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    Xcel Energy's CLO Leaves After A Year For American Electric

    Xcel Energy's top in-house attorney recently left his position with the energy company and is moving to industry rival American Electric Power to serve as head of its legal department.

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    What Happens When A Data Scientist Is Put In A Legal Dept.?

    You won't find many data scientists in legal departments, as there is usually too little data to support the high cost. However, one legal operations leader brought in a data scientist anyway, and the payoff was a dramatically efficient contracting process.

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    Clients Aren't As Happy With Lawyers As Lawyers Think

    There's a striking disconnect between how lawyers who serve consumers perceive their client relationships and how clients truly feel, which could affect reputation, according to new survey results told exclusively to Law360 Pulse.

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    Former DHS Deputy Chief Of Staff Rejoins Crowell & Moring

    A former senior official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has rejoined Crowell & Moring LLP as a partner in its government contracts group, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • NJ Atty Disciplined For Private Law Work On GC Role Time

    A former general counsel for a New Jersey public agency previously fined for ethics breaches has now been censured, with the state Supreme Court issuing the discipline after finding he operated a private law practice out of his office at the agency.

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    Stock Awards Push Booz Allen Legal Chief Pay To $4.1M

    The chief legal officer of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., who is on a leave of absence now, earned over $4.1 million in total compensation in fiscal 2025, thanks mainly to a $1 million jump in stock awards, according to the company's annual securities filing.

  • King & Spalding Adds HHS Inspector General's Chief Counsel

    An attorney who has spent his entire career with Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, serving most recently as its chief counsel, has joined King & Spalding LLP's healthcare team in Washington, D.C., the firm announced on Monday.

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    New Law Firm Brody Gapp Focuses On Mortgage Banking

    Brody Gapp LLP, a new national law firm focused on legal and compliance needs for mortgage companies and financial institutions, has opened shop in Orange County, California.

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    Filling The Gaps: How GC Communities Advocate For Others

    As general counsel continue to see their role evolve, some are relying more heavily on professional organizations like the L Suite and Ready Set GC that are looking to create communities for legal leaders seeking advice and recommendations, and aiming to become more successful strategic business partners.

  • Stevens & Lee Names Veteran Shareholder As GC

    Regional law firm Stevens & Lee has tapped one of the firm's longtime shareholders to serve as its top in-house attorney to advise leadership on legal strategy.

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    Microsoft Lifts Atty To Chief Privacy Officer Amid Legal Shifts

    Microsoft has promoted an associate general counsel to the role of chief privacy officer as part of the recent changes in the company's legal department.

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    Ex-Walmart Mexico GC Rejoins White & Case As Partner

    A former top in-house attorney for Walmart's Mexico-based subsidiary has left the corporation and recently returned after nearly 12 years to White & Case LLP's Mexico City office.

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    Ex-Express CLO, Current Champion Homes GC Earned $2M

    The former chief legal officer and corporate secretary of retail fashion and design brand Express made more than $2 million in total compensation after joining Champion Homes last year, more than half of which came from stock awards, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

    Compliance experts say corporate leaders with business interests south of the border are worried about possible terrorism-related charges under the Trump administration for inadvertently working with the cartels. Meanwhile, the head of Glass Lewis pushed back against allegations from some lawmakers concerning the firm's "expansive, opaque and ideologically driven influence" on companies. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.​

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    Matador Energy Biz Taps GC As CLO Amid Leadership Shift

    Matador Resources Co. announced that the oil and gas company has tapped its general counsel to step into the chief legal officer role, among a host of other leadership changes across the company.

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    Paul Weiss Spinoff Dunn Isaacson Taps Ex-Senate Atty As GC

    Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP, the firm launched last month by four Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partners, has named a former longtime member of the bipartisan federal Office of the Senate Legal Counsel as part of its corporate leadership.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry had another action-packed week as lawyers took on new roles and law firms expanded their practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Judiciary Committee Clears Squires For Full Senate Vote

    The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved former Goldman Sachs intellectual property attorney John Squires to serve as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director on Thursday, putting his nomination in the hands of the full Senate.

