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Judiciary Committee Clears Squires For Full Senate Vote
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved former Goldman Sachs intellectual property attorney John Squires to serve as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director on Thursday, putting his nomination in the hands of the full Senate.
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Sports App Novig Hires Ex-Underdog Attys As Legal Leaders
Sports predication market Novig said Thursday it has brought on two in-house lawyers from Underdog Sports to serve as chief legal officer and senior counsel for government and regulatory affairs.
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Bristol-Myers Promotes Attorney To Lead Corporate Affairs
Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb continued to shuffle its legal department with the recent promotion of an in-house attorney to lead its corporate affairs, filling in a role left vacant when her predecessor was named general counsel last month.
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DOJ's Focus On Cartels Raises Compliance Risks For US Cos.
U.S. corporations with business interests south of the border are increasingly worried about exposure to terrorism-related criminal charges under the Trump administration for inadvertently working with cartels linked to major business sectors throughout Mexico, from energy and manufacturing to financial services, compliance experts tell 麻豆传媒360.
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Mayer Brown Grows Gov't Affairs Team In DC With Ex-Hill Aide
Daniel Harder, who joined Mayer Brown LLP as a senior policy adviser this week, has made a career out of building connections and relationships across government, including the deep bonds he said he formed with colleagues after surviving the 2017 shooting at a practice for the annual congressional baseball game.
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Veteran In-House Atty Joins Tucker Arensberg In Pittsburgh
An attorney who has spent more than 20 years providing in-house counsel to businesses and venture capital firms has returned to the law firm setting and joined Tucker Arensberg PC's Pittsburgh office.
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Ex-Overstock Atty Now Leads Legal At Angel Amid IPO Prep
A lawyer who was chief legal officer at online home furnishing company Beyond Inc., formerly known as Overstock.com, is now head of the law department at Angel Studios, the film and TV platform behind "Sound of Freedom."
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NYS State Dept. GC Among Hochul's Claims Court Judge Picks
Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced two dozen appointments to the New York Supreme Court, Family Court and Court of Claims, including the current general counsel for the New York State Department of State.
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How Georgia Health System Exec Went From CLO To CEO
After serving as chief legal officer of Southeast Georgia Health System Inc., Christy Jordan said she is prepared to take on her new role as its president and chief executive officer, having been closely involved in the business side of the organization for more than a decade.
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Coca-Cola Attys Return To RumbergerKirk In Florida
Rumberger Kirk and Caldwell PA announced Tuesday that it has grown its external general counsel services team in Tampa with two lawyers who are rejoining the firm after recently holding in-house roles on the legal team at Coca-Cola Beverages Florida.
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Former Energy Co. CEO Joins Paul Hastings In Houston
Paul Hastings LLP announced Wednesday that the former chief executive for energy transition company聽8 Rivers has joined the firm's global energy and infrastructure practice in Houston, bringing decades of in-house and private practice experience to the firm.
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Ex-Fidelity Associate GC Returns To Mayer Brown In Chicago
Mayer Brown LLP has rehired the former co-chair of its practice focused on retirement benefit matters, who returns to the firm after helping to lead a team of attorneys at Fidelity Investments responsible for health and retirement plan litigation.
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Nationwide VP To Lead Steptoe & Johnson Office In Ohio
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has hired a veteran associate general counsel from the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. to become its office managing member as well as an assistant general counsel to the firm.
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Ex-GC Accused Of Stealing IP Amid Ownership Stake Dispute
E-commerce company Storehouse In A Box sued its former general counsel and chief operating officer in Michigan federal court Monday, alleging he misappropriated trade secrets and confidential information, while also engaging in outside ventures that conflicted with his duties, after a dispute arose over his ownership claim in the business.
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Interscope Records Legal Exec Returns To Reed Smith
Reed Smith LLP has brought back the former vice president of business and legal affairs for Interscope Records who also held in-house roles at Twitter and YouTube to its recently opened Atlanta office, strengthening its global entertainment and media industry group.
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Denholtz Hires GC From Related's Property Management Arm
Denholtz announced that it has hired a new general counsel who joins from Related Cos.' property management arm and will assist the firm's capital markets, property management and asset management teams.
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Fenwick Adds General Dynamics Atty To Gov't Contracts Team
The former associate general counsel of General Dynamics Mission Systems, who spent more than two decades as a member of the defense and aerospace company's executive leadership, has joined Fenwick & West LLP's government contracts and public sector procurement group.
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AI Helping Legal Professionals Tackle Feelings Of Burnout
The majority of surveyed legal professionals think that using AI has helped reduce feelings of burnout at work, according to contract management platform Ironclad's second annual State of AI in Legal report released Tuesday.
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American Airlines Investors To Vote On LGBTQ Policy
The conservative National Center for Public Policy Research is proposing that American Airlines end its participation in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, an LGBTQ+ benchmarking tool, at the company's annual meeting on Wednesday.
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Centrus Energy's GC Departs, Deputy To Fill In As Acting GC
The former general counsel of Centrus Energy Corp., a nuclear fuel and service company, is leaving his role at the end of June, and the company has tapped its deputy general counsel and director of corporate compliance to step in as the top corporate lawyer in the interim, according to a recent regulatory filing.
