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Trump Taps Norton Rose Atty To Be EEOC General Counsel
President Donald Trump has nominated Norton Rose Fulbright's global labor and employment head to serve a four-year term as general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Rumble Alerts 9th Circ. To Recusal Bid Over Google Ties
Days after Rumble asked a California federal judge to consider recusal in the event the Ninth Circuit revives its antitrust lawsuit against Google, the video-sharing site flagged its recusal bid to the Ninth Circuit itself, filing a motion for judicial notice of the district court judge's friendship with Google's top in-house litigation chief.
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PGA Of America Names New GC As Part Of Leadership Shuffle
The Professional Golfers' Association of America has promoted a longtime in-house attorney to take over as its general counsel as part of a host of leadership changes announced by the organization this week.
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Global Nonprofit GC Named Atlanta-Area Planning Board CLO
The planning commission for 11 counties in the Atlanta region has tapped the general counsel for global relief and development nonprofit CARE to serve as its chief legal officer.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds CSX Tax Legal Leader In Atlanta
Greenberg Traurig LLP announced it has brought on the former assistant general tax counsel of CSX Transportation Inc. as a shareholder in its Atlanta office, strengthening its state and local tax practice.
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Latitude Expands Into Houston And Detroit With Two Hires
Staffing company Latitude Legal continued to grow its U.S. footprint with the recent launches of locations in Houston and Detroit following the additions of two attorneys to lead the offices.
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Ogletree Lands Ex-Delta Exec To Bolster Aviation Group
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC announced Tuesday that it had brought on a former Delta Air Lines Inc. executive as a shareholder in its Atlanta office, adding a new co-chair to its aviation industry practice group.
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Billable Hours Still Drive Atty Bonuses. Is Change Coming?
The primary factor determining whether a law firm associate receives a year-end bonus is not individual performance, firm performance, or firm citizenship. Instead, it is the number of billable hours they've logged, according to the results of a new survey from Law360 Pulse.
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Client Book Remains Key To Nonequity Partner Pay
The nonequity partner tier is expanding across law firms, but compensation within this group varies widely, ranging from associate-level pay to earnings on par with equity partners. A deciding factor in where they fall on the scale, experts say, is often who brings in the clients.
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A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's Survey Of Law Firm Pay
Most lawyers say they’re satisfied with their compensation— but at firms that are open about pay, satisfaction nearly doubles. Explore our latest analysis of law firm compensation practices and what drives top talent.
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Women Joining Boards Dips As Transparency Plunges
Public reporting on the race and gender of board members is plummeting across corporate America, as the number of women directors starts to decline and racial diversity plateaus, according to a new report from The Conference Board.
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Pinsent Masons Unit Adds Head Of Client Development
Pinsent Masons LLP's alternative legal services unit Vario said Monday that it has hired experienced law firm professional Jenny Grotepass to be head of client development for its managed legal services and consulting teams.
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SEC Gives Cos. Freer Rein To Block Shareholder Proposals
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it will not review most of the requests it gets from publicly traded companies hoping to exclude shareholder proposals from corporate ballots this proxy season, saying that it will not object to the exclusions due to time and resource constraints.
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Former Exelixis GC Named Legal Chief At Cytokinetics
A mere week after resigning from biopharmaceutical company Exelixis Inc., its general counsel has joined biopharmaceutical firm Cytokinetics Inc. as its chief legal officer.
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Trump Pulls IRS Chief Counsel Nomination Before Floor Vote
President Donald Trump on Friday withdrew his nomination of a Sullivan & Cromwell attorney to be the Internal Revenue Service's chief counsel just weeks after the Senate Finance Committee voted to advance the nomination to the Senate floor.
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Why Seasoned Attys Are Attracted To GC Roles At AI Startups
Longtime general counsel and law firm lawyers who walked away from stable jobs elsewhere in the law profession to lead legal functions at AI startups say they're excited by the chance to help set policy around innovation and continue to learn in an emerging space.
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10x Genomics GC Who Led Rule Of Law Effort To Retire In '26
The top in-house attorney at 10x Genomics Inc. and recent co-founder of a bipartisan group of more than 650 general counsel working to preserve the rule of law has announced he will retire from his role at the life sciences technology company at the end of the year, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Texas A&M Regents Fill New GC Post Amid Policy Changes
The Texas A&M Board of Regents this week announced the hiring of an independent general counsel who will solely report to the board, adding the new position amid a series of initiatives touted as strengthening oversight, transparency, accountability and confidence in academic programs.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
Experts say it will likely take at least a month for the thousands of SEC employees now back to work after the government shutdown to catch up with submissions for initial public offerings. Meanwhile, clean energy developers are increasingly looking to privately held investors amid a race to beat a July 2026 cutoff to maintain eligibility for clean electricity investment and production tax credits. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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Harris Beach Murtha Adds Senior Counsel Pair In NY
Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC has grown two of its New York offices with a trusts and estates attorney from Pierro Connor & Strauss LLC and an employee benefits specialist who previously worked in-house with financial planning firm Northern Trust.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week with more lateral hires and leadership changes, and one BigLaw firm exploring private equity investments.
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Rumble Cites Judge's Longtime Friendship With Google VP
Rumble asked a California federal judge to consider recusal should the Ninth Circuit revive its antitrust lawsuit against Google, citing a yearslong friendship with Google's top in-house litigation chief that involved the judge officiating at her wedding and their ongoing participation in a fantasy football league.
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Advent GC Returns To Ropes & Gray To Co-Lead PCT Practice
Ropes & Gray LLP announced Thursday that an attorney who left its ranks a few years ago for private equity firm Advent International Corp. is set to return to the firm at the beginning of December as the co-leader of its global private capital transactions practice.
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Netrio's GC Applauds AI While Acknowledging It's Imperfect
One of the most challenging aspects about being a general counsel in 2025 is that employees have access to AI, without it being completely mature and fleshed out, said the general counsel at IT managed service provider Netrio.
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Ga. Gov. Elevates Atty To Lead State Enviro Finance Agency
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday appointed the general counsel and grants division director from the governor's Office of Planning and Budget to serve on the state Environmental Finance Authority as its executive director.
Expert Analysis
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
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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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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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.