The In-House Briefing™ is your weekend read for in-house counsel, general counsel and chief legal officers: everything we posted this week, the best of what we shared with the In-House Counsel News group on LinkedIn, this week’s hot jobs, podcast picks and GC moves.
This week’s highlights:
- Anthropic’s IPO legal bill hits $41.5 million, with Wilson Sonsini as company counsel.
- Harvey out-hired Amazon and Apple for Big Law lawyers moving in-house, per Sartori & Partners.
- Blue Bird’s CLO gets a $739,375 bonus on a $500,000 base.
- Pennsylvania may make every court filer certify AI-checked citations.
- Hot jobs: Honeywell, Roche, Tapestry and Cornell are hiring.
In this In-House Briefing™: News · Careers · Hot Jobs · Weird, Wacky & Funny · GC Moves
News
On InhouseBlog
- Anthropic IPO Legal Bill Hits $41.5 Million – IPO legal fees in Anthropic’s amended S-1, with Wilson Sonsini as company counsel, and what the bill tells GCs about outside counsel spend.
- Is Cahill Next After Weil? Partner Exits, Merger Talk – Cahill Gordon has lost eight finance partners in 2026 and may be acquired, David Lat reports.
- Is Big Law Too Big To Fail After Weil? – Ken Crutchfield says low profit per partner leaves firms open to poaching, as AI-native firms compete for talent.
- Who Would Notice If Legal Disappeared Tomorrow? – an ACC Europe roundtable on legal department value beyond advice, and how in-house teams should show impact.
- Legal Department Metrics: Measure Decisions, Not Volume – start with the decision, pair measures and report outcomes, not volume.
- Your Executives’ AI Prompts Are Now Evidence – Polsinelli on IP, employment and discovery exposure as executives lead AI use at work.
- Sterling Miller’s Class Action Playbook: Man The Walls – ten steps, from risk mapping and arbitration clauses to panel counsel and insurance.
- Fake CEO, Fake Big Law Lawyer: $129M Allegedly Wired – prosecutors say an AI impersonation scheme faked CEOs and big law firm lawyers; what legal departments should check now.
- Replaced By AI, Rehired At A Premium: Meet AI Rebounding – an SHL survey finds companies that replace workers with AI and rehire them pay more.
- Bar Pass Rates Fall In 37 States; California Under 50% – California dipped to 48.3%, New York to 67%, and the national MBE mean dropped to 140.7.
- Bar Pass Rates Fell. Is AI To Blame? – a UVA law professor asks whether AI cognitive offloading is part of the reason.
- Arkansas Bar Exam Scandal: Ex-Official Faces 65 Felonies – scores were allegedly moved between test-takers for five years.
Around The Web
- Pennsylvania may make lawyers certify their AI citations. Angela Couloumbis reports for Spotlight PA that a committee advising the Pennsylvania Supreme Court wants every court filer who uses generative AI, lawyers and self-represented parties alike, to certify they checked AI citations, quotes and summaries of law, with sanctions running from a reprimand to fines to dismissal. Spotlight PA counted at least 13 cases in the state in 2025 with confirmed or implied AI hallucinations; comments are open until November 24. Hiring litigators there? See our Pennsylvania legal jobs. (Pennsylvania may require lawyers, other court filers to verify AI-generated citations, Spotlight PA)
Careers
On InhouseBlog
- Who Hires Big Law Associates In-House? Harvey Tops Amazon – Sartori & Partners counted 953 moves in six months: 77% were associates, and Harvey out-hired Amazon and Apple.
- Blue Bird CLO: $500K Base, $739K Bonus After 125% Kicker – from Blue Bird’s 8-K: a $500,000 base and a $739,375 bonus after a 125% multiplier.
- Goodyear CLO Gets $850K Base To Also Run Transformation – an $850K base, $850K bonus target and $1.25M in RSUs for added transformation duties.
- Kodak, Thor, Winnebago: What Their GCs Took Home – Kodak gives its GC a retroactive raise, Thor pays $2.87M, and Winnebago and Stitch Fix CLOs top $2M.
- 46% Of Legal Teams Got More Work; 45% Got No More People – Taylor Root’s in-house legal resourcing survey, and what it means for hiring and careers.
