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Houlihan Lokey GC Pocketed $500K Raise Last Year
Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey Inc.'s general counsel and secretary saw his total compensation rise $500,000 to $3.25 million in fiscal year 2026, thanks to an increase in his nonequity incentive plan pay, according to a securities filing.
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Stewart Leaving USPTO This Week For Private Sector Job
Deputy U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart will leave the office this week to return to the private sector, she told the USPTO executive staff Monday in a message obtained by Law360.
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Theo Ai Appoints Ex-Bristol Myers Squibb GC To Board
Theo Ai, a legal technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict the outcome of legal disputes, announced Monday the appointment of Sandra Leung, the retired former executive vice president and general counsel of pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb Co., to its board of directors.
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2 Conservative Airbnb Investors Drop Proxy Bias Suit
Two right-leaning institutional investors that accused Airbnb of wrongly excluding their shareholder proposals from proxy materials have been allowed to quietly drop their lawsuit against the short-term rental business.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
General counsel are gearing up again to help their companies adapt to the impact of a new round of U.S. tariffs. And the chief legal officer of Alphabet and Google lashed out at the European Commission over search engine changes it is demanding, after the EU imposed a $1 billion fine on Google for violating competition laws.
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RH Picks McKesson Exec As New Legal And Compliance Chief
Luxury home furnishing company RH, formerly known as Restoration Hardware, has appointed a new top legal and compliance leader from McKesson Corp.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked another busy week with new insight into law school grads and expanded BigLaw firm offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Faegre Drinker Adds Former 3M Assistant GC In Minneapolis
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has welcomed a former assistant general counsel at 3M to its litigation group in Minnesota.
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Report Links Diversity To Financial Results, Warns Boards
An analysis of nine years' worth of federal workforce data covering 1,482 public companies released Thursday links diverse management teams with companies that financially perform significantly better than Homogeneous ones, while all white male teams consistently underperformed.
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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey
How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.
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FordHarrison Rehires Ex-Amazon Labor Exec In Los Angeles
A former FordHarrison LLP attorney who worked in-house at Providence Health and Amazon has returned to private practice in the firm's Los Angeles office.
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Crowell & Moring Adds Former UBS Bank USA GC
Crowell & Moring LLP hired a former general counsel for UBS Bank USA this week to advise banks, fintechs and digital assets companies on regulatory matters.
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Lawyer-COO Loves The Fast Lane At Tech Startup BriefCatch
When the CEO of BriefCatch, a startup legal writing platform for attorneys and judges, wanted to hire a new chief operating officer, he looked to someone who understands both the technology and lawyers.
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Gov't Attys May Face Broader Duty To Report Misconduct
Attorneys representing the government could face "more demanding" obligations to disclose misconduct by people within their client organizations than attorneys representing private entities, according to an ethics opinion issued Wednesday by the American Bar Association.
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Sanofi Elevates Top US Atty To General Counsel
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA announced Tuesday that its North American general counsel will be promoted to group general counsel following the current legal chief's decision to leave after four years at the company.
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Smith Currie Adds McGuireWoods Gov't Contracts Atty In DC
Smith Currie Oles LLP has grown its government contracts practice in the nation's capital with the addition of an experienced attorney from McGuireWoods LLP.
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Ex-Semiconductor Co. CLO Joins BarkerGilmore As Coach
Executive search and advisory firm BarkerGilmore has hired a leader from the semiconductor industry to join its team of coaches for in-house legal clients looking for leadership development, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Ex-AT&T Attorney Whistleblower Denies Violating Ethics Rules
A former AT&T attorney and whistleblower who is accused of violating lawyer-client privilege 18 years ago while exposing purported company wrongdoing has vehemently denied the charges in his reply and motion to dismiss the disciplinary case in Washington, D.C.
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Ex-Director Of SEC Miami Regional Office Joins Fridman Fels
The former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Miami regional office has joined the ranks of white collar criminal defense and litigation law firm Fridman Fels & Soto PLLC.
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House To Probe DEI Role In ABA's Law School Accreditation
A congressional task force focused on constitutional rights plans to hold a hearing Wednesday to look into what its Republican chairman called the American Bar Association's use of law school accreditation to promote diversity, equity and inclusion policies in academia.
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Biogen Brings On Spur Therapeutics CEO As Legal Chief
Massachusetts-based Biogen Inc. has tapped the top officer of an overseas gene therapy company to be its new legal chief starting next month, touting his combination of legal know-how and broad operational leadership experience.
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Wells Fargo Compliance Executive Joins Buchanan Ingersoll
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC has brought in a new shareholder who was an executive director and regulatory compliance manager at Wells Fargo & Co. for more than five years, the firm announced Monday.
