laws to support the company's clients, professionals and products.
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Axiom's Arizona-Based Law Firm Launches GC Services
Arizona-based law firm Axiom Advice & Counsel announced Tuesday the launch of its own outside general counsel services for use by startups and small businesses unable to afford an in-house attorney.
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Fla. Builder Can't Escape Former In-House Atty's Suit
A Florida federal magistrate judge has rejected a development company's bid to escape a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by its onetime in-house counsel, saying that enough has been pled to overcome the dismissal request.
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Drugmaker Perrigo Hires Former Haleon Attorney As New GC
Ireland-headquartered pharmaceutical company Perrigo named a new general counsel on Wednesday, adding an experienced in-house attorney who was most recently interim general counsel for British drugmaker Haleon.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In August? Netflix, Apple And More
Netflix Inc. chief legal officer David Hyman added to his income by selling more than $29 million worth of company stock in August, while Apple Inc. general counsel Katherine Adams sold over $20 million worth.
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Holcim Promotes From Within For Group GC Spot
Sustainable building company Holcim has promoted one of its in-house attorneys to take over as its group general counsel on Nov. 1.
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PE Firm Names Ex-Reed Smith Pro As New GC
TDR Capital LLP has named a long-time in-house counsel and former Reed Smith LLP lawyer as its new general counsel, after her predecessor in the role was recruited by U.S. law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP.
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Overheard At ILTACON: Law Firms Face AI Growing Pains
Law firms exploring artificial intelligence tools face growing hurdles in implementing those technologies effectively while dealing with pushback from clients, based on what I overheard at a recent legal technology conference.
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NGL Energy's GC Set To Depart Next Month
The top lawyer at NGL Energy Partners LP, who has been at the helm of its legal department for about eight years, is planning to leave the oil and gas company in October "to pursue other interests," according to a recent securities filing.
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Holland & Knight Taps EY Exec For Expanded C-Suite Role
Holland & Knight LLP announced Tuesday the addition of a longtime Ernst & Young executive as chief business development and marketing officer, a new position where he'll be tasked with driving growth and bolstering the firm's brand.