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Reed Smith Maritime Pro Goes In-House At Shipping Financier
After spending years representing New Orleans-based shipping financing company Maritime Partners LLC, a Reed Smith LLP attorney has taken the working relationship a step further, joining the company as its new chief legal officer, he told Law360 Pulse on Friday.
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Cineworld Hires Post-Ch. 11 GC, Executive Suite
Cineworld Group, one of the world's largest movie theater chains, has announced it recently welcomed a new general counsel, chief financial officer and other senior executives following the company's exit from Chapter 11.
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AlTi COO With Atty Background Takes On President Role
Wealth and asset manager AlTi Global Inc. announced Friday that it is enlisting its chief operating officer, who is also an attorney, to oversee the company's wealth management and strategic alternatives businesses as its president.
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Judges And Law Scholars Divided Over AI Standing Orders
Several federal judges have issued standing orders blocking or putting guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence over accuracy issues with the technology, but a few legal scholars have raised concerns that the orders might discourage attorneys and self-represented litigants from using AI.
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Attorney Executive Tapped For Leadership Role At Aspira
Aspira Women's Health Inc., a company focused on the development of gynecologic disease diagnostic tools, has expanded its senior leadership team with the addition of an attorney and doctor as its new president.
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Cybersecurity Biz Hires Ex-Zoom GC As Its First CLO
Cybersecurity startup Abnormal Security Corp. has landed as its first-ever chief legal officer an attorney with extensive in-house experience, including a three-year stint as Zoom Video Communications Inc.'s general counsel.
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Aflac Legal Chief's Total Pay Rose To $4M In 2023
Aflac Inc. compensated its longtime top legal leader more than $4 million in 2023, marking the second year her pay increased since earning $3.6 million in 2021, according to the company's most recent securities filing.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began spring with a busy week of BigLaw moves as firms expanded practices and shifted headcounts. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Corning CLO's Compensation Increased To $5.7M
Corning Inc. paid its executive vice president and chief legal and administrative officer more than $5.7 million in 2023, a $632,000 increase over the package he received the previous year, according to a recent securities filing.
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Polsinelli Adds In-House Biotech IP Atty In Boston
An experienced in-house biotechnology attorney has joined Polsinelli PC's intellectual property department as counsel in Boston.
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Compensation For Cigna GC Dropped Slightly To $5.2M In '23
The top attorney for Connecticut-based health insurer Cigna Group saw her compensation package drop slightly in 2023 to $5.21 million from $5.23 million in 2022, according to a recent securities filing.
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Compensation For Murphy Oil GC Climbs To $3.4M
Houston-based energy company Murphy Oil paid its general counsel $3.4 million in total compensation last year, amid what it called "another year of strong production and excellent execution" for the company in a securities filing Thursday.
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HR Tech Startup Borderless AI Arrives With $27M Investment
Borderless AI, a startup with a human resources platform for legal and other corporate teams, launched from stealth mode on Thursday with a $27 million seed round.
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Ex-OneCoin Attorney Says 1 Year In Prison Is Enough
A Bulgarian woman who held the title of legal and compliance executive at the fraudulent OneCoin cryptocurrency exchange asked a Manhattan federal judge to credit her for the year she'd spent in prison in harsh conditions and not sentence her to any more jail time.
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Proxy Snapshot: Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson, a major medicine and medical technologies company based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, has filed its 136-page annual proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for its annual meeting. That meeting will be held virtually online on April 25.
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Hinshaw AI Policy Embraces New Tech, With 'Guardrails'
As generative AI platforms rapidly advance, law firms are hastening to develop policies that address ethical and legal concerns arising from the new technology — including the latest firm to jump into the fray, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP. Here, Law360 Pulse talks with general counsel Steven Puiszis about Hinshaw's new policy and how it took shape.
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RBC Top Atty Sees Role Expand As Strategy Officer Exits
Royal Bank of Canada confirmed Wednesday that its top attorney has taken on an expanded role as a key strategy executive with the financial institution prepares to leave.
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Top Attorney For Bristol-Myers Squibb Earned $5.9M In '23
The longtime general counsel for biopharma giant Bristol-Myers Squibb earned more than $5.9 million in compensation for last year, a figure that was down slightly from $6.1 million in 2022 but still buoyed by her work on its recent CEO transition and other matters.
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DXC Taps Former NetApp Exec As New GC
The former chief strategy officer for software company NetApp is joining DXC Technology Co. as its new general counsel, with the current top attorney for the IT services provider planning to retire later this month.
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Former Rutgers GC Tapped As New President Of American U.
A former top attorney for Rutgers University in New Jersey and onetime associate with Morgan Lewis has a new title elsewhere in the world of higher education — president of American University.
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New York Red Bulls GC Now Also Soccer Team's HR Chief
The general counsel of the New York Red Bulls has been promoted to also serve as chief administrative officer of the Major League Soccer team, which plays its home games in New Jersey, the team announced this week.
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Re/Max GC Sees Light At The End Of Antitrust Tunnel
Re/Max general counsel Susie Winders has spent several years in a joint defense group fighting antitrust cases brought by sellers over real estate commissions, and she says she is now "very pleased" over recent settlements despite their costs.
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King & Spalding Adds Ex-PwC Tax Pro As Partner In NY
An experienced tax attorney has joined King & Spalding LLP in New York after working at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for six years.
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US Chamber's Litigation Funding Concerns Spur 2 State Laws
Amid concerns from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce about third-party litigation funding, including from potentially hostile foreign entities, state legislatures in Indiana and West Virginia have recently passed bills imposing restrictions on the practice.
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Kirkland Restructuring Ace To Join Hilco Global As Vice Chair
James H.M. Sprayregen, the founder of Kirkland & Ellis' restructuring practice group and a well-known deal-maker in the corporate restructuring and mergers and acquisitions community, is set to join Hilco Global as a vice chair, the financial services holding company announced Tuesday.