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WilmerHale Seeks Full Fed Compliance On Struck-Down Order
WilmerHale is asking a D.C. federal judge to make clear that a ruling invalidating an executive order against the firm applies to all federal agencies subject to President Donald Trump's directives.
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Legal, Compliance Heads Named In Mallinckrodt-Endo Merger
Ahead of finalizing their $6.7 billion merger, Ireland's Mallinckrodt PLC and Pennsylvania-based Endo Inc. announced that Mallinckrodt's current chief legal officer and Endo's chief compliance officer will be a part of the executive team that will drive the formation of what the companies said will be a global pharmaceutical industry leader.
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Vans, North Face Parent Co.'s 麻豆传媒 Chief Saw $2M Comp In '24
VF Corp.'s top in-house counsel brought home over $2 million in total compensation in her first year as a named executive officer, according to documents recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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EY Expert Urges GCs To Help Build AI Governance
General counsel need to be playing a strong role in helping build their company's governance over artificial intelligence, and they need to maintain that role for the long term, according to one expert.
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Early Support Key To Fixing Legal Profession's Diversity Gap
A lack of early support and systemic barriers continue to block underrepresented students from entering the legal profession, attorneys and legal educators warned at a Friday panel, calling for expanded investment in pipeline programs despite recent legal challenges to diversity initiatives.
Expert Analysis
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Making Legal Cents: Firm Culture Is The New Game Plan
麻豆传媒 firm culture is often dismissed as a soft factor 鈥� merely platitudes on a website that seem disconnected from the bottom line 鈥� but by intentionally embedding a strong culture into day-to-day operations, law firms can achieve sustainable success, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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5 Questions Firms Must Ask For Successful Lateral Integration
To ensure that lateral partners effectively integrate their books of business, firms should design a structured transition plan based on a few fundamentals, from tracking the right data to implementing meaningful incentives, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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Goldilocks Solution: Why The 4-Day Office Week Is Just Right
As law firms continue to wrestle with return-to-office policies, many are being pulled toward one or the other of two extremes: the rigidity of a five-day in-office schedule and the laissez-faire approach of a flexible three-day hybrid model 鈥� but a four-day in-office workweek may be the sweet spot, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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As Attys Adopt Generative AI, 3 Elements Should Be Cardinal
As the legal world increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence, lawyers and firms must develop and utilize strong prompting skills, keep a pulse on forthcoming tech evolutions, and remain steadfast to ethical obligations, say Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi and Marty Robles-Avila at BAL.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
鈥淣o comment鈥� is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Prioritize Connections
One reason business development in the legal industry seems so mysterious is because human relationships are so complex, but lawyers can reorient their thinking in two important ways to drive the process of connecting with new colleagues and contacts, say Jamie 麻豆传媒less and Angela Quinn at Husch Blackwell.
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Overcoming US 麻豆传媒 Firms' Hesitancy To Enter Indian Market
Successful private equity exits with strong returns have solidified India's buyout market as an increasingly attractive destination for future investments, offering compelling reasons for the U.S. legal community to overcome its caution on the country's markets, says Vaishali Movva at Eimer Stahl.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make A Plan For The Year
While firms are busy allocating resources and assessing client demand, individual attorneys should use the start of the year to slow down and create a personal business plan, which can be accomplished with a few steps, say Elizabeth Gooch, Teri Robshaw and Chris Newman at McDermott.
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Talking Mental Health: Caring For Everyone As A Firm Leader
Reid Phillips at Brooks Pierce discusses how he manages the pressure of running a law firm, how sources of stress in the legal industry have changed over the past decade, and what firm leaders should do to help manage burnout and mental health issues among employees.
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How Firms Can Use LinkedIn To Aid Marketing Efforts In 2025
LinkedIn has several features law firms can use to showcase their capabilities and thought leadership to reach prospective and existing clients, including the Event and Live features, says Sofia Millar at Reputation Ink.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Emotions In Trauma Cases
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Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro 麻豆传媒 Firm discusses what motivates her to represent victims of catastrophic injuries, how she copes with the emotional toll of such cases, and what other attorneys taking on similar cases can do to protect their mental well-being.
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Strategies For Successful 麻豆传媒 Firm Mergers In 2025
麻豆传媒 firms are expected to continue consolidating in the year to come, and because these mergers require a different kind of playbook, firm leaders must carefully consider office culture nuances, professional services economics and talent retention strategy before any merger, say directors at FTI Consulting.
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Making Legal Cents: Winning More Work In A Crowded Market
In a market where clients have more options, tighter budgets and higher expectations, firms must figure out how to differentiate themselves without discounting their rates, and several practical strategies for pitching, pricing and early-engagement communication can help, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Best Practices For Implementing Firm Revenue Cycle Roles
麻豆传媒 firm revenue cycles are becoming more complex and time-consuming, but hiring dedicated revenue cycle personnel can help streamline the process and reduce the burden on attorneys, says Christine Indiano at Harbor Global.
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Tips For Constructing Your Small-麻豆传媒 Exit Strategy
By initiating planning and processes to evaluate personal retirement goals and firm value early, longtime solo practitioners and small-firm owners can unlock a range of possibilities and potential buyers, setting up for a profitable exit and a rewarding transition, says Brent Daub at Gilson Daub.