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This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms hired new talent and the D.C. Bar kicked off its annual election. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
An attorney who has worked for insurers for more than 20 years has been promoted to a senior role at the Armed Forces Benefit Association and its affiliate, 5Star Life Insurance Co., according to a recent announcement.
Days after announcing its purchase of a 51% stake in an Intel Corp. semiconductor solutions business, private equity tech investor Silver Lake announced it has brought a key outside counsel inside the c-suite, with the addition of a new chief legal officer from Latham & Watkins.
Google and its chief legal officer have now lost two major antitrust cases to DOJ prosecutors after a federal judge ruled Thursday the search engine monopolized markets and servers related to display advertising. Meanwhile, a new study shows companies are disclosing their business risks, and how they are trying to mitigate those risks, amid changing tariffs and the uncertainty of the U.S.-China trade war. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
Earlier this month, generative artificial intelligence-powered client conversations tool Querious, which was launched by a former in-house lawyer, tied for first place at the American Bar Association Techshow 2025 startup pitch competition.
The longtime chief legal officer of Netflix saw his total compensation jump $3.6 million to $17.3 million in 2024, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Japan's Seven & i Holdings Co. on Thursday proposed a refreshed slate of directors and reaffirmed its commitment to pursuing both internal reforms and a potential acquisition by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard.
A former chief legal and compliance officer at Target Corp. has come out of his short retirement to serve as the top attorney at Flutter, the parent company of sports betting and iGaming operator FanDuel, the business confirmed Thursday.
Greenberg Traurig LLP has bulked up both its private wealth services and finance practices in Austin, Texas, with one attorney coming aboard from Jackson Walker LLP and another returning to the firm following an in-house role with JPMorgan Chase & Co.Â
The top lawyer for Juniper Network Inc. earned over $3 million last year as the company was working through a $14 billion attempted merger with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. that has since been challenged by the Justice Department, according to a securities filing Thursday.
A former Salesforce attorney, who spent the past nearly 10 years working under the cloud-based software company's umbrella, is now leading the technology practice as a partner in Rooney Law's new Chicago office, the boutique law firm said Wednesday.
The chief legal officer for DocuSign Inc., a former attorney with HP and Workday, saw his total compensation jump almost $2.1 million to more than $7 million for the fiscal year ending in January after a decrease in the preceding year, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
At its virtual annual meeting on Friday, aerospace and defense industry giant L3Harris Technologies Inc. will be voting on one shareholder proposal, which seeks fuller disclosure about its lobbying expenses. Â
National legal recruitment and staffing provider Latitude has recently expanded its roster with three attorneys who will lead the company's new offices launched in Washington, D.C., San Diego and New York City.
Meridian Capital Group announced Tuesday that its head of legal has been promoted to general counsel in a move that comes about a year after the firm came under new leadership.
The legal chief at search artificial intelligence company Elastic told Law360 Pulse during a recent interview about why she thinks AI won't take away from lawyers' professional responsibility to apply judgment.
Harbor Global, a legal technology services provider, announced Wednesday that it has hired a former Barge Design Solutions executive as its chief integration officer and general counsel.
Legal teams are cutting down on case resolution times, reducing out-of-compliance requests and seeing more favorable litigation outcomes when using advanced agreement tools, according to the results of a new survey on Wednesday.
A study of 10-K financial statements filed by 19 large companies, mostly retailers, between March 1 and April 13 indicates that the businesses are reacting to the intensified U.S.-China tariffs war by updating disclosures of their possible risks.
The former chief legal officer for Hallmark Cards Inc. is joining "dirty soda" company Swig as its chief legal and administrative officer, the company announced Tuesday.
Roselyn R. Bar, the general counsel for building materials company Martin Marietta Materials Inc., saw her compensation increase slightly last year to just over $5.3 million, a Tuesday securities filing shows.
The former deputy general counsel of the Transportation Department's Office of the Secretary has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner with the firm's environmental practice in Washington, D.C.
