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Future Of Judge-Shopping Reform Hazy After Rule Proposal
The policymaking body for U.S. courts provoked a stir last week when it proposed a rule designed to curb "judge shopping," with observers saying that the policy does address one type of the practice but that it remains to be seen if individual federal district courts will be willing to adopt even that limited reform.
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Gilead GC Saw Pay Climb To $5.2M In 2023
The general counsel of biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences Inc. saw her total compensation rise to more than $5.2 million in 2023 from over $4.8 million in 2022, a recent proxy filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission showed.
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Compliance Co. SingleFile Adds $6.5M In Seed Funding
Online compliance platform SingeFile raised $6.5 million in an extension of its previous seed funding rounds, the Seattle-based company's chief executive Aaron Finn confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Tuesday.
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Intra-Cellular Therapies Promotes GC To President
Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. said Tuesday it has elevated its general counsel, who has been in-house at the biopharmaceutical company for a decade, to the newly created position of president.
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PwC Launches Legal Tech-Powered Consulting Service
The Big Four accounting firm PwC is leaning more into legal generative artificial intelligence tools with a new service offering for legal departments.
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Legal Ops Pay Gap Has Widened For Women Since 2023
Despite heavy representation in the legal operations field, women in this area continue to be underpaid compared to men, earning as much as 25% less total compensation than their peers, a new survey has found.
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Rise In Civil Case Filings Mostly Driven By MDLs In 4 Districts
The number of civil lawsuits filed in federal court grew significantly in 2023, but much of that growth was deceptive, as it was driven by a small number of mass torts in just a handful of individual districts.
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AmEx CLO Saw Smaller Comp In '23 As Stock Award Dipped
American Express Co. paid its veteran chief legal officer $10.7 million in total compensation last year, a $4 million drop from 2022, according to a securities filing.
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5 Women Attys Named Influential Legal Tech Leaders
Leaders from Crowell & Moring LLP, Gilbert & Tobin and Gowling WLG were among the five honored Monday by the International Legal Technology Association as part of its 2024 list of Influential Women in Legal Technology.
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Legal Groups Seek Update On What It Takes To Be A Lawyer
The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System has announced a "major update" to its 2014 survey, this time teaming up with the Law School Admission Council to tap thousands of attorneys to get an updated view of what it takes to be a successful lawyer.
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Goldman Sachs CLO Saw Comp Drop By Nearly $4M In 2023
After earning more than $17 million in 2022, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s top attorney Kathryn Ruemmler saw her compensation decrease by $3.8 million last year, largely due to a difference in the stock awards she received from the financial giant, according to a recent securities filing.
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Uber CLO Saw Lower Stock Awards Drive Down Pay In '23
Uber's Tony West, who has been chief legal officer there since 2017, earned about $10.4 million in total compensation in 2023, down from the $10.6 million he received the previous year, a recent securities filing showed.
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Steptoe Hires Amazon Web Services Corporate Counsel
Steptoe LLP has added an attorney to its government affairs and public policy practice who worked at the firm twice before and most recently spent more than two years as an in-house attorney for Amazon Web Services.
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Lambda Legal Elects New Board Of Directors Chair
LGBTQ+-focused legal charity Lambda Legal has announced that the former vice chair of its board of directors has been elevated to the role of chair following an election by the board's members.
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GE Paid Legal Chief $8M; More Coming In Separation Package
General Electric paid general counsel Michael Holston over $8 million in 2023 and has prepared a multi-million dollar separation package for Holston and other departing executives who led GE toward its April 2 split into three independent companies, the company revealed Thursday.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
New data that showed the job market for experienced general counsel picked up to pre-pandemic levels last year was among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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New Deputy Chief Counsel Appointed To Pennsylvania Courts
Pennsylvania's state court management office has tapped an attorney with nearly 15 years of experience advising state officials to serve as deputy chief counsel.
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Former Trail Blazers GC Joins Schwabe Williamson In Portland
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt PC has hired the former general counsel for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, who is slated to help lead a newly created practice subgroup focused on sports and entertainment clients, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Discover CLO Made $6.6M With $3.4M Signing Bonus In 2023
Discover Financial Services paid over $6.6 million in total compensation last year to Hope Mehlman, who was appointed its chief legal officer and general counsel at the start of 2023, including a $3.4 million signing bonus, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the Ides of March with another busy week as BigLaw firms expanded their practices and headcounts. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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What GCs Want To See From Firms' New AI Practices
As artificial intelligence practice groups pop up in law firms around the country, what do general counsel want from their external lawyers when it comes to this burgeoning technology?
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72-Year Weil Alum, 'True Visionary' Corporate Atty Dies At 97
Ira M. Millstein, the legendary Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP senior partner who helped save New York City from bankruptcy in the 1970s and used his bipartisan connections to help smooth Ruth Bader Ginsburg's path to the federal judiciary, has died, the firm said Thursday.
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Ex-Siemens GC To Lead Legal For Fresenius Medical Care
Fresenius Medical Care, a German-based renal disease medical services and supply company, has announced a new top lawyer, adding a former longtime legal executive for Siemens who most recently served as chief legal officer for Spanish petroleum company Cepsa.
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Rising Turnover Seen Among Seasoned General Counsel
After a slow 2022, the job market for experienced general counsel picked up to pre-pandemic levels last year, as companies look to external candidates who have taken on a broader scope of responsibilities, according to a just-released study.
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Seuss Enterprises Names New Legal VP, Corporate Counsel
Children's entertainment company Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced a pair of new executive hires with the elevation of former senior corporate counsel Nicole Gates to vice president, legal and the addition of ex-Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP attorney Mike Lancaster as corporate counsel.