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Greenberg Adds Gov't Relations Pro From Citi In Albany
Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Thursday that it had hired the managing director and head of state and local government affairs at Citi for its office in Albany, New York.
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Attys Brace For Turbulence As Flight Cancellations Begin
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday cut hundreds of flights following an emergency order to slash air travel at 40 airports as the longest-running government shutdown in history drags on. Here, Law360 Pulse talks to attorneys who travel for work about how the air travel reduction is impacting them.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off November with another busy week as BigLaw firms launched new office attendance policies and expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Amid Investor Cheers, Musk Gets His $1 Trillion Pay Package
In a landmark vote that turned corporate governance on its head, Tesla Inc. shareholders on Thursday thumbed their noses at both Delaware Chancery Court and top proxy advisers by awarding CEO Elon Musk an estimated $1 trillion compensation package, according to preliminary results.
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Amazon Taps Crowell & Moring Partner For Aviation Biz
Aviation expert and former U.S. Department of Transportation senior trial attorney Amna Arshad has joined Amazon as an associate general counsel in charge of the legal teams for its worldwide aviation business, after spending the last year and a half in the aviation and transportation practices at Crowell & Moring LLP.
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Roku Hires Snap's 1st-Ever GC To Lead Its Legal Team
Roku Inc. has found as its new top lawyer a former general counsel at Snap Inc. and longtime partner at Hogan Lovells, according to a Wednesday securities filing.
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NJ Governor-Elect Sherrill Taps Ex-Judge As Chief Counsel
New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill named former state court Judge Tim Lydon as her chief counsel Thursday, appointing a veteran of all three branches of state government to help steer her legal and policy agenda as she prepares to take office in January.
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Frier Levitt Taps Employment Head As Firm General Counsel
Healthcare and life science boutique Frier Levitt named the chair of its employment law practice group to serve as the 50-attorney, Pine Brook, New Jersey-based firm's general counsel this week.
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Akerman Adds Alternative Investments Pro From Crowell
Akerman LLP announced on Wednesday that it has hired a former Crowell & Moring LLP attorney with a history of working in-house for institutional investment firms.
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Relativity's CLO Emphasizes 'Being Humble, Staying Hungry'
General counsel drive the business forward, see around corners, strategize, plan and ultimately execute, and bring to bear their legal experience to ensure companies stay on the right footing, Relativity Chief Legal Officer Adam Weiss recently told Law360 Pulse, adding that he has learned the importance of "being humble and staying hungry."
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Visa, Con Ed Among Leaders In Political Disclosure Rankings
Despite geopolitical pressures — or perhaps because of them — more companies than ever are agreeing to follow robust transparency policies related to their political spending, according to a new study.
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Akin's London Chief Leaves For GC Spot At Dubai Tech Biz
Digital technology provider Veon Ltd. said Thursday that it has hired Sebastian Rice as general counsel, where he will take on a new role after spending the past 24 years at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
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Jones Day Hires Ex-Coinbase Associate GC In San Diego
Jones Day has added to its San Diego cybersecurity practice a former member of Coinbase's commercial litigation team, the firm announced.
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Taft Adds DC Water Leader To New Government Practice
The top attorney at D.C. Water, the independent authority overseeing water and wastewater matters in the nation's capital, has joined a new team at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Troutman Adds Longtime Counsel To NJ Governor, AG
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP grew in New Jersey this week with the hiring of an attorney with experience as chief counsel to the New Jersey attorney general, deputy chief counsel to Gov. Phil Murphy and a federal lawyer.
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Del. Parent Of Debt Collection Cos. Promotes Atty To CLO
PCA Global Ventures, the parent company of Phillips & Cohen Associates, Ardent Credit Services, Invenio Financial and The Estate Registry, has named a new chief legal officer, chief compliance officer and president.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In October? Apple, Strategy And More
Three top legal officers at tech companies in California, a Washington, D.C., suburb and Austin, Texas, hauled in big stock scores last month.
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Littler Adds Veteran In-House Atty From Amazon In California
Employment and labor law firm Littler Mendelson PC has expanded its offerings in San Francisco with a veteran in-house attorney who most recently spent over eight years at Amazon.
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Spencer Fane Adds Maritime Pro In Fla. From In-House Post
Spencer Fane LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired an in-house attorney from equity management company Sharfi Holdings Inc. for its litigation and dispute resolution practice group and to enhance its capacity to handle admiralty, maritime law and other matters.
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Ruli.ai Raises $6M In Seed Funding, Hires Ex-Pinterest GC
Amid the current race to invest in artificial intelligence-powered legal technology, legal intelligence platform Ruli.ai announced Tuesday that it has raised $6 million in seed funding, bringing its total funding to $8 million in a little more than a year.
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Secretariat Advisors Adds Ex-DC Gov't GC, WNBA Player
Secretariat Advisors LLC, the global expert and advisory firm, has hired the former general counsel of D.C.'s Department of Employment Services, along with a former professional basketball player who founded a nonprofit group that uses sports to teach personal development tools to at-risk youth.
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AMC Entertainment Removes 'Interim' From GC's Title
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., the world's largest movie theater company, has given its interim general counsel the top legal spot after he took it on temporarily earlier this year.
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Paymentus Faces Trial Over Fintech Atty's Age Bias Claims
A former in-house attorney for billing company Paymentus Corp. can bring her retaliation, age discrimination and wrongful discharge claims to trial after a North Carolina federal judge on Monday granted only partial summary judgment in the company's favor.
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Georgia Real Estate Co. Names General Counsel
The Macallan Group LLC in Atlanta has named a Neel Robinson & Stafford LLC partner as its general counsel, the company announced Monday.
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The Top In-House Hires Of October
Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at Starbucks, Hertz and Fannie Mae. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from October.
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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Series
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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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Series
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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.