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Threat Or Opportunity: Junior Attys Face The AI Future Now
Early-career and senior attorneys alike said they believe artificial intelligence could replace responsibilities usually performed by junior lawyers, causing concern among some early-career legal professionals about their future job prospects, a new Law360 Pulse survey found.
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Power Users Get Real About AI's Role At Work
Attorneys who frequently use artificial intelligence tools are starting to feel less positive and more neutral about the technology's adoption in the legal industry, a trend that might be driven by lawyers developing more realistic expectations about AI's capabilities.
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What Attorneys Really Think About AI
Seventy percent of attorneys at law firms report using artificial intelligence at least once a week as part of their jobs, a sharp increase from 2025, according to the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.
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5 Takeaways From 2026 ABA Techshow In Chicago
Artificial intelligence's impact on the legal profession dominated much of the conversation as more than 2,000 attendees and over 100 vendors gathered last week at McCormick Place in Chicago for the American Bar Association Techshow 2026. Here are five highlights from the event.
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Seneca Resorts Promotes From Within For CLO Role
Seneca Resorts & Casinos has tapped a longtime in-house lawyer and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP alum to serve as its chief legal officer and general counsel, the company announced Monday.
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Ex-Frontier CLO 'Excited' For 'A New Chapter' At Day Pitney
The former chief legal and regulatory officer at Frontier Communications, who resigned in January following Verizon's takeover of the national fiber network internet service provider, has returned to private practice as of counsel at Day Pitney LLP, the firm said Monday.
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ConocoPhillips GC Took In $6.5M Last Year
The senior vice president for legal and general counsel of ConocoPhillips Co. received $6.5 million in total compensation in 2025, a $357,000 increase over the previous year, according to a securities filing on Monday.
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Manatt Adds Ex-FTC, Microsoft Leader As Adviser
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP announced Monday it has hired a former Microsoft executive and commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, who is joining the law firm's team in Boston as a national adviser to work with privacy and data security issues.
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Unity Software Tripled Pay Of Departing CLO To $15 Million
Unity Software Inc.'s outgoing top in-house attorney received a total 2025 compensation of more than $15 million after her severance agreement triggered her receipt of $14.6 million in stock awards and options, according to recent documents filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
A federal judge has stopped the Pentagon from dropping AI giant Anthropic from the government's supply chain, and Latham & Watkins ranked first in a survey of in-house legal leaders on which law firms are most helpful in developing business, followed by King & Spalding, Jones Day and Ropes & Gray.
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CNX's GC Sees $4M Pay Boost Thanks To Stock Awards
A jump in stock awards contributed to the more than $4.2 million increase in total compensation for the top in-house attorney for Pittsburgh-area natural gas company CNX, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
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Ex-Husch Blackwell CIO Joins Wells Fargo As AI Exec
Blake Rooney, who spent the past eight years as the chief information officer of Husch Blackwell LLP, announced through a LinkedIn post on Friday that he would be joining Wells Fargo & Co. as its artificial intelligence business executive for legal, public affairs and internal audit.
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Newell Brands CLO's Comp Continued To Drop In 2025
Following a massive drop in his compensation in 2024, the chief legal officer at consumer goods giant Newell Brands Inc. saw his overall earnings continue to fall in 2025, with him making approximately $3.4 million, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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NAACP's New GC On Ramping Up Its Work In Courts
As she starts her new role as general counsel of the NAACP, Kristen Clarke told Law360 Pulse that the organization plans to turn more frequently to the courts to confront what she called the Trump administration's "aggressive attempts to roll back civil rights."
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DraftKings CLO Nets $7.9M In 2025, Adding More Than $1M
The digital sports entertainment and gambling company DraftKings Inc. said its chief legal officer earned $7.9 million in pay in 2025, more than 90% of it as a result of stock awards.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the beginning of spring with another action-packed week as attorneys took on new roles and firms launched offices across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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'Keep Pace, But Thoughtfully': How This CLO Finds Balance
Sharon Johnson's participation in mountain biking, trail running and challenges that combine fitness, teamwork and outdoor skills to perform tasks under time pressure have shaped her approach to problem-solving in her role as chief legal officer at third-party logistics provider MODE Global.
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In-House Counsel Pick Latham As Top Business Developer
A new survey in which general counsel and other in-house decision-makers rank law firms according to how well they help with business development placed Latham & Watkins LLP as number one, followed closely by King & Spalding LLP, Jones Day and Ropes & Gray LLP.
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Wyndham Hotels GC's Comp Dipped To $3M In 2025
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.'s general counsel posted nearly $3 million in total compensation for 2025, down from about $3.3 million the prior year, mostly due to less nonequity incentive plan compensation, a public filing says.
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Capital One GC's Total Pay Nearly Doubles In 2025
Capital One's top in-house attorney saw his compensation nearly double last year, going from $8 million in 2024 to over $15.6 million in 2025, according to a recent securities filing.
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Lockheed Martin GC Took Home Over $12M In First Year
Lockheed Martin's legal leader received a pay package of nearly $12.7 million in his first year with the company, according to a Thursday securities filing.
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Outgoing Realty Income CLO Earned $3.8M In 2025
Realty Income Corp's chief legal officer saw her compensation total $3.88 million in 2025, which will mark her final full year at the firm after the real estate investment trust announced its search for a new CLO earlier in March.
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DuPont's Legal Chief Saw Comp Hike To $3.5M In 2025
DuPont de Nemours Inc.'s general counsel received roughly $3.5 million in compensation for 2025, up about $500,000 from the year prior mostly due to a spike in payout from stock awards, a public filing says.
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Calif. Biotech Firm Vera Taps Vaxcyte Ex-GC As New CLO
Biotechnology firm Vera Therapeutics Inc. is bringing in the former general counsel of Vaxcyte Inc. as its new chief legal officer, the firm announced Wednesday.
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NAACP Taps Ex-DOJ Civil Rights Chief As General Counsel
The NAACP has selected the former head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division as its new top lawyer, a move the civil rights organization said comes as it is "ramping up its investment in its legal advocacy efforts" and doubling down on its mission.
Expert Analysis
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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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 — 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 work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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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.