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Target's CLO Departs After Less Than A Year Amid Shake-Up
The chief legal and compliance officer at Target Corp., who has been in her roles for just nine months, is among two executives departing the retailer amid a new corporate initiative, according to a securities filing Wednesday.
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Dell Technologies GC Earned $4.5M More Than Last Year
The longtime general counsel for Dell Technologies Inc. saw his compensation jump by nearly $4.5 million last fiscal year, to $11.4 million, according to a recent securities filing.
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AI Use Surges In-House, Driving Legal Tech Revolution for GCs
In a surprising surge, almost all respondents in a recent global survey of general counsel said their legal teams are using generative artificial intelligence to some degree.
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Former Prologis GC Joins BarkerGilmore's Advisory Team
After nearly 30 years of helping to build Prologis Inc. as a top real estate investment trust, or REIT, the company's former general counsel has joined executive search and talent advisory BarkerGilmore LLC to help up-and-coming in-house legal talent advance their careers.
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Patriot Growth Insurance Adds Unit President To GC's Duties
Pennsylvania-based insurance company Patriot Growth Insurance Services has tapped its current top in-house attorney to take on an additional role leading one of the company's divisions.
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Berkshire Hathaway RE Affiliate GC To Lead Pacific Sotheby's
Pacific Sotheby's International Realty, a luxury brokerage firm in the Southern California market, has found its new president in the former general counsel for San Diego-based Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties.
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Legal Marketplace Lawtrades Hires 1st Chief Strategy Officer
Legal talent marketplace Lawtrades announced Tuesday the hiring of its first chief strategy officer, the former head of legal operations at healthcare financial tech service Cedar Cares Inc.
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Insurers Say Legal Malpractice Costs Keep Outpacing Inflation
The frequency at which major law firms faced malpractice claims held relatively steady in 2024, but payouts on claims continued to boom at a rate outpacing general inflation, according to this year's legal professional liability insurance survey, with nearly half of insurers surveyed reporting having paid at least one claim over $150 million.
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Texas Bar Bans Cos. From Hiring Out In-House Attys
For-profit companies in Texas can't provide legal services to customers, even if they offer those services on an "at cost" basis, the State Bar of Texas has said.
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Feds To Use FCA To Go After Antisemitism, DEI Policies
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it will use the False Claims Act to go after any recipients of federal funds that the agency determines promote diversity, equity and inclusion policies, and allow antisemitism to thrive.
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Why GCs Should Prepare Now For Disclosure Rule Changes
Public companies and their general counsel need to prepare now for upcoming changes to regulatory frameworks that could alter their disclosure requirements across several areas, including climate, diversity, resource extraction and cybersecurity.
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Simpson Thacher Adds Ex-Carlyle Director To Funds Practice
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Monday that it has added the former legal director to global investment firm The Carlyle Group as a partner in its private funds practice in Washington, D.C.
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Ex-Bank GC Fights $7.4M Fraud Restitution Schedule
A former Webster Bank general counsel has opposed part of a government plan for repaying the $7.4 million he pled guilty to taking by fraud, saying he will be in prison for four years, resigned as an attorney, remains unemployed and cannot work in banking once he's free.
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Paramount REIT Taps GC, Hires Latham For 'Strategic Review'
The Paramount Group commercial real estate investment trust聽announced Monday it had retained Latham & Watkins as its legal adviser as it started a strategic review following a shakeup that saw the company name a new general counsel and chief financial officer.
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Kirkland Hires Former TPG Counsel As PE Real Estate Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP said that private equity real estate attorney Yaman Shukairy has rejoined the firm as a partner after serving as general counsel for the private equity firm TPG Real Estate Partners for nearly a decade.
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Squire Patton Adds Miami Litigator With In-House Experience
A former in-house attorney at NextEra Energy Resources who was most recently with Heise Suarez Melville PA moved his practice to Squire Patton Boggs LLP in Miami, the firm announced Monday.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
An SEC enforcement officer has told business leaders to expect more empathy from the agency, as well as fewer outside compliance monitors. And an ousted ATF chief counsel is fighting back by co-founding a boutique law firm to defend federal workers in employment battles.
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QVC General Counsel Replaces Legal Chief Amid Restructure
Retail company QVC Inc. has reshuffled its top in-house legal team as part of its ongoing restructuring efforts, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Ex-GCs Co-Found Legal Outsourcing Co. Velocity Edge
A team of two general counsel and a human resources executive announced the launch of Velocity Edge Advisors, offering businesses outsourced legal and workforce services.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked mid-May with another busy week as attorneys landed new roles and firms expanded their offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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SEC Cuts $512K Deal To End Atty's Racial Bias Suit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to pay $512,500 to end a former commission lawyer's discrimination claims alleging she was denied a promotion due to her race and age, according to court documents filed in Pennsylvania federal court on Thursday.
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The Resorts Companies Adds GC From Holiday Inn Arm
The Resorts Companies Inc. announced that the firm has appointed as its general counsel John Alvarez, who comes to the hospitality company from Holiday Inn Club Vacations.
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ATF's Ousted Top Atty Opens Firm Defending Gov't Workers
Pamela Hicks, the former U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives chief counsel fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi in February, announced this week that she has teamed up with another federal agency alum to form a boutique focused on defending federal workers.
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Geisinger Recruits Envision Healthcare Atty To Be CLO
Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health has brought on Envision Healthcare's former general counsel to serve as the company's top in-house attorney and lead the legal department.
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Ex-Cisco Atty Joins Cloud Software Co. Fastly As CLO
Fastly Inc., a cloud computing services provider, has named a new chief legal officer with 20 years' experience, including as deputy general counsel at Cisco Systems Inc.