/pulse/in-house?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: In-House Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:34:54 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2350328?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2350328 A former senior in-house counsel for Wells Fargo Advisors won his bid to make the bank arbitrate claims he absconded with confidential information and coordinated a mass resignation of other staff when he left to work at a competing advisory firm. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:30:36 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2350567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2350567 Many current state bar character and fitness tests fail to identify bad actors, and at the same time, certain aspects of the queries can hurt efforts to increase diversity in the profession, according to panelists at the American Bar Association's 2025 Virtual Equity Summit on Friday. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:24:58 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2335079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2335079 The U.S. legal industry added 1,100 jobs in May, holding steady in the midst of economic uncertainty, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:05:51 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2350094?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2350094 In corporate legal news from the past week,​ in-house lawyers' use of alternative legal service providers remains low, and the top Justice Department merger official said that the Trump administration welcomes "fix-it-first proposals," where merging companies arrange to sell off overlapping business lines. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:02:51 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2348524?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2348524 A group of energy lawyers coming out of the federal government have launched their own boutique in Washington, D.C., aimed at helping clients through a rapidly changing regulatory environment, the attorneys announced this week. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:50:25 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2350485?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2350485 Capital One's top in-house attorney will receive more than $5 million in stocks as part of a total bonus package of more than $43 million for the company's executive team after it completed the $35 billion acquisition of Discover Financial Services, Capital One said in a document recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:36:11 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2350117?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2350117 Global beer, wine and spirits producer Constellation Brands' chief legal officer saw his compensation drop for the second year in a row, according to the company's 2025 proxy filing on Thursday. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:15:56 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2349835?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2349835 At an American Bar Association summit session on inclusive workplace practices on Thursday, one panelist noted that one of the ABA's recent recommendations is to engage in guided conversations throughout law firms and across the legal profession. But what exactly is a guided conversation? Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:31:15 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2350030?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2350030 The legal industry began June with another action-packed week as BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ firms expanded their presence and offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse’s weekly quiz. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:11:35 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2350065?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2350065 A Washington, D.C., federal judge Thursday upheld the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rule that raises eligibility requirements for submitting shareholder proposals, disagreeing with investor advocacy groups that the requirements "severely impair" investors' input on corporate policies. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:43:56 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2349924?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2349924 Microsoft's Brad Smith may not carry the title anymore, but he is still the company's top lawyer, and he cashed in $35.3 million worth of company stock in May. Other big law department winners last month were Intuit's Kerry McLean with $12.18 million and Loar Holdings Inc.'s Michael Manella with $12 million.  Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:34:20 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2349753?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2349753 Pure CallerID, a company offering services such as call branding and compliance enforcement, has added the former general counsel for ConsumerAffairs and LendingTree to its advisory board. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:33:55 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2349813?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2349813 A D.C. federal judge allowed a city attorney's discrimination and retaliation lawsuit to proceed to discovery Thursday, rejecting the D.C. government's motion to toss the claims that a city administrative law judge discriminated against Black women and paid the plaintiff attorney less than her male peers. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:18:11 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2349752?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2349752 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has appointed an attorney to lead its civil rights office who brings more than 30 years of experience across the public sector and private practice, including as counsel for HHS during the George W. Bush administration. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:13:02 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2349373?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2349373 In-house lawyers' use of the Big Four accounting firms and other alternative legal service providers remains low, with less than one-third of departments participating in a recent survey saying they outsourced matters to those types of companies, according to findings released Thursday by Wolters Kluwer. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:31:22 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2349528?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2349528 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has hired the former chief legal officer of Texas Regional Bank to bolster its banking and financial services practice group. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:06 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2341257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2341257 Domestic lawyer headcount growth among the 400 largest law firms in the U.S. picked up speed in 2024, rising 3.1% on average and outpacing growth the previous year, but experts say the winds that bolstered that expansion may have shifted as a result of macroeconomic uncertainty. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:05:05 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2339011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2339011 Many of the largest law firms in the U.S. had a strong year in 2024. And as demand for their services ticked upward they invested in bench strength, boosting the number of lawyers available to assist clients, our latest ranking of the largest U.S. law firms shows. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:55:17 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2347457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2347457 As artificial intelligence tools become increasingly prevalent in corporate legal departments, a new survey released Thursday reveals that human judgment remains indispensable during contract negotiations, with legal professionals emphasizing the importance of emotional intelligence and strategic decision-making. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:15:42 +0000 /pulse/in-house/articles/2349554?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/in-house/articles/2349554 Starbucks's top attorney Brad Lerman will be exiting the company in the coming months while helping the coffee giant search for his replacement as chief legal officer, the company announced Thursday in its U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission paperwork.