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Ex-Boeing Senior Atty Joins Jet Services Co. As CLO
Chicago-based Jet Support Services Inc. announced that a senior attorney at Boeing has joined the company as its new chief legal officer, general counsel and chief strategy officer.
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GC Of Building Materials Co. Martin Marietta To Depart
The longtime legal leader of building materials company Martin Marietta Materials Inc. will step down from her post before 2025 comes to an end.
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LexShares Must Face Claims In Ex-CEO's Race Bias Suit
Racial discrimination claims by a Black former CEO of litigation financier LexShares Inc. are not time-barred, a Massachusetts federal judge has ruled, though she dismissed claims against the chairman of the company's board and another board member.
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Trump Changes Course On Pick For WH Counsel
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he was naming a Dhillon Law Group Inc. partner who has represented his campaign to serve as White House counsel, replacing the ex-Jones Day attorney he'd previously picked as the top lawyer in his new administration.
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Coinbase Says It Won't Use Firms That Hire Crypto Enforcers
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase made clear that it won't work with law firms that employ former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys who led the charge on crypto enforcement suits, singling out Milbank LLP for its hiring of ex-SEC enforcement director Gurbir Grewal.
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Lockheed Martin Taps Carrier CLO And DOJ Veteran As GC
Lockheed Martin has hired Carrier Corp.'s chief legal officer and U.S. Department of Justice veteran Kevin O'Connor as its new general counsel to succeed Maryanne Lavan, who is retiring after more than 30 years at the aerospace giant.
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Microsoft Asks FTC Watchdog To Look Into Leaked Probe
A Microsoft deputy general counsel on Tuesday asked the Federal Trade Commission's inspector general to look into whether commission management improperly told a news outlet that the FTC had opened a broad antitrust investigation of the tech giant.
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Exelon Promotes Ex-FERC Commissioner To Top Legal Role
Utility company Exelon Corp. announced Tuesday that a former Reed Smith LLP partner and former member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been named its next chief legal officer, and also said it's also expanding the top legal role.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In November? Quest, Exelixis, More
Legal leaders at Quest Diagnostics, SS&C Technologies and Exelixis, among others, had plenty to be thankful for in November after making multimillion-dollar stock sales.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Tunheim Advises Other Jurists
For more than a decade, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim has counseled judges from other countries on quandaries jurists face internationally, from artificial intelligence to court administration to judicial independence.
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Ex-Locke Lord Enviro Atty Joins Winstead After In-House Role
Winstead PC has added a Houston attorney whose experience with environmental matters while working in-house for a chemical company and in stints with the Texas state government and law firms like Locke Lord LLP will bolster the firm's real estate practice.
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FactSet Hires Chief Legal Officer From S&P Global
Financial information and data analytics company FactSet has hired as its new chief legal officer an attorney who will use his prior in-house experience at several other financial services companies to steer its global legal functions.
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Media Photographers Group CLO Tapped As Next CEO
The American Society of Media Photographers' board of directors has elected to elevate its top lawyer to the role of chief executive after nearly four years working in-house at the professional organization, which he first joined as a high school student.
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Are Law Firms Losing Money On Generative AI?
How to leverage generative artificial intelligence to enhance the bottom line is still a question mark for the vast majority of law firms, with many making massive investments in the technology without much of a plan for how to monetize it, law firm consultants say.
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LPGA Legal Chief Tapped As Interim Commissioner
The Ladies Professional Golf Association announced Monday that its longtime legal leader would serve as its interim commissioner after the organization's current top executive departs next month.
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Supermicro Agrees To Hire More Execs, Attys After Review
Following an internal review after its public accounting firm resigned, a California-based producer of computer servers and services said Monday it had agreed to accept a review committee's recommendations, which include hiring a general counsel, more in-house attorneys and a chief compliance officer.
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Healthcare Biz Atty Rejoins Dentons As Partner In Dallas
Dentons announced Monday that an attorney who spent years in-house in the healthcare industry has rejoined the firm as a partner in Dallas to enhance its efforts servicing clients in health insurance regulation and other healthcare matters.
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The Top In-House Hires Of November
Legal department moves in the last month included high-profile announcements at CSX Corp., Cohen & Steers Inc. and Pershing Square Holdings Ltd., including two general counsel joining boards of directors. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house appointments from November.
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Veteran Energy Atty Named Northland Power CEO, President
Toronto-based Northland Power announced Monday that an experienced in-house energy attorney who most recently was a president at engineering company AtkinsRéalis has been named its president and chief executive officer.
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Blackstone Promotes Real Estate GC To Private Wealth COO
Global asset manager Blackstone has elevated its real estate general counsel to the role of global chief operating officer of Private Wealth Solutions as the unit looks to continue its expansion.
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Citi Gets TRO On Banker Accused Of Poaching Atty Clients
A California federal judge on Tuesday granted Citibank NA's request for a temporary restraining order against one of its former bankers who it alleges jumped to a rival with confidential information on law firm and attorney clients, but denied the request regarding a second banker as "too speculative."
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Home Appliance Co. Hamilton Beach Parts Ways With GC
The top attorney of Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co., known for its housewares and home appliances, has left the company after more than three years in the role.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
President-elect Donald Trump announced that a King & Spalding LLP international trade partner is his choice for U.S. trade representative. Meanwhile, the new general counsel for the largest federal employees' union is expected to fight any attempts to cut government jobs, which the new administration has threatened to do.
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Houston System Taps Veteran Healthcare Exec As New CLO
Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System has named an experienced healthcare executive, who most recently served as general counsel at California's John Muir Health, as its new chief legal officer.
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Marshall Dennehey Grows Health Care Team In Harrisburg
Marshall Dennehey PC continued to grow its medical malpractice services in Pennsylvania with the recent addition of a litigator to its Harrisburg office, who returns to the firm after leaving in 2021 to go in-house with the state government.
Expert Analysis
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3 Reasons To Embrace Jargon In Legal Marketing Content
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.
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Future Lawyers Expect DEI Commitments Beyond Recruiting
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.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Can Law Students Build Real-World Skills?
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.
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How Firm Leaders Can Build And Sustain Culture
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.
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The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans
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.
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Opinion
CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning Outcomes
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.
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Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review
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.
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Persuading The Court With Visual Aids In Written Argument
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.
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BigLaw Vs. Mid-Law Summer Programs: The Pros And Cons
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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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Do I Take Time Off?
David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.
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Law Firms Must Prioritize Mental Health In Internal Comms
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.
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Our Current Approach To Trial Advocacy Training Is Lacking
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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How Women In Law Can Advance Toward Leadership Roles
Female attorneys in leadership roles inspire other women to pursue similar opportunities in a male-dominated field, and for those who aspire to lead, prioritizing collaboration, inclusivity and integrity is key, says Kim Yelkin at Foley & Lardner.
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The Case That Took Me From Prosecutor To Defense Attorney
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza, now at Wilkinson Stekloff, recalls the challenges of her first case as a civil defense attorney — a multibillion-dollar multidistrict class action against Allergan — and the lessons she learned about building rapport in the courtroom and with co-counsel.
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The Importance Of Legal Macroeconomics Education For Attys
Most legal professionals lack understanding of the macroeconomic trends unique to the legal industry, like the rising cost of law school and legal services, which contributes to an unfair and inaccessible justice system, so law school courses and continuing legal education requirements in this area are essential, says Bob Glaves at the Chicago Bar Foundation.