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Former Pyxus Atty Rejoins Agriculture Co. As Legal Chief
Pyxus International Inc. announced that a former attorney rejoined the agricultural company as its new senior vice president, chief legal officer and secretary after spending the last few years working as general counsel for a specialty materials company.
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Why This New GC Says 'Buy-In' Is Crucial For Any Top Lawyer
As the first general counsel and lawyer building the legal department at Radar, Morgan Levine isn't meeting resistance from colleagues throughout the business. But she simultaneously acknowledges the importance of buy-in. Levine, who started at the New York-based technology platform in May, recently spoke with Law360 Pulse about her new role and her experiences over the past few months.
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Paul Weiss Hires TDR Capital's GC For Private Equity Team
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP said Wednesday that it has recruited a partner from private equity firm TDR Capital as it continues its expansion in London.
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Health Hires: K&L Gates, Manatt, Cytokinetics
K&L Gates and Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP have deepened their healthcare and life sciences benches, while biopharma company Cytokinetics Inc. has enlisted a former Gilead executive to serve as its chief legal officer, highlighting Law360's latest roundup of personnel moves in healthcare and life sciences.
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Ex-SEC Senior Counsel, AUSA Joins Tech Co. As CCO
A former assistant U.S. attorney with senior counsel experience at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has joined technology company Tools For Humanity, a startup co-founded and chaired by OpenAI head Sam Altman, as deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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Texas Judge Blocks FTC's Impending Ban On Noncompetes
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked the Federal Trade Commission's looming ban on noncompete agreements in employment contracts, setting aside the regulation with a conclusion that it's beyond the agency's authority.
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Some Wis. State Bar Officers Let Out Of Diversity Bias Suit
A Wisconsin federal judge has removed three of the seven individual defendants named in a suit brought by an attorney challenging the Wisconsin Bar's diversity clerkship program after they argued they were not personally responsible for actions alleged in the suit, with the judge also cutting a claim for money damages.
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Porter Wright Lands Trade Atty From Advisory Firm Pollination
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP has added a Washington, D.C., attorney as partner in its international business and trade practice group.
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Former SEC And Vanguard Counsel Joins Stradley Ronon
An attorney who previously worked in-house at Vanguard and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has jumped to private practice for the first time in his 20-year career, joining Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP in Pennsylvania.
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A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women In Law Report
The legal industry continues to see incremental gains for female lawyers in private practice in the U.S., according to a Law360 Pulse analysis, with women now representing 40.6% of all attorneys and 51% of all associates.
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Representation In The Ranks: How Firms Are Faring
The Law360 Pulse Women in Law Report provides a data-driven view of U.S. law firms at the end of 2023. Here, we look at the representation of women at all levels of a typical law firm, from associates to equity partners.
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These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
The legal industry still has a long way to go before it can achieve gender parity at its upper levels. But these law firms are performing better than others in breaking the proverbial glass ceiling that prevents women from attaining leadership roles.
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The 2024 Women in Law Report: How Firms Stack Up
Female attorneys have reached a new high in their share of law firm equity partnerships, but firms' progress simply hasn't been significant enough to shatter the longstanding glass ceiling in the industry.
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Clorox Co. Atty Named New CLO At Eastman Chemical
An in-house attorney for the Clorox Co. is preparing to join Eastman Chemical Co. next month as its new head of legal, the Tennessee-based specialty materials company said Tuesday.
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Private Equity Firm Kinderhook Hires Law, Compliance Chief
New York-based private equity firm Kinderhook Industries LLC has added a veteran in-house private funds attorney as its legal leader.
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University Of Florida GC Tapped For Athletics Role
The University of Florida announced that its general counsel has been tapped as deputy athletic director and senior women's administrator following her predecessor's appointment as chief operating officer of the athletics department.
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Clifford Chance 'In Shock' Over Missing Partner
Clifford Chance said Tuesday that it is "in shock and deeply saddened" that a partner is among six passengers missing from a yacht that was reportedly chartered to celebrate the legal victory of technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch.
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Legal Sector Doubles Down On AI Use Despite Concerns
The number of legal professionals reporting they have used artificial intelligence has doubled since 2023, yet security and trustworthiness concerns are holding others back from adopting the technology, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Steeped In Politics, Uber CLO In His Element Aiding Harris
It was no surprise when Uber Chief Legal Officer Tony West decided on the eve of the Democratic National Convention to take a leave of absence from his $10 million-a-year job to volunteer on the presidential campaign of his sister-in-law, Kamala Harris.
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BCLP'S New Global GC On How To Advance At A Firm
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP's new global general counsel didn't jump into the role from another firm; she started from the bottom. Laura Giokas recently spoke with Law360 Pulse about her career trajectory and how the role of law firm GC has evolved over the years.
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Former Chubb VP Joins Derrevere Stevens In Florida
The vice president of the recovery, subrogation and salvage department at insurance company Chubb North America will now serve as an of counsel at Derrevere Stevens Black & Cozad, the firm announced Monday.
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Big Lots GC Gets Retention Bonus Amid Co.'s Financial Pains
Discount retailer Big Lots announced that its longtime general counsel will receive a retention bonus worth approximately $561,000 as part of a series of awards given to executives, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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A&O Shearman Hires Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec In New York
A former executive director at Morgan Stanley has returned to private practice at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling in New York.
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Vanguard Recruits KPMG GC As Its Next Top Lawyer
An in-house lawyer who has held general counsel roles at KPMG and in the U.S. government is set to transition to investment management company Vanguard later this year as its new general counsel.
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Former SEC Crypto Leader Joins McGuireWoods In DC
David Hirsch, former chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's cryptocurrency-focused unit, has always enjoyed helping clients and investigating legal matters. After almost a decade with the agency, Hirsch is excited to bring that passion to his new role with McGuireWoods, he told Law360 Pulse Monday.