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Greenberg Traurig Laterals Keep Coming in Miami as Firm Prioritizes South Florida Growth

The Miami-based Am Law 100 firm has added 10 shareholders and of counsels since the beginning of 2020, including many in high-growth practices such as corporate, M&A, litigation, and international disputes and tax.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Series on Contracting Challenges: Tips on Building Contract Templates

Designing and using templates is the easiest place to start for legal teams that want to streamline their company's contracting work. They are easiest because they fit precisely within the skillset of the attorneys. Attorneys know the words that go into contracts; actually, they know lots of words (maybe too many). Therein lies much of the problem.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

From Blockers to Enablers: How Corporate Legal Departments Can Accelerate Collaboration

It's no longer enough to offer a better mousetrap. If it creates unexpected environmental, social, public health or governance related externalities, or if it potentially violates existing laws or regulations, or if it is offensive or threatening to a community - then it's a doomed mousetrap, no matter how well it works.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Veteran Fintech Lawyer, Headed for Startup, Talks Privacy Hurdles and Building a 'Counsel Team'

Square Inc. deputy general counsel Kirupa Pushparaj will be the first GC of Step, a new banking platform for teens and young adults.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

These GCs Are Seeking to Advance Diversity From Within

At Exelon, the legal department sets up rooms to have hard discussions surrounding social issues and race. These are considered "judgment-free rooms," an in-house leader said.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Gates Foundation Lawyer Exits, Takes Legal Chief Job at New Nonprofit Group

The lawyer has been with the Gates Foundation since 2012.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Georgia Pestana Confirmed as First Female and First Latina Leader of New York City's Law Department

Pestana, who has spent 33 years working for the Law Department, also becomes its first leader "in modern history to be drawn from the ranks of the extraordinary career lawyers" who work there, according to Zachary Carter, a former Law Department head.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Firms Respond to Morgan Stanley CLO: 'Most of Our GCs Aren't Focusing on How the Sausage Gets Made'

Clients care about responsiveness and cost control, not where or how the work gets done, according to five South Florida law firm leaders.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Law School Students Are Increasingly Eyeing In-House Innovation Opportunities. Are There Enough Jobs?

Corporate legal departments may be the top choice for law school graduates looking for innovation jobs, especially as in-house departments change the way they hire talent.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Innovative Legal Department of the Year: Upwork Legal

"When in-house counsel invest in innovative companies that are meeting their needs rather than established companies that 'can work,' they help spur innovation for both new companies and the established ones," says Michelle Alborzfar of Upwork.
5 minute read

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