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CEO-Led Consortium Releases Framework For Procuring AI
The Data & Trusted AI Alliance, a data-focused nonprofit group led by chief executive officers, has announced the release of its AI Vendor Assessment Framework, which it claims can help businesses navigate the vendor review process while evaluating generative artificial intelligence products.
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Constellation Brands Names New Top Atty As CLO Retires
Constellation Brands Inc., the makers of Corona and Modelo beer and other alcoholic beverages, has recently announced a successor for its outgoing chief legal officer who will retire from his position and transition to a new role in March.
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Former Risk Officer Returns To Faegre Drinker In Philadelphia
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP recently welcomed back to its Philadelphia office an attorney who spent nearly 14 years working in-house for international investment firm Aberdeen, including the past seven as the firm's chief risk officer.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week, with more government attorneys moving to private practice, leadership changes and artificial intelligence-related court filing mishaps. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Many Cos. Not Ready For National Security Risks, Report Says
At least a third of U.S. companies aren't fully prepared to address key national security compliance risks they face, and the C-suite often isn't aligned with its in-house counsel as to who is primarily responsible for those efforts, according to a new survey from Eversheds Sutherland.
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Dell Accused Of Firing In-House Atty On Maternity Leave
Dell illegally fired an attorney in the midst of her maternity leave after repeatedly denying her promotion opportunities and handing them to her male colleagues instead, the attorney told a Massachusetts federal court.
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Shaky Global Landscape? All Part Of The Job For This CLO
With an uncertain geopolitical environment, and the U.S. government reshaping its visa program, Rupa Patel sees her new job as chief legal officer at Vialto Partners as guiding a legal team that must deal daily with this rapidly changing global landscape.
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Genova Burns Lands NJ Education Vet From College GC Role
Genova Burns LLC added a longtime expert in New Jersey education law, most recently serving as general counsel for Essex County College, as of counsel, according to an announcement this week.
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Arnold & Porter Bolsters DC Team With Energy Policy Adviser
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP has hired the former executive director of government affairs for the Americas and of U.S. federal relations at Air Products, an industrial gas company that works with clients in a range of industries, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Alphabet CLO Urges Europe To Clear Hurdles For AI
Kent Walker, president of global affairs and chief legal officer for Google and Alphabet, on Wednesday called on the European Union to do away with "regulatory complexity" as global competition in artificial intelligence intensifies, saying European businesses are finding regulation to be their biggest hurdle to investment in the bloc.
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Ex-School GC Beats Charge Of Violating Grand Jury Secrecy
A split Florida state appellate panel on Wednesday called for tossing an indictment against a former school district general counsel for violating the secrecy of a grand jury related to a 2018 mass shooting, finding that the statewide grand jury that charged her did not have the authority to do so.
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2 Shareholder Groups Call Exxon Voting Program Illegal
Two activist shareholder groups are asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to rescind its effective approval of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s new voting program, which allows retail investors to choose a standing, multiyear instruction to vote in favor of management, claiming it is illegal.
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Baker Donelson Brings On Construction Biz COO In Atlanta
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has added the chief operating officer and former general counsel of construction, program management and real estate development company H. J. Russell & Co. to its Atlanta office, strengthening its real estate group.
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Keller Williams Taps Deputy For GC Role
Keller Williams LLC has promoted its deputy general counsel Kendra Newman to general counsel, the real estate franchise announced Wednesday.
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The Top In-House Hires Of September
Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at Microsoft, TD Bank and Compass. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from September.
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Simpson Thacher Taps Barclays Atty For Shareholder Group
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced on Wednesday it has hired a former Barclays Capital attorney to lead its shareholder engagement and activism defense group.
