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Honeywell Ex-GC Claims Age Bias Led To Firing At 55
A Honeywell International Inc. former vice president and general counsel accused the Charlotte-based conglomerate of age discrimination, telling a North Carolina federal court that she was fired for turning 55.
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Growing Ga. Health System's Outside Counsel Joins As CLO
Georgia-based regional healthcare provider Vitruvian Health has named its former outside counsel of more than three decades as the health system's executive vice president and chief legal officer, a move that comes after the system's expansion into Tennessee last year.
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Dollar Tree Legal CLO Exiting, Deputy To Succeed Him
Dollar Tree Inc., which operates 9,000 discount variety stores in 48 states and Canada, said Thursday that its chief legal officer is leaving and will be succeeded by his senior deputy, who previously served as the company's outside counsel.
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CT United Hires Women's Soccer League Atty To Lead Legal
The former vice president of legal for the National Women's Soccer League has joined CT United FC as general counsel of the men's soon-to-launch soccer club.
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Dillard's Considering Texas Incorporation Amid 'DExit' Trend
Dillard's, the department store and e-commerce retailer, on Tuesday became the latest major company to propose relocating its incorporation headquarters from Delaware to Texas, one of several states now vying for the title of most corporate-friendly.
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Dye & Durham Hires CLO, Settles Feud With Plantro
Toronto-based legal technology company Dye & Durham Ltd. announced Wednesday the hiring of a chief legal officer as it continues to reconstruct its C-suite, and also agreed this week to settle its feud with a company linked to its former chief executive.
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Workday Wants Firm DQ'd Over Privileged Info In Atty's Suit
Attorneys at Webb Law Group APC should be disqualified from representing an ex-Workday Inc. attorney in his bias suit against the company and should face sanctions for their "egregious behavior" in disclosing privileged information in a publicly filed document, Workday told a California federal magistrate judge.
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Archer Aviation Promotes GC, Hires Baker McKenzie Partner
Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft venture Archer Aviation has named the company's general counsel its new chief legal and strategy officer and found a new general counsel from Baker McKenzie.
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OCC Hires Top Skadden Banking Atty As New Chief Counsel
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Wednesday that it is bringing on one of the leaders of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's bank regulatory practice to serve as the agency's new top lawyer.
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Cherry Hill Mortgage Adds New GC from NorthMark
Real estate investment trust Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp. announced that it has appointed a new general counsel who joins the company following a five-year stint at investment firm NorthMark Strategies.
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Pharma Tech Co. Diaceutics Hires Former Sandoz Atty As GC
Pharmaceutical technology company Diaceutics PLC has hired a lawyer with in-house experience at Sandoz and Novartis as its general counsel.
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Streamline AI Secures $8.6M To Tackle Legal 'Process Chaos'
The artificial intelligence-powered intake and matter management platform Streamline AI secured an $8.6 million Series A investment Wednesday to help legal teams eliminate inefficiencies caused by "process chaos."
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Trump Admin Says UCLA Didn't Protect Jewish Students
The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that it determined that the University of California, Los Angeles, violated civil rights laws by failing to "adequately respond" to harassment and abuse that Jewish and Israeli students faced on its campus following the war in Gaza.
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NCAA Names New CLO And GC Amid Athletes' Status Debate
The NCAA on Tuesday said it has restructured its legal department by promoting two lawyers to chief legal officer and general counsel, as national debate continues about changes to college sports and players' rights.
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Former Airbnb, PayPal Atty Takes Legal Reins At Catena
AI-focused financial startup Catena Labs announced Tuesday that it has hired an attorney who has held prior in-house stints at Airbnb, PayPal and Wells Fargo to serve as its first chief legal and business officer.
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Oft-Penalized Deutsche Bank Finds New GC From Freshfields
Deutsche Bank AG on Tuesday said a senior partner at Freshfields LLP who specializes in corporate criminal defense will become its new general counsel on Sept. 15.
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Many In-House Attys Say They Negotiate Their Compensation
In-house lawyers increasingly are having conversations about their compensation packages, with more than half of corporate legal department respondents saying in a recent survey that they had negotiated their pay in 2024 or 2025, according to findings released Tuesday by a legal executive search firm.
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Jones Day Hires Former Pharma Co. Counsel In DC
Jones Day has hired a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner, who has also worked in-house at two pharmaceutical companies and with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Ex-HUD GC Launches DC White Collar Boutique
The former general counsel for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday that he is launching his own white-collar litigation boutique in Washington, D.C.
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Take-Two Interactive CLO Earned Over $8M In Fiscal 2025
The top in-house attorney for digital entertainment company Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. took in more than $8 million in total compensation for the 2025 fiscal year, according to a recent securities filing.
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Foley Hoag Adds Ex-Saul Ewing Atty And Life Sciences GC
A 12-year veteran of Saul Ewing LLP, who before his most recent role in private practice spent time in-house at a software technology company and a biotechnology company, has joined Foley Hoag LLP's teams in Boston and Washington, D.C., the firm announced.
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Ex-Munchkin GC Sues Over 'War On Families' At Baby Co.
Munchkin Inc.'s former general counsel says he was fired for trying to sound the alarm about the baby products brand's "war on families" and culture of discrimination against working mothers and families, in a $10 million suit filed in California state court on Friday.
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Warner Bros. Discovery Names Post-Split Legal Leaders
The in-house attorneys who will lead the legal departments of the companies that will be formed by the upcoming breakup of Warner Bros. Discovery were named Monday as part of an announcement of new leadership for both entities.
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Nat'l Multiple Sclerosis Society Recruits Nonprofit Atty As CLO
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has found as its new chief legal officer and corporate secretary a seasoned in-house lawyer who has spent decades at mission-driven organizations and federal agencies.
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Biotech GC Says She Was Ousted Amid 'Systemic' Bias
A former general counsel at Massachusetts life sciences firm Repligen has filed a lawsuit in state court claiming that a pervasive culture of gender bias led to her and other women being treated differently and paid less.
Expert Analysis
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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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.