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Clorox Co. Atty Named New CLO At Eastman Chemical
An in-house attorney for the Clorox Co. is preparing to join Eastman Chemical Co. next month as its new head of legal, the Tennessee-based specialty materials company said Tuesday.
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Private Equity Firm Kinderhook Hires Law, Compliance Chief
New York-based private equity firm Kinderhook Industries LLC has added a veteran in-house private funds attorney as its legal leader.
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University Of Florida GC Tapped For Athletics Role
The University of Florida announced that its general counsel has been tapped as deputy athletic director and senior women's administrator following her predecessor's appointment as chief operating officer of the athletics department.
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Clifford Chance 'In Shock' Over Missing Partner
Clifford Chance said Tuesday that it is "in shock and deeply saddened" that a partner is among six passengers missing from a yacht that was reportedly chartered to celebrate the legal victory of technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch.
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Legal Sector Doubles Down On AI Use Despite Concerns
The number of legal professionals reporting they have used artificial intelligence has doubled since 2023, yet security and trustworthiness concerns are holding others back from adopting the technology, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Steeped In Politics, Uber CLO In His Element Aiding Harris
It was no surprise when Uber Chief Legal Officer Tony West decided on the eve of the Democratic National Convention to take a leave of absence from his $10 million-a-year job to volunteer on the presidential campaign of his sister-in-law, Kamala Harris.
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BCLP'S New Global GC On How To Advance At A Firm
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP's new global general counsel didn't jump into the role from another firm; she started from the bottom. Laura Giokas recently spoke with Law360 Pulse about her career trajectory and how the role of law firm GC has evolved over the years.
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Former Chubb VP Joins Derrevere Stevens In Florida
The vice president of the recovery, subrogation and salvage department at insurance company Chubb North America will now serve as an of counsel at Derrevere Stevens Black & Cozad, the firm announced Monday.
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Big Lots GC Gets Retention Bonus Amid Co.'s Financial Pains
Discount retailer Big Lots announced that its longtime general counsel will receive a retention bonus worth approximately $561,000 as part of a series of awards given to executives, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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A&O Shearman Hires Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec In New York
A former executive director at Morgan Stanley has returned to private practice at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling in New York.
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Vanguard Recruits KPMG GC As Its Next Top Lawyer
An in-house lawyer who has held general counsel roles at KPMG and in the U.S. government is set to transition to investment management company Vanguard later this year as its new general counsel.
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Former SEC Crypto Leader Joins McGuireWoods In DC
David Hirsch, former chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's cryptocurrency-focused unit, has always enjoyed helping clients and investigating legal matters. After almost a decade with the agency, Hirsch is excited to bring that passion to his new role with McGuireWoods, he told Law360 Pulse Monday.
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New President Wants To Make ABA Home Of Legal Profession
Thompson Coburn LLP partner William “Bill” Bay recently assumed the presidency of the American Bar Association at the organization's annual meeting in Chicago. Here, Bay spoke with Law360 Pulse about his plans to make the organization the home of the legal profession.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
A federal appeals court has upheld President Joe Biden's authority to fire former National Labor Relations Board general counsel Peter Robb. And FirstEnergy has agreed to pay up to $20 million in a nonprosecution deal, ending the Ohio attorney general's probe in its billion-dollar bribery scandal. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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Biopharma Biz Cytokinetics Names Ex-Gilead Atty Legal Chief
Biopharmaceutical company Cytokinetics Inc. will soon welcome an experienced in-house attorney who previously worked at Gilead Sciences Inc. for more than 16 years as its chief legal officer.
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Atty Who Reported Client Can't Get SEC Award, DC Circ. Says
The D.C. Circuit was not moved by an attorney's attempt to claim a potential multimillion-dollar award for reporting his client to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, saying the attorney could not have reasonably believed that blowing the whistle on the $44 million fraud was in his client's best interest.
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Former Revlon, IBM Atty Joins Tech Co.'s Board
Aspen Aerogels Inc., a producer of aerogel insulation materials, has named a former in-house attorney for Revlon Inc. and IBM to its board of directors.
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Ex-Jenner & Block Atty Rejoins General Dynamics Unit As GC
The former general counsel of General Dynamics' shipbuilding division rejoined the company in the same role after spending the last five years working for the government contracting giant's European unit in Spain, according to a recent LinkedIn post.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw made big hires and Donald Trump's legal woes continued. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Condé Nast, Ex-Disney Atty Goes To Talent Agency As GC
An experienced media and entertainment attorney, who has had in-house stints at Condé Nast, The Walt Disney Co. and Marvel Entertainment, said in a LinkedIn post this week that she is the new general counsel at talent agency Verve.
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Former Truist Associate GC Joins Parker Hudson In Atlanta
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP grew its bankruptcy, restructuring and creditor rights practice group this week with a partner coming from Truist Financial Corp., having served as an associate general counsel at the bank for six years.
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DLA Piper Adds SpaceX Exec In DC
The former satellite policy, spectrum and regulatory affairs manager for SpaceX, an aerospace and astronautics manufacturer owned by Elon Musk, has moved to private practice with DLA Piper LLP's telecommunications practice, the firm announced Wednesday.
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In-House Cyber And Gov't Contracts Pro Joins Ice Miller In DC
Ice Miller LLP has brought aboard an experienced cybersecurity and government contracts attorney who for the last 18 years has worked in-house for defense and technology contractors, most recently as senior principal and counsel at L3Harris Technologies.
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ContractPodAi GC Says AI Can Give Attys An Edge Over Peers
The general counsel at legal tech company ContractPodAi doesn't believe lawyers need to be masters in AI. But they must take the steps to learn, understand and become knowledgeable about the developments taking place — or risk being left behind by other attorneys who are embracing innovation.
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LegalZoom Financial Chief Takes On COO Role
Legal technology company LegalZoom has chosen Noel Watson, who joined the company in 2020 as chief financial officer, to be its chief operating officer, according to a recent corporate filing.