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Recalling Cam Findlay, Legal Chief At Aon, Medtronic, ADM
After his death earlier this month at age 65, friends and colleagues are remembering D. Cameron "Cam" Findlay III, the former lead in-house attorney for companies including Archer-Daniels-Midland聽and Aon,聽as a witty general counsel who mentored his legal teams with kindness and integrity.
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Ex-Airbnb GC To Tackle Climate Change At Watershed
The former general counsel at Airbnb and Chegg Inc. announced Monday that he has accepted a job as general counsel and global head of policy at Watershed, a six-year-old sustainability measurement platform.
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Ex-J&J Atty Slams Bid To Dismiss Her Bias, Retaliation Suit
A former Johnson & Johnson data privacy lawyer is urging a New Jersey federal court to keep alive her racial bias suit, arguing the pharmaceutical giant's dismissal bid is based on flawed legal arguments.
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Debevoise Builds Tool To Help In-House Attys Assess AI Risk
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is currently building a subscription platform to more efficiently assist in-house counsel with managing risks while adopting artificial intelligence tools.
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Amazon's First GC Co-Launches Private Chatbot Company
Amazon's first general counsel has joined forces with a patent attorney and a tech adviser to launch a personalized private artificial intelligence chatbot for individuals, the technology's creator announced Tuesday.
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Ex-Deputy GC For Mike Pence Joins Holtzman Vogel In DC
The former deputy general counsel for Mike Pence who worked for the onetime vice president when he was governor of Indiana has left his role with the Republican Attorneys General Association to join Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC.
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Pa. Co. Air Products Hires General Counsel From BASF
Pennsylvania-based industrial gas supplier Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has found its new legal leader from German chemical manufacturer BASF SE less than two weeks after its former general counsel resigned.
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Survey Finds AI May Reshape Billable Hour's Reign In Law
The legal industry's billing practices may soon undergo a seismic shift, as a survey of nearly 300 professionals highlights the growing influence of generative artificial intelligence, with many predicting the end of the billable hour's dominance.
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Texas Investment Biz Drops CEO For Ex-CLO Amid Shakeup
Beneficient, a troubled alternative asset management and services company based in Dallas, said Monday it had separated its board chair and CEO roles, and had named its former chief legal officer as the interim CEO.
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Davis Wright Adds Ex-Charles Schwab Associate GC In SF
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is expanding its litigation team with the addition of a former associate general counsel from Charles Schwab who has also worked at聽Morgan Stanley and was general counsel at a cryptocurrency exchange, the firm announced Monday.
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O'Melveny Adds Ex-Latham, McDonald's Public Co. Atty In NY
O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced Monday that a former Latham & Watkins LLP counsel with in-house experience at McDonald's Corp. has joined the firm as a public company adviser and capital markets partner in New York.
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蓝莓视频 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40
蓝莓视频 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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ArbitralWomen President Takes Up In-House Role At Aramco
The president of ArbitralWomen, an organization focused on increasing diversity in international arbitration, said she has accepted a new position as senior counsel at Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia.
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Geragos Owes $100K For Role In Nike Extortion, Jury Says
Celebrity attorney Mark Geragos was ordered to pay $100,000 to a youth basketball coach by a Los Angeles jury that found he aided and abetted disbarred lawyer Michael Avenatti in a failed attempt to extort Nike that landed Avenatti with a 2陆 year prison sentence.
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Meet The Attys Facing Off In Lawyer's Bias Suit Against J&J
A discrimination suit in New Jersey federal court against the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, featuring charged allegations and a motion for sanctions, is pitting a trio of discrimination and plaintiff-side employment specialists against a Morgan Lewis & Bockius employment law team.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
President Donald Trump has chosen the chief labor counsel at Boeing Co. for one of two vacancies on the National Labor Relations Board, whose confirmation would help restore a quorum. And Meta reached a midtrial agreement with stockholders in an $8 billion suit.
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Newly Promoted Nike CLO Earned $6.8M In FY '25
Nike's newly promoted legal leader, who took on the role in November after his predecessor was promoted to a new role, earned more than $6.8 million in fiscal year 2025.
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Ex-Toys 'R' Us GC Joins Cousteau-Founded Climate Tech Co.
