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SEC Counsel Joins Venable Team, Former Boss In DC
Venable announced Tuesday it has hired a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer who spent the past 10 years in myriad legal roles at the agency and most recently had a senior position in the SEC Division of Trading and Markets' legal review office.
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FDIC Taps 5 Attys As Counsel To Chairman, Deputy GCs
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Monday that it has appointed five attorneys to senior leadership positions, including a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney and a JPMorgan Chase & Co. assistant general counsel.
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Fintech Affirm Legal Chief Earned $4.3M Last Year
Affirm Holdings Inc., a San Francisco-based financial technology company focused on buy now, pay later consumer financial services, has reported it paid its legal leader $4.3 million in compensation for the second fiscal year in a row.
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BuzzFeed Legal Team To Absorb CLO's Duties After His Exit
Media company BuzzFeed Inc.'s top attorney is set to depart early next month, with its legal team set to pick up his responsibilities.
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Clyde & Co. Bolsters Global Aviation Team With 2 Partners
Clyde & Co. LLP has hired a former airline CEO with more than 30 years of senior legal, financial, commercial, operational and aviation safety experience, who will work with the firm across several offices in San Francisco, Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
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Crypto.com Hires Ex-Western Union Global Compliance Head
Crypto.com said it has appointed Western Union's former global head of compliance to serve as chief compliance officer, a move the crypto exchange said supports its global expansion and consumer access after its former CCO departed for Binance Holdings Ltd.
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New Civil Defense Group Prez On Attys Paying It Forward
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP partner Jill Cranston Rice was elevated Friday as the new president of DRI, a voluntary bar association for civil defense and in-house counsel. She said lawyers have a responsibility to what she called an "apprenticeship profession."
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Attorneys Who Use AI Have An Edge, In-House Leaders Say
A trio of legal leaders from Fifth Third Bank, Bayer and Progressive Insurance said at a conference that they expect their outside counsel to use artificial intelligence as they discussed how the general counsel role has changed amid the fast pace of emerging technologies.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
Meta's legal chief says the company will appeal a $25 billion verdict involving data privacy practices including the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And a new study shows that while in-house starting salaries are staying stable, adding special skills like AI expertise can lift them higher.
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Villanova's Ex-Associate Counsel Joins Stevens & Lee In NJ
Stevens & Lee PC has added Villanova University's associate general counsel, who has also previously served as in-house counsel for Rowan University, to bolster its higher education practice group
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MSG Entertainment CLO's Comp Tops $2.6M In First 3 Months
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. paid its top attorney $2.6 million in compensation in his first three months on the job, according to a Thursday securities filing.
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Are You Happy With Your In-House Role? Take Our Survey
Is your company giving you everything you need to succeed? What are some misconceptions about working in-house? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Satisfaction Survey.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms expanded or shifted their practice offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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MSU Board, GC Sued By Trustee For Racial Discrimination
A Michigan State University trustee is suing the university's general counsel, other officials and her fellow trustees, claiming she suffered discrimination and retaliation when she spoke publicly about MSU's handling of the Larry Nassar scandal.
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Squire Patton Atty Joins California Christian University As GC
Jessup University, a private Christian university in California, has hired a Squire Patton Boggs LLP partner to serve as its new legal leader.
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Conn. Biz Group Elevates Atty To General Counsel, HR VP
The Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the state's largest business organization, announced Thursday it has promoted one of its own to be its new top attorney.
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Dell Promotes Corporate Legal VP To Succeed Longtime GC
Dell Technologies Inc.'s top lawyer is set to retire early next year, with the Texas-based company's senior vice president of corporate legal taking the reins as general counsel, according to a securities filing late Wednesday.
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How This Texas Energy GC/CFO Took His Skills Nuclear
Christopher Abundis began his career wearing an accountant's hat. Then Abundis earned a law degree and donned a legal hat. Then he took on both hats at once at a Texas energy company.
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BMO Financial Lifts GC To Head US Banking Units
BMO has tapped its U.S. general counsel to lead its U.S. banking units, effective Nov. 1, as its current leader is retiring after 22 years.
