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Browne Jacobson announces first GC
Law firm Browne Jacobson announced the appointment of Oliver Sweeney as its first general counsel.
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BlogFormer SEC enforcement head Grewal joins N.Y. law firm Milbank as partner
Gurbir Grewal, who recently left the Securities and Exchange Commission after three years as head of its Division of Enforcement, has joined the law firm Milbank as a partner in its New York office.
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UnitedLex promotes GC to CEO
UnitedLex, a data and professional services company specializing in litigation, intellectual property, contracts, compliance, and legal operations, announced that the company’s general counsel Renee Meisel has been appointed chief executive officer.
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Execo welcomes chief legal officer
Execo, a next-generation alternative legal services provider, announced the appointment of Eunice Tan as its chief legal officer.
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PremiumAre the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act constitutional? A Florida judge just said no
A federal court in Florida has lashed out at federal whistleblower programs by dismissing a mundane False Claims Act case against a medical practice on the grounds that the qui tam provisions of the FCA are unconstitutional.
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Wordsmith appoints general counsel
Wordsmith, an AI-powered workspace for in-house legal teams, announced the appointment of Lucy Tyrrell as general counsel.
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Clarivate names chief administrative, legal officer
Clarivate appointed Melanie Margolin to the expanded role of chief administrative and legal officer.
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PremiumCompensation survey pegs annual pay at $419K for public company CCOs
Annual pay and bonus compensation for chief compliance officers at public companies jumped to $419,000 since 2023, while CCOs at private companies saw a slight decrease to nearly $300,000, according to a new compensation survey.
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BCLP promotes partner to global GC
International law firm BCLP announced the promotion of Laura Giokas as its global general counsel.
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Crowell & Moring adds ContextLogic GC, compliance chief as partner
Crowell & Moring announced the appointment of Joanna Rosen Forster, who most recently served as general counsel and chief compliance officer for ContextLogic, as a partner in the litigation group in its San Francisco office.
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Greenberg Traurig adds two former GCs as in-house counsels
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig added two former general counsels, Patrick Kassen and Matthew Bromberg, as in-house counsels.
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ExpertConnect Litigation Support appoints GC
ExpertConnect Litigation Support announced that Jay Prabhu has been named managing director and general counsel.
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Commonwealth Asset Management GC, CCO joins Crowell & Moring
Crowell & Moring announced that Christopher Mendez, former general counsel and chief compliance officer at Commonwealth Asset Management, has joined its financial services group as senior counsel.
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News BriefSEC charges attorney over independence violations post-compliance engagement
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a New York-based attorney for allegedly engaging in improper conduct by violating her obligations to remain independent after preparing an independent compliance report for a company.
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Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg adds general counsel
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg, a majority women-owned trial boutique, announced Quinn Johnson joined the firm as partner and general counsel.
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Hispanic National Bar Foundation appoints Velocity legal chief as president
The Hispanic National Bar Foundation appointed Justin Carlson, Velocity Solutions’ chief legal officer and general counsel, as its president.
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Ware & Kay Solicitors appoints risk, compliance officer
Law firm Ware & Kay Solicitors announced the appointment of James Withers as risk and compliance officer.
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Armstrong Teasdale taps partner as new general counsel
Armstrong Teasdale announced the appointment of Partner Maureen Bryan to serve as the law firm’s general counsel.
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Davis Polk rehires ex-Morgan Stanley CCO as white-collar chair
Davis Polk announced Raul Yanes, former chief compliance officer at Morgan Stanley, will rejoin the law firm as a partner in the white-collar defense and investigations practice in New York.
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PremiumSurveys: Finance, legal execs share concerns around AI use
Finance executives and general counsel alike say their firms and leadership teams are unprepared for the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence, according to two recent surveys.