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, and this week’s hot jobs.
This week’s highlights:
- New: The General Counsel Directory is back, with 4,200+ GC and CLO moves and new ones added every weekday
- What boards really want from their general counsel: business judgment, bad news early and plain English.
- Weil votes on its own wind-down after 95 years, and what it means for in-house teams.
- Delaware drafts companies run by AI agents, with no human needed.
- Lexis quietly stamps your downloads “AI-Generated,” and billable hours just hit a record.
- Hot jobs: GE Aerospace, Polymarket, Red Cell Partners and Netflix are hiring.
In this In-House Briefing™: News · Careers · Hot Jobs · Weird, Wacky & Funny · GC Moves
News
On InhouseBlog
- What Boards Really Want From Their General Counsel – business judgment, bad news early and plain English.
- New GCs: Stop Talking Law, Start Recommending – three GCs and CLOs on making the call, hiring fractional first and listening.
- GCs: What Your CFO Actually Wants From Legal – trust starts with forecasts, not surprises.
- AI Governance: Your GC Is Now The Architect – Tipalti’s chief legal officer on shadow AI and stoplight rules for tools.
- Delaware Drafts Companies Run By AI Agents, No Human Needed – an “Artificial Intelligence Company” with its human member shielded from liability.
- In-House Lawyers On AI: Fewer Cuts, Way More Paperwork – Dentons finds AI is flooding legal teams with AI-drafted complaints.
- Biglaw Partners Bill Less, Earn More; Rates Hit $1,242/Hr. – partner rates up 11% as average pay hits a record $1.55M.
- Weil Hires Restructuring Lawyers… For Weil – a merger, a smaller firm or a wind-down.
- Weil Votes On Its Own Wind-Down After 95 Years – leaders recommend closing; what it means for in-house teams.
- Weil Will Pay 1Ls To Learn Python, Not Doc Review – 1Ls join its LASER team to learn Python and build a neural network.
Around The Web
- GCs say legal drives the business; only 17% of the C-suite agrees. At an Association of Corporate Counsel roundtable, 15 chief legal officers talked through AI and the law department of 2030: 86% of GCs say their department significantly contributes to business objectives, but only 17% of the C-suite agrees. (The Law Department of 2030, Corporate Counsel Now (ACC))
- Your AI use goes in the RFP. Kathryn Rattigan of Robinson+Cole writes up a DRI panel where legal leaders from Bayer, Fifth Third Bank and Progressive said AI now shows up in their outside counsel guidelines and RFPs. Three questions for yours: which tools touch your data, who checks the output, and does the bill go down? Is your own department hiring AI counsel yet? (The New Client Expectation: Lawyers Who Know How to Use AI, Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider)
- Lexis quietly stamps your downloads ‘AI-Generated’. Greg Lambert at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog found LexisNexis Protégé writes hidden “AI-Generated” properties into downloaded files, including a memo he typed himself. If your legal operations team sets AI disclosure rules, check your own metadata. (Lexis Protégé Is Labeling Your Downloads “AI-Generated”, 3 Geeks and a Law Blog)
- AI was supposed to cut legal bills. Billable time just hit a record. Clio’s 2026 Legal Trends Report says lawyers now log 3.4 billable hours a day, 53% more than in 2016. If AI makes outside counsel faster, ask why the hours keep climbing; our guide to managing outside counsel can help frame it. (Clio’s 2026 Legal Trends Report, Clio (PR Newswire))
- The partner pay gap is 41%. Major, Lindsey & Africa’s new partner survey finds men averaging $1.68 million and women $1.11 million, with much of the gap tied to origination credit. Non-equity partners now bill over $1,000 an hour. (Law Firm Partners Bill Fewer Hours, Earn More, Major, Lindsey & Africa)
Careers
On InhouseBlog
- GC Moves Of The Week: Fox, Dell, BuzzFeed Swap Top Lawyers – insiders promoted at Fox and Dell; BuzzFeed’s legal chief quits.
- MSG’s New Legal Chief Books $2.6M In Three Months – general counsel compensation, proxy edition.
- Want A Legal Job At Google? Start At MoFo Or Wilson Sonsini – which law firms feed Big Tech legal departments.
- Ghosted Again? Job Seekers Try Harder, Hear Less – 81% rejected without contact, per new Greenhouse data.
- Microsoft Offers Buyouts To 60,000, Legal Included – what it means for the legal affairs group.
Around The Web
- Recruiters are drowning in bot applications. Kathryn Moody at HR Dive reports Gartner’s Jamie Kohn saying application volume has more than doubled in two years, partly thanks to bots and AI agents. Job hunting? Write for the screening software first; our guide to getting an in-house counsel job covers the rest. (4 trends explaining why recruiters are struggling right now, HR Dive)
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).
