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Former IRS Commissioner Joins Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Former IRS Commissioner Charles "Chuck" Rettig joined Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry as a shareholder in Los Angeles, following in the footsteps of his former acting chief of staff, whom the firm hired last year.
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'Bright Line' Recusal Rule May Be Challenging To Fed. Judges
A new ethics opinion clarifying when federal judges should step aside from cases when they own stock in a party's parent company is a positive step toward transparency, but it also creates a lot of work for judges and may not have much practical impact, according to experts.
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CLO Of University Operator Announces June Departure
The chief legal officer and chief ethics and compliance officer at Laureate Education Inc., an owner and operator of universities in Mexico and Peru, announced his plans to leave the company at the end of June on Monday in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Once Part-Time GC Grows Company And His Role In It
Adam Epstein started working at adMarketplace, which supports online searches for products, over 20 years ago as a part-time general counsel.
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Former FDIC Counsel Rejoins Cadwalader In NY
A onetime Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP associate is coming back to the firm after serving as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's senior special counsel, the firm said Monday.
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Gilstrap Backs Trial In Samsung, Ex-Attys' Trade Secret Fight
Chief U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap has signed off on a magistrate judge's recommendation to send a Texas trade secrets fight between Samsung and two tech companies operated by former Samsung attorneys to court, denying bids for an early win brought by counterclaim defendants Staton Techiya and Synergy IP.
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Pitney Bowes' Chief Legal Officer To Retire At Month's End
The top legal officer at Pitney Bowes Inc., who has worked at the company for more than two decades in various roles during separate employment stints, is set to retire on March 31, according to a Monday public filing.
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Power Solutions Hires Guaranteed Rate Atty As GC
The associate general counsel for mortgage company Guaranteed Rate LLC has joined Illinois-based engine maker Power Solutions International Inc. as the company's general counsel.
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Calif. Developer Five Point Picks Legal Officer As COO
Irvine, California-based real estate company Five Point Holdings LLC said Mike Alvarado will take over as its chief operating officer while retaining his roles as chief legal officer, vice president and secretary.
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In-House Atty, Ex-Hartford Mayor Among 22 Conn. Judge Noms
Attorneys from Halloran & Sage LLP, Faxon Law Group, Brown Paindiris & Scott LLP and other Connecticut firms are among 22 nominees announced Friday for seats on the state trial court's bench, alongside an in-house counsel for The Hartford and nearly a dozen public servants, including a former mayor of the state capital.
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Medica Associate GC Returns To Fox Rothschild
The former director of litigation for Medica, a nonprofit health plan based in Minnesota, has returned to private practice at Fox Rothschild LLP, where she worked before moving in-house.
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The Top In-House Hires Of February
Legal department hires during the shortest month of the year included high-profile appointments at Walgreens, MSG Entertainment and the FBI. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from February.
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How GCs Can Safeguard Ethics, Data In Face Of Evolving Tech
New technology is moving so fast, as well as the laws relating to attorneys' use of technology, that panelists at a Thursday evening webinar complained it was nearly impossible to have an up-to-date slide deck.
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Morgan Lewis Adds Otsuka Pharmaceutical Atty In DC
An in-house attorney for drugmaker Otsuka Pharmaceutical has moved to private practice at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP as a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office.
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Compensation For AO Smith GC Climbed To Nearly $3M In 2023
The longtime general counsel for water heater manufacturer A.O. Smith Corp. saw his compensation package increase by more than $1.1 million in 2023.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
February ended with a bang as BigLaw made moves and the Supreme Court waded into former President Donald Trump’s legal woes. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
The number of class actions targeting companies' boards of directors and allegedly "coercive" bylaw provisions continues to grow, and eight European consumer groups are saying Meta's "consent or pay" choice for customers is a cover-up for obtaining sensitive personal information. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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18-Year Ogletree Shareholder Named ERIC Legal Group Head
A longtime Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC shareholder has left the firm for a role as executive director of the ERISA Industry Committee's Legal Center, the group announced Friday.
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How Aspiring GCs Can Be Sure Their Comp Packages Are Fair
The beginning of proxy season is upon us, which means we can gain insight into compensation packages for public companies' legal chiefs. But how can lawyers, especially those stepping into their first general counsel role, be sure their own compensation is fair and reasonable?
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Former ConsumerAffairs GC Joins Troutman Amin In Calif.
The former general counsel of ConsumerAffairs has jumped to Irvine, California-based marketing law firm Troutman Amin LLP.
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EPR's Top Atty Retires, Associate GC To Succeed Him
The general counsel of Kansas City, Missouri-based real estate investment trust EPR Properties plans to retire at the start of March, with the company's associate general counsel set to take over upon his departure from the firm, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Amazon GC Honored For Legal Team's Pro Bono Efforts
The National Legal Aid & Defender Association announced Thursday that it will honor a former Brooklyn assistant district attorney who now leads the legal department at Amazon, but kept his passion for helping those in need.
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Senate Confirms First Woman To Top IRS Attorney Post
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed a former director at EY who previously served as associate chief counsel, international, at the Internal Revenue Service to be the agency's chief counsel, making her the first woman to be confirmed for the role.
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Inside BigLaw's 'Tremendous' Hunger For Restructuring Attys
Even as the economy appears poised to pick up steam in 2024, BigLaw firms are still aggressively adding restructuring capabilities, with a number of recent lateral hires reflecting the glut of work still to be found in the practice area.
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Photronics GC Sees Comp. Top $2M In 2023
The top attorney for Photronics Inc., a Connecticut-based semiconductor photomask manufacturer, saw her compensation increase slightly in 2023, pushing it to just over $2 million.