The former general counsel for Toys 'R' Us is part of the recent additions to the leadership team at Voyacy Regen, a blue technology company co-founded by Philippe Cousteau, grandson of famed oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau.
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Armstrong Teasdale Adds Former CLO As A Litigator In Miami
A former chief legal officer at professional services company Indelible has joined Armstrong Teasdale LLP as a litigation counsel in Miami.
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Big 12 Collegiate Athletic Conference Promotes Atty To GC
The Big 12 collegiate athletic conference has announced that it has promoted one of its longtime in-house attorneys to serve as its chief operating officer and general counsel to steer its legal affairs and other operations.聽
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Voir Dire: 蓝莓视频 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as attorneys took on new roles and law firms expanded their reach. Test your legal news savvy here with 蓝莓视频 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Seward & Kissel Adds VC Partner To Investment Mgmt. Group
Seward & Kissel LLP is bulking up its venture capital offerings, bringing on a partner with a background in fund formation and deal structuring and with more than two decades of experience in both BigLaw and in-house roles.
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Circle's Bank Plans Include Regulatory Vets At Helm
Stablecoin giant Circle has tapped Heath Tarbert, its president and former top derivatives regulator, as well as a former Office of the Comptroller of the Currency chief counsel to help oversee its proposed national trust bank, according to application materials made public Thursday.
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Ex-Burning Man, MAPS GC Joins Psychedelics Boutique
The former general counsel to both聽the organization behind the annual Burning Man festival and to聽the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies has joined the recently launched psychedelics firm Antithesis Law as of counsel, the firm announced Thursday.
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Amazon Attys Jump To Crowell & Moring In San Francisco
Crowell & Moring LLP has expanded its litigation resources in its San Francisco office with the addition of two former in-house attorneys for Amazon, who bring more than 30 years of combined experience to advise clients on product liability claims.
Expert Analysis
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How Attorneys Can Narrow LGBTQ Gap In The Judiciary
Lawyers can take several steps to redress the lack of adequate LGBTQ representation on the bench and its devastating impact on litigants and counsel in the community, says Janice Grubin, co-chair of the Judiciary Committee at the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York.
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Employers Must Heed Rising Attorney Stress And Alcohol Use
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Krill Strategies鈥� Patrick Krill, who co-authored a new study that revealed alarming levels of stress, hazardous drinking and associated gender disparities among practicing attorneys, highlights how legal employers can confront the underlying risk factors as both warnings and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 era.
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Lawyers Can Get Ready For Space Law To Take Flight
While international agreements for space law have remained relatively unchanged since their creation decades ago, the rapid pace of change in U.S. laws and policies is creating opportunities for both new and veteran lawyers looking to break into this exciting realm, in either the private sector or government, says Michael Dodge at the University of North Dakota.
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Ask A Mentor: What Makes A Successful Summer Associate?
Navigating a few densely packed weeks at a law firm can be daunting for summer associates, but those who are prepared to seize opportunities and not afraid to ask questions will be set up for success, says Julie Crisp at Latham.
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How To Successfully Market Your Summer Associate Program
Law firms can attract the right summer associate candidates and help students see what makes a program unique by using carefully crafted messaging and choosing the best ambassadors to deliver it, says Tamara McClatchey, director of career services at the University of Chicago Law School.
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Opinion
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Following the tragic attack on U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' family last summer and amid rising threats against the judiciary, legislation protecting federal judges' personal information and enhancing security measures at courthouses is urgently needed, says U.S. District Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Recalcitrant Attys Use Social Media?
Social media can be intimidating for reluctant lawyers but it can also be richly rewarding, as long as attorneys remember that professional accounts will always reflect on their firms and colleagues, and follow some best practices to avoid embarrassment, says Sean Marotta at Hogan Lovells.
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Practicing law through virtual platforms will likely persist even after the pandemic, so law firms and senior lawyers should consider refurbishing their associate mentoring programs to facilitate personal connections, professionalism and effective training in a remote environment, says Carol Goodman at Herrick Feinstein.
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How Law Firms Can Welcome And Celebrate Autistic Lawyers
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim聽Kardashian聽West's legal education.