In-House Counsel News

Wooden block tower collapsing, a Weil Gotshal law firm crisis concept

Weil Hires Restructuring Lawyers… For Weil

October 28, 2026

Weil Gotshal reportedly hired Davis Polk restructuring partners to weigh a merger, a smaller firm or a wind-down as partners keep leaving.

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Want A Legal Job At Google? Start At MoFo Or Wilson Sonsini

October 27, 2026

Which law firms feed Big Tech legal jobs at Google, Meta, Nvidia and OpenAI? New Pirical data ranks MoFo and Wilson Sonsini on top, with Kirkland just 11th.

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Pocket watch on US dollar bills, a nod to partner billing rates rising as billable hours fall

Biglaw Partners Bill Less, Earn More; Rates Hit $1,242/Hr.

October 27, 2026

Partner billing rates rose 11% to $1,242 an hour as Am Law 200 partner pay hit a record $1.55M on fewer billable hours, Major, Lindsey & Africa says.

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Paperwork stacked beside a laptop as in-house lawyers sort AI-drafted complaints

In-House Lawyers On AI: Fewer Cuts, Way More Paperwork

October 27, 2026

AI isn’t replacing in-house lawyers, a Dentons study finds. It is flooding legal teams with AI-drafted complaints and grievances, and the bills keep climbing.

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Code on a computer screen, the kind of work in the Weil AI summer program

Weil Will Pay 1Ls To Learn Python, Not Doc Review

October 27, 2026

The new Weil AI summer program puts 1Ls on its LASER team to learn Python and build a neural network, then guarantees a 2L summer offer. Here is why it matters.

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Microsoft Offers Buyouts To 60,000, Legal Included

October 27, 2026

Microsoft buyouts reach up to 60,000 employees, and its legal affairs group is partly included. What it means for in-house counsel and big tech legal jobs.

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MSG’s New Legal Chief Books $2.6M In Three Months

October 27, 2026

General counsel compensation at MSG: new chief legal officer Allen Lo made $2.6M in about three months, while the exiting GC left with $2.2M in cash.

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Toy car piled with moving boxes: GC moves of the week, general counsel and chief legal officer job changes

GC Moves Of The Week: Fox, Dell, BuzzFeed Swap Top Lawyers

October 27, 2026

GC moves of the week: Fox and Dell promote insiders to the top legal job, BuzzFeed’s chief legal officer quits, and five more general counsel changes.

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Skadden’s Best Product? Getting Paid To Do Nothing

October 25, 2026

A Skadden retainer once bought one thing: a raider couldn’t hire Joe Flom. How conflicts became a product, and what it means for buying outside counsel.

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