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The chief legal officer of AT&T saw his compensation rise to $12.3 million in 2023, up more than $1 million from 2022, according to a proxy statement filed Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tokyo-based Robot Consulting Co. announced on Tuesday the raising of 1.07 billion yen (around $7.08 million) in a Series B funding round to deliver a "robot lawyer" that uses large language models to deliver legal consultations.
Leech Tishman announced this week that the former general counsel at Pittsburgh-based natural gas company CNX Resources has rejoined the firm as a partner and co-chair of its corporate practice group.
The general counsel for GE spinoff GE Healthcare Technologies Inc. earned more than $7.5 million in total compensation
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., the company that owns the NBA's New York Knicks and the NHL's New York Rangers, has made its general counsel the interim president and chief operating officer, according to a recent securities filing.
A former chief counsel and compliance officer was charged in Manhattan Wednesday with stealing more than $200,000 by submitting fake law firm invoices to his then-employer, human resources consulting firm Segal Co.
The Solar Energy Industries Association has hired its first woman general counsel, who rejoins the firm to help oversee the organization's legal work, having previously served as its senior director of regulatory affairs, the group announced Wednesday.
The top lawyer at Hertz Global Holdings, who has been with the car rental giant for less than two years, has resigned with plans to leave her position later this month, the company said in a securities filing Wednesday.
When industry groups challenge U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour rules, they often choose as counsel former agency officials who say their prior knowledge gives them a unique ability to take on regulations. Here, Law360 explores the trend.
The former head of legal and compliance at OneCoin on Wednesday was sentenced to four years in prison for her role in the $4 billion cryptocurrency scheme that defrauded millions of investors around the world.
A former leader in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's regional office in Fort Worth, Texas, has moved to Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Dallas office, the firm announced on Wednesday, strengthening Kirkland's government, regulatory and internal investigations practice group.
Epstein Becker Green announced Wednesday that it has bolstered its healthcare and life sciences practice with a six-attorney team from Nossaman LLP, including two who served as co-chair of their former firm's healthcare practice group.
Foran Glennon Palandech Ponzi & Rudloff PC has ventured into the Southeast region, opening a Tampa office anchored by two new shareholders who bring nearly four decades of insurance and subrogation experience combined.
The City Bar Justice Center will honor Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and UBS tonight for their longtime pro bono service and philanthropy with the New York-based organization, especially in asylum advocacy.
King & Spalding LLP said Wednesday it has added a former associate general counsel at Capital One as a partner in its finance and restructuring practice group in New York.
A former group general counsel and longtime employee at the integrated care subsidiary of DaVita Inc. is transitioning into private practice as a partner in Crowell & Moring's healthcare group, the law firm said Wednesday.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has hired a former top attorney for the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, who has joined the firm's international trade practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Wednesday.
The general counsel of food delivery platform Waitr Tuesday informed federal regulators that he and the rest of the company's executive team had been terminated as it shut down all operations and filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in Delaware.
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC announced that a former in-house transactional lending counsel with Valley National Bank has joined the New Jersey-based firm's corporate and securities group and banking and finance team as of counsel.
Honeywell's general counsel, who has been with the manufacturing conglomerate for almost 28 years, received just over $7.5 million in pay in 2023, about $742,000 less than in the previous year, the company disclosed in a securities filing Tuesday.
The chief legal officer for Halliburton Co. has made the ranks of the oil service company's highest paid executives, earning over $6.1 million in total compensation in 2023, according to the company's proxy statement filed Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
A new study released Tuesday paints a bleak picture of general counsel seeing their legal departments stretched to the limit while facing complex new financial, cybersecurity, privacy, AI and other laws, with no new resources in sight.
The Nasdaq Stock Market along with in-house lawyers and other executives face claims they "arbitrarily and capriciously" abused their discretion to unfairly undermine a merger plan for a minority-led special purpose acquisition company seeking to bring a minority-led technology company onto the stock market.
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP is bolstering its West Coast litigation team, announcing Monday it has brought on a former federal prosecutor, who most recently worked at home rental platform Bungalow, as a partner in its San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.
In what might be one of the fiercest battles of 2024 over a board of directors at a major company, the Walt Disney Co. has issued its proxy statement for the annual meeting to be held virtually online on Wednesday.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Firms Coach Associates Remotely?Practicing law through virtual platforms will likely persist even after the pandemic, so law firms and senior lawyers should consider refurbishing their associate mentoring programs to facilitate personal connections, professionalism and effective training in a remote environment, says Carol Goodman at Herrick Feinstein.
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Ask A Mentor: Should My Law Firm Take On An Apprentice?Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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.
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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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Deal With Overload?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.
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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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments?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.
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.