  • Sports App Novig Hires Ex-Underdog Attys As Legal Leaders

    Sports predication market Novig said Thursday it has brought on two in-house lawyers from Underdog Sports to serve as chief legal officer and senior counsel for government and regulatory affairs.

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    Bristol-Myers Promotes Attorney To Lead Corporate Affairs

    Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb continued to shuffle its legal department with the recent promotion of an in-house attorney to lead its corporate affairs, filling in a role left vacant when her predecessor was named general counsel last month.

  • DOJ's Focus On Cartels Raises Compliance Risks For US Cos.

    U.S. corporations with business interests south of the border are increasingly worried about exposure to terrorism-related criminal charges under the Trump administration for inadvertently working with cartels linked to major business sectors throughout Mexico, from energy and manufacturing to financial services, compliance experts tell Law360.

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    Mayer Brown Grows Gov't Affairs Team In DC With Ex-Hill Aide

    Daniel Harder, who joined Mayer Brown LLP as a senior policy adviser this week, has made a career out of building connections and relationships across government, including the deep bonds he said he formed with colleagues after surviving the 2017 shooting at a practice for the annual congressional baseball game.

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    Veteran In-House Atty Joins Tucker Arensberg In Pittsburgh

    An attorney who has spent more than 20 years providing in-house counsel to businesses and venture capital firms has returned to the law firm setting and joined Tucker Arensberg PC's Pittsburgh office.

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    Ex-Overstock Atty Now Leads Legal At Angel Amid IPO Prep

    A lawyer who was chief legal officer at online home furnishing company Beyond Inc., formerly known as Overstock.com, is now head of the law department at Angel Studios, the film and TV platform behind "Sound of Freedom."

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    NYS State Dept. GC Among Hochul's Claims Court Judge Picks

    Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced two dozen appointments to the New York Supreme Court, Family Court and Court of Claims, including the current general counsel for the New York State Department of State.

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Expert Analysis

  • Burnout Prevention Requires Effort From Attys And Firms Author Photo

    To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • How I Owned My Power As An Asian American Woman In Law Author Photo

    Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.

  • Successful In-House Alt Legal Services Start With 4 Questions Author Photo

    Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.

  • 3 Reasons To Embrace Jargon In Legal Marketing Content Author Photo

    Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.

  • Future Lawyers Expect DEI Commitments Beyond Recruiting Author Photo

    To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.

  • Series

    Ask A Mentor: How Can Law Students Build Real-World Skills? Author Photo

    Allison Coffin at Akin Gump discusses how summer associates going back to school can continue to develop real-world lawyering skills by leveraging the numerous law school resources that support professional development both inside and outside the classroom.

  • How Firm Leaders Can Build And Sustain Culture Author Photo

    In uncertain and challenging times, law firm leaders can build and sustain culture by focusing attention on mission, values and leadership development, and applying a growth mindset across their firms, says Scott Westfahl at Harvard Law.

  • The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans Author Photo

    Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.

  • Opinion

    CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning Outcomes Author Photo

    Given the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.

  • Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review Author Photo

    While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.

  • Persuading The Court With Visual Aids In Written Argument Author Photo

    Robert Dubose at Alexander Dubose describes several categories of visuals attorneys can use to make written arguments easier to understand or more persuasive, and provides tips for lawyers unused to working with anything but text.

  • BigLaw Vs. Mid-Law Summer Programs: The Pros And Cons Author Photo

    There are major differences between BigLaw and Mid-Law summer associate programs, and each approach can learn something from the other in terms of structure and scheduling, the on-the-job learning opportunities provided, and the social experiences offered, says Anna Tison at Brooks Pierce.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Take Time Off? Author Photo

    David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.

  • Law Firms Must Prioritize Mental Health In Internal Comms Author Photo

    The traditional structure of law firms, with their compartmentalization into silos, is an inherent challenge to mental wellness, so partners and senior lawyers should take steps to construct and disseminate internal action plans and encourage open dialogue, says Elizabeth Ortega at ECO Strategic Communications.

  • Our Current Approach To Trial Advocacy Training Is Lacking Author Photo

    The key to trial advocacy is persuasion, but current training programs focus almost entirely on technique, making it imperative that lawyers are taught to be effective storytellers and to connect with their audiences, says Chris Arledge at Ellis George.

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