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TD Bank, Boeing And Medicare: Compliance Headlines In 2024
Corporate compliance lessons were never far from the headlines in 2024, as regulatory challenges and headaches facing industries ranging from healthcare to aerospace played front and center, including TD Bank's historic $3.1 billion money laundering settlement that federal prosecutors billed as one for the risk-management textbooks.
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Approach The Bench: What Judges Had To Say This Year
Jurists weighed the benefits of partisan elections, praised innovations in telehearings and worried about the future of the profession in nearly a dozen interviews with Law360 this year.
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Former Connecticut Bank GC Admits Embezzling $7.4M
A former general counsel and corporate secretary who once worked for suburban New York and Connecticut banks pled guilty on Friday to two counts connected to a nearly 10-year embezzlement scheme that topped $7.4 million before Webster Bank, based in Stamford, terminated his employment in February 2023, federal prosecutors said.
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FisherBroyles Adds Corporate, Tech Partners In Two Cities
FisherBroyles LLP has hired a longtime Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC attorney and a former Workday director and privacy counsel, who are joining the firm's teams in Washington, D.C., and Palo Alto, California, as partners, the firm has announced.
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Polaris GC Set To Become New Top Lawyer At Eaton Corp.
The general counsel of Polaris Industries will move into the same position at power management company Eaton Corp. PLC in January, and will be elevated to chief legal officer in April when the current legal chief retires.
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Lambda Legal Adds Attorney In NY Focused On Trans Rights
LGBTQ+ advocacy group Lambda Legal has hired a new senior attorney focused on the organization's work defending the transgender community.
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Former SpaceX GC Joins Board Of Surf Air Mobility
Electric aviation company Surf Air Mobility Inc. has appointed its former chief legal officer and the former general counsel for Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX to its board of directors.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as law firms announced large associate bonuses, opened up new offices, and made notable hires. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Bain Capital Wants Out Of Bias Claims From Attorney
Bain Capital has asked a New Jersey state court to toss discrimination claims brought by a former in-house attorney for a chemicals company it had acquired, alleging she was unlawfully dismissed after she discussed taking leave to recover from a miscarriage.
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In-House Vet Helps Norton Rose Grow In Denver
An experienced in-house attorney who most recently served as general counsel of real estate developer MDC Holdings has joined Norton Rose Fulbright's Denver office as senior counsel in its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities practice.
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Novartis Exec Joins Marketing Tech Co. As New Legal Chief
Marketing technology startup Banzai International Inc. announced that an experienced in-house attorney who most recently served as an executive with pharmaceutical company Novartis has joined the company as its new top legal officer.
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Toro GC-Turned-Strategy-Exec Joins EMCOR Board
Construction company EMCOR Group Inc. has expanded its board of directors with the Toro Co.'s former general counsel, the company said Thursday.
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The Year In Legal Ethics: AI, Judicial Scandal And More
A number of legal ethics topics dominated the conversation in 2024, including artificial intelligence and the fallout of an undisclosed relationship between a Texas bankruptcy judge and an attorney whose firm appeared before him for years.
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Attorney Billing Rates Continue To Climb In 2024
Billing rates for outside counsel continued to rise in 2024, with law firm associate rates experiencing the sharpest growth, increasing by 3.11% compared to the previous year, according to a recent report from Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions.
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Crypto Group Names Willkie Alum Acting CEO
The Crypto Council for Innovation has announced that its chief legal and policy officer, who previously practiced at Willkie, will be elevated to the roles of president and acting CEO, following its current leader's decision to step down from the position in early January.
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IAM Elevates Longtime HR Counsel To Associate GC
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced that the union's longtime director and counsel for human resources will be elevated to the role of associate general counsel at the start of 2025.
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Ex-Ulta Beauty Atty Returns To Quarles & Brady As Partner
National firm Quarles & Brady LLP has added the former assistant general counsel of Ulta Beauty to bolster its real estate practice group and efforts to advise its commercial real estate industry clients.
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From AI To ESG, These Issues Shaped 2024 For GCs
Between the growing significance of advanced artificial intelligence and the Supreme Court's striking down of the Chevron doctrine, 2024 was a year of change for general counsel and the legal departments they helm. Here, Law360 Pulse tracks five trending topics among in-house lawyers over the past year.
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PBS Atty Rolls The Dice With New Supreme Court Board Game
A forthcoming board game designed by Talia Rosen, an associate general counsel for PBS and lifelong gaming enthusiast, lets players experience the history of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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20 In-House Attys Will Receive 2025 'Legends In Law' Award
Twenty in-house attorneys will be honored for their work, integrity and professionalism next year as part of the 26th annual Burton Awards "Legends in Law" ceremony.
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Gunster Expands In Miami With Real Estate, Employment Pros
Florida business law firm Gunster has picked up a pair of new shareholders for its Miami office, including a real estate attorney from Cozen O'Connor and a labor and employment attorney who was previously in-house at Costa Farms.
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Twilio CLO Announces January Departure
The chief legal officer of San Francisco-based software developer Twilio has announced his plans to resign at the start of 2025 following a turbulent year that included a change in chief executive officers and ongoing battles with an activist investor.
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Federalist Society Names Walmart Counsel As Next Leader
The Federalist Society has found its second president and chief executive officer in an attorney who most recently served as counsel at the retail giant Walmart.
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Locke Lord Adds Ex-Insurance Biz General Counsel In NY
Locke Lord LLP has hired the former general counsel for specialty property and casualty insurance company Everspan Group to bolster its regulatory and transactional insurance practice group.
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Experienced Retail Adviser Joins Hunton In DC
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP announced Monday that a longtime vice president and senior counsel at the National Retail Federation has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a public policy and government relations partner.