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Post-Data Breach, SolarWinds Promotes Legal VP To GC
SolarWinds announced Tuesday the software development company promoted one of its legal leaders to general counsel, just months after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit accusing the firm and its chief information security officer of not warning investors about lax cybersecurity standards before a massive data breach.
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Unilever Names New Top Atty As CLO Heads To Rolls-Royce
Consumer goods powerhouse Unilever has promoted one of its attorneys to chief legal officer as its current legal leader is heading to Rolls-Royce.
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5 Key Topics To Watch At The ABA Midyear Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to consider nearly 30 proposals at its semiannual meeting, including several pieces of legislation addressing the intersection of today's political unrest and the law.
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FTC Says Bezos, Amazon Execs Hid Evidence Via Signal App
The Federal Trade Commission asked a Washington federal judge to assume Amazon.com Inc. used auto-deleting Signal chats to hide the "anticompetitive nature" of rules that allegedly created an artificial pricing floor across online retail, escalating a long-simmering evidentiary fight that implicates Jeff Bezos and general counsel David Zapolsky.
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The Top In-House Hires Of January
Legal department hires over the first month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at SiriusXM, at a host of West Coast tech companies including Microsoft and Meta, and at Black & Decker. Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from January.
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Amazon Legal Ops Manager Joins Davis Wright In New AI Role
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP said Monday that the former senior legal operations manager at Amazon has joined the firm as its first senior director of artificial intelligence programs.
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Former SEC Division Co-Chief Counsel Joins K&L Gates In DC
A longtime U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney has made the jump to private practice, joining K&L Gates in Washington, D.C., the firm said Monday.
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Litigation Funder Suit Against Janus Henderson Can Proceed
A lawsuit that claims a Janus Henderson Group subsidiary schemed to take over a mass torts litigation funder can go forward, after a Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled the funder's case was compelling enough to survive a motion to dismiss.
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Impossible Foods' CLO, 2 Execs To Lead As CEO Steps Down
Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness has stepped down from his role and the company's operations will now be run by its three-person executive leadership team comprising chief legal and operating officer Jason Gao, its chief demand officer and its chief supply officer, the company announced on Friday.
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Paramount Taps DC Lobbyist To Lead US Policy Operations
Paramount Skydance Corp. has picked a Washington, D.C., lobbyist and former staffer to several Republican senators to lead its U.S. policy operations.
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Stanley Black & Decker Hires Carrier CLO As Next Top Lawyer
Connecticut-based Stanley Black & Decker Inc. has found its new legal leader from climate solutions company Carrier just months after its longtime general counsel departed for a new role.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
When Minnesota-based companies publicly called for de-escalation after two fatal shootings by federal ICE agents, the nation saw how CEOs and their general counsel can step up amid controversy. And a new study shows that white collar offenders received more than half of all recent pardons. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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Why This GC Came Out Of Retirement To Rejoin SoFi
Sixteen years at Sallie Mae. Twelve years at SoFi Technologies Inc. Rob Lavet is a dedicated in-house lawyer — so much that he returned this month to his most recent employer after retiring from the online lender and finance platform in 2024.
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ArentFox Schiff Adds 3-Atty Alcohol Regulatory Team
ArentFox Schiff LLP has grown its alcohol beverage regulatory capabilities with a four-person team, including three attorneys, one who led the alcohol group and co-led the food and beverage group at Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP.
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Berkeley Law Offers Training Program On Privacy And AI
The University of California, Berkeley School of Law announced this week the launch of the Chief Privacy Officer Program, a new advanced online training program for senior leaders on privacy law and artificial intelligence governance.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of January with insight into law firm performance and news of a Hollywood adaptation. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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McDermott Hires Crypto Pro From OKX For Specialist Team
The former deputy general counsel and head of legal for the Americas at crypto exchange OKX has joined McDermott Will & Schulte LLP, the firm said.
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CLOs Going From Legal Advisers To Growth Architects: Survey
While still overseeing traditional legal risks, chief legal officers are increasingly dealing with issues surrounding business growth, changes in technology, regulatory volatility and geopolitical concerns, according to a survey released Thursday by the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Kaufman Dolowich Adds Corporate Attorney In Delaware
Kaufman Dolowich LLP recently added a corporate attorney to its Wilmington, Delaware, office who previously worked as in-house counsel for a telecommunications company, the firm confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Thursday.
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Spotify GC Moves Over To SiriusXM As CLO
Satellite radio company Sirius XM Holdings Inc. has tapped the general counsel for Spotify to serve as its new top in-house attorney and replace its retiring counsel.
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Retired Fifth Third Bancorp CLO Rejoins Dinsmore
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed back one of its longtime attorneys to serve as director of special projects and strategic initiatives after her retirement as Fifth Third Bancorp's legal leader.
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CFTC Taps Treasury Atty To Be General Counsel
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Wednesday it has hired a Treasury Department lawyer with BigLaw experience to serve as the derivatives regulator's new general counsel.
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Crowell & Moring Adds Tech Firm IP Atty In Southern Calif.
Crowell & Moring LLP is expanding its California team, bringing in an intellectual property attorney most recently with biotechnology firm Grail as a partner in its Orange County office in Irvine.
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Minn. CEOs Letter Highlights GCs' Role In Corporate Activism
This week's statement from dozens of Minnesota-based companies calling for "de-escalation of tensions" following fatal shootings by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents highlights the growing role of general counsel as strategic advisers — and may signal a renewed willingness in corporate America to take public stances despite political sensitivities.
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Nomura Unit Taps Legal Chief To Steer Crypto Trust Bank Plan
A crypto-focused subsidiary of financial services group Nomura has applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank headed by its legal chief.
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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.