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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聽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.鈥�
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Ex-CapitalG, Ivo Counsel Joins Legal AI Co. Ruli
Austin-based legal operations startup Ruli AI announced Thursday the hiring of a general counsel who formerly worked as an in-house attorney at legal software developer Ivo and Alphabet's venture fund CapitalG.
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Legal Jobs Rebound In March Despite Economic Concerns
The U.S. legal sector appears to be on the upswing once again, with 3,700 law-related jobs added in March, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off April with another action-packed week as BigLaw added new talent and firms struck deals with the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Frost LLP Brings On Ex-NBCUniversal Atty As IP Partner In LA
Business litigation boutique Frost LLP is boosting its litigation team, bringing in an intellectual property expert who most recently was an in-house counsel with NBCUniversal as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Diageo GC Resigns For Top Legal Role At Thermo Fisher
The general counsel at Diageo PLC will depart the British spirits maker for a similar position at biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., he announced in a LinkedIn post.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In March? Broadcom, Meta And More
The top legal officers at Broadcom, Merit Medical Systems and Meta gave themselves multimillion-dollar pay days in March by selling stock in their companies.
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Judge OKs Toss Of FCPA Case Against Ex-Cognizant Execs
A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday聽granted the federal government's bid to end聽the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., ending a legal battle that was beset by delays throughout its six-year run.聽聽
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Ex-JPMorgan Atty Gets Probation For NYC Housing Fraud
A former Bronx prosecutor and JPMorgan attorney was sentenced in New York state court Thursday to probation and community service for fraud and grand larceny, after she pled guilty to using forged records to obtain low-rent apartments.
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Motorcycle Retailer RumbleOn Severs Ties With Its CLO
RumbleOn has cut ties with its chief legal officer聽鈥� who joined the powersports vehicle retailer just over a year ago聽鈥� months after it ended a proxy fight with stockholders, according to a securities filing Wednesday.
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Meta FinTech Atty Joins Wealth Management Co. As CLO
Scottsdale,聽Arizona-based wealth management firm Osaic has named the head of legal for Meta's financial services division聽as its new chief legal officer and general counsel.
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Feds Drop FCPA Case Against Ex-Cognizant Execs
The federal government on Wednesday moved to dismiss its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former聽Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives, ending a long-running case that had been stalled by President Donald Trump's executive order curtailing bribery prosecutions and another now-rescinded presidential decree targeting聽Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, which had been representing one of the defendants.
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American Airlines Taps Latham Atty As New Legal Chief
American Airlines announced Wednesday that it has chosen a Latham & Watkins LLP partner to serve as the company's chief legal officer, effective May 5.
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23 Firms Remain GCs' Top Picks Despite Referral Drop
Even as corporate legal departments become more selective in recommending outside counsel to their peers, 23 law firms have managed to earn top marks for building trust and relationship management, according to a report released Wednesday by BTI Consulting Group.
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National Highway Agency's Ex-Top Counsel Joins Sidley In DC
Sidley Austin LLP has hired the former chief counsel of the agency responsible for oversight of the safety of America's roadways, who joins the firm to co-lead its global automotive and mobility industry group, one of several roles he'll have in its D.C. office, the firm recently announced.
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CLO Calls Company Crises 'The Best' Learning Experiences
After Karen Mulroe joined Greenway Health in 2018, people often asked why she didn't run away from her role, given that the company was involved in a federal聽investigation. In a recent interview with Law360 Pulse, the chief legal officer explained what she calls the "clear answer" to that question, and to other corporate legal challenges.
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GC Turnover At New Heights As Cos. Promote Within
The turnover of general counsel at Fortune 500 companies is the highest in years, and for perhaps the first time companies are promoting more internal candidates than they are hiring from the outside.
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Legal Dept. Confidence In AI Seems To Lag Despite Wide Access
While legal departments have shelled out a lot of resources to ensure that the majority of their team members have some access to artificial intelligence, a recent survey revealed a lack of confidence in using certain AI tools.
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Shyft Group Hikes CLO Pay Nearly Fivefold Amid Merger
The Shyft Group Inc., a specialty vehicle manufacturer, paid its top attorney over $5.6 million last year 鈥� an increase of more than $4.4 million 鈥� to keep him with the company both through and after its merger with Switzerland-based Aebi Schmidt.
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BCLP Names New COO And Chief People Officer
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has hired Newmark Group's former chief human resources officer as its chief people officer and shifted its chief financial officer to also serve as its chief operating officer, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Crypto Co. OKX Taps Ex-NY Regulator Linda Lacewell As GC
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX said Tuesday that Linda Lacewell, former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, has joined the company as its general counsel, a month after the firm agreed to a $504 million deal with federal prosecutors over compliance failures.
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Former Verizon VP Fills GC Role At NJ Utilities Agency
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities appointed the former vice president of government and regulatory affairs at Verizon as its new general counsel this week.
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The Top In-House Hires Of March
Legal department hires over the last month included high-profile appointments at the NFL, Supermicro and Dropbox. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from March.
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Goldman Sachs Exec Rejoins Weil As NY Banking Partner
A former executive for Goldman Sachs & Co. has rejoined Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he began his legal career as a summer associate and banking and finance attorney, the firm said in a Tuesday announcement.
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Former EBay, PayPal Exec Joins Fintech Co. As CLO
A former legal leader at eBay and PayPal and LendingClub Bank parent company LendingClub Corp. has joined healthcare-focused fintech company PayZen as its top attorney.
Expert Analysis
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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 鈥� 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聽work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.聽
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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.