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CLO Of Software Co. Nutanix Made $6.8 Million Last Year
The top attorney for cloud and software company Nutanix Inc. raked in $6.8 million in total compensation in fiscal 2026, with more than $6 million of it as stock awards, according to a securities filing late Tuesday.
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Brownstein Adds USDA Atty To Gov't Relations Team
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP has hired the former principal deputy general counsel from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who will work with the firm's government relations department as a shareholder in D.C.
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Zurich Turns To Standard Life For New UK General Counsel
Swiss insurance giant Zurich said Wednesday it has appointed a new general counsel in the U.K. who joins from rival Standard Life.
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AI Skills Attracting Higher In-House Atty Salaries
Salary growth for in-house counsel is expected to be more measured in 2027, with the biggest increases going to those in critical roles and hard-to-staff openings, according to a new report. Candidates with special skills, such as artificial intelligence expertise, are expected to score the highest salaries.
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Meta Policy Chief To Leave After 15 Years
Meta's global policy chief, an attorney and longtime executive who formerly advised George W. Bush, is leaving next year, a company spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
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Ex-PetSmart GC Brings M&A Experience To Crowell & Moring
A former general counsel for PetSmart and a corporate attorney with more than 30 years of experience advising clients on mergers and acquisitions has moved his practice to Crowell & Moring LLP's Los Angeles office.
Expert Analysis
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Tech Plays An Indispensable Role In Addressing Legal Deserts
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While building the Free Legal Answers platform, we have seen how technology can overcome barriers of time and space to make it easier for lawyers to help in legal deserts, meaning we must turn to big, bold measures, or the justice gap will continue to grow, says Buck Lewis at Baker Donelson.
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How Firms Can Develop The Next Generation Of Lawyers
As law school graduates enter the industry after experiencing significant educational disruption due to COVID-19, firms can adapt to the new generation's unique circumstances by rethinking how they onboard and develop incoming attorneys — starting with summer associates, say attorneys at Taft.
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How In-House Lawyers Can Help Fill The Legal Aid Gap
Corporate legal departments can expand access to justice in legal deserts in ways that don't require court appearances, as many client needs can be met through advice, brief service or pro se support, say Todd Stillerman at Wells Fargo and Allison Constance at Legal Aid North Carolina.
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How Law Firms Can Advance Gender Parity Without Exclusion
Law firms can work toward eliminating workplace disparities while reducing discrimination risk by opening events to all employees, expanding caregiver support, and using mentorship, coaching and pay equity data to guide durable inclusion efforts, says Lori Mihalich-Levin at Mindful Return.
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Closing The Gender Gap In AI Adoption: A Lawyer's Guide
Amid a reported gender gap in artificial intelligence use, female lawyers should think about AI ownership as beginning with adoption, expanding into career agency and influence, and culminating in collective leadership directed toward the profession and the public good, says Tamara Kraljic at Hughes Hubbard.
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How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes
Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.
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RFP Reset: Start With Client Service
As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value
Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.
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How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work
Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.
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Teaching Associates To Write Well With Responsible AI Aid
Firms can help their new associates become strong writers and responsible AI users by employing a framework that ensures that use of artificial intelligence tools strengthens, rather than replaces, associates' thinking processes, say Julie Schrager at Faegre Drinker and Dawn Anderson at the University of Iowa.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game
Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.
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5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan
Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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Roundup
The GC's 1st 90 Days
Amid a continually shifting legal and business landscape, transitioning into the general counsel role means becoming an enterprise decision-maker and strategic adviser. In this Expert Analysis series, experienced general counsel offer practical advice for successfully navigating the first 90 days in the role.
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The GC's 1st 90 Days: How To Build A Strong GC Network
Taking time to build a network of general counsel thought partners is useful in the early days of the role because the value of relationships compounds over time, and approaching the process with a spirit of curiosity and generosity can be especially helpful, says Heather Stevenson, general counsel at Red Cell.
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5 Ways Law Firms Can Build Lasting AI Visibility
As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded across the entire digital ecosystem, law firm leaders can build an enduring footprint with five factors that ensure their firms remain visible no matter how underlying models evolve, says Melanie Trudeau at Reputation Ink.