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The Third Circuit refused Wednesday to revive a former general counsel for an engineering company's suit claiming he was stiffed on over $100,000 in retirement benefits, rejecting his argument that a $1 million payout he got from the company should have been factored into his benefits package.
Pyxus International Inc. announced that a former attorney rejoined the agricultural company as its new senior vice president, chief legal officer and secretary after spending the last few years working as general counsel for a specialty materials company.
K&L Gates and Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP have deepened their healthcare and life sciences benches, while biopharma company Cytokinetics Inc. has enlisted a former Gilead executive to serve as its chief legal officer, highlighting Law360's latest roundup of personnel moves in healthcare and life sciences.
A former assistant U.S. attorney with senior counsel experience at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has joined technology company Tools For Humanity, a startup co-founded and chaired by OpenAI head Sam Altman, as deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer.
A Wisconsin federal judge has removed three of the seven individual defendants named in a suit brought by an attorney challenging the Wisconsin Bar's diversity clerkship program after they argued they were not personally responsible for actions alleged in the suit, with the judge also cutting a claim for money damages.
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP has added a Washington, D.C., attorney as partner in its international business and trade practice group.
An attorney who previously worked in-house at Vanguard and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has jumped to private practice for the first time in his 20-year career, joining Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP in Pennsylvania.
The legal industry continues to see incremental gains for female lawyers in private practice in the U.S., according to a Law360 Pulse analysis, with women now representing 40.6% of all attorneys and 51% of all associates.
The Law360 Pulse Women in Law Report provides a data-driven view of U.S. law firms at the end of 2023. Here, we look at the representation of women at all levels of a typical law firm, from associates to equity partners.
The legal industry still has a long way to go before it can achieve gender parity at its upper levels. But these law firms are performing better than others in breaking the proverbial glass ceiling that prevents women from attaining leadership roles.
Female attorneys have reached a new high in their share of law firm equity partnerships, but firms' progress simply hasn't been significant enough to shatter the longstanding glass ceiling in the industry.
An in-house attorney for the Clorox Co. is preparing to join Eastman Chemical Co. next month as its new head of legal, the Tennessee-based specialty materials company said Tuesday.
New York-based private equity firm Kinderhook Industries LLC has added a veteran in-house private funds attorney as its legal leader.
The University of Florida announced that its general counsel has been given the additional roles of deputy athletic director and senior women's administrator following her predecessor's appointment as chief operating officer of the athletics department.
Clifford Chance said Tuesday that it is "in shock and deeply saddened" that a partner is among six passengers missing from a yacht that was reportedly chartered to celebrate the legal victory of technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch.
The number of legal professionals reporting they have used artificial intelligence has doubled since 2023, yet security and trustworthiness concerns are holding others back from adopting the technology, according to a report released Tuesday.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP's new global general counsel didn't jump into the role from another firm; she started from the bottom. Laura Giokas recently spoke with Law360 Pulse about her career trajectory and how the role of law firm GC has evolved over the years.
The vice president of the recovery, subrogation and salvage department at insurance company Chubb North America will now serve as an of counsel at Derrevere Stevens Black & Cozad, the firm announced Monday.
Discount retailer Big Lots announced that its longtime general counsel will receive a retention bonus worth approximately $561,000 as part of a series of awards given to executives, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
A former executive director at Morgan Stanley has returned to private practice at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling in New York.
An in-house lawyer who has held general counsel roles at KPMG and in the U.S. government is set to transition to investment management company Vanguard later this year as its new general counsel.
David Hirsch, former chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's cryptocurrency-focused unit, has always enjoyed helping clients and investigating legal matters. After almost a decade with the agency, Hirsch is excited to bring that passion to his new role with McGuireWoods, he told Law360 Pulse Monday.
Thompson Coburn LLP partner William “Bill” Bay recently assumed the presidency of the American Bar Association at the organization's annual meeting in Chicago. Here, Bay spoke with Law360 Pulse about his plans to make the organization the home of the legal profession.
A federal appeals court has upheld President Joe Biden's authority to fire former National Labor Relations Board general counsel Peter Robb. And FirstEnergy has agreed to pay up to $20 million in a nonprosecution deal, ending the Ohio attorney general's probe in its billion-dollar bribery scandal. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
Biopharmaceutical company Cytokinetics Inc. will soon welcome an experienced in-house attorney who previously worked at Gilead Sciences Inc. for more than 16 years as its chief legal officer.
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary GhostwriterWayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness CoachTara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice LeaderConstance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCDKelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: LibrarianLisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.