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Mayer Brown Gov't Investigations Head Moves To MoFo
Kimberly Hamm, former general counsel to the speaker of the House, has joined Morrison Foerster LLP from Mayer Brown LLP as co-chair of the law firm's congressional investigations practice, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Former FDA Associate Chief Counsel Joins Blank Rome In DC
The former associate chief counsel at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of the Chief Counsel has joined Blank Rome LLP in Washington, D.C., to continue his practice focused on sciences matters, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Investment Management Firm Avala Global Names GC
Avala Global LP has hired a top legal executive from Viking Global Investors LP as its general counsel and chief compliance officer, the New York City investment firm announced Tuesday.
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Family Office GC Rejoins Morgan Lewis In Boston, Philly
A former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner has rejoined the firm in the private client group after spending more than 10 years as general counsel and chief operating officer of a private, multifamily office.
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In-House Counsel Numbers Grow Much Faster Than Outside
A report from the Association of Corporate Counsel released Tuesday highlights "a dramatic and consistent rise in the number of in-house lawyers" in the U.S., showing that their numbers have nearly doubled since 2008.
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Paymentus Pins Fintech Atty's Firing On Behavior, Not Bias
Billing company Paymentus Corp. told a North Carolina federal judge on Tuesday that it fired a former in-house attorney due to her alleged lack of workplace professionalism, rebutting her claims of age and gender bias.
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Steptoe Adds Ex-Mixhalo Prez, GC As Partner In LA
Steptoe LLP announced Tuesday it welcomed the former president of Mixhalo, who previously served as general counsel of the audio technology company, to its Los Angeles office as a new partner.
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Longtime SEC Litigator Joins Invitation Homes In Texas
A litigator with more than two decades of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission experience has joined the legal team at Dallas-based single-family home leasing and management company Invitation Homes Inc. as senior vice president, litigation and investigations.
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Ballard Spahr Rehires Solar Co. Attorney In Salt Lake City
An attorney who started his legal career at Ballard Spahr LLP has rejoined the team in Salt Lake City after working for years as part of the in-house legal team at New Orleans-based solar energy provider PosiGen, the firm recently announced.
Expert Analysis
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A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter
Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job?
Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.
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Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law
Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.
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AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024
The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Embrace Active Voice In Legal Writing — In Most Cases
Legal writers should strive to craft sentences in the active voice to promote brevity and avoid ambiguities that can spark litigation, but writing in the passive voice is sometimes appropriate — when it's a moral choice and not a grammatical failure, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Help Associates Turn Down Work?
Marina Portnova at Lowenstein Sandler discusses what partners can do to aid their associates in setting work-life boundaries, especially around after-hours assignment availability.
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How AI Legal Research Tools Are Shifting Law Firm Processes
Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.
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Data Source Proliferation Is A Growing E-Discovery Challenge
With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.
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Bracing For A Generative AI Revolution In Law
With many legal professionals starting to explore practical uses of generative artificial intelligence in areas such as research, discovery and legal document development, the fundamental principle of human oversight cannot be underscored enough for it to be successful, say Ty Dedmon at Bradley Arant and Paige Hunt at Lighthouse.
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Why I Use ChatGPT To Tell Me Things I Already Know
The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Use Social Media Responsibly?
Leah Kelman at Herrick Feinstein discusses the importance of reasoned judgment and thoughtful process when it comes to newly admitted attorneys' social media use.
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Yada, Yada, Yada: The Magic Of 3 In Legal Writing
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Attorneys should take a cue from U.S. Supreme Court justices and boil their arguments down to three points in their legal briefs and oral advocacy, as the number three is significant in the way we process information, says Diana Simon at University of Arizona.
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How Firms Can Stop Playing Whack-A-Mole With Data Security
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In order to achieve a robust client data protection posture, law firms should focus on adopting a risk-based approach to security, which can be done by assessing gaps, using that data to gain leadership buy-in for the needed changes, and adopting a dynamic and layered approach, says John Smith at Conversant Group.
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5 Life Lessons From Making Partner As A Solo Parent
Laranda Walker at Susman Godfrey, who was raising two small children and working her way to partner when she suddenly lost her husband, shares what fighting to keep her career on track taught her about accepting help, balancing work and family, and discovering new reserves of inner strength.