Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
In-House
-
PwC UK Adds Ex-Syke COO As Partner For Legal Tech Team
A former legal technology executive joined Big Four accounting firm PwC as a partner Tuesday to help clients transform how they manage contracts and legal services.
-
GC Base Salaries At Big Companies On The Rise
General counsel base salaries at companies making $5 billion or more in revenue has increased from last year, while their total compensation has decreased, according to a report released Tuesday by the Association of Corporate Counsel and Empsight International LLC.
-
Google Taps In-House Atty For Head Of General Litigation
Google has promoted a longtime in-house attorney to be its head of general litigation, tapping a 13-year veteran of the tech giant who originally studied architectural engineering before going to law school.
-
In-House Atty Brings Bias Suit Over Firing After Miscarriage
A former in-house attorney at chemicals company Arxada has launched a discrimination lawsuit in New Jersey state court accusing the business of unlawfully terminating her in the days after she showed interest in going on leave to recover from a miscarriage.
-
Former PNC Bank Atty Joins McNees Wallace In Pittsburgh
A former chief counsel with PNC Bank is leaving the world of in-house for McNees Wallace & Nurick, where she will help boost the firm's work in fiduciary litigation and disputes involving trusts and estates.
-
Ex-Skadden Atty Joins Board Of Oil Property Co. LandBridge
Oil property acquirer LandBridge Co. has added a former Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner to its board, where the company hopes to benefit from her capital markets and corporate governance expertise.
-
8th Circ. Won't Revive Fired Lockheed Atty's Race Bias Suit
The Eighth Circuit refused on Tuesday to reinstate a race discrimination and retaliation case brought by a former Lockheed Martin in-house attorney whose suit was tossed after a trial court concluded she had lied about her income, rejecting her push to deflect blame onto her lawyers.
-
PSEG's GC To Retire As Utility Co. Lines Up Her Successor
The top attorney for Public Service Enterprise Group is retiring next year after more than three decades with the utility provider, the company announced Tuesday.
-
First Financial Finds New GC In MidFirst Bank Deputy
The Texas bank operating as First Financial has tapped a new legal leader from Oklahoma's MidFirst Bank.
-
Banking Pro Returns To Sullivan & Cromwell
A former deputy general counsel at the Federal Reserve Board has rejoined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's financial services group as a partner in New York, the firm said Monday.
-
Amazon In-House Atty, FTC Vet Joins Weil In DC
The latest addition to Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's antitrust practice group is a former senior corporate counsel with Amazon with nearly a decade of experience at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
-
Wendy's Taps Former Kellogg Legal Leader As New CLO
A former high-ranking legal executive with Kellogg Co. is joining The Wendy's Co. as its new top attorney, the fast food giant announced Monday.
-
Big Ten Lands Polsinelli Litigator As New Assistant GC
The Big Ten Conference has tapped a Polsinelli PC litigator with a background in college athletics cases as its new assistant general counsel.
-
World Shipping Council Taps Atty To Head US Gov't Relations
An attorney whose government experience includes key roles with the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration has joined the World Shipping Council as its new director of U.S. government relations.
-
Top Atty For NYC Mayor Resigns As Fed. Investigations Mount
As investigations and high-profile departures continue around New York City's embattled Mayor Eric Adams, his chief counsel resigned Saturday.
-
The 2024 Regional Powerhouses
The law firms on Law360's list of 2024 Regional Powerhouses reflected the local peculiarities of their states while often representing clients in deals and cases that captured national attention.
-
Skanska On The Hunt For New Top Atty As GC Departs
Skanska said Friday that its top attorney is leaving the Stockholm-based construction and development company.
-
GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
Harder-fought and more complex lawsuits may mean double-digit increases in the amount that companies spend on litigation; accuracy remains a top concern for law firms as they increasingly use artificial intelligence technology; and Norfolk Southern Corp. saw a major leadership shakeup after its chief legal officer and CEO engaged in a consensual relationship.
-
Former Y Combinator GC Joins Freshfields In Silicon Valley
The former general counsel for a well-known startup accelerator that has backed companies including Airbnb, Coinbase, DoorDash and Instacart has jumped to Freshfields and its Silicon Valley office, the law firm announced on Friday.
-
Former MilliporeSigma Patent Atty Joins Polsinelli In St. Louis
A patent expert and former in-house attorney with chemical and biotechnology company MilliporeSigma has joined Polsinelli PC's St. Louis office, continuing the law firm's expansion of its life sciences team.
-
Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Another BigLaw firm merger and a report about rising litigation spending rocked the second week of September. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
-
Ex-ABL Space Counsel Jumps To Barnes & Thornburg
A former Barnes & Thornburg associate is returning to the firm after an in-house stint with space launch service provider ABL Space Systems, but this time as a partner.
-
Linklaters Hires Shell's Qatar Legal Chief For Energy Practice
Linklaters LLP has hired the head of legal for energy giant Shell in Qatar to become its global sector lead for its energy transition practice.
-
Fulton Bank Pros Join Barley Snyder Trust And Estates Team
The Pennsylvania-based regional firm Barley Snyder is expanding its trust and estates practice with the addition of two former Fulton Bank NA attorneys, including the chief fiduciary officer of Fulton's private banking division.
-
Canada's Laurentian Bank Changes Legal Leadership
Canada's Laurentian Bank this week announced a new head of legal matters amid a broader leadership reshuffle.
Expert Analysis
-
Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
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.