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GCs Praise Legal Ops Amid Wider AI Adoption
Legal operations professionals are viewed as indispensable today as more legal departments embrace the opportunities of artificial intelligence, a group of general counsel say.
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Roku's GC Steps Down After Less Than A Year In The Role
Roku Inc.'s general counsel Louise Pentland is leaving the company to "pursue another opportunity," a move that comes less than a year after Pentland joined the company, according to a disclosure filed Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Ex-Lyft CLO Joins Driverless Truck Co.'s Board Ahead Of IPO
Kodiak Robotics Inc., which provides AI-powered autonomous vehicle technology, said on Wednesday it had appointed the former general counsel and president of Lyft as one of two new members on its board of directors.
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MPA Veteran Joins Entertainment Software Association As GC
The Entertainment Software Association, a trade group representing video game companies, has found its new legal leader in a former executive at the Motion Picture Association, the group said Wednesday.
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Legal Depts. Weigh Outsourcing Amid Changing Landscape
The debate over outsourcing legal work or bringing those tasks in-house is evolving thanks to new technologies and service offerings, a group of legal department experts said during a panel session Tuesday.
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Top Regional Atty At Binance Joins Steptoe White Collar Team
The former legal leader for Binance's Americas region, who also has been in-house with Vimeo and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has transitioned into private practice at Steptoe LLP, the firm said Wednesday, as policymakers work to set rules of the road for cryptocurrency.
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How Legal Ops Leaders Shift From Support To Strategy
Initially labeled as administrative support, legal operations leaders explained to a group of peers on Wednesday how they transformed their jobs to become a key business ally for their legal departments.
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Bumble Inc. Welcomes New CLO Amid Leadership Shakeup
Bumble Inc., the parent company of the dating app Bumble, on Wednesday announced several new additions to its leadership team — including a new chief legal officer — joining its recently returned CEO.
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Ex-Johns Hopkins Atty Is Set To Be Bryn Mawr's Next GC
Philadelphia-area women's college Bryn Mawr College has tapped a former associate general counsel for Johns Hopkins University to serve as the school's new top in-house attorney.
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Media Co. IAC's Legal Chief Saw More Than $5M In 2024
The top lawyer at media conglomerate IAC, which owns companies including People Magazine and Travel + Leisure, saw a bump to $5 million in her compensation package between 2023 and 2024, a recent securities filing shows.
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Contractor Skanska Promotes Two Civil Division GCs
Construction and development firm Skanska has said it promoted two employees to vice president and assistant general counsel, with both advising separate civil engineering divisions.
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BigLaw Dreams? These Schools Can Make Them Real
More law school students are finding that a position at a law firm is their preferred landing place after graduation. Here's a look at the choices students are making and the schools that are sending the highest percentage of their students directly to BigLaw.
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The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2024
Want to know which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates to BigLaw? How big a slice are landing those prized clerkships in federal or state courts? Explore the ins and outs of law school graduate placement in our interactive graphic.
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The Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Jobs: A Data Review
A law degree opens up a range of job opportunities, in private law firms, government, business and beyond, the ABA's data shows. Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, public interest and more.
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Florida A&M University Taps Alumnus As General Counsel
Florida A&M University tapped an alumnus with more than three decades of legal experience to serve as its next vice president of legal affairs and general counsel, a role he's held before.
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Trying To Keep Pace With SiriusXM's New General Counsel
Rich Baer, general counsel of satellite radio company SiriusXM, talks in this Q&A about how he learned to be a general counsel on the job, what it's like to lead while working remotely, and why one needs to take advantage of a lucky break.
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Potential For DEI-Related Suits Vexes Employers, Report Says
Businesses are increasingly worried about facing litigation centering on their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives amid the Trump administration's vocal opposition to DEI, but employers aren't in a rush to overhaul workplace diversity programs, according to a new report issued by Littler Mendelson PC.
