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Women Joining Boards Dips As Transparency Plunges
Public reporting on the race and gender of board members is plummeting across corporate America, as the number of women directors starts to decline and racial diversity plateaus, according to a new report from The Conference Board.
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Pinsent Masons Unit Adds Head Of Client Development
Pinsent Masons LLP's alternative legal services unit Vario said Monday that it has hired experienced law firm professional Jenny Grotepass to be head of client development for its managed legal services and consulting teams.
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SEC Gives Cos. Freer Rein To Block Shareholder Proposals
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it will not review most of the requests it gets from publicly traded companies hoping to exclude shareholder proposals from corporate ballots this proxy season, saying that it will not object to the exclusions due to time and resource constraints.
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Former Exelixis GC Named Legal Chief At Cytokinetics
A mere week after resigning from biopharmaceutical company Exelixis Inc., its general counsel has joined biopharmaceutical firm Cytokinetics Inc. as its chief legal officer.
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Trump Pulls IRS Chief Counsel Nomination Before Floor Vote
President Donald Trump on Friday withdrew his nomination of a Sullivan & Cromwell attorney to be the Internal Revenue Service's chief counsel just weeks after the Senate Finance Committee voted to advance the nomination to the Senate floor.
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Why Seasoned Attys Are Attracted To GC Roles At AI Startups
Longtime general counsel and law firm lawyers who walked away from stable jobs elsewhere in the law profession to lead legal functions at AI startups say they're excited by the chance to help set policy around innovation and continue to learn in an emerging space.
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10x Genomics GC Who Led Rule Of Law Effort To Retire In '26
The top in-house attorney at 10x Genomics Inc. and recent co-founder of a bipartisan group of more than 650 general counsel working to preserve the rule of law has announced he will retire from his role at the life sciences technology company at the end of the year, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Texas A&M Regents Fill New GC Post Amid Policy Changes
The Texas A&M Board of Regents this week announced the hiring of an independent general counsel who will solely report to the board, adding the new position amid a series of initiatives touted as strengthening oversight, transparency, accountability and confidence in academic programs.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
Experts say it will likely take at least a month for the thousands of SEC employees now back to work after the government shutdown to catch up with submissions for initial public offerings. Meanwhile, clean energy developers are increasingly looking to privately held investors amid a race to beat a July 2026 cutoff to maintain eligibility for clean electricity investment and production tax credits. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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Harris Beach Murtha Adds Senior Counsel Pair In NY
Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC has grown two of its New York offices with a trusts and estates attorney from Pierro Connor & Strauss LLC and an employee benefits specialist who previously worked in-house with financial planning firm Northern Trust.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week with more lateral hires and leadership changes, and one BigLaw firm exploring private equity investments.
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Rumble Cites Judge's Longtime Friendship With Google VP
Rumble asked a California federal judge to consider recusal should the Ninth Circuit revive its antitrust lawsuit against Google, citing a yearslong friendship with Google's top in-house litigation chief that involved the judge officiating at her wedding and their ongoing participation in a fantasy football league.
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Advent GC Returns To Ropes & Gray To Co-Lead PCT Practice
Ropes & Gray LLP announced Thursday that an attorney who left its ranks a few years ago for private equity firm Advent International Corp. is set to return to the firm at the beginning of December as the co-leader of its global private capital transactions practice.
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Netrio's GC Applauds AI While Acknowledging It's Imperfect
One of the most challenging aspects about being a general counsel in 2025 is that employees have access to AI, without it being completely mature and fleshed out, said the general counsel at IT managed service provider Netrio.
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Ga. Gov. Elevates Atty To Lead State Enviro Finance Agency
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday appointed the general counsel and grants division director from the governor's Office of Planning and Budget to serve on the state Environmental Finance Authority as its executive director.
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Unity CLO Steps Down Amid CEO Transition
Leadership at video game software company Unity Software Inc. has asked its top in-house attorney to step down from her role and assist with the shifting of her responsibilities until her full departure in the spring, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Delaware State University To Bring On New General Counsel
The president of Delaware State University has announced that the school will welcome an in-house attorney who works for the City University of New York School of Medicine to be its next general counsel.
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Wells Fargo Inks $84M ERISA Stock Option Suit Deal
Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $84 million to settle a proposed class action alleging the bank used dividends earned by its employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP, to meet its 401(k) matching obligations, according to the proposed deal filed Wednesday in Minnesota federal court.
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CLOC's New CEO Aims To Lead Legal Ops Into The Future
From doing a governance audit on the organization to adding vendors and alternative service providers to its board, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium is making major changes to move itself forward in 2026.
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Legal Prediction Platform Theo AI Names GC Advisory Board
Top in-house attorneys for Bristol Myers Squibb, Docusign and GoDaddy are among the members of the newly announced general counsel advisory board for Theo Ai, a company using an artificial intelligence platform to predict outcomes in civil suits.
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Ex-Energy Department General Counsel Joins Torridon Law
The general counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy during President Donald Trump's first term has joined Torridon Law PLLC, a Washington, D.C., boutique launched in 2022 by Trump's former Attorney General William Barr and former Facebook general counsel Ted Ullyot.
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New Savills GC Weighs Return-To-Office, AI, Legal Sector
Savills announced Wednesday that it is elevating Julia Spivack, who has been associate general counsel at the real estate advisory firm for three years, to executive vice president and general counsel. In an interview with Law360, Spivack spoke about her priorities in her new role.
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General Counsel AI Raises $60M Series B At $555M Valuation
General Counsel AI Inc., a legal artificial intelligence platform for in-house counsel, announced on Wednesday a $60 million Series B funding round that values the company at $555 million.
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Columbia Sportswear GC Named Co-President In Reshuffle
Columbia Sportswear Co. has named its longtime general counsel as its co-president and promoted its chief human resources officer as its new legal leader, the company announced Wednesday.
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Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2025 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
Expert Analysis
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.