- Want A Quant Fund GC Job? Judgment Beats Credentials – Taylor Root says hire for the 3-5 year plan and test regulatory judgment, tech fluency and commercial influence.
- Legal Jobs Hit A Record 1.25 Million In October – BLS data, and what a rising legal job market means for in-house counsel weighing a move.
- Privacy Lawyers Who Add AI Governance Earn More – more than $169,700 at the median, says JW Michaels, citing the IAPP.
- New York GC Pay: Take-Home, Not Base, Sets The First Ask – $380K to $550K cash for mid-market GCs, says Sartori.
- Phoenix GCs: Only 29% Hit The $410K National Median – Salary.com puts GC base near $360K; Sartori has the rest.
- Seattle In-House Pay: Ask For Equity, Not $10K More Base – about $165K to $430K total cash, says Sartori, and once base hits midpoint, equity and bonus targets do the moving.
- GC Moves Of The Week: TE Connectivity, Winnebago, ePlus And 4 More – TE Connectivity hires a chief legal officer, ePlus promotes its deputy GC, and Winnebago and Enovix see exits.
Hot Jobs
Featured openings on GoInhouse® this week. Salary ranges are as posted (some figures are base salary only; in-house pay often adds bonus, equity and LTI).
- General Counsel, Honeywell – Atlanta, GA · $246,000 to $367,000
- Vice President, General Counsel, Roche – Indianapolis, IN · $311,920 to $408,450
- Vice President and General Counsel, Allen Institute – Seattle, WA · $285,650 to $424,215
- General Counsel, Sage – New York, NY · $300,000 to $350,000
- SVP, General Counsel & Company Secretary, Everway – Remote
- General Counsel, Trust & Will – Remote · $280,000 to $315,000
- VP, Deputy General Counsel, Tapestry – New York, NY · $320,000 to $360,000
- Deputy General Counsel, Cornell University – Ithaca, NY · $347,427 to $424,633
- Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Corporate, Freshworks – Redwood City, CA · $270,000 to $405,000
- Head of RayzeBio Legal, Bristol-Myers Squibb – San Diego, CA · $290,450 to $351,951
More by city: Atlanta · Indianapolis · New York · Redwood City · San Diego · Seattle · Remote. Or browse all General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer jobs and Deputy GC jobs.
Weird, Wacky & Funny
- The robe doesn’t beat a garbage ticket. The ABA Journal reports that New York’s Commission on Judicial Conduct has admonished Brooklyn Judge Katherine A. Levine, who repeatedly invoked her judicial role and trial schedule while contesting three city sanitation citations for garbage in front of her home. The commission noted she had no prior discipline since taking the bench in 2008. More oddities on our weird, wacky and funny page. (Judge who invoked role in garbage fine battle admonished, ABA Journal)
GC Moves of the Week
General counsel, chief legal officer and deputy GC moves we tracked this week. Search every move in the General Counsel Directory.
- Sarah Moore – Named: Chief Legal Officer, Anuvu
- Matt Pearson – Named: General Counsel, BeLeaf Medical
- Robert G. Haiman – Named: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Braemar Hotels & Resorts
- Beth Lebowitz – Named: Chief Legal Officer, Blackboard
- Stephanie Larkin – Named: General Counsel, Analogic Corporation
- Matthew Saunig – Named: Senior Vice President, General Counsel, American Eagle Financial Credit Union
- Heather Randall – Named: Chief Legal Officer, DTN
- Mellissa Campbell Duru – Named: Deputy Director and Deputy General Counsel, Council of Institutional Investors
- George Green – Named: Senior Vice President – Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, SM Energy
- Stephanie Shea – Named: General Counsel, Caltech
- Kira Druyan – Named: Chief Legal Officer, Dutch Bros
- James Plohg – Stepped down: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Braemar Hotels & Resorts
- Rachel Silverstein – Stepped down: EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Keel Infrastructure Corp.
- Victoria Tullett – Stepped down: Chief Legal Officer, Dutch Bros
That’s the week. Join the conversation in the In-House Counsel News group on LinkedIn, and see current in-house counsel jobs any time.