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Ga. Panel Says Privilege Can Cover Unlicensed In-House Atty
The Georgia Court of Appeals said a trial court rightly found that Church's Chicken and its chief legal officer were protected by attorney-client privilege in a franchisee's contract suit, finding privilege can sometimes cover communications between a corporation and unlicensed in-house counsel.
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TD Bank Names New GC Amid Leadership Shakeup
TD Bank Group on Wednesday appointed a seasoned Canadian banking attorney as its next general counsel in a leadership shakeup ahead of the departure of two of the Toronto-based company's executives.
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Golden State Warriors Co. Hires Chegg CLO As Legal Chief
Golden State Group, a company encompassing the Golden State Warriors, Golden State Valkyries, Santa Cruz Warriors, Chase Center, Golden State Entertainment and Thrive City, has found its new top attorney in Chegg Inc.'s chief legal officer.
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AI Agents To Negotiate Contracts Soon, Execs Predict
Nearly nine out of 10 business leaders who participated in a recent survey expect artificial intelligence agents leading contract negotiations to become a reality by 2028, although many acknowledge the risks involved, according to a report on the results released Wednesday.
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OCC Taps Cravath Atty As Principal Deputy Chief Counsel
A former Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP corporate attorney has been tapped to serve as the principal deputy chief counsel of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, while a longtime agency official has been promoted to oversee its newly elevated chartering and licensing process, the regulator said Tuesday.
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Compass Hires Ex-Cooley, Ex-DOJ Antitrust Atty As CLO
Compass Inc. hired a former Cooley LLP antitrust partner and a former U.S. Department of Justice antitrust attorney as its new chief legal officer, the residential real estate brokerage announced Tuesday.
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Goldman Sachs GC Denies Playing Role In Epstein Estate
A day after newly released documents related to Jeffrey Epstein listed Kathryn Ruemmler as a backup executor on the sex offender's will, Ruemmler, the top lawyer for Goldman Sachs, said on Tuesday that she had "never served in any capacity relating to the estate."
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GCs Say They're Implementing AI With Little Budget Support
Over 75% of respondents in a new general counsel survey released Tuesday reported that their companies expect them to implement artificial intelligence without any dedicated funding, forcing legal teams to redirect existing budgets.
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Bally's, Investar Execs Fill Resorts World Las Vegas Legal Posts
Resorts World Las Vegas LLC has bolstered its legal team by adding the Bally's Corp. general counsel for North America as its chief legal officer and a new general counsel from Investar Bank NA.
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VC Firm's Top Atty Rejoins Skadden To Lead Tech Policy Team
The former chief legal and policy officer at California-based Sequoia Capital is returning to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP to lead the firm's tech policy practice, advising clients on related regulation and enforcement matters, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Ex-Camping Biz, Hyatt Atty Joins Concord Hospitality As GC
Concord Hospitality Enterprises has found its new general counsel in an in-house leader who previously worked at Camping World Holdings Inc. and Hyatt Hotels Corp.
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Womble Bond Adds 2 Attys To Energy Team In Vegas, Mass.
Womble Bond Dickinson has announced the firm expanded its energy and natural resources team with two new hires, one of whom is joining from an in-house legal role and the other attorney coming from the public sector.
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The Diversity Snapshot: By The Numbers
Law firms have steadily but slowly increased the share of attorneys of color over more than a decade, but recently the increases have come at a slower pace. Here's our data dive into representation and inclusion at law firms in the U.S.
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The Diversity Snapshot: Representation In The Ranks
Law360 Pulse's Diversity Snapshot evaluates how firms hire, promote, and retain talent in line with available pipelines, providing a detailed demographic analysis. Here's a more detailed look at the representation of attorneys at the associate and partner levels.
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The Diversity Snapshot: Benchmarking Law Firms
Law360’s latest Diversity Snapshot ranking suggests that a modest number of firms are keeping up with the potential talent pool. Here's the latest look at how law firms match up against their peers.
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Equity Partnerships: A Diversity Snapshot Ranking
Diversity at the top ranks of law firms in the U.S. has shifted only incrementally over recent years. But some firms are outpacing their peers and taking demonstrable steps to tap into a wider talent pool.
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How Lawyers Can Navigate Today's Shifting DEI Landscape
Attorneys looking for firms committed to diversity, equity and inclusion are increasingly relying on informal channels to vet firms, including word-of-mouth, alumni networks, off-the-record conversations and social media, recruiters say.
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Litigation Funder Says Ex-GC Stole Secrets To Launch Rival
A Houston-based litigation funding company has hauled its former general counsel into Texas state court, accusing him of diverting its business opportunities and using confidential business information when secretly forming a new rival litigation funder.
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Southeastern Conf. Atty Will Be US Olympic Committee's GC
An in-house attorney who has spent the last decade with the Southeastern Conference collegiate athletic association is set to join the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee next month as general counsel, the two organizations announced together on Monday amid national debate about transgender inclusion policies in athletics.
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Drexel Defends Employees In Ex-Administrator's Bias Case
Drexel University officials on Monday denied that contentious interactions between staff members and a former administrator were motivated by race and gender bias, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge in a bench trial the real driver was concern about her allegedly interfering with the independence of the school's auditors.
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Ex-AIG Legal Director Joins Contract Co.'s Advisory Board
Zeal, a startup selling a subscription-based contract management platform, announced Monday the appointment of Darren Guy, a former legal operations director at insurance company AIG, as a member of its advisory board.
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Steptoe & Johnson Adds Olympus Energy Atty In Pittsburgh
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has grown its Pittsburgh office with the addition of a senior counsel from oil and natural gas company Olympus Energy LLC.
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Huntsman Names New Legal Head As Current GC Set To Retire
Huntsman Corp. has announced that it is bringing on a new general counsel next month from oil and gas company ChampionX as the company's current legal chief prepares for an end-of-the-year retirement.
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Rutgers GC Brings Broad Experience To Challenging Role
General counsel at Rutgers University is one of the toughest legal positions in New Jersey, but former colleagues of Bill Castner — a fixture among the highest-ranking positions in the state — say he is up for the job.
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Munchkin Says 'Unhinged' GC Was Fired For Good Reason
Munchkin Inc. says it had multiple legitimate reasons to terminate the baby company's general counsel for cause after he launched a "retaliatory and vindictive campaign" against another executive, calling him "unhinged" and slamming his suit against the company as "harassing," according to a filing in California state court.
Expert Analysis
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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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.