Data Center Power Co. Names GC To Oversee Real Estate

By Nate Beck

Data center infrastructure company Crusoe Inc. said Wednesday that it has added the managing partner of a boutique California business law firm as its general counsel.

Crowell & Moring Atty Named CLO For Agentic AI Defense Co.

By Christine DeRosa

Vannevar, a company that builds artificial intelligence agents for national security missions, has hired an experienced government contracts attorney from Crowell & Moring LLP as its legal leader.

Burford Capital Hires New Korea Exec Amid Growth Push

By Ryan Boysen

Burford Capital LLC has hired a new executive to oversee its operations in South Korea as the litigation funder aims to double its portfolio to roughly $15 billion by 2030, in part by expanding its geographic footprint.

Sony Pictures Elevates Atty Who Led CBS Litigation

By Michele Gorman

Sony Pictures Entertainment has promoted one of its in-house attorneys, who recently drove the litigation behind the settlement with CBS regarding the syndicated distribution of "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune," to executive vice president of global litigation, the entertainment giant exclusively told Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.

Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

By Kevin Penton

Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.

Goldman Sachs Says It's Not Easing Out GC Over Epstein Ties

By Sue Reisinger

Goldman Sachs on Tuesday denied a report that it is making contingency plans to replace its chief legal officer — one of the highest-paid general counsel in the country — later this year after more details of her past association with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein recently became public.

Frontier CLO Departs With $2M Severance After Verizon Deal

By Michele Gorman

The chief legal officer at Frontier Communications is set to receive close to $2 million in severance after he and three other company executives resigned on Tuesday following Verizon's takeover of the national fiber network internet service provider.

King & Spalding Rehires Trade Atty From Stripe

By Jack Rodgers

King & Spalding LLP has rehired a former senior international trade associate in Washington, D.C., who has spent the past eight years in varying iterations of corporate in-house work for Stripe, a global payment company whose technology helps expand the ability of businesses to accept payment for services.

HSBC Partners With Harvey For AI Legal Efficiency

By Ashish Sareen

HSBC said Tuesday that it has entered into a partnership with legal artificial intelligence platform Harvey as it looks to ensure that its lawyers are delivering support more efficiently.

Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2025, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

India E-Retailer Flipkart Plucks Compliance Chief From Tyson

By Sue Reisinger

Flipkart Group, the Walmart-owned e-commerce giant of India, has named a former Arkansas farm girl who grew up to become an acting U.S. attorney and a Tyson Foods executive as Flipkart's new chief ethics and compliance officer.

J&J Largely Loses Bid To Toss Former Atty's NJ Bias Suit

By Lynn LaRowe

A New Jersey federal judge largely shot down Johnson & Johnson's bid to scrap a former company data privacy attorney's racial and gender discrimination suit and rejected its bid to sanction her over the case.

Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Sarah Martinson

The legal industry had another action-packed week with more lateral moves, leadership changes and C-suite promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week, U.S. House lawmakers approved a bill that would restrict how retirement plan managers can consider environmental, social and governance issues when picking investments.

TE Connectivity's GC Earned Over $3.7M In 2025

By Christine DeRosa

The longtime legal leader for TE Connectivity saw his compensation package last year top over $3.7 million, a nearly $200,000 increase compared to 2024, according to a Thursday securities filing.

Jenner Atty And Ex-Newsom Aide O'Leary Heads To OpenAI

By Hailey Konnath

Jenner & Block LLP public policy partner Ann O'Leary, who previously worked as chief of staff for California Gov. Gavin Newsom, has joined OpenAI in the newly created role of vice president of global policy, according to an announcement this week.

Ex-Acting NLRB GC Tapped To Lead Agency's Regions

By Braden Campbell

Former National Labor Relations Board acting general counsel William Cowen took over management of the agency's regional offices after general counsel Crystal Carey's arrival last week.

Long-Time Stanford U. General Counsel To Retire In August

By Sue Reisinger

Stanford University is searching for a new general counsel after long-time legal chief Debra Zumwalt announced this week that she will retire in August after serving five university presidents and dealing with several school scandals.

Ex-GC At Armstrong World Industries Tapped To Become CEO

By James Boyle

Armstrong World Industries Inc., a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, manufacturer of interior design materials, has announced a leadership transition plan that will have the company's former general counsel move up from chief operating officer to CEO and president in the spring.

Legal Chiefs Shift Work From Firms Amid 'Threshold Moment'

By Michele Gorman

Nearly all the chief legal officers and general counsel who participated in a recent survey said they plan to move more law firm work in-house or to alternative providers within the next two years as increasing outside counsel rates, artificial intelligence and ongoing efficiency pressure factor into how they distribute work, according to a report published Wednesday.

SEC Taps Ex-BlackRock, GSA Atty To Be General Counsel

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday a former BlackRock senior attorney and U.S. General Services Administration top lawyer will be its next general counsel, as the agency gets underway with a regulatory agenda that prioritizes easing administrative burdens and facilitating capital formation.

Archer Expands Higher Education Team With Wilkes U. GC

By James Boyle

The general counsel for Wilkes University in northeastern Pennsylvania has left the college for an opportunity to help multiple schools with their legal matters and Title IX issues as part of Archer & Greiner PC's Philadelphia office.

Atlanta-Area Health System Taps Industry Veteran As CLO

By Emily Johnson

Grady Health System has named the assistant vice president and associate general counsel of Ochsner Health as its chief legal officer, bringing on an attorney who has guided complex, public-facing organizations in healthcare, government, nonprofit and corporate settings for more than two decades.

Ex-Teacher Turned GC On How She's Grown Into Partner Role

By Sue Reisinger

When general counsel Deborah Carrillo was recently named a partner at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, she had traveled a long way from being the middle school math teacher who aspired to use the law to right the inequities of public school systems.

Ex-DOJ Fraud Chief Joins Jenner & Block In DC

By Alison Knezevich

The former chief of the fraud section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division has joined Jenner & Block LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Thursday.