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    Texas Judge Blocks FTC's Impending Ban On Noncompetes

    A Texas federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked the Federal Trade Commission's looming ban on noncompete agreements in employment contracts, setting aside the regulation with a conclusion that it's beyond the agency's authority.

  • Some Wis. State Bar Officers Let Out Of Diversity Bias Suit

    A Wisconsin federal judge has removed three of the seven individual defendants named in a suit brought by an attorney challenging the Wisconsin Bar's diversity clerkship program after they argued they were not personally responsible for actions alleged in the suit, with the judge also cutting a claim for money damages.

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    Porter Wright Lands Trade Atty From Advisory Firm Pollination

    Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP has added a Washington, D.C., attorney as partner in its international business and trade practice group.

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    Former SEC And Vanguard Counsel Joins Stradley Ronon

    An attorney who previously worked in-house at Vanguard and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has jumped to private practice for the first time in his 20-year career, joining Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP in Pennsylvania.

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    A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women In Law Report

    The legal industry continues to see incremental gains for female lawyers in private practice in the U.S., according to a Law360 Pulse analysis, with women now representing 40.6% of all attorneys and 51% of all associates.

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    Representation In The Ranks: How Firms Are Faring

    The Law360 Pulse Women in Law Report provides a data-driven view of U.S. law firms at the end of 2023. Here, we look at the representation of women at all levels of a typical law firm, from associates to equity partners.

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    These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships

    The legal industry still has a long way to go before it can achieve gender parity at its upper levels. But these law firms are performing better than others in breaking the proverbial glass ceiling that prevents women from attaining leadership roles.

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    The 2024 Women in Law Report: How Firms Stack Up

    Female attorneys have reached a new high in their share of law firm equity partnerships, but firms' progress simply hasn't been significant enough to shatter the longstanding glass ceiling in the industry.

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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.

  • 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.

  • 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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