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Great Clips Promotes GC To CLO Amid Leadership Change
Great Clips Inc. has promoted its general counsel to chief legal officer amid a chief executive officer change as the company's current leader will retire at the end of the year.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as the president of the American Bar Association began her term and attorneys took on new roles. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Former Redfin CLO Joins Upwork As First COO
San Francisco-based Upwork Inc., an online platform connecting freelancers with clients looking for a range of services, has named the former chief legal officer of Redfin as its new chief operating officer, while also promoting one if its in-house attorneys to chief legal officer.
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Mayer Brown Taps Ex-WordPress Parent CLO For GC Program
Mayer Brown LLP is bringing in the former chief legal officer at WordPress' parent company, Automattic Inc., to be the latest participant in its Technology General Counsel in Residence program, the firm announced Thursday.
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1st GC Of New Conn. Soccer Club Says To Make It Personal
One of the most important parts of Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard's job as the first general counsel of Connecticut's new men's soccer club, CT United FC, is to build strong personal relationships throughout the organization, she says.
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SEC Atty Joins LA Wealth Advisory Firm As Compliance Chief
National wealth advisory firm Lido Advisors announced Thursday that it has added a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as chief compliance officer and special counsel.
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Ex-TVA, Duke Energy Atty Joins Dorsey & Whitney As Partner
Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced Wednesday the hiring of a former in-house counsel at two major energy corporations as a partner in its regulatory affairs group.
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Bradley Arant Adds Clark Hill Atty To Lead GC Services Team
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced Thursday that it has added a Clark Hill PLC attorney to build and lead its new general counsel services team and strengthen its corporate and securities practice group.
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Ex-Perkins Coie, Stoel Rives Atty Becomes FlyteHealth's GC
FlyteHealth, a Connecticut-based company focused on medical weight loss treatment, has expanded its leadership team, including with a new general counsel.
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Law Firms Face Hurdles Advising In-House Depts. On AI Risks
Law firm attorneys are finding it challenging to advise in-house counsel on risks associated with artificial intelligence tools when companies are taking different approaches to rolling out the technology and the regulatory landscape is continually evolving.
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Modern Health Taps New GC From Alight Solutions
Modern Health, a mental health platform for workplaces, has named a new general counsel who brings to the team more than 20 years of experience working with health benefits and other issues, the group recently announced.
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Atlanta-Based Billing Co. Taps Solo Health Atty As GC
Atlanta-based company BillingNav LLC has named a solo practitioner who focuses on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and healthcare matters to be its general counsel, the company announced Wednesday.
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Longtime Education Dept. Attys Launch DC Boutique
In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that cleared the way for almost 1,400 layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education, three longtime attorneys from the agency's general counsel's office announced Wednesday that they've launched an education-focused boutique in the nation's capital.
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Smaller Tech Companies Top List Of Model AI Disclosures
A new analysis of recent regulatory disclosures by 18 Silicon Valley tech companies shows that, while major players like Meta and Alphabet are hanging back, three smaller ones are setting the bar for corporate legal departments in detailing risks and business impacts related to artificial intelligence.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Investment Firm GC In Southern Calif.
Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought in the general counsel at the investment firm Gores Group as a shareholder in its Southern California offices in Los Angeles and Orange County.
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New ABA Leader Vows To 'Defend Liberty And Pursue Justice'
Wisconsin business attorney Michelle A. Behnke began her one-year term as president of the American Bar Association on Tuesday, saying the organization "must be ready to lead and focus on the mission of defending liberty and pursuing justice every day."
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Ex-Oppenheimer Counsel Joins Stradley Ronon In NY
A longtime Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. attorney who previously served as the investment bank's deputy general counsel and director of litigation has joined Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP's New York office as senior counsel, the firm announced.
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Ogletree Adds PE Firm's Associate GC As Utah Shareholder
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has added the former associate general counsel for private equity and venture capital firm Fifth Partners as a shareholder in its Salt Lake City office.
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Coca-Cola Bottlers GC Joins Ga. College As Legal Chief
A Georgia public liberal arts university has named the general counsel and corporate secretary for The Coca-Cola Bottlers' Association as its associate vice president and general counsel, turning to a longtime Georgia attorney with a personal connection to the university.
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ABA Delegates Remove Diversity Requirements For Board
The American Bar Association's policymaking body approved changes to its Constitution on Tuesday to no longer require Board of Governors seats for women, members of the LGBTQ community and racial minorities.
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Ex-Cognizant, Chevron Exec Joining Galaxy Digital As CLO
Crypto institutional investment and trading firm Galaxy Digital has found a new chief legal officer in the former general counsel of Cognizant Technology Solutions, who also held roles at Chevron and UnitedHealth Group.
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ABA Policymakers Vote To Oppose Targeting Of Law Firms
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday took a stand against the Trump administration's targeting of law firms and clarified its position on the proper use of artificial intelligence by law students.
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PPG Chooses In-House Atty To Succeed Retiring GC In 2026
Paint manufacturing company PPG Industries has tapped a longtime in-house attorney to take over as general counsel next year as its current legal leader retires after seven years, the Pittsburgh-based company said Monday.
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Crypto Co. Kraken's Litigation Lead Departs After 6 Years
The deputy general counsel who headed litigation at crypto exchange Kraken is stepping down from the role after helping steer it through multiple battles with federal regulators.
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Resolutions To Watch At The ABA's Annual Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is set to take up a wide range of topics next week, including measures addressing the Trump administration's targeting of law firms, the growing use of artificial intelligence by law students and immigration enforcement.
Expert Analysis
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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.