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Nvidia GC's Pay Rises To $19.2M Through Stock Gains
Silicon Valley-based tech company Nvidia's general counsel saw his compensation top $19.2 million last year, an increase of more than $8 million based largely on stock awards and increases to the company's share price.
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Smart Comms Help Legal Ops Drive Partnership Results
Legal operations teams are leaning on clear and realistic communications to get the most out of partnerships with law firms and legal technology vendors, experts said during a panel at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's Global Institute conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
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Bristol-Myers GC Hands Over Legal Department To Successor
A longtime Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. lawyer officially took the reins of the legal department on Tuesday amid her predecessor's planned retirement from the pharmaceutical company.
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Cozen O'Connor Hires Maritime Admin's Former Chief Counsel
Cozen O'Connor has hired the former chief counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration, who advised the agency's leader on environmental, fiscal and administrative law issues and has helped promote the maritime industry more broadly throughout his career.
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Workday Legal Team's 'Secret Sauce' Boosts An AI Rollout
Initially trailing other departments, Workday's legal team claims it emerged as a leader in adopting a new artificial intelligence platform by the end of 2024, crediting extensive staff training for the turnaround.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Atty Joins VSP Vision Care As CLO
Vision care health insurance company VSP Vision is bringing in the longtime general counsel of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association to be the head of its legal team, the company announced Monday.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In April? Amphenol, Apple And More
U.S. legal chiefs across the country continued to add to their incomes by selling off their stock awards, with Lance E. D'Amico, general counsel of Amphenol Corp. in Connecticut, having one of the largest sales in April, hauling in over $15.6 million.
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Ex-MoFo Atty's Startup Raises $3.5M To Refine Due Diligence
Marveri, a legal technology startup that developed an artificial intelligence-based platform for conducting corporate due diligence, publicly launched Monday with a $3.5 million capital raise.
Expert Analysis
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Ditch The Frills And Start Writing Legal Letters In Plain English
To become more effective advocates, lawyers need to rethink the ridiculous, convoluted language they use in correspondence and write letters in a clear, concise and direct manner, says legal writing instructor Stuart Teicher.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Negotiate My Separation Agreement?
Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey discusses how a law firm associate can navigate being laid off, what to look for in a separation agreement and why to be upfront about it with prospective employers.
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DoNotPay Cases Underscore Hurdles For AI-Fueled Legal Help
Recent legal challenges against DoNotPay’s "robot lawyer” application highlight pressing questions about the degree to which artificial intelligence can be used for legal tasks while remaining on the right side of both consumer protection laws and prohibitions against the unauthorized practice of law, says Kristen Niven at Frankfurt Kurnit.
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For The Future Of Legal Practice, Let's Learn From The Past
At some level, every practicing lawyer is experiencing the ever-increasing speed of change — and while some practice management processes have gotten more efficient, other things about the legal profession were better before supposed improvements were made, says Jay Silberblatt, president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
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Why All Law Firms Should Foster Psychological Capital
Law firms will be able to reap great long-term benefits if they adopt strategies to nurture four critical components of their employees' psychological wellness and performance — hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism, says Dennis Stolle at the American Psychological Association.
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A GC's Guide To Litigation, Inspired By Sun Tzu's 'Art Of War'
With caseloads and spending increasing, in-house counsel might find themselves called to opine on the risks and benefits of litigation more often, and they should look at five Sun Tzu maxims from the ancient Chinese classic "The Art of War" to inform their approach to any suit, says Jeff Golimowski at Womble Bond.
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ChatGPT Is A Cool Trick, But AI Won't Replace Lawyers
Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.
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Pro Bono Work Is Valuable In IP And Continued Learning
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.
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Increasing Public Access To Legal Services: A Practical Plan
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
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Priorities For Improving The Legal Industry In Texas
To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.
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Leading Your Law Firm's Creation Of A New Practice Group
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?
Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
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10 Principles For Effective Partner Reward Systems
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
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Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Incorporating ADA Guidance Into Lawyer Wellness Movement
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.