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Dow's GC And Other Execs See Pay Dip In 2024
Dow Inc. general counsel and secretary Amy Wilson earned $4.66 million in total compensation in 2024, according to proxy materials she prepared and filed in advance of the company's annual meeting on Thursday.
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Health Co. Deputy GC Joins Pierson Ferdinand In Philly
An attorney with more than five years of experience as an in-house counsel for behavioral healthcare providers has moved back to the law firm environment to focus on building up his practice at Pierson Ferdinand LLP's Philadelphia office.
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Longtime Cummins Atty Tapped To Be New Legal Chief
Global power technology company Cummins Inc. has put plans into motion for some executive leadership changes, including the promotion of one of its in-house attorneys to lead the legal department.
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Cushman Atty Transitions In-House As Kidder Mathews GC
Kidder Mathews announced Monday that it has hired Edward Castro, a 30-year corporate attorney with experience in commercial real estate law, as general counsel advising the company and its 19 West Coast offices.
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Compliance Chief Wants Out Of SEC Fraud Suit
The chief compliance officer and general counsel of a wealth management firm has urged an Illinois federal judge to dismiss him from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit over an alleged offering fraud by former representatives at his firm, saying "the commission does not even understand what its own pleading burden in this case is."
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In Trump Order Against Perkins Coie, GCs See Harm For Cos.
Nearly 70 current and former general counsel for companies including Apple Inc. and Starbucks filed an amicus brief Tuesday supporting Perkins Coie LLP in its suit against an executive order from President Donald Trump targeting the firm, saying the order "tramples on corporate independence, the right to counsel, and First Amendment rights."
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Eversheds Sutherland Brings Back Former CLO In Atlanta
Eversheds Sutherland has brought back the former chief legal officer and corporate secretary for heavy construction materials manufacturer Argos North America Corp., strengthening its corporate practice with an attorney having experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Netflix Taps Akin Partner As Global Public Policy Leader
The streaming entertainment company Netflix Inc. has hired a world trade and policy expert from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as its new global public policy chief.
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Verizon CLO Earned $6.4M Amid Ex-Chief's $15M Departure
Verizon Communications Inc.'s top attorney earned over $6.4 million last year, primarily in the form of stock awards, in the same year her predecessor left the company, a recent securities filing shows.
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Honeywell Promotes From Within To Replace Longtime GC
Honeywell International Inc. has tapped an in-house attorney to take over as the technology company's top lawyer next month — succeeding Anne Madden, who is taking on a new role with Honeywell as it prepares to reorganize its operations.
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McDonald's CLO Saw Compensation Dip For Third Straight Year
Following a year that did not meet the expectations of McDonald's Corp.'s board of directors, the fast food giant's entire executive team including its top in-house attorney saw a dip in their compensation for 2024, according to documents recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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ADT CLO Sees 2024 Compensation Rise To $2.4 Million
The chief legal officer of security company ADT Inc. saw his overall compensation rise in 2024, earning around $2.4 million compared to approximately $1.7 million in 2023, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Former Prada GC Fashions Move To Fisher Phillips In NY
Fisher Phillips has hired the legal function leader of Prada Group as a New York office partner to expand the firm's retail industry offerings.
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USPTO Gets New Acting General Counsel, Policy Officer
The personnel shuffle at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office continues, with familiar faces at the agency temporarily taking over the general counsel and chief policy officer roles.
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Ex-TBS GC Chairs CoStar Board In Latham-Advised Refresh
Latham & Watkins LLP advised CoStar Group on a "refreshment" of the company's board of directors that includes a new role for a former Turner Broadcasting Systems general counsel, according to a Monday announcement that follows pressure from hedge funds D.E. Shaw and Third Point.
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Home Depot's GC Saw '24 Comp Increase To $3.6M
The Home Depot Inc. paid its general counsel more than $3.6 million in total compensation in 2024, a 7% increase from her total compensation in 2023, the Atlanta-based company said in a securities filing.
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Compensation Up For Quest Diagnostics GC After Earlier Dip
Quest Diagnostics' longtime senior vice president and general counsel brought home $2.43 million in 2024, up from $2.25 million in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed recently by the company.
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Spirit Airlines Expands Legal Head's Duties After CEO Resigns
Spirit Airlines said it has recruited its general counsel and two other executives to lead the company while the board searches for a replacement for its CEO, who resigned Monday following the budget air carrier's completion of its bankruptcy.
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Seattle Seahawks Promote From Within For GC Role
The Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League have promoted their legal affairs director to vice president and general counsel, making her part of its front office senior leadership team.
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CBRE Chief Legal Exec Raked In $3.4M As GC Last Year
CBRE's newly crowned chief legal and administrative officer Chad Doellinger was paid $3.39 million in 2024, a year in which the executive served as the commercial real estate services firm's general counsel, per a securities filing.
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AT&T's GC Saw Compensation Climb Past $13M In 2024
AT&T's legal chief saw his total compensation rise to $13.6 million in 2024, up about $1.2 million from the $12.4 million he earned in 2023, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Climate And Political Spending Top Shareholder Concerns
The 2025 proxy season so far has seen a sharp drop in the number of shareholder proposals, especially in ESG resolutions, which are down 34% from the same point in 2024.
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FirstEnergy Legal Chief Saw Pay Drop To Nearly $2.5M In 2024
FirstEnergy Corp.'s top attorney saw his compensation decrease from just over $3 million to about $2.5 million last year, a recent securities filing shows.
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Class Action Spending Could Top $4.5B As Settlements Drop
Companies are facing more class action lawsuits and are spending more money to defend against them than ever before, with that spending expected to exceed $4.5 billion in 2025, according to a new report from Carlton Fields.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
A group of Republican state attorneys general asked close to two dozen law firms for information about their workplace diversity practices, and new data showed which law firms continue to be among the top picks for general counsel. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.​
Expert Analysis
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.Â
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.