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Retiring GC Looks Back On 30-Plus Years Adapting, Growing
After 35 years as in-house counsel and never working at a law firm, Lizbeth "Beth" O'Shaughnessy is retiring in December from Steelcase. She spoke with Law360 Pulse about why she is retiring now, changes she has seen in the general counsel role, and some of her toughest and proudest moments.
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Axiom Launches Services To Tackle Corporate Litigation
Alternative legal service provider Axiom announced Tuesday it is launching two new litigation services for large-scale businesses and smaller operations offering lower-cost options for dealing with contract issues, unpaid invoices and other routine business disputes.
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Fla. Bar Eyes Scraping Diversity Language From Board Policy
The Florida Bar Board of Governors may soon remove references to "diversity and inclusion" from its standing board policies as part of an ongoing push by the state Supreme Court against such diversity-related language.
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Corporate Legal Offices May Double Technology Spend By '27
Leaders in legal, risk and compliance functions are so intrigued by automation that they will double their departments' technology spend by 2027, Gartner Inc. predicted on Wednesday.
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National Grid Atty Joins Barclay Damon's Energy Practice
Barclay Damon LLP has announced that a former in-house attorney at utility company National Grid joined the firm's New York office as a partner, saying his hire will help its efforts in the energy regulatory, compliance and litigation spaces.
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Infrastructure PE Firm Selects Ex-Softbank Atty As New GC
Global infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital announced Wednesday that a former Softbank Group attorney has been hired as its new general counsel.
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Georgia Power Coop Promotes GC To Replace Retiring CEO
Georgia energy producer Oglethorpe Power Corp. has named a longtime in-house attorney who currently holds the role of general counsel as its next chief executive beginning in February 2025, in a time of what it called "unprecedented growth and change" for the energy sector.
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Inside Legal Tech Companies' Chicago Offices
While office vacancies nationwide have been steadily increasing since the pandemic, legal tech companies in Chicago have continued to gradually expand their office spaces as their businesses grow. Here is a look at five of the biggest legal tech company offices in Chicago.
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Trump Taps Ex-Jones Day Partner For White House Counsel
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that William J. McGinley, a former Jones Day partner who worked as assistant to both the president and Cabinet secretary during Trump's first term, will serve as White House counsel during the upcoming term.
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In-House Counsel Less Wary Of Making BigLaw Jump
While most in-house counsel aren't actively looking to shift to private practice, a survey out Tuesday found there may be an increasing openness to that career lane shift if certain conditions — such as better salaries, work-life balance, and firm culture — are met.
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Former FTX Top Atty Joins Lowenstein Sandler In NY
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced Tuesday that the former general counsel at crypto exchange FTX will join the firm's New York office as a partner and chair of its new commodities, futures and derivatives practice group.
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OpenX Promotes Atty To Chief Privacy Officer, Deputy GC
OpenX Technologies Inc. has looked within for a new privacy leader in what the online advertising exchange company described as a strategic move doubling down on its commitment to privacy-first practices in the ad tech industry.
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Tampa Airport General Counsel To Become Next CEO
The Tampa International Airport's executive vice president and general counsel will soon head up the airport as CEO after the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority board of directors selected him on Tuesday.
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Deloitte In-House Atty Joins Foley & Lardner In LA
Jose Sanchez, a former senior trial counsel in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Enforcement Division, has joined Foley & Lardner's Los Angeles office following nearly six years in Deloitte's office of the general counsel.
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On Track: 2 CSX Attys Get Promotions As Legal Chief Retires
CSX Corp. has announced that chief legal officer Nathan Goldman, 67, will retire on Jan. 1 after 21 years with the company, and it has named another longtime employee to succeed him.
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Skadden Adds Former Solar Company General Counsel In DC
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has hired the former general counsel of solar company Summit Ridge Energy to beef up its energy and infrastructure practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced on Tuesday.
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Wholesale Distributor GC To Leave Company At End Of Year
BlueLinx Holdings Inc., a U.S. wholesale distributor of building products, announced in a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing that its general counsel will leave the company at the end of December.
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Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q3
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the third quarter of the year.
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LIV Golf Taps New Top Atty As PGA Tour Deal Saga Persists
Saudi Arabia-backed upstart golf league LIV Golf, which last year agreed to combine with the PGA Tour in a bombshell move to end antitrust and contract litigation between them, on Tuesday announced that it had hired a chief legal officer.
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Judiciary Advisers Back Development Of AI Evidence Rules
The federal judiciary's advisory panel for evidentiary issues agreed Friday to develop rules aimed at strengthening scrutiny of testimony and materials derived from artificial intelligence systems, saying AI-generated information should meet the same reliability standards that apply to expert witnesses.
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Ex-Elanco IP Lawyer Lodges Gender Discrimination Suit
A female former in-house intellectual property lawyer at Elanco Animal Health Inc. sued the pharmaceutical company for gender discrimination in Indiana federal court, alleging she was passed over for a promotion in favor of a less qualified man who later mistreated the women on staff.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
Most in-house attorneys in a new survey are looking to advance their career by moving elsewhere. And antitrust heads the list of legal areas where general counsel can expect change under the upcoming Donald Trump administration.
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Exec Exodus At Hospitality Platform Sonder Includes CLO
Hospitality platform Sonder announced Friday its chief legal officer will be resigning from her role later this month as one of three executives who have announced their plans to leave the company by the end of 2024.
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Cohen & Steers Names General Mills' GC To Its Board
Investment management company Cohen & Steers Inc. announced Friday that it has appointed General Mills' general counsel Karen Wilson Thissen to its board of directors.
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Steptoe & Johnson Adds Veteran Corporate Atty In Dallas
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC announced that a veteran corporate attorney who previously served as the top attorney for a major auto repair company has joined the firm's Dallas office as of counsel, in a move the firm said will help strengthen its private credit practice.
Expert Analysis
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities?
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.
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Making Legal Cents: How To Adapt As Clients Tighten Budgets
Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together
It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.
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How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
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A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.