Ben Hefflinger, a new healthcare partner at Pierson Ferdinand, talks to Law360 about the move from an in-house role to private practice at an "awesome intersection" for digital health.
A British company locked in a $64 million contract feud with Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft accused its former in-house counsel of giving testimony "blatantly inconsistent" with other evidence at a Connecticut trial, requesting the alleged transgressions be discussed after a Texas bankruptcy judge slammed the lawyer for providing "false statements" in a separate matter.
A North Carolina federal judge has ruled that a former associate general counsel at a historically Black college in North Carolina can pursue a retaliation claim, but not a discrimination claim, in her Americans with Disabilities Act suit alleging she was fired after seeking accommodation for her disability.
Instead of spending an entire semester on 19th century hunting rights, I wish law schools would facilitate honest discussions about what it’s like to navigate life as an attorney, woman and mother, and offer lessons on business marketing that transcend golf outings and social mixers, says Daphne Delvaux at Gruenberg Law.
Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
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We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal JudiciaryWith the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Retire Without Creating Chaos?Retired attorney Vernon Winters explains how lawyers can thoughtfully transition into retirement while protecting their firms’ interests and allaying clients' fears, with varying approaches that turn on the nature of one's practice, client relationships and law firm management.
Narges Kakalia at Mintz recounts her journey from litigation partner to director of diversity, equity and inclusion at the firm, explaining how the challenges she faced as a female lawyer of color shaped her transition and why attorneys’ unique skill sets make them well suited for diversity leadership roles.
Navigating the legal world as an Asian American lawyer comes with unique challenges — from cultural stereotypes to a perceived lack of leadership skills — but finding good mentors and treating mentorship as a two-way street can help junior lawyers overcome some of the hurdles and excel, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
As the need for pro bono services continues to grow in tandem with the pandemic, attorneys should assess their mental well-being and look for symptoms of secondary traumatic stress, while law firms must carefully manage their public service programs and provide robust mental health services to employees, says William Silverman at Proskauer.
As more law firms develop their own legal services centers to serve as both a source of flexible personnel and technological innovation, they can further enhance the effectiveness by fostering a consistent and cohesive team and allowing for experimentation with new technologies from an established baseline, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
Amid pandemic-era shifts in education, law schools and other stakeholders should consider the wide geographic and demographic reach of Juris Doctor programs with both online and in-person learning options, and educators should think through the various ways hybrid programs can be structured, says Stephen Burnett at All Campus.
BigLaw has the unique opportunity to hit refresh post-pandemic and enhance attorney satisfaction by adopting practices that smaller firms naturally employ — including work assignment policies that can provide junior attorneys steady professional development, says Michelle Genet Bernstein at Mark Migdal.
In order to attract and retain the rising millennial generation's star talent, law firms should break free of the annual review system and train lawyers of all seniority levels to solicit and share frequent and informal feedback, says Betsy Miller at Cohen Milstein.
Lawyers can take several steps to redress the lack of adequate LGBTQ representation on the bench and its devastating impact on litigants and counsel in the community, says Janice Grubin, co-chair of the Judiciary Committee at the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York.
Krill Strategies’ Patrick Krill, who co-authored a new study that revealed alarming levels of stress, hazardous drinking and associated gender disparities among practicing attorneys, highlights how legal employers can confront the underlying risk factors as both warnings and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 era.
While international agreements for space law have remained relatively unchanged since their creation decades ago, the rapid pace of change in U.S. laws and policies is creating opportunities for both new and veteran lawyers looking to break into this exciting realm, in either the private sector or government, says Michael Dodge at the University of North Dakota.
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Ask A Mentor: What Makes A Successful Summer Associate?Navigating a few densely packed weeks at a law firm can be daunting for summer associates, but those who are prepared to seize opportunities and not afraid to ask questions will be set up for success, says Julie Crisp at Latham.