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The top attorney for U.S. commercial space company Momentus Inc. has stepped down from his post to join President Donald Trump's administration as an adviser on national security matters.
The former general counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense, who was the first woman confirmed by the Senate as CIA general counsel, is joining Hilton in March as its top attorney, the global hospitality company has announced.
A group of nearly 20 Republican attorneys general is urging Costco to end its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the wake of President Donald Trump's recent executive order encouraging companies to end them, criticizing the initiatives as "discriminatory" and saying they fly in the face of recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
A Texas debt-settlement company should be sanctioned for failing to disclose its alleged affiliation with another debt consolidator and for invoking attorney-client privilege when pressed about how its general counsel complied with a subpoena, Pennsylvania's banking regulator told a state court Tuesday.
Sidley Austin LLP announced Tuesday that it has deepened its white collar defense bench in Washington, D.C., with a partner who formerly served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Over 40% of chief legal officers globally who responded to a recent survey received a cost-cutting mandate from their company in the past year, so it's not surprising that their top strategic initiative for 2025 is to operate more efficiently.
Streaming giant Spotify's general counsel for nearly five years is gearing up to depart the company following a decision to transition away from full-time corporate life.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has hired President Donald Trump's former informational governance chief and a one-time assistant director in the Federal Trade Commission's litigation technology and analysis group, the firm announced Monday.
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has grown its food and agribusiness litigation capabilities with the addition of the former deputy general counsel for pork processor Smithfield Foods.
President Donald Trump removed National Labor Relations Board general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox overnight, leaving the agency's panel of adjudicators without a quorum and its prosecutor's office without a top official.
The chief legal officer of Cencora Inc. received a $3 million stock boost that raised her total compensation in 2024 to nearly double the previous year.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP has hired the former deputy solicitor for energy and mineral resources at the U.S. Department of the Interior, who is joining the firm's D.C. team as a counsel, the firm announced Monday.
Eversheds Sutherland has named a new leader for its alternative legal services provider in the U.S., bringing in a former legal technology leader from the financial services sector of consulting firm EY.
Compensation for the legal chief of Starbucks jumped to over $4 million in 2024, an increase of more than $1 million over his previous year's pay, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
The general counsel of the Treasury Department, who held leadership roles in former President Joe Biden's Senate office, has returned to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to co-chair the practice he helped oversee for eight years before leaving for government, the firm announced Monday.
Ancora Holdings Group on Monday said it plans to make U.S. Steel "great again" by installing a new CEO and board at the company "committed to abandoning" the $14.9 billion proposed merger with Nippon Steel that was blocked by former President Joe Biden earlier this month.
Holding company LSS Strategic Partners has launched a new platform to match vetted lawyers with businesses requiring legal expertise on a temporary basis, the company announced Thursday.
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP has expanded its corporate law offerings in New York with the addition of the former general counsel for building materials maker PGT Innovations Inc. and co-general counsel for LendingTree.
A new Law360 Pulse survey shows that more than 90% of in-house counsel have no regrets about their decisions to join companies. In litigation stemming from Purdue Pharma's sales of OxyContin that fueled the opioid crisis, the Sackler family would lose control of Purdue and pay $6.5 billion in the latest proposed settlement. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
The salary for Qualcomm Inc.'s legal head last year remained steady from the previous year while her total compensation increased by nearly $1.5 million, according to the company's recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
After earning just less than $11.7 million in 2023, Disney's top attorney is back to the level of compensation he earned after joining the company from Spotify in 2022 — receiving a pay package of $15.8 million in 2024.
The legal industry had another busy week as BigLaw firms shuffled practices and President Donald Trump began his second term with a flurry of policy changes and appointments. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Federal prosecutors in California arrested the former CEO of an artificial intelligence company Thursday alongside his lawyer wife, accusing the duo of a $60 million fraud scheme in which they allegedly lied to investors about the company's financial state and diverted funds to pay for their wedding.
Rosenberg & Estis PC has hired Lisa S. Lim, the general counsel of the New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust, as a member of a city-focused development team that's part of the firm's transactions department.
From an African studies student at Yale, to a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon, to a corporate general counsel, Anthony Joseph has lived his values and found his path.
Life coach and author Wendy Tamis Robbins discusses why she left a career in BigLaw to work in the professional well-being space after finding freedom from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorders, and highlights two changes the legal industry should implement to address attorneys' mental health.
With full-time offer rates at the lowest point since 2012, summer associates must do all they can to distinguish themselves, starting with a few fundamentals — from the importance of asking clarifying questions to being honest about mistakes, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary GhostwriterWayne 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.
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.
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 CoachTara 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 LeaderConstance 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.
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.
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 OCDKelly 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.
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: LibrarianLisa 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.