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Starbucks' Top Lawyer Earned $4M In 2024
Compensation for the legal chief of Starbucks jumped to over $4 million in 2024, an increase of more than $1 million over his previous year's pay, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Ex-Treasury GC, Former Biden Aide Rejoins Davis Polk In DC
The general counsel of the Treasury Department, who held leadership roles in former President Joe Biden's Senate office, has returned to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to co-chair the practice he helped oversee for eight years before leaving for government, the firm announced Monday.
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Ancora Seeks To Make US Steel 'Great Again' With New Board
Ancora Holdings Group on Monday said it plans to make U.S. Steel "great again" by installing a new CEO and board at the company "committed to abandoning" the $14.9 billion proposed merger with Nippon Steel that was blocked by former President Joe Biden earlier this month.
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Ex-McDermott Attys Head New Legal Services Platform
Holding company LSS Strategic Partners has launched a new platform to match vetted lawyers with businesses requiring legal expertise on a temporary basis, the company announced Thursday.
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Harter Secrest Adds Former PGT, LendingTree GC In New York
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP has expanded its corporate law offerings in New York with the addition of the former general counsel for building materials maker PGT Innovations Inc. and co-general counsel for LendingTree.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
A new Law360 Pulse survey shows that more than 90% of in-house counsel have no regrets about their decisions to join companies. In litigation stemming from Purdue Pharma's sales of OxyContin that fueled the opioid crisis, the Sackler family would lose control of Purdue and pay $6.5 billion in the latest proposed settlement. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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Qualcomm GC's Increased Comp Over $1M Shy Of 1st Year
The salary for Qualcomm Inc.'s legal head last year remained steady from the previous year while her total compensation increased by nearly $1.5 million, according to the company's recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Disney's Top Attorney's Salary Climbs Back To Nearly $16M
After earning just less than $11.7 million in 2023, Disney's top attorney is back to the level of compensation he earned after joining the company from Spotify in 2022 — receiving a pay package of $15.8 million in 2024.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as BigLaw firms shuffled practices and President Donald Trump began his second term with a flurry of policy changes and appointments. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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AI Chatbot Co. CEO, Atty Spouse Indicted On $60M Fraud
Federal prosecutors in California arrested the former CEO of an artificial intelligence company Thursday alongside his lawyer wife, accusing the duo of a $60 million fraud scheme in which they allegedly lied to investors about the company's financial state and diverted funds to pay for their wedding.
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Rosenberg & Estis Adds NY Gov't Atty To Transactions Dept.
Rosenberg & Estis PC has hired Lisa S. Lim, the general counsel of the New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust, as a member of a city-focused development team that's part of the firm's transactions department.
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How This GC Broke Tradition And Became Company President
From an African studies student at Yale, to a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon, to a corporate general counsel, Anthony Joseph has lived his values and found his path.
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AT&T Atty Aims For 'Simply The Best' As Dallas Bar President
As the first in-house counsel to lead the Dallas Bar Association, Vicki Blanton said her goals for the coming year include using some of her unique insight for the benefit of lawyers in the area.
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BNY Financial Crimes Lead Joins Fox Rothschild In Pittsburgh
The former deputy head of financial crimes at Bank of New York Mellon Corp. has recently left the company after nearly four years to join Fox Rothschild LLP's litigation team in the firm's Pittsburgh office.
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Many Attorneys Not Meeting ABA's 50-Hour Pro Bono Goal
While most attorneys have volunteered pro bono services at some point in their career, many lawyers are not meeting the American Bar Association's goal for every lawyer to provide 50 hours of pro bono work every year, and lack of time was the biggest discouraging factor, according to a recent report.
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Meet The University GC Tapped To Lead Del. Labor Dept.
Delaware State University's general counsel has been nominated to serve as secretary of the state's Department of Labor, with new Gov. Matt Meyer calling his nominee "a proven leader" who advocates for workers' rights.
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DC Finance Networking Group Adds HUD GC In Top Atty Role
Opportunity Finance Network, a group of community development financial institutions, has hired a former general counsel for the Department of Housing and Urban Development as its top attorney, leading the group's advocacy, membership and financial intermediary functions, according to a Wednesday announcement.
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Burr & Forman Taps UNC General Counsel As New COO
Burr & Forman LLP announced Thursday that the former vice chancellor and general counsel of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will join the firm at the start of March as its new chief operating officer.
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In-House Atty For Natural Gas Co. Joins McGuireWoods In Pa.
A former in-house attorney for Equitrans Midstream Corp. who helped the natural gas supplier complete a $35 billion merger with EQT Corp. has left the company to join the McGuireWoods LLP's Pittsburgh office, the firm announced Thursday.
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Baker Botts Adds DOJ Atty Who Led Airline Merger Challenge
The former U.S. Department of Justice antitrust attorney who led the agency's successful challenge to a proposed merger between JetBlue and Spirit Airlines has joined Baker Botts LLP as a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office.
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Greenlight CLO Rejoins Nelson Mullins As Corporate Co-Chair
The former chief legal officer at family-oriented personal finance company Greenlight Financial Technology Inc. has rejoined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Atlanta to co-chair the firm's corporate practice group.
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FCC's New Chair Names Agency Leaders, Staff
The new Republican head of the Federal Communications Commission has put together his team and named career officials to lead key branches of the agency.
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Ex-Transit CLO, Litigator Join Greenberg Traurig In Atlanta
Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought back the former chief legal officer for the Atlanta-area transit authority and has added a longtime former Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP partner in its Atlanta office, bolstering the firm's government law and policy and litigation practices.
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Interpublic GC Entitled To $11.8M Payment Amid Merger
The general counsel for advertising company The Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc. has been guaranteed a nearly $11.8 million golden parachute if he's terminated following the company's merger with marketing giant Omnicom Group Inc.
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What Lawyers Really Think About Working In-House
Law360 Pulse asked corporate counsel to identify some common misconceptions about working in-house and share their thoughts on the rewards and challenges of their jobs. Here's what they said.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.