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Hooper Lundy Adds Health System Strategy Chief In California
Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC has welcomed back an attorney who spent more than a decade in various in-house roles at a San Francisco Bay Area healthcare company, including as its chief strategy officer, to bolster its capacity to advise clients about business, regulatory and strategic matters.
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Ex-K&L Gates Legal Ops Chief Heads To Jackson Lewis
K&L Gates LLP's former legal operations chief has left the firm to take on a similar role at Jackson Lewis PC, news that comes just days after a round of staff layoffs were confirmed at K&L Gates.
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Ex-Safehold Deputy GC, Former Sidley Attys Join Norm Law
Legal and compliance startup Norm Ai has announced the hiring of a former Sidley Austin LLP partner as head of tax for its affiliate law firm, as well as two new partners for its real estate group.
Expert Analysis
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5 Ways In-House Counsel Can Stay Ahead Of New HSR Rules
Now that the Trump administration’s new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act rules have been in effect for several months, in-house counsel should consider several practice pointers that can help spearhead management of M&A-related antitrust risk, say attorneys at Squire Patton.
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Roundup
Nonprofit Launch Tips From Founders In The Legal Industry
In this season of giving, take a look back at this Law360 series featuring legal professionals who have founded industry-related nonprofits. They discussed the biggest challenges to getting started, and how to balance the launch and management of an organization along with the demands of their primary work.
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Nonequity Partner Frustrations Reflect Erosion Of Opportunity
Nonequity partners report the lowest satisfaction, highest stress and poorest financial outlook of any group of lawyers, highlighting a growing structural disconnect that leaves attorneys at many firms feeling like the ladder has been pulled up behind those who already ascended, says Jake Carroll at Nelson Mullins.
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Learn Your Colleagues To Cross-Sell Their Services Fearlessly
Understanding where colleagues in other practice areas shine can help attorneys confidently cross-sell each other's services and bring in business to keep the firm afloat in hard times, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Advertise Ethically
Business development in the legal industry is about building authentic connections and showcasing expertise in a way that reflects reality, and, when done right, it can elevate a practice, establish credibility and bring in clients without risking an ethics violation, says Melody Jackson at Robinhood.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Help After Mental Health Leave?
Molly Ranns at the State Bar of Michigan suggests five ways to smooth a colleague's return to practice after short-term mental health leave, while creating a firm culture that protects employees’ emotional health.
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Tips For Attracting Stellar CLOs In A Competitive Landscape
Amid a rapidly changing regulatory environment and a fierce market for talent, companies hoping to attract the best chief legal officers must have a strong grasp of their roles’ biggest selling points, and any roadblocks that may prevent them from recruiting the strongest choice, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
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'Golden Handcuffs' May Be A Double-Edge Sword For Firms
As law firms increasingly use certain financial incentives to retain partners in a fierce lateral market, managing partners should consider the pros and cons of various deferred compensation schemes, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.
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The 10-Min. Rule For Building A Business Development Habit
Many lawyers assume that becoming a rainmaker requires a significant investment of time and effort, but the truth is that building a consistent habit of business development can start with just 10 minutes of strategic outreach a day, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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5 Pointers For Firm Leaders Communicating Tough Decisions
Certain law firm decisions — such as whether to challenge an executive order — cannot be crowdsourced, but leadership can collaboratively communicate these choices using strategies that build trust, reinforce values and preserve cohesion, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
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Conversations around retirement and succession can be understandably difficult, but when attorneys make a plan for the transition early and effectively, they have the opportunity to not only keep work but also increase it, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.
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Looking Under The Hood Of The $3,000 Billable Hour
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In recent years, top-tier law firms have pushed hourly rates to unprecedented heights, with some partners commanding $3,000 per hour — but this eye-popping number doesn’t tell the full story, as there are numerous caveats and rigorous winnowing along the way, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
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How Law Firms Can Keep Nonequity Partners Happy
Law firms that successfully manage two-tiered partnership do so by creating a culture that treats everyone with respect and by establishing financial incentives outside their base compensation to reward performance, says Carol Morganstern at Major Lindsey.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Leverage Your Atty Bio
If maintained properly, your firm bio can help attract potential clients and create authentic connections, so it's crucial to take steps to write an updated attorney profile that goes beyond a list of credentials, says Raychel Lean at Reputation Ink.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Promote Thoughtful Use Of AI?
Eran Kahana at Maslon discusses how partners can encourage responsible use of artificial intelligence tools within their firms by learning to spot pitfalls common to AI-generated work product and championing firmwide procedures and trainings that address the risks of uncritically relying on this powerful but imperfect technology.