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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
The SEC will likely need to clear up confusion about fiduciary investment advice standards after two judges halted new retirement security regulations from the Labor Department. Meanwhile, the changing cyberinsurance market heads for what could be a seismic shift, as more insurers scale back standard IT breach policies. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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UnitedLex Adds Ex-Sullivan & Cromwell Atty As Antitrust Head
Data and professional services company UnitedLex has added a veteran Sullivan & Cromwell LLP attorney to its ranks as its antitrust leader.
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NC Justice Dept. Resolves Atty's Sex, Race Bias Suit
The North Carolina Department of Justice agreed to settle a Black attorney's lawsuit alleging she was passed over for promotion in favor of a less qualified white man, according to court filings, just weeks after a federal judge refused to toss the case.
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Why High-Profile GC Joined Little Group With Big Plans
Like the South Street Seaport she represents, general counsel Lucy Fato has evolved over the past three decades through a series of high-profile corporate challenges to her current job of building a law department for a new company that holds a hodgepodge of businesses and some ambitious plans.
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American Public Media Group Taps Pearson Atty As GC, SVP
The largest station-based public radio organization in the U.S., American Public Media Group, has named a new general counsel and senior vice president, who is joining the media nonprofit from a subsidiary of U.K. publishing giant Pearson and has a range of legal experience spanning government, private practice and in-house work.
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Ex-Vanderbilt GC Takes Over Interim Legal Post At Dartmouth
Dartmouth College announced Thursday that an attorney from Tennessee firm Bass Berry & Sims has been appointed to serve as its interim general counsel as the school conducts a search to find its new legal chief.
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LegalZoom Tech Chief To Resign In Latest Executive Exit
In the latest executive departure from struggling legal technology company LegalZoom Inc., the chief technology and chief product officer, Shrisha Radhakrishna, will be resigning from the legal technology company effective in November, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Ideaya Biosciences Names Pharma, Biotech Vet As GC
Ideaya Biosciences Inc., a company that researches and develops cancer drugs, said that it has brought on a seasoned general counsel and veteran healthcare attorney — whose resume includes stints at GSK and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — to lead its law department.
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7 of 8 Directors Resign From 23AndMe in Clash With CEO
In a clash with the CEO of financially troubled 23AndMe Holding Co., seven independent directors abruptly resigned from the company Tuesday, saying they differed with the CEO's strategic direction in seeking to take the company private, according to a securities filing.
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Cardinal Health's GC Earns Nearly $4.7M For FY '24
Cardinal Health Inc.'s chief legal and compliance officer earned nearly $4.7 million in total compensation for fiscal year 2024, up from about $4.6 million the year prior, according to a public filing.
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GCs Expect Bigger Budgets And Deeper Focus On AI In 2025
Fifty-five percent of general counsel saw a budget increase in 2024 for their legal departments, and that number is expected to rise even higher next year, according to a new report from alternative legal service provider Axiom.
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Clifford Chance Hires Investment Management Attorney In DC
Clifford Chance has grown its Washington, D.C., office with the addition of an attorney who formerly held an in-house post at Atalaya Capital Management and previously worked at Ropes & Gray LLP, Linklaters LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Ex-Government GC, Alston & Bird Atty Joins Noridian's Board
A former government general counsel and BigLaw attorney has been added to the board of Noridian Healthcare Solutions LLC, according to a Tuesday announcement from the company, which develops solutions for federal, state and commercial healthcare programs.
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GrayRobinson Gains Ex-Brown & Brown Leader In Orlando
GrayRobinson PA has added an of counsel in Orlando, Florida, who spent much of his career in executive leadership roles at insurance brokerage Brown & Brown Inc.
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PwC UK Adds Ex-Syke COO As Partner For Legal Tech Team
A former legal technology executive joined Big Four accounting firm PwC as a partner Tuesday to help clients transform how they manage contracts and legal services.
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GC Base Salaries At Big Companies On The Rise
General counsel base salaries at companies making $5 billion or more in revenue has increased from last year, while their total compensation has decreased, according to a report released Tuesday by the Association of Corporate Counsel and Empsight International LLC.
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Google Taps In-House Atty For Head Of General Litigation
Google has promoted a longtime in-house attorney to be its head of general litigation, tapping a 13-year veteran of the tech giant who originally studied architectural engineering before going to law school.
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In-House Atty Brings Bias Suit Over Firing After Miscarriage
A former in-house attorney at chemicals company Arxada has launched a discrimination lawsuit in New Jersey state court accusing the business of unlawfully terminating her in the days after she showed interest in going on leave to recover from a miscarriage.
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Former PNC Bank Atty Joins McNees Wallace In Pittsburgh
A former chief counsel with PNC Bank is leaving the world of in-house for McNees Wallace & Nurick, where she will help boost the firm's work in fiduciary litigation and disputes involving trusts and estates.
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Ex-Skadden Atty Joins Board Of Oil Property Co. LandBridge
Oil property acquirer LandBridge Co. has added a former Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner to its board, where the company hopes to benefit from her capital markets and corporate governance expertise.
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8th Circ. Won't Revive Fired Lockheed Atty's Race Bias Suit
The Eighth Circuit refused on Tuesday to reinstate a race discrimination and retaliation case brought by a former Lockheed Martin in-house attorney whose suit was tossed after a trial court concluded she had lied about her income, rejecting her push to deflect blame onto her lawyers.
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PSEG's GC To Retire As Utility Co. Lines Up Her Successor
The top attorney for Public Service Enterprise Group is retiring next year after more than three decades with the utility provider, the company announced Tuesday.
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First Financial Finds New GC In MidFirst Bank Deputy
The Texas bank operating as First Financial has tapped a new legal leader from Oklahoma's MidFirst Bank.
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Banking Pro Returns To Sullivan & Cromwell
A former deputy general counsel at the Federal Reserve Board has rejoined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's financial services group as a partner in New York, the firm said Monday.
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Amazon In-House Atty, FTC Vet Joins Weil In DC
The latest addition to Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's antitrust practice group is a former senior corporate counsel with Amazon with nearly a decade of experience at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.