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Proxy Preview Report Says Cos. Cautious With Exclusions
More than 70% of shareholder proposals for annual corporate meetings among Russell 3000 companies this year have proceeded to a vote, according to a new proxy season preview report, indicating early filing companies may be taking a cautious approach toward exclusions in light of regulatory shifts giving them more leeway.
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Arete Wealth, GC Can't Slip SEC Claims In Offering Fraud Suit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can move forward with its case against a broker-dealer and its former general counsel and chief compliance officer over an allegedly fraudulent stock offering by a "sham" energy company that Arete representatives sold, an Illinois federal judge ruled Thursday, while dismissing some claims related to off-channel communications and settlement releases, among other things.
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Could GCs Be The Key To Legal AI's Success?
As outside counsel expenses continue to add up — and AI matures and becomes more mainstream — some top corporate lawyers are building deep in-house expertise for recurring, high-volume legal work and reserving external help for niche areas.
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Lennar CLO Earned $8M In First Few Months On The Job
The chief legal officer of Florida-based homebuilder Lennar Corporation earned more than $8 million last year after joining the company in September, according to a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proxy statement filed Thursday.
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HP Legal Chief Earned Over $5.4M In 2025
HP Inc. legal chief Julie Jacobs raked in over $5.4 million in fiscal year 2025, an increase compared to the previous year thanks mostly to a nearly $900,000 rise in stock awards.
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Brokerage Howden Plucks New Legal Chief From Alleghany
Insurance broker Howden said Thursday that it is bringing in a new chief legal officer in March with more than two decades of experience in financial leadership roles as it ramps up growth plans ahead of its 30th anniversary.
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WilmerHale Adds Biden-Harris WH Atty, Ex-Campaign GC
WilmerHale has rehired a former senior White House lawyer who served as the general counsel for the Biden-Harris reelection campaign and later for the Harris-Walz presidential campaign, the firm announced Thursday.
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AT&T Promptly Settles NYC Pension Funds Diversity Suit
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.
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PepsiCo Will Allow Shareholder Proposal Following Lawsuit
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.
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Pro Bono Institute Honors Longtime ACC General Counsel
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.
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Holtec Wants Stay Lifted In NJ Over Alleged Ex-GC Scheme
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.
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Corporate Clients Want Receipts On Law Firm AI
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.
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Reinsurance Securities Counsel Takes Accelerant's GC Spot
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.
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Senior Energy Department Atty Joins Holland & Knight In DC
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.
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How Introverted Lawyers Can Build Confidence And Thrive
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.
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Eversheds Sutherland Hires New GC From Pinsent Masons
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.
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Munchkin Can't Arbitrate Ex-GC's 'War On Families' Suit
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.
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SEC Lays Out New Enforcement Vision In Revised Guidelines
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.
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SEC's Crypto Task Force Taps Chainlink Atty As Chief Counsel
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.
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DEI Critic Pushes John Deere For Faith-Based Groups
Investors are asking Deere & Co., which last year successfully fought off anti-diversity activists, to consider allowing employee resource groups based on religion.
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Former PSE&G Deputy GC, Ex-Prosecutor Approved As NJ AG
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.
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DoorDash In-House Atty Returns To Gordon Rees In Atlanta
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.
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Ferguson Braswell Adds Healthcare Practice With 2 In Texas
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.
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Choice Hotels GC Plans To Retire By Mid-2026
The longtime legal leader for lodging franchisor Choice Hotels International Inc. has announced her plans to retire this year.
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Amherst Residential Legal Head Joins Morgan Lewis In DC
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.
Expert Analysis
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
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.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
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.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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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.
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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.