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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
The battle over corporate diversity issues weaved its way throughout this past week's news and this roundup, including 19 Republican attorneys general threatening Costco over its policies. And a new survey shows general counsel trying to cut costs, but also saying they will increase the work they send to outside lawyers in 2025.
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Growing Healthcare AI App Hires Veteran Health, Tech GC
Healthcare-focused artificial intelligence company Suki has welcomed a new general counsel amid what it called exponential growth, including an investment from Zoom Ventures, the investment arm of Zoom Communications Inc.
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Infectious Disease Lab Hires Veteran Healthcare Atty As CLO
Texas-based infectious disease laboratory HealthTrackRX has expanded its leadership team, including with a new top attorney from primary and urgent care business VillageMD.
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DLA Piper Adds Digital Finance Regulatory Partner In NY
DLA Piper has hired a financial regulatory and technology partner who has a range of experience helping found and lead digital platforms and technology businesses to its New York team, the firm announced Thursday.
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5 Key Topics To Watch At The ABA Midyear Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to consider more than two dozen proposals at its semiannual meeting Monday, including two resolutions concerning judicial security as violence against judges is on the rise.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of January with another action-packed week as firms expanded practices and hired high-profile government attorneys following the ascent of President Donald Trump. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Retail Industry Association Leader Leaving After 13 Years
The president and top attorney of a retailers trade association, who helped overturn U.S. Supreme Court precedent related to the taxation of online retailers in 2018, is stepping down from her roles at the end of 2025, according to a Wednesday announcement.
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McDermott Partner Joins Florida PE Firm As Top Atty
A longtime McDermott Will & Emery LLP attorney has made the move in-house, joining private equity firm AE Industrial Partners LP as its legal leader.
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FICO Legal Chief Unloads $30M In Stock As Pay Grows 20%
The general counsel for data analytics company Fair Isaac Corp. took home $7.4 million in compensation for 2024, a nearly 20% increase from what he received the previous year, and sold an additional $29.7 million in company stock, according to documents recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Workshop Teaches Soft Skills That A GC Needs To Lead
Some current and former general counsel say they have gained valuable career insights and leadership skills from an annual workshop headed by a Los Angeles-based litigation partner at Sheppard Mullin.
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Compliance, Data Risks Top Of Mind For In-House Pros
Data security risks and adherence to new regulations stand out as the major concerns for in-house legal professionals heading into 2025, according to a new report from Summize, a provider of contract lifecycle management software.
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Momentus CLO Quits To Advise Trump On National Security
The top attorney for U.S. commercial space company Momentus Inc. has stepped down from his post to join President Donald Trump's administration as an adviser on national security matters.
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Defense Department's Top Atty To Join Hilton As GC
The former general counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense, who was the first woman confirmed by the Senate as CIA general counsel, is joining Hilton in March as its top attorney, the global hospitality company has announced.
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19 Republican State AGs Press Costco To End DEI Policies
A group of nearly 20 Republican attorneys general is urging Costco to end its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the wake of President Donald Trump's recent executive order encouraging companies to end them, criticizing the initiatives as "discriminatory" and saying they fly in the face of recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
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Pa. Bank Regulator Claims Co. Hid Affiliation, Misused Privilege
A Texas debt-settlement company should be sanctioned for failing to disclose its alleged affiliation with another debt consolidator and for invoking attorney-client privilege when pressed about how its general counsel complied with a subpoena, Pennsylvania's banking regulator told a state court Tuesday.
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Ex-DOJ Criminal Division Deputy Leader Joins Sidley In DC
Sidley Austin LLP announced Tuesday that it has deepened its white collar defense bench in Washington, D.C., with a partner who formerly served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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GCs Told To Cut Costs Despite Growing Regulatory Risks
Over 40% of chief legal officers globally who responded to a recent survey received a cost-cutting mandate from their company in the past year, so it's not surprising that their top strategic initiative for 2025 is to operate more efficiently.
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Spotify's General Counsel Announces Her Departure
Streaming giant Spotify's general counsel for nearly five years is gearing up to depart the company following a decision to transition away from full-time corporate life.
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Ex-White House Info Governance Leader Joins Nelson Mullins
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has hired President Donald Trump's former informational governance chief and a one-time assistant director in the Federal Trade Commission's litigation technology and analysis group, the firm announced Monday.
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Faegre Drinker Adds Ex-Smithfield Foods Deputy GC In DC
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has grown its food and agribusiness litigation capabilities with the addition of the former deputy general counsel for pork processor Smithfield Foods.
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Trump Removes NLRB General Counsel And Dem Member
President Donald Trump removed National Labor Relations Board general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox overnight, leaving the agency's panel of adjudicators without a quorum and its prosecutor's office without a top official.
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Cencora CLO's Pay Package Nearly Doubled In 2024
The chief legal officer of Cencora Inc. received a $3 million stock boost that raised her total compensation in 2024 to nearly double the previous year.
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Arnold & Porter Adds Former Interior Dept. Energy Solicitor
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP has hired the former deputy solicitor for energy and mineral resources at the U.S. Department of the Interior, who is joining the firm's D.C. team as a counsel, the firm announced Monday.
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Eversheds Sutherland Taps EY Leader To Head ALSP In US
Eversheds Sutherland has named a new leader for its alternative legal services provider in the U.S., bringing in a former legal technology leader from the financial services sector of consulting firm EY.
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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.