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AT&T on Wednesday agreed to allow shareholders to vote on New York City pension funds' proposal requesting a corporate diversity report, quickly settling a suit filed by the funds last week.
PepsiCo Inc. has agreed to include an animal welfare-focused shareholder proposal in its corporate ballot this year following the shareholder suing the beverage giant last week for moving to exclude the proposal.
The Pro Bono Institute has awarded a former general counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel and retired CEO of her own consulting company with the 2026 President's Award for her lifetime contributions to the cause, including helping the institute launch its Corporate Pro Bono Project in 2000.
Holtec International asked a New Jersey state court this week to lift a stay holding it back from pursuing fraud claims against its former general counsel and others for allegedly embezzling more than $700,000 from the company.
Both law firms and in-house legal teams say they are noticing an uptick in requests for proposals that demand greater detail on how outside counsel uses artificial intelligence to increase efficiency for client work.
Accelerant, a services & data platform for the specialty insurance market, has tapped a new general counsel and corporate secretary in a former senior vice president at Reinsurance Group of America.
Holland & Knight LLP announced that it has brought the former acting deputy chief counsel with the U.S. Department of Energy to its office in Washington, D.C., touting her expertise in federal finance and energy law.
Despite being a third-generation lawyer, Claire E. Parsons had a recurring fear in the early part of her career that she did not belong as an attorney, at her firm, or in her practice.
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP said Wednesday that it has hired a new general counsel from Pinsent Masons LLP as its long-time legal chief retires.
Baby products brand Munchkin Inc. lost its bid to arbitrate its former general counsel's suit alleging he was fired for complaining about the company's "war on families," after a California judge ruled a sexual harassment claim added in an amended version of his suit exempted him from mandatory arbitration.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday updated its enforcement manual for the first time in eight years, saying that the changes were part of an effort to build a fairer and more transparent investigative process.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has brought on the former deputy general counsel of blockchain app development platform Chainlink to lead the agency's Crypto Task Force after its previous chief, Michael Selig, left to lead the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Investors are asking Deere & Co., which last year successfully fought off anti-diversity activists, to consider allowing employee resource groups based on religion.
Jennifer Davenport, a veteran prosecutor and former deputy general counsel at the utility PSE&G, was confirmed as New Jersey's next attorney general on Tuesday.
A senior counsel for DoorDash has returned to Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP in its Atlanta office, strengthening the firm with her experience with complex litigation in the Southeast.
Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC announced Monday that it has opened a healthcare practice with a pair of new shareholders in Houston, expanding the firm's corporate platform.
The longtime legal leader for lodging franchisor Choice Hotels International Inc. has announced her plans to retire this year.
The former head of legal at The Amherst Group's residential affiliate has joined Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office, where he will focus on securitization, asset management and corporate finance legal matters, the firm announced Monday.
PepsiCo Inc. has been hit with a lawsuit for moving to exclude a shareholder's animal welfare-focused proposal from its proxy ballot, the latest such suit brought after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a more deferential approach to corporations' decisions on shareholder proposals.
The suspension of Diversity Lab's Mansfield Certification program is the latest indication that political threats against BigLaw are working, as the Trump administration targets DEI programs, observers say. Still, some supporters of legal industry diversity initiatives predict law firms will continue to pursue inclusive hiring practices — even if they don't talk about it publicly.
An investor group is asking Apple Inc. to do an audit on the risks and costs associated with the company's involvement with China, which it calls an "existential risk" to the value of Apple's stock.
Data center and cryptocurrency tech company Synteq Digital announced Friday that an experienced attorney from Goodwin Procter LLP has been appointed senior vice president and general counsel.
Synopsys Inc.'s general counsel, who took on the role in July after the acquisition of Ansys Inc. was complete, earned just over $3.2 million in 2025, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proxy filing.
Armstrong World Industries Inc. has found a new legal leader from S&B USA, the American division of Shikun & Binui Ltd., as the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, building material manufacturer goes through a leadership transition.
This was another busy week for the legal industry as law firms hired new talent and named new leaders across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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.
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.
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.
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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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 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.