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Former GC Stepping Down From Verizon Global Services Role
Verizon Communications Inc.'s former general counsel and current president of Verizon Global Services is leaving the company at the end of the year, a recent securities filing shows.
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Ex-Mintz Attorney Joins Electric Motor Co. As Legal VP
Electric motor design and software company ECM PCB Stator Tech has a new in-house counsel.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The upcoming holiday weekend didn't stop the legal industry from making this another action-packed week as BigLaw expanded and adjusted practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Microsoft Links Hiring, Exec Pay To Upgrading Cybersecurity
Microsoft President Brad Smith has agreed to testify before Congress in three weeks on the company's recent cyberattacks and on its new internal strategy to combat them, including by linking executive pay to cybersecurity.
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NC Fintech Atty Sues Paymentus For Gender, Age Bias
A former senior corporate counsel for cloud-based billing company Paymentus Corp. has slapped her former employer with a $100,000 age and gender discrimination suit in North Carolina federal court, saying she was paid less than her male colleagues and eventually fired for complaining, only to be replaced by a much younger male attorney.
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Goodwin Procter Atty Tapped As Wallace Foundation GC
The Wallace Foundation announced Thursday it will be bringing on an experienced general counsel who has focused on nonprofits and philanthropy while moving between private practice and in-house work, most recently working as counsel in Goodwin Procter LLP's tax-exempt organizations group.
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Baker Tilly GC Adds Chief Risk Officer To Responsibilities
Baker Tilly U.S. LLP has expanded the role of its general counsel to include the title of chief risk officer, the advisory CPA firm said Thursday.
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By The Numbers: Cos. Still Emphasize BigLaw Experience
Experience working at a Top 50 Am Law firm continues to have a more significant impact on in-house lawyers' compensation than experience at a boutique or even within the second top 50. But that's just one factor that plays a role. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at how compensation differs by corporate lawyers' previous employers and their practice areas.
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Jersey Mike's Subs Elevates Longtime Atty To GC
Fast-food chain Jersey Mike's Subs has announced that its deputy general counsel, who has been with the company since 2015, was elevated to vice president and general counsel.
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Wendy's Promotes CLO To International President
Ohio-based Wendy's announced Thursday that chief legal officer E.J. Wunsch was elevated to international president of the fast-food chain, which currently operates in 33 countries and U.S. territories.
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Fisher Phillips Reinforces Calif. Labor And Employment Team
Fisher Phillips has hired two of counsel in its Irvine, California, office to continue representing employers and helping those clients navigate a range of labor and employment matters.
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Cancer Society Strategist Starts 'New Adventure' With Venable
Venable LLP has hired the former strategic director for the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network as a senior policy adviser for its legislative and government affairs practice group and its health policy team.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Atty Urges Cos. To Tend To Climate Data
Public companies should not expect stakeholder concerns over climate risk to go away, even though litigation has cast a fog of uncertainty over certain disclosure rules, a Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer said Wednesday at a panel on the topic.
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'Live Like A First-Year': Recruiter Tips For Going In-House
For associates at large law firms, a change in both frame of mind and lifestyle is essential in order to make a successful transition to a career in-house at a corporation, according to legal recruiters.
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Broadway Financial Taps Wells Fargo Exec As Next GC
As it works to keep from being delisted on the Nasdaq stock exchange, Broadway Financial Corp. has announced the hiring of a new general counsel and new chief financial officer.
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How Different Legal Professionals Are Approaching Gen AI
More senior lawyers ask different and deeper questions about artificial intelligence technology — particularly around security and data protection — not only for their need to stay relevant and gain additional skills, but also because of their breadth of experience and years of being risk-averse, according to a legal industry panelist who spoke during a webinar Tuesday.
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Xcel Energy Finds Legal Chief In Experienced In-House Atty
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy Inc. has found its new legal chief in an experienced in-house legal leader who most recently worked at supplier BHE Renewables.
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Prologis Legal Chief To Step Down At The End Of 2024
Prologis Inc.'s chief legal officer will retire and transition to a senior adviser role starting in January, the logistics-focused real estate investment trust said Wednesday, and another member of its legal team has been tapped to fill the position.
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Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q1
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the fourth quarter of last year.
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In-House IBM Atty Rejoins Bass Berry As Gov't Contracts Pro
A government contracts lawyer has returned to private practice at Bass Berry & Sims PLC after a stint in-house with IBM.
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Networking App Nextdoor Promotes Atty To Lead Legal Team
Nextdoor has promoted an in-house attorney who has been with the social networking company for more than five years to serve as its top attorney.
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Cooley Atty Returns From Deputy GC In-House Role In Boston
Cooley LLP's latest emerging companies and venture capital practice partner, James Schneider, started his career as a sports journalist covering local high school football games and didn't consider shifting careers until after the final whistle of a Thanksgiving Day game while rushing to meet a deadline, he told Law360 Pulse on Tuesday.
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Fanatics Atty Rejoins Cleary As Debt Finance Partner
An in-house attorney for global sports enterprise Fanatics Holdings Inc. is returning to private practice at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where he began his legal career.
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Drug Tech Co. Certara Announces New Legal Chief
Drug technology company Certara announced Tuesday that the former general counsel of employee software company Nexthink has been named the company's new legal chief.
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CVS Health Taps American Express Atty As Governance Chief
The former chief governance officer at American Express announced on her LinkedIn page that she has joined CVS Health as its new senior vice president, corporate secretary and chief governance officer.
Expert Analysis
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For The Future Of Legal Practice, Let's Learn From The Past
At some level, every practicing lawyer is experiencing the ever-increasing speed of change — and while some practice management processes have gotten more efficient, other things about the legal profession were better before supposed improvements were made, says Jay Silberblatt, president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
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Why All Law Firms Should Foster Psychological Capital
Law firms will be able to reap great long-term benefits if they adopt strategies to nurture four critical components of their employees' psychological wellness and performance — hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism, says Dennis Stolle at the American Psychological Association.
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A GC's Guide To Litigation, Inspired By Sun Tzu's 'Art Of War'
With caseloads and spending increasing, in-house counsel might find themselves called to opine on the risks and benefits of litigation more often, and they should look at five Sun Tzu maxims from the ancient Chinese classic "The Art of War" to inform their approach to any suit, says Jeff Golimowski at Womble Bond.
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ChatGPT Is A Cool Trick, But AI Won't Replace Lawyers
Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.
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Pro Bono Work Is Valuable In IP And Continued Learning
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.
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Increasing Public Access To Legal Services: A Practical Plan
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
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Priorities For Improving The Legal Industry In Texas
To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.
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Leading Your Law Firm's Creation Of A New Practice Group
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?
Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
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10 Principles For Effective Partner Reward Systems
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
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Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Incorporating ADA Guidance Into Lawyer Wellness Movement
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business?
Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
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What Web3 Means For Lawyers' Ethical Duties
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.