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Visa, Con Ed Among Leaders In Political Disclosure Rankings
Despite geopolitical pressures — or perhaps because of them — more companies than ever are agreeing to follow robust transparency policies related to their political spending, according to a new study.
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Akin's London Chief Leaves For GC Spot At Dubai Tech Biz
Digital technology provider Veon Ltd. said Thursday that it has hired Sebastian Rice as general counsel, where he will take on a new role after spending the past 24 years at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
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Jones Day Hires Ex-Coinbase Associate GC In San Diego
Jones Day has added to its San Diego cybersecurity practice a former member of Coinbase's commercial litigation team, the firm announced.
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Taft Adds DC Water Leader To New Government Practice
The top attorney at D.C. Water, the independent authority overseeing water and wastewater matters in the nation's capital, has joined a new team at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Troutman Adds Longtime Counsel To NJ Governor, AG
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP grew in New Jersey this week with the hiring of an attorney with experience as chief counsel to the New Jersey attorney general, deputy chief counsel to Gov. Phil Murphy and a federal lawyer.
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Del. Parent Of Debt Collection Cos. Promotes Atty To CLO
PCA Global Ventures, the parent company of Phillips & Cohen Associates, Ardent Credit Services, Invenio Financial and The Estate Registry, has named a new chief legal officer, chief compliance officer and president.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In October? Apple, Strategy And More
Three top legal officers at tech companies in California, a Washington, D.C., suburb and Austin, Texas, hauled in big stock scores last month.
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Littler Adds Veteran In-House Atty From Amazon In California
Employment and labor law firm Littler Mendelson PC has expanded its offerings in San Francisco with a veteran in-house attorney who most recently spent over eight years at Amazon.
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Spencer Fane Adds Maritime Pro In Fla. From In-House Post
Spencer Fane LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired an in-house attorney from equity management company Sharfi Holdings Inc. for its litigation and dispute resolution practice group and to enhance its capacity to handle admiralty, maritime law and other matters.
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Ruli.ai Raises $6M In Seed Funding, Hires Ex-Pinterest GC
Amid the current race to invest in artificial intelligence-powered legal technology, legal intelligence platform Ruli.ai announced Tuesday that it has raised $6 million in seed funding, bringing its total funding to $8 million in a little more than a year.
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Secretariat Advisors Adds Ex-DC Gov't GC, WNBA Player
Secretariat Advisors LLC, the global expert and advisory firm, has hired the former general counsel of D.C.'s Department of Employment Services, along with a former professional basketball player who founded a nonprofit group that uses sports to teach personal development tools to at-risk youth.
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AMC Entertainment Removes 'Interim' From GC's Title
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., the world's largest movie theater company, has given its interim general counsel the top legal spot after he took it on temporarily earlier this year.
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Paymentus Faces Trial Over Fintech Atty's Age Bias Claims
A former in-house attorney for billing company Paymentus Corp. can bring her retaliation, age discrimination and wrongful discharge claims to trial after a North Carolina federal judge on Monday granted only partial summary judgment in the company's favor.
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Georgia Real Estate Co. Names General Counsel
The Macallan Group LLC in Atlanta has named a Neel Robinson & Stafford LLC partner as its general counsel, the company announced Monday.
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The Top In-House Hires Of October
Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at Starbucks, Hertz and Fannie Mae. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from October.
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NY Hedge Fund Adds President Title To GC Role
New Holland Capital, an alternative asset manager that operates as a hedge fund, announced Monday the elevation of its general counsel to the additional role of president.
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Ex-Panasonic Avionics GC Named Water Quality Group's CLO
Veralto, a Massachusetts-based company focused on essential water and product quality solutions, has found its new legal leader in an in-house veteran who previously worked at AptarGroup, Panasonic Avionics Corp., Avis Budget Group, the Hershey Company and more.
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Latham Adds Private Equity Firm's Veteran GC In Houston
Latham & Watkins LLP has grown its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice in the Lonestar State with the addition of the longtime general counsel for private equity firm The Sterling Group, the firm said Monday.
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Corporate Counsel Group's CEO Talks Career, 'Refirement'
On her last day Friday as CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel, Veta Richardson cleaned up last-minute tasks such as updating a contract for an ACC consultant as she prepared to move into what she calls "refirement."
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
Among the stories in corporate legal news in the past week: Google and Apple fired back at an effort to depose their respective CEOs in an antitrust case, and a new survey found most corporate legal departments expect to seek much more help from outside counsel next year.
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Univ. With Campuses Across South Brings On Atty As CEO
A university system with 11 campuses in states including Georgia, Texas and Florida has named the vice president and general counsel of Education Affiliates Inc. as its chief executive officer and chancellor, bringing on an attorney who has held leadership roles in higher education, legal affairs and organizational strategy for more than 20 years.
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Israeli Forensics Co. Cellebrite Hires New GC
Israeli data management and intelligence company Cellebrite has announced it hired a new general counsel and chief compliance officer who previously led the legal team at credit-building company Self Financial.
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Texas Energy Co. Promotes From Within For GC Spot
Superior Energy Services Inc. has promoted one of its longtime attorneys to its top legal role, the company said Friday.
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Georgia Tech Adds 1st Chief Ethics And Compliance Officer
Georgia Institute of Technology has brought on the chief compliance officer for the Research Foundation for the State University of New York as its first chief ethics and compliance officer.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of October with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms announced partner promotions and expanded their practice offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Expert Analysis
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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.