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This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms recruited new talent and announced raises for associates. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Despite near-universal rate increases from outside counsel, legal operations professionals are feeling increasingly positive about their law firms' willingness to innovate with artificial intelligence, according to a new report on Thursday.
Burton's Legal Thesaurus recently announced this year's top new words in law, with entries like "coffee badging" and "hot-tubbing" joining the echelons of 2022's "meme stock" and 2023's "hallucination" as the thesaurus brings to light some of the most novel terms and talking points for lawyers in 2024.
An experienced diversity, equity and inclusion executive at private companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies has been appointed as Connecticut's chief equity and opportunity officer.
The attorney who served as the general counsel of the Office of Management & Budget in President-elect Donald Trump's first administration has been tapped by the incoming president to once again take the reins of that agency's legal work.
Auto parts company Dana Inc. has announced that the general counsel of elevator manufacturer Otis Worldwide has been named the ninth member of its board of directors.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has bolstered its employment law practice group with the hiring of a civil litigator who previously worked in-house at a staffing agency.
For Kyle De Jong, senior vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer for iconic appliance maker Whirlpool Corp., one of the most important lessons for in-house counsel is that winning a legal action is not enough.
Georgia-based lighting and building management firm Acuity Brands paid its general counsel about $250,000 more in fiscal year 2024 than the year before, bringing his total compensation up to $2.6 million, according to a Thursday securities filing.
Virgin Music Group announced Wednesday that an experienced entertainment attorney who most recently was a senior vice president with Paramount Global has been appointed its new executive vice president of global business and legal affairs.
Corporate law departments are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools as they face pressure to control costs and meet growing demands for legal services amid flat headcount, according to survey results released Wednesday.
Meta Platforms Inc. is bringing on a former Intel Corp. associate general counsel and a King & Spalding LLP attorney to fill senior legal leadership positions, the parent company of social media applications Facebook and Instagram confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau announced that a former attorney with the Senate Judiciary Committee joined the nonprofit organization from Venable LLP as its new vice president of strategy, policy and government affairs.
Global media giant Conde Nast has found its new legal leader in a veteran legal executive who most recently served as general counsel for the audio streaming service SoundCloud.
Global wood preservation technology company Koppers Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it has elected Stephanie Apostolou to serve as its chief legal and sustainability officer and secretary ahead of the retirement of its chief sustainability officer next March.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Xtreme Fighting Championships and CEO Steven Smith of defrauding investors by selling millions of dollars of stock in the martial arts organization without disclosing the involvement of Smith or its criminally charged general counsel, according to a Florida federal lawsuit.
Thumbtack, a technology company that operates a home services website, has found its new chief legal officer in an experienced attorney who most recently worked at dental telehealth company SmileDirectClub.
A former BigLaw attorney and legal technology product executive is joining Fileread, which developed an artificial intelligence-powered litigation platform, as strategic partnerships lead, the startup announced Monday.
After two years in the role, Alyssa Harvey Dawson is resigning Dec. 31 as chief legal officer of HubSpot Inc., a sales and marketing software company whose proposed sale to Alphabet Inc.'s Google collapsed in July.
A onetime Bloomberg in-house legal leader with nearly three decades of experience across a range of legal and business matters has joined cybersecurity private equity firm Option3, taking on the roles of operating partner and chief strategy officer for the firm's new "zero trust" cybersecurity platform, ENIGMA.
Less than two years after joining Philadelphia-based biopharmaceutical company Carisma Therapeutics, the company's general counsel will depart along with other executives as part of an overall workforce reduction.
Fintech startup Occupi has named as its chief legal officer a former Dentons Sirote partner who has helped advise the company as it launches an app aimed at assisting renters and landlords.
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is continuing to grow its public service fellowship for law students in the program's fifth year, announcing Monday that the University of Chicago Law School has signed on to participate in the program, which places incoming students at participating nonprofit organizations.
Companies need to develop policies mitigating the effects of generative artificial intelligence as the tool is already impacting contracts and other aspects of business across nearly every industry, attorneys said Monday at a State Bar of Georgia panel.
The Second Circuit on Monday revived a challenge to a new rule for Connecticut attorneys intended to reduce discrimination, ruling that the alleged chilling effect the two suing lawyers detailed in their complaint gives them standing even if the rule hasn't been enforced against them.
As the need for pro bono services continues to grow in tandem with the pandemic, attorneys should assess their mental well-being and look for symptoms of secondary traumatic stress, while law firms must carefully manage their public service programs and provide robust mental health services to employees, says William Silverman at Proskauer.
As more law firms develop their own legal services centers to serve as both a source of flexible personnel and technological innovation, they can further enhance the effectiveness by fostering a consistent and cohesive team and allowing for experimentation with new technologies from an established baseline, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
Amid pandemic-era shifts in education, law schools and other stakeholders should consider the wide geographic and demographic reach of Juris Doctor programs with both online and in-person learning options, and educators should think through the various ways hybrid programs can be structured, says Stephen Burnett at All Campus.
BigLaw has the unique opportunity to hit refresh post-pandemic and enhance attorney satisfaction by adopting practices that smaller firms naturally employ — including work assignment policies that can provide junior attorneys steady professional development, says Michelle Genet Bernstein at Mark Migdal.
In order to attract and retain the rising millennial generation's star talent, law firms should break free of the annual review system and train lawyers of all seniority levels to solicit and share frequent and informal feedback, says Betsy Miller at Cohen Milstein.
Lawyers can take several steps to redress the lack of adequate LGBTQ representation on the bench and its devastating impact on litigants and counsel in the community, says Janice Grubin, co-chair of the Judiciary Committee at the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York.
Krill Strategies’ Patrick Krill, who co-authored a new study that revealed alarming levels of stress, hazardous drinking and associated gender disparities among practicing attorneys, highlights how legal employers can confront the underlying risk factors as both warnings and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 era.
While international agreements for space law have remained relatively unchanged since their creation decades ago, the rapid pace of change in U.S. laws and policies is creating opportunities for both new and veteran lawyers looking to break into this exciting realm, in either the private sector or government, says Michael Dodge at the University of North Dakota.
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Ask A Mentor: What Makes A Successful Summer Associate?Navigating a few densely packed weeks at a law firm can be daunting for summer associates, but those who are prepared to seize opportunities and not afraid to ask questions will be set up for success, says Julie Crisp at Latham.
Law firms can attract the right summer associate candidates and help students see what makes a program unique by using carefully crafted messaging and choosing the best ambassadors to deliver it, says Tamara McClatchey, director of career services at the University of Chicago Law School.
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Judges Deserve Congress' Commitment To Their SafetyFollowing the tragic attack on U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' family last summer and amid rising threats against the judiciary, legislation protecting federal judges' personal information and enhancing security measures at courthouses is urgently needed, says U.S. District Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Recalcitrant Attys Use Social Media?Social media can be intimidating for reluctant lawyers but it can also be richly rewarding, as long as attorneys remember that professional accounts will always reflect on their firms and colleagues, and follow some best practices to avoid embarrassment, says Sean Marotta at Hogan Lovells.
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Firms Coach Associates Remotely?Practicing law through virtual platforms will likely persist even after the pandemic, so law firms and senior lawyers should consider refurbishing their associate mentoring programs to facilitate personal connections, professionalism and effective training in a remote environment, says Carol Goodman at Herrick Feinstein.
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.