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The longtime compliance leader and deputy general counsel for discount retail chain Big Lots is set to serve as the top attorney for the Retail Industry Leaders Association and to take the helm at the Retail Litigation Center.
Paramount Global Inc.'s former general counsel received just over $8.9 million in compensation from the media giant in 2024, when she was pushed out amid a cost-cutting initiative, according to a recent security filing.
The former general counsel of Stamford-based Webster Bank has chipped away at a $7.4 million restitution order since being sentenced to four years in prison for a yearslong fraud scheme and is capable of paying back the full amount in a lump sum, prosecutors have told a Connecticut federal judge.
The BAM Cos. announced Tuesday that the multifamily community owner and operator has selected its general counsel to serve as chief business officer, adding that another internal candidate will step in as the firm's chief operating officer.
A former in-house attorney for clothing giant Gap Inc. rejoined the private practice space as a partner in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at Fisher Phillips, the firm announced Tuesday.
A rebound in client work sent the nation’s largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers, and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the Law360 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts.
Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., has agreed to earmark half a billion dollars over the next 10 years to overhaul the tech giant's global compliance structure, according to two institutional investors that sued the company's leaders over allegations of anticompetitive and monopolistic business practices.
Hogan Lovells has expanded its corporate and finance group in New York with the addition of the former legal leader for the National Football League's New York Jets.
Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at Adobe, Takeda Pharmaceutical and Duke Energy. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from May.
Crowell & Moring LLP hired a former in-house Yale University associate general counsel with real estate transactions experience as senior counsel for the firm's corporate group in New York, the firm announced.
A Florida attorney who served in-house at Amazon's One Medical has brought her practice to the newly formed national health law boutique Aligned Health Law LLC, the Atlanta-based firm announced Monday.
Cushman & Wakefield's parent company is seeking to move its place of incorporation from England and Wales to Bermuda, with the assistance of counsel from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, the real estate brokerage firm said in a regulatory filing Friday.
An investor is asking the Delaware Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of a new state law that broadens the protection of corporations in shareholder suits. And hundreds of general counsel are joining an online forum to stand up for the rule of law after President Donald Trump's executive orders against several corporate law firms.
A former Pfizer vice president and assistant general counsel, who last June entered into a consulting agreement with Motley Rice LLC, is joining DiCello Levitt as a partner as part of the firm's Washington, D.C., public client practice group, the firm recently announced.
A New York federal judge rejected a recommendation to narrow and then send to arbitration a Black former general counsel's suit claiming she was fired from The Palm steakhouse chain out of race bias after her cancer diagnosis, saying the whole dispute needs to go to an arbitrator.
The legal industry ended May with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded practices and attorneys took on new roles. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
NV Energy, the primary supplier of gas and electric power to Nevada residents, has moved its general counsel into the role of president and CEO as the company faces a regulator's investigation into possible overbilling of residents by millions of dollars.
Marissa John, the new general counsel of the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks, has carefully plotted out her career while building a support network and seeking out mentors along the way, she told Law360 Pulse in a recent interview.
An attorney formerly with Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP's healthcare practice has taken over as general counsel at the Florida Hospital Association and will help steer its efforts to advocate for hospitals in the Sunshine State.
A veteran energy attorney who worked in-house at utility companies Eversource Energy and Avangrid Inc. has made the move back to private practice at Harris Beach Murtha in Connecticut.
The former general counsel at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC's energy and climate solutions practice in Washington, D.C., as a partner, the firm announced Wednesday.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving's chief legal officer is stepping down from the role that she's held for two years at the end of this week, saying she wanted to focus on her "family life" and would share more about her departure at a later time.
A real estate attorney with expertise in the Philadelphia commercial property market has joined Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP after practicing for more than six years with boutique firm Vos-IP.
Hall Booth Smith PC expanded its Atlanta office with two former government attorneys, one most recently with the Georgia Department of Labor and the other with Crawford and Boyle LLC.
Revenue and profits have both been on a strong upward trajectory in recent years for large U.S. law firms, but those strides may not tell the whole story when considering factors like inflation and the role that aggressive rate hikes, which some say are unsustainable, have played in the increases.
Nonequity partners report the lowest satisfaction, highest stress and poorest financial outlook of any group of lawyers, highlighting a growing structural disconnect that leaves attorneys at many firms feeling like the ladder has been pulled up behind those who already ascended, says Jake Carroll at Nelson Mullins.
Understanding where colleagues in other practice areas shine can help attorneys confidently cross-sell each other's services and bring in business to keep the firm afloat in hard times, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Advertise EthicallyBusiness development in the legal industry is about building authentic connections and showcasing expertise in a way that reflects reality, and, when done right, it can elevate a practice, establish credibility and bring in clients without risking an ethics violation, says Melody Jackson at Robinhood.
Molly Ranns at the State Bar of Michigan suggests five ways to smooth a colleague's return to practice after short-term mental health leave, while creating a firm culture that protects employees’ emotional health.
Amid a rapidly changing regulatory environment and a fierce market for talent, companies hoping to attract the best chief legal officers must have a strong grasp of their roles’ biggest selling points, and any roadblocks that may prevent them from recruiting the strongest choice, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
As law firms increasingly use certain financial incentives to retain partners in a fierce lateral market, managing partners should consider the pros and cons of various deferred compensation schemes, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.
Many lawyers assume that becoming a rainmaker requires a significant investment of time and effort, but the truth is that building a consistent habit of business development can start with just 10 minutes of strategic outreach a day, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
Certain law firm decisions — such as whether to challenge an executive order — cannot be crowdsourced, but leadership can collaboratively communicate these choices using strategies that build trust, reinforce values and preserve cohesion, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Create A Succession Plan​​​​​​​Conversations around retirement and succession can be understandably difficult, but when attorneys make a plan for the transition early and effectively, they have the opportunity to not only keep work but also increase it, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.
In recent years, top-tier law firms have pushed hourly rates to unprecedented heights, with some partners commanding $3,000 per hour — but this eye-popping number doesn’t tell the full story, as there are numerous caveats and rigorous winnowing along the way, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
Law firms that successfully manage two-tiered partnership do so by creating a culture that treats everyone with respect and by establishing financial incentives outside their base compensation to reward performance, says Carol Morganstern at Major Lindsey.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Leverage Your Atty BioIf maintained properly, your firm bio can help attract potential clients and create authentic connections, so it's crucial to take steps to write an updated attorney profile that goes beyond a list of credentials, says Raychel Lean at Reputation Ink.
Eran Kahana at Maslon discusses how partners can encourage responsible use of artificial intelligence tools within their firms by learning to spot pitfalls common to AI-generated work product and championing firmwide procedures and trainings that address the risks of uncritically relying on this powerful but imperfect technology.
Law firm culture is often dismissed as a soft factor — merely platitudes on a website that seem disconnected from the bottom line — but by intentionally embedding a strong culture into day-to-day operations, law firms can achieve sustainable success, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
To ensure that lateral partners effectively integrate their books of business, firms should design a structured transition plan based on a few fundamentals, from tracking the right data to implementing meaningful incentives, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.