Lennar CLO Earned $8M In First Few Months On The Job

By Madison Arnold

The chief legal officer of Florida-based homebuilder Lennar Corporation earned more than $8 million last year after joining the company in September, according to a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proxy statement filed Thursday.

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Could GCs Be The Key To Legal AI's Success?

By Michele Gorman

As outside counsel expenses continue to add up — and AI matures and becomes more mainstream — some top corporate lawyers are building deep in-house expertise for recurring, high-volume legal work and reserving external help for niche areas.

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HP Legal Chief Earned Over $5.4M In 2025

By Christine DeRosa

HP Inc. legal chief Julie Jacobs raked in over $5.4 million in fiscal year 2025, an increase compared to the previous year thanks mostly to a nearly $900,000 rise in stock awards.

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Arete Wealth, GC Can't Slip SEC Claims In Offering Fraud Suit

By Katryna Perera

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can move forward with its case against a broker-dealer and its former general counsel and chief compliance officer over an allegedly fraudulent stock offering by three representatives of a "sham" energy company, an Illinois federal judge ruled Thursday, while dismissing some claims related to off-channel communications and settlement releases, among other things.

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WilmerHale Adds Biden-Harris WH Atty, Ex-Campaign GC

By Jack Rodgers

WilmerHale has rehired a former senior White House lawyer who served as the general counsel for the Biden-Harris reelection campaign and later for the Harris-Walz presidential campaign, the firm announced Thursday.

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Brokerage Howden Plucks New Legal Chief From Alleghany

By Hanna Vioque

Insurance broker Howden said Thursday that it is bringing in a new chief legal officer in March with more than two decades of experience in financial leadership roles as it ramps up growth plans ahead of its 30th anniversary. 

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