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The adjournment of the government's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives should stop the Speedy Trial Act clock because the case needs a "fulsome review" in light of the pause in FCPA enforcement, New Jersey's freshly minted top federal prosecutor told a judge Wednesday.
Activist investor Elliott Investment Management LP has nominated seven independent candidates, including the chief legal officer of Group 1 Automotive, to run for election to the board of directors at energy conglomerate Phillips 66.
Owens Corning has expanded its legal leader's responsibilities as the Ohio-based building products company's human resources chief departs.
Florida law firm GrayRobinson PA has brought back the former general counsel of satellite communications company Satcom Direct, bolstering its business law section in Melbourne, Florida, with a former in-house leader in the aerospace and technology industry.
Tech giant Broadcom Inc.'s chief legal officer took home almost $29 million in total compensation for 2024 — a figure nearly twice what he received the year before, and one that should put him at or near the top of the list of the most highly paid general counsel at U.S. public companies.
The Atlanta Braves, the only Major League Baseball team that is publicly held, revealed that Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Greg Heller could earn up to $2.35 million in total compensation if performance targets are met in 2025.
Citizens Financial Group Inc. has found itself a new legal leader in Wells Fargo's global head of regulatory relations.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke uses innovative techniques to manage the glut of complex cases that come through Delaware's federal court.
More attorneys seem to be using generative AI tools and view it positively compared with last year, but lawyers are still concerned about legal ethics and client confidentiality when it comes to the technology, according to the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.
A growing divide is emerging between lawyers who frequently use generative AI for legal tasks and those who engage in these tools more casually, Law360 Pulse's new survey has found.
Large law firms are leading the pack in training their attorneys to use generative AI, eager to benefit from the technology and avoid associated risks like fake case citations in court filings.
A federal judge has ordered the parties in a long-running Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case to file their positions Wednesday about how a 180-day adjournment would affect the Speedy Trial Act clock after a newly anointed U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey asked to delay the trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives.
The National Association of Realtors has tapped its vice president of political advocacy as its new general counsel in the trade group's Washington, D.C., office.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has hired a former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner into a leadership role in its new task force created to transform the agency's approach toward the cryptocurrency industry.
Sports general counsel were a hot item in February, with the NBA players union, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners all naming new legal chiefs. So were goodbyes, as Bristol-Myers Squibb, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and California berry producer Driscoll all saw longtime legal chiefs announce their retirements.
For the second consecutive year, the general counsel of homebuilder Lennar Corp. saw an increase in overall compensation while the company's co-CEOs continued to see their earnings decrease, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Lexitas has made two key hires to its C-suite with the addition of a new chief legal officer and a president of legal talent outsourcing, the provider of technology-enabled legal support services said Monday.
Faced with major compliance changes to antitrust reviews of mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, corporate legal departments are turning toward generative artificial intelligence to potentially cut weeks off of the time it takes to complete the reviews.
Private equity giant Blackstone paid Kirkland & Ellis LLP roughly $101.3 million in legal fees in 2024, according to its newly filed annual report.
Uranium extraction company enCore Energy has promoted its chief legal officer to chief executive after its previous CEO stepped down after the company reported more than $60 million in losses for 2024, according to an announcement filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
An ex-White House counsel for both former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden has joined Latham & Watkins LLP's Chicago and Washington, D.C., offices as a white collar partner, the firm announced Monday.
Law360 Pulse took an in-depth look at the legal teams representing two former Cognizant executives whose long-awaited Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trial is scheduled to begin in New Jersey federal court next week.
Carnival Corp.'s top attorney saw his compensation spike by more than $3 million last year, more than doubling his pay from the year before, according to a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
More than a week after agreeing to sell its fleet business segment for $230 million, aviation parts and services provider VSE Corp. has made some changes to its leadership with the hiring of a new chief legal officer and the promotion of two executive team members.
As it brought in more than $20 billion in sales and added 500 stores in 2024, Atlanta-based Genuine Parts Co. paid its general counsel more than $1.8 million in salary and other compensation in 2024, the company said Friday in a securities filing.
Laranda Walker at Susman Godfrey, who was raising two small children and working her way to partner when she suddenly lost her husband, shares what fighting to keep her career on track taught her about accepting help, balancing work and family, and discovering new reserves of inner strength.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Turn Deferral To My Advantage?Diana Leiden at Winston & Strawn discusses how first-year associates whose law firm start dates have been deferred can use the downtime to hone their skills, help their communities, and focus on returning to BigLaw with valuable contacts and out-of-the-box insights.
To make their first 90 days on the job a success, new legal operations managers should focus on several key objectives, including aligning priorities with leadership and getting to know their team, says Ashlyn Donohue at LinkSquares.
Female attorneys and others who pause their careers for a few years will find that gaps in work history are increasingly acceptable among legal employers, meaning with some networking, retraining and a few other strategies, lawyers can successfully reenter the workforce, says Jill Backer at Ave Maria School of Law.
ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools pose significant risks to the integrity of legal work, but the key for law firms is not to ban these tools, but to implement them responsibly and with appropriate safeguards, say Natalie Pierce and Stephanie Goutos at Gunderson Dettmer.
To safeguard against the many risks posed by generative artificial intelligence legal tools, in-house counsel should work with their information security teams to develop new data security questions for prospective vendors, vet existing applications and review who can utilize machine guidance, says Diane Homolak at Integreon.
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We Must Continue DEI Efforts Despite High Court HeadwindsThough the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in higher education, law firms and their clients must keep up the legal industry’s recent momentum advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession in order to help achieve a just and prosperous society for all, says Angela Winfield at the Law School Admission Council.
Law firms that fail to consider their attorneys' online habits away from work are not using their best efforts to protect client information and are simplifying the job of plaintiffs attorneys in the case of a breach, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy and Protection.
Though effective writing is foundational to law, no state requires attorneys to take continuing legal education in this skill — something that must change if today's attorneys are to have the communication abilities they need to fulfill their professional and ethical duties to their clients, colleagues and courts, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona.
In the most stressful times for attorneys, when several transactions for different partners and clients peak at the same time and the phone won’t stop buzzing, incremental lifestyle changes can truly make a difference, says Lindsey Hughes at Haynes Boone.
Corporate legal departments looking to implement new technology can avoid hiccups by taking steps to define the underlying business problem and to identify opportunities for process improvements before leaping to the automation stage, say Nadine Ezzie at Ezzie + Co., Kenneth Jones at Xerdict Group and Kathy Zhu at Streamline AI.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Support Gen Z Attorneys?Meredith Beuchaw at Lowenstein Sandler discusses how senior attorneys can assist the newest generation of attorneys by championing their pursuit of a healthy work-life balance and providing the hands-on mentorship opportunities they missed out on during the pandemic.
There are a few communication tips that law students in summer associate programs should consider to put themselves in the best possible position to receive an offer, and firms can also take steps to support those to whom they are unable to make an offer, says Amy Mattock at Georgetown University Law Center.
Many attorneys are going to use artificial intelligence tools whether law firms like it or not, so firms should educate them on AI's benefits, limits and practical uses, such as drafting legal documents, to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal market, say Thomas Schultz and Eden Bernstein at Kellogg Hansen.
Dealing with the pressures associated with law school can prove difficult for many future lawyers, but there are steps students can take to manage stress — and schools can help too, say Ryan Zajic and Dr. Janani Krishnaswami at UWorld.