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Ex-RNC Chief Counsel Takes Top Legal Job At Dartmouth
A former chief counsel for the Republican National Committee has joined Dartmouth College to lead the school's legal department as universities in the Ivy League and beyond endure intense scrutiny and pressure from the Trump administration.
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NJ Transit's General Counsel To Soon Join McCarter & English
McCarter & English LLP announced Friday that New Jersey Transit's first-ever general counsel will soon be joining its ranks to bolster its government affairs practice.
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Corning's CLO Saw Comp Top $7.4M Last Year
The top attorney for Corning Inc. saw his compensation continue to rise last year, jumping from $5.7 million in 2023 to $7.4 million in 2024, according to a recent securities filing.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
Cognizant's former chief legal officer, who's facing bribery charges, requested a trial delay after he fired Paul Weiss from his defense team following the Trump administration's suspension of the firm's security clearances. Meanwhile, new findings show that women are still compensated less than men in legal operations roles. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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Poland Spring Parent's GC Earned $6.2M In '24
After being formed last year by a merger of Primo Water Corp. and BlueTriton Brands Inc., Primo Brands, the parent company of water brands such as Poland Spring and Deer Park, reported paying its legal leader $6.2 million in 2024.
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EPA Senior Atty Joins Holland & Knight As Senior Counsel
Holland & Knight LLP has hired a former senior legal counsel from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who is joining the firm to continue his work with environmental regulatory matters.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began spring with another action-packed week as President Donald Trump continued to eye BigLaw diversity programs and firms expanded their presence and headcounts worldwide. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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DEI Issues Creating 'Culture Of Fear' In Company Leaders
As the heart of the season for corporate annual meetings begins next month, many companies are facing investor questions and resolutions related to diversity in the workplace, primarily because of the federal government's threat of investigations and various groups' lawsuits on both sides of the issue.
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Ex-Cognizant CLO Seeks Trial Delay After Hiring New Counsel
After hiring new trial counsel Wednesday, a former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executive facing bribery charges asked a New Jersey federal judge on Thursday for an adjournment of the April 7 trial date so his new attorney can review the evidence and the history of the case, which has been pending for more than six years.
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Frost Brown Adds Former Houston City Atty To Finance Team
Frost Brown Todd LLP announced that it has hired an attorney from the ranks of Houston's city government to strengthen its public finance group, adding his expertise in state and local government operations, taxation and economic development.
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Women In Legal Ops Continue To Be Underpaid, Study Finds
Women continue to be compensated less than men in legal operations positions, according to a report released Thursday from e-billing and matter management platform Brightflag, despite making up three-quarters of the survey's respondents.
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Aflac's Top Lawyer Saw Compensation Rise To $4.5M In 2024
Aflac Inc.'s top attorney saw her compensation grow to more than $4.5 million in 2024, an increase of more than a half million dollars from the previous year, according to a securities filing on Thursday from the Georgia-based insurance giant.
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Audacy Promotes Deputy GC To Replace Outgoing Legal Chief
As part of a leadership shakeup of the company's top executives, Philadelphia-based radio and broadcast company Audacy Inc. has tapped a longtime deputy general counsel to replace its top legal chief.
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Chemours GC Saw Compensation Bump To $1.8M In FY 2024
The general counsel of Delaware-based Chemours saw her total compensation increase to roughly $1.8 million for fiscal year 2024, up from about $1.4 million the prior year, according to a public filing Thursday.
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Malbek Promotes Legal Tech Influencer To General Counsel
Malbek has promoted its very first legal hire to general counsel to help guide an ambitious growth phase, the New Jersey-based contract management software company announced Thursday.
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Atlanta's Transit System Appoints New Legal Leader
The public transit system for the Atlanta area has named a new chief legal counsel who had been serving in the position on an interim basis after his predecessor departed to join Greenberg Traurig LLP in December.
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Hilton Time-Share Co. CLO's Comp More Than Doubles In '24
The longtime legal chief for time-share company Hilton Grand Vacations saw his compensation more than double last year to $5.1 million, driven by his stock and option awards.
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AI Is Growing Focus For Corporate Boards, Proxy Proposals
Public companies and their investors increasingly set their sights on artificial intelligence last year, according to a report released Wednesday indicating the rapidly evolving technology was a major focus when it came to both board-level oversight and shareholder proxy proposals.
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Ex-Cognizant CLO Fires Paul Weiss After Trump Order
A former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executive facing a bribery trial next month has fired Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP from his defense team following the Trump administration's revocation of the firm's security clearances, according to a withdrawal motion filed Wednesday by firm partner Roberto Finzi.
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Sequoia Financial Names Benesch Atty As GC
Wealth management firm Sequoia Financial Group LLC has brought a member of its outside legal team at Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP in-house as general counsel.
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ConocoPhillips' GC Saw Uptick In Compensation To $6.1M
The top lawyer at ConocoPhillips saw her pay package continue to rise in 2024, with her earnings totaling just over $6.1 million for the year, according to the oil giant's preliminary proxy filing Wednesday.
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Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2025 Editorial Boards
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2025 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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FCPA Uncertainty May Lead Attys To 'Gamble' On Disclosure
The Trump administration's pullback on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement is sowing confusion in the white collar bar, as companies consider whether to voluntarily disclose potential violations of the anti-bribery law while the chances of getting a favorable resolution seem good or keep quiet until the dust settles.
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Trump Media Group Execs See Total Pay Skyrocket
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., which runs President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, has started paying its executives more than 50 times what they earned before, despite the company losing over $400.8 million last year, according to a securities filing Tuesday.
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Haynes Boone Grows Enviro Practice With EPA Vet In Dallas
Haynes Boone has bulked up its environmental practice group with a partner in Dallas who brings nearly a decade of experience as a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lawyer, the firm said this week.
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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.