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Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
A report says the market is heating up for the hiring of general counsel and chief compliance officers. Meanwhile, Meta is having trouble hanging on to its lawyers, with its deputy general counsel for civil rights leaving, and an outside IP counsel quitting over the CEO's "toxic masculinity." These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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Texas Rangers Begin Search For Team's New GC
The Texas Rangers are searching for a new senior vice president and general counsel, according to a posting this week on the professional baseball club's website.
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Sonos Legal Chief's Compensation Topped $3M In 2024
Audio equipment maker Sonos Inc. has disclosed that its head of legal affairs saw his compensation skyrocket in fiscal year 2024 compared to a year earlier, amid shifts in roles and upheaval in the company's executive team.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as law firms inked new deals, elevated attorneys and expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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O'Melveny Adds Ex-NBA Assistant GC As Partner
The National Basketball Association's former assistant general counsel, a key figure in the planning and carrying out of the "bubble" in which the league completed the COVID-19 pandemic-interrupted 2019-2020 season, has joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP as a partner.
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Trump Taps Williams & Connolly's Sarah Harris As Acting SG
Sarah M. Harris of Williams & Connolly LLP will serve as acting U.S. solicitor general for President-elect Donald Trump while his permanent pick undergoes the confirmation process.
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SEC's General Counsel Barbero To Exit As Trump Takes Office
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that General Counsel Megan Barbero will depart the agency on the day of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, capping a nearly two-year run that saw the agency face setbacks to its regulatory powers before conservative courts, but also notch some important wins.
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ITC Commissioner Heading To WilmerHale In DC
One of the commissioners of the U.S. International Trade Commission, who had served as the agency's leader for a year and a half, has decided to leave and make the move to WilmerHale, according to the ITC.
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Increase In GC, CCO Hiring In 2025 Predicted
Executive search firm BarkerGilmore said Thursday that it is seeing a reinvigorated market outlook in 2025 for general counsel and chief compliance officer positions, driven by two key factors — the post-election business climate and a surge in retirements.
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Chamber Slams Opioid Judge's PBM Audit Privilege Ruling
The Sixth Circuit must step in to prevent a pharmacy benefit manager from being forced to turn over internal compliance audit documents, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has said, arguing a lower court's decision threatens to undermine the existence of in-house counsel's attorney-client privilege.
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Ex-Direct Energy GC Joins Boutique Minn. Law Firm
Minneapolis business law boutique Avisen Legal PA has tapped a former general counsel at Direct Energy to join the firm as an energy lawyer, the firm announced this week.
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Ex-Amazon Incident Response Atty Joins Constangy
A former corporate counsel for Amazon has joined Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP's cybersecurity practice in Baltimore.
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Shutts & Bowen Adds Former Healthcare Biz GC In Miami
Shutts & Bowen LLP announced Thursday that an experienced corporate attorney who most recently spent nearly a decade as general counsel for a healthcare-focused management services company has joined its Miami office as a partner.
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GC Network The L Suite Acquires LegalOps Group LINK
Legal networking group the L Suite, formerly known as TechGC, has announced its acquisition of Legal Innovators Network, or LINK, a community organization representing 800 senior legal operations professionals.
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DeFi Upstart Brings On Seasoned Crypto Legal Chief
Veteran crypto in-house attorney Rebecca Rettig will take on the chief legal officer role at Jito Labs, a developer of products on the Solana blockchain, as the firm's first legal hire, the company announced Thursday.
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Amazon Sr. Counsel Moves To Mintz's Tech, Telecom Practice
Mintz has tapped a former senior counsel at Amazon to join its Washington, D.C., office as a member and boost Mintz's decades-old technology, communications, and media practice, the global law firm announced Wednesday.
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Crypto Co. Kraken's Legal Chief Says He's Stepping Down
The legal head of Kraken announced Wednesday that he is stepping down as chief legal officer and stepping into a senior adviser role that will see him build a global advisory council at the crypto exchange.
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GCs Express Fear Of Giant Verdicts, Expect More Litigation
General counsel in a new survey increasingly fear the rise of "nuclear verdicts" — unexpectedly high jury awards — and they are expressing growing support for the use of artificial intelligence to save resources and spot risk.
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Public Transportation Group Appoints DC-Savvy GC
The transit industry group American Public Transportation Association has found its new legal leader in an experienced attorney in the nation's capital who previously worked at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Former FDA Official Joins King & Spalding Life Sciences Team
King & Spalding on Wednesday announced that a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration official has joined the firm's government matters and regulation practice group after an eight-year stint at the agency.
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Elusive Cognizant Witness Ready To Testify, Gov't Says
A witness from India whose 2023 absence on the brink of the foreign bribery trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives set off a lengthy delay is now willing to testify, federal prosecutors said, despite stating they were under no obligation to respond to defense counsel's concerns.
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Jackson Lewis Grows In Atlanta With E-Commerce Biz Atty
Jackson Lewis PC has gained a new principal in Atlanta who formerly worked in-house for e-commerce company StockX and previously practiced with Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC.
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More Legal Teams Are Using AI Contract Review To Save Time
Legal departments are quickly embracing artificial intelligence to review contracts, but larger organizations are more likely to be further ahead in adopting these tools, a new survey revealed on Wednesday.
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Following the tragic attack on U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' family last summer and amid rising threats against the judiciary, legislation protecting federal judges' personal information and enhancing security measures at courthouses is urgently needed, says U.S. District Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Recalcitrant Attys Use Social Media?
Social media can be intimidating for reluctant lawyers but it can also be richly rewarding, as long as attorneys remember that professional accounts will always reflect on their firms and colleagues, and follow some best practices to avoid embarrassment, says Sean Marotta at Hogan Lovells.
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Practicing law through virtual platforms will likely persist even after the pandemic, so law firms and senior lawyers should consider refurbishing their associate mentoring programs to facilitate personal connections, professionalism and effective training in a remote environment, says Carol Goodman at Herrick Feinstein.
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How Law Firms Can Welcome And Celebrate Autistic Lawyers
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.