- Head of Product Legal, Polymarket – New York, NY · $300,000 to $500,000
- General Counsel, Digital Technology & Global Security, GE Aerospace – Cincinnati, Atlanta or Washington, D.C. · $250,000 to $340,000
- Deputy General Counsel, Healthcare, Red Cell Partners – Washington, D.C. or Arlington, VA · $360,000 to $440,000
- Vice President and General Counsel, Wadhwani Foundation – San Francisco (remote) · $300,000 to $350,000
- Sr. Vice President, Legal & Compliance, Applause – Remote · $250,000 to $400,000
- Deputy General Counsel, NovaSource Power – Houston or Phoenix
- Counsel, Marketing Legal, Netflix – Los Angeles, CA · $250,000 to $530,000
- Assistant General Counsel, Commercial Alliances, CrowdStrike – Remote · $210,000 to $300,000
- Assistant General Counsel, Product & Technology, Vail Resorts – Denver, CO · $210,000 to $230,000
- Associate Counsel, National Football League – New York, NY · $210,000 to $245,000
More by city: Atlanta · Cincinnati · Denver · Houston · Phoenix · Remote. Or browse all General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer jobs and Deputy GC jobs.
Weird, Wacky & Funny
- The jack-o’-lantern patent. Seyfarth Shaw’s Puya Partow-Navid uses U.S. Patent No. 4,296,659, a 1981 jack-o’-lantern forming method, to explain method claims and divided infringement. A fun one for IP counsel; more oddities on our weird, wacky and funny page. (Trick or Claim? What a Pumpkin Patent Teaches Us About Method Claims, Seyfarth Shaw)
GC Moves
New this week: the InhouseBlog General Counsel Directory is back. It now holds more than 4,200 general counsel and chief legal officer moves, and we track new appointments, promotions and departures every weekday. Search every move in the General Counsel Directory. Here are October’s moves:
- Stephanie Parks – Named: Chief Compliance Officer, GoFundMe
- Katherine Piper – Named: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, XGS Energy
- Nicholas Schubert – Named: General Counsel, W.E. O'Neil Construction
- Kimberly K. Otte – Named: Associate Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, University of Minnesota
- David Kronenfeld – Named: Chief Legal Officer, Westwin Elements
- Jason Krause – Named: Senior Vice President and General Counsel, BPGbio
- Maria Ostrovsky – Named: General Counsel, Candel Therapeutics
- Chris Shea – Named: Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, Longitude Health
- Karol K. Denniston – Named: Vice President of Legal and General Counsel, Jessup University
- Clément Smadja – Named: Chief Legal Officer, Authentic Brands Group
- Barbara Sinsley – Named: Chief Legal and Privacy Officer, Minty
- Nicole Vipperman – Named: Chief Compliance Officer, GenNx360 Capital Partners
- Thomas Kim – Named: Chief Legal Officer, S&P Global
- Amy Rothstein-Hovey – Named: General Counsel, Comtech Telecommunications
- Patricia M. Schaubeck – Named: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, BCB Bancorp
- Joe Pitstick – Promoted: General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice President of Compliance, Porsche Financial Services
- Sara Romine – Promoted: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Lockton
- Diane Mokriski – Promoted: General Counsel and Vice President of Human Resources and Employment Law Services, CBIA
- Christopher Garcia – Promoted: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Dell Technologies
- Nicholas Trutanich – Promoted: General Counsel, Fox Corporation
- Jed S. Freeman – Promoted: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Carpenter Technology
- Lisa Washington – Promoted: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, WSFS Financial
- Eric C. Nelson – Promoted: Chief Legal Officer, Fiserv
- Lynne Fuller-Andrews – Stepped down: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Sunbelt Rentals Holdings
- David Arroyo – Stepped down: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, BuzzFeed
- Richard Rothberg – Stepped down: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Dell Technologies
- Adam Ciongoli – Stepped down: Chief Legal and Policy Officer, Fox Corporation
- James D. Dee – Stepped down: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Carpenter Technology
- Kyle Wood – Stepped down: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Silvia, Inc.
- Melinda McAfee – Stepped down: Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Victoria's Secret & Co.
- Erika Fisher – Stepped down: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, HubSpot
- Amy Pugh – Stepped down: General Counsel, Green Dot
- Joseph Podwika – Stepped down: Chief Legal Officer, Bunge Global
- Robert Terry – Stepped down: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Skyworks Solutions
- Thomas Kim – Stepped down: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Gartner
- Kenneth R. Lepage – Stepped down: General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer, Watts Water Technologies
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.