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The American Lawyer

Cooley Lures MoFo Data Privacy Litigator

Kristen Mathews joins Cooley as the firm looks to both buttress its data privacy group as well as its litigation capabilities in New York.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Compensation for Pa.'s Top GCs Takes Positive Turn With Increases All Around

Coming off of a year that saw a slight drop in numbers for several key compensation metrics in Pennsylvania, in 2023 things took a positive turn. Clear gains were reported for the highest-paid GCs in the state.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

2024 Proxy Season Highlights: Compensation Trends and Lessons Learned

Companies can look to these trends to determine the based way forward with respect to compensation decisions.
10 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ropes Chair Julie Jones Will Serve A Second 5-Year Term

Ropes & Gray chair Julie Jones will start her second term in January, while Chicago partner and management committee member Neill Jakobe has been appointed vice chair, in top management moves at the global firm.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Norton Rose Moves Away from C-Suite Structure as Jeff Cody, Peter Scott Retain Top Roles

A global management committee staffed by regional leaders will make the firm more nimble, Cody and Scott said.
4 minute read

International Edition

Gibson Dunn Cuts Half of Singapore Partnership, Four Partners Set to Leave

The move, which leaves the firm with three partners who are solely based in Singapore, comes in contrast to the steady influx into the city-state in recent years.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

'Clear the Runway': Bill Lee's Longtime Focus on Succession Planning

Wilmer's Lee, who tried seven cases between February 2021 and November 2022, says the work was taxing. "It requires a degree of mental and physical stamina that, at least for me as I'm in my 70s, was not something that I could look myself in the mirror and claim that I was sure that I had."
5 minute read

International Edition

Singapore's Chief Justice Urges Firms To Build Sustainable Workplaces to Retain Young Talent

Recent data pins poor work-life balance, workplace culture and excessive workload as the key factors influencing young lawyers in the city-state to exit firms or legal practice altogether.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Yeah, Boy! O'Melveny's Flavor Flav Deal With USA Water Polo Paves Path for More Celebrities in Olympic Sports

Ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the hometown firm is trying to bring together more celebrities and underfunded Olympic teams.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

University of Georgia's School of Law Announces Programs to Fund More Attorneys in 'Legal Deserts'

"We are still trying to get competitive pay for our prosecutors and our public defenders," executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia Peter Skandalakis said. "When you're talking about the rural areas that don't get a lot of county support financially, they're not able to compete with the salaries that are being paid in the metro areas."
5 minute read

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