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Amid Cutbacks, iRobot Hires Outside GC Atty As Legal Chief
The iRobot Corp., which builds consumer robots like the iconic Roomba vacuum cleaner, will have a new general counsel on Friday amid personnel changes, cutbacks and operating losses.
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Ex-Philly Solicitor Rejoins Dechert As Office Co-Leader
A former U.S. attorney and Philadelphia solicitor has returned to Dechert LLP’s Philadelphia office more than two years after leaving the firm to go in-house as general counsel for a green energy company in Massachusetts.
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Apple GC's Comp Reached Nearly $27.2 Million In 2024
Apple Inc. paid general counsel and senior vice president Katherine Adams a total compensation package of nearly $27.2 million in fiscal year 2024 — keeping her among the highest-paid legal chiefs in America.
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GC Hiring Managers Increasingly Asking About AI
Aspiring in-house counsel should consider buffing up on their understanding of legal technology and artificial intelligence, as legal leaders increasingly ask about their experiences when seeking executive partners, according to Major, Lindsey & Africa recruiter Pamela Salling.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
A new report from a national group declares that general counsel and their corporate boards face five key dilemmas in 2025, thanks to the nation's chaotic and rapidly changing times. And in sports broadcasting, Disney and two other media companies have settled Fubo's lawsuit against their joint streaming venture, which they agreed to end.
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American Airlines Legal Chief Takes Off For Warner Bros.
American Airlines is on the hunt for a new chief legal leader following an announcement Friday that its top lawyer would be leaving next month to join Warner Bros. Discovery.
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US Legal Sector Sheds 1,200 Jobs In December
After three months of steady recovery, the U.S. legal sector's job growth reversed course in December, with a loss of 1,200 positions, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.
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Joint Commission Legal Leader Joins Epstein Becker
A veteran in healthcare law with more than 35 years of managerial legal experience has left the independent nonprofit group The Joint Commission to join Epstein Becker Green as an of counsel, the firm has announced.
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Ex-Boston Fed Atty Joins Nutter's Financial Services Team
A former counsel at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has returned to private practice, rejoining Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP after four years.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off 2025 with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms inked mergers, made leadership changes and promoted associates. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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CFPB Bars Ex-Agency Attys From Revived Innovation Policies
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has said it will not consider applications for its rebooted no-action letter and compliance sandbox policies when those applications are submitted by financial service companies represented by former bureau attorneys as outside counsel.
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The Key Governance Dilemmas Facing GCs, Boards In 2025
A new report suggests corporate leaders should prepare to address five key dilemmas in 2025 that encompass the disorder and uncertainty of the rapidly changing times, including whether to play offense, defense or both at once.
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Gordon Rees Adds Former Fintech GC In NY, Miami
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP said Thursday that it has brought on a new financial services partner who recently served as general counsel at fintech firms.
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Johns Hopkins Legal Chief To Join The Met As GC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Thursday that it has appointed the former senior vice president and general counsel at Johns Hopkins University as general counsel and secretary.
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Quinnipiac University Names New General Counsel
Months after the departure of the school's former legal leader, Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, has tapped the University of Southern Indiana's top lawyer to serve as its new general counsel.
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Judge Nixes Bid To Depose SEC Counsel In $73M Fraud Case
A New Jersey federal magistrate judge has denied a credit reporting agency's bid to depose four U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys and to compel the production of their witness interview notes in a civil enforcement action over an alleged $73 million fraud, ruling the information sought is protected by the work-product doctrine.
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Texas Gov. Names New GC For Office Of The Governor
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's deputy general counsel has been tapped to step into the role of general counsel for the governor after his predecessor, James P. Sullivan, was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas earlier this week.
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Pryor Cashman's Outgoing Head Talks Legacy
After 17 years leading New York-based Mid-Law firm Pryor Cashman LLP, the firm's managing partner is stepping down at the end of January, saying that he is proud of the way the firm has grown under his leadership while still maintaining its identity.
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Former Amazon In-House Atty Joins Calif. IP Boutique
California intellectual property boutique Friedland Cianfrani LLP is expanding its team, bringing in a former corporate counsel for IP at Amazon as a partner.
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Attys For Organizations May Need To Clarify Roles, ABA Says
Lawyers advising organizations through nonclient constituents may be obligated to clear up any confusion about their role that may cause the constituents to mistakenly think they can rely on the lawyer's advice to avoid criminal or civil liability, the American Bar Association said in a formal opinion Wednesday.
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Citizens Financial Group GC Jumps To Corebridge Financial
Citizens Financial Group Inc.'s general counsel is preparing a move to financial services company Corebridge Financial Inc. as its new general counsel next month.
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Eversheds Sutherland Names New US General Counsel
Eversheds Sutherland announced that a longtime partner and its former co-head of global litigation has been appointed its new U.S. general counsel following his predecessor's decision to step down into a senior counsel role.
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White Castle Names GC As First Nonfamily Member President
White Castle, the pioneer of the fast-food hamburger chain, has promoted its chief administrative officer and general counsel to the post of company president — the first time in the company's 104-year history that a nonfamily member holds this position.
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FBI Director's Former Chief Of Staff Joins Fenwick
Weeks after FBI Director Christopher Wray announced that he'll resign at the end of President Joe Biden's term, Fenwick & West LLP said Wednesday that it has hired the FBI director's chief of staff, who joined the team as a white collar defense and investigations partner.
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Growing Tech Co. Names Ex-Airbnb, Google Atty As GC
California-based Moloco, an operational machine learning and performance advertising company, announced Wednesday it has added a former in-house attorney with Airbnb Inc. and Google to serve as its new legal leader.