“Two unions representing more than 3,500 workers at Hennepin County are demanding high wages, more hazard pay and work-from-home stipends as part of its contract negotiations with the county. As of Monday, Jan. 10, the two unions authorized a strike. Locals 34 and 2822 both rejected Hennepin,” reports Jack Molmud in Kare 11.

“County’s recent offer for a new contract in December 2021, saying the county can support them more due to the funds supplied by the federal government. County workers who rallied in downtown Minneapolis Tuesday said the weight of the pandemic has stressed them emotionally and financially, and that’s why they’re seeking a contract,”

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“As the trade deadline approaches, with it comes the season in which contracts are evaluated and debated. According to Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report, the worst contract for the Portland Trail Blazers belongs to CJ McCollum. While Hughes notes that “worst” is relative depending on the team, his analysis of,” reports L. Hostetler in SB Nation.

“Damian Lillard’s contract runs a year longer than CJ McCollum’s, and the six-time All-NBA guard is owed $76.2 million more from 2022-23 through the end of his deal than McCollum is. Still, Lillard has been the reliable driver of an elite offense for most of his career, while McCollum is merely a good second option. Dame has carried the Blazer,”

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“A workers’ rights group is trying to spread the word about an ordinance that kicked in at the start of the year, requiring employers to provide a written contract to domestic workers. The law covers nannies, cleaners and workers who care for the elderly regardless of citizenship documentation,” reports Mitch Dudek in Chicago Sun Times.

“Informing individual workers and their employers is a challenge, said Ania Jakubek, of Arise Chicago, a workers’ rights advocacy group that helped ensure passage of the ordinance in June. These are not registered companies that you can find through the Illinois secretary of state, Jakubek said Tuesday during a virtual news conference,”

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“Are you a Biglaw attorney? Are you miserable? Yes, obviously the global pandemic makes everything worse, but even before that there was a deep thread of unhappiness in far too many lawyers. Well, you aren’t alone. And on this episode of The Jabot podcast, we talk about making changes to be,” reports Kathryn Rubino in Above The Law.

“I’m joined by one of my closest friends, Stephanie Wilkins, on the podcast. Steph was on track for Biglaw partnership when she decided to hang it all up to travel the world and be a freelancer. We discuss the highs and lows of giving up your legal career, the price of happiness, freelance work in the time of COVID-19, and more. The Jabot,”

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“Imperva, Inc., the cybersecurity leader whose mission is to protect data and all paths to it, announces Brad Steiner as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. He will lead the company’s legal team, and oversee corporate governance and compliance, reporting to CEO Pam Murphy. Brad brings,” reports Business Wire in their blog.

“A wealth of legal and compliance experience for global, high growth, and public companies that underpin our next phase of growth,” says Murphy. “His business acumen and keen legal insights will enable us to leverage our reputation and brand in the market as trusted advisors while continuing to take market share. Steiner held senior,”

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“A settlement agreement has been reached involving property owners along Lake Manitoba. More than ten years since extensive flooding damaged homes and property, the Manitoba government has been forced to pay $85.5 million dollars in settlement money, including to cottage owner Alice Dent,” reports Abigail Turner in Global News.

“Anyone who owned real or personal property, off the nearby First Nation’s reserve and within a 30 km radius of the lake that was damaged by the 2011 flooding may make a claim for compensation. Those affected have until April 14, 2022 to file a claim. Our main focus on this whole class-action lawsuit was to prove the government was,”

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“New Hanover County was the first of 76 North Carolina counties to file suit four years ago, alongside state Attorney General Josh Stein, against major pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors for their roles in fueling the nationwide opioid crisis. The county has been invested in the opioid,” reports Amy Passaretti in Port City Daily.

“Litigation from the start. Its overdose rate, 39.7 per 100,000 residents, is higher than the state average, which is 28.4 per 100,000 residents. Ninety-three county residents died from overdoses in 2020 alone. re than 3,000 lawsuits from nearly every state were combined into multi-district litigation, which resulted in a $26-billion,”

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“As corporate transactions picked up at the end of 2020, there were signs the Big Law talent market was ready to take off. Still, nobody could have predicted the frenetic pace of lateral moves in 2021. The 50 largest firms hired nearly 1,100 lateral partners through mid-December, according to Firm,” reports Roy Strom in Bloomberg Law.

“Which tracks law firm rosters. That’s up 76% from 2020 a relatively down year for Big Law moves during the pandemic. It’s also a 20% jump from 2019, when things were more normal. While this story highlights partner moves, it was an even a bigger year for associate hiring, as firms scrambled to handle the flood of work in a high,”

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“XNA announced Wednesday (Jan. 12) that Bentonville attorney Brian Burke will be its new general counsel and director of compliance. Burke, the former chairman of the XNA board of directors, is expected to transition into the new position over the next several months while he winds down his private,” reports Jeff Della Rossa in TBP.

“According to a news release, the solo practitioner is a Bentonville native with more than 25 years of transactional and ligation experience. Burke earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Arkansas and a J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law. He’s served as president of the Bentonville Public Schools Foundation,”

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“The long-running lawsuit Apple faced over off-the-clock bag searches of its employees in California is almost over. While its final approval hearing won’t take place until July, the tech giant has detailed the terms of the $29.9 million settlement it agreed to and provided claimants (and everyone else) access,” reports Mariella Moon in Yahoo Finance.

“Documents related to the case on its legal website. The list of documents includes everything from the original class action complaint to notices of the settlement to different types of class members. It also includes information on how to get in contact with the settlement administrator. A group Apple employees sued the company in 2013,”

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“Accellion Inc has reached an $8.1 million deal with a proposed nationwide class to end litigation over a breach of its legacy file transfer product, a platform that allowed companies to securely share large or sensitive files, according to settlement papers filed in California federal court. The Palo Alto-based tech,” reports Sara Merken in Reuters.

“Company faced claims that it failed to properly secure sensitive personal information of millions of individuals after hackers exploited a vulnerability in Accellion’s platform, according to a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement, filed by the plaintiffs’ lawyers on Wednesday. The data breach impacted a variety of Accellion clients,”

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“The Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the economy is far from over. Ripple effects spread far beyond the typical business’s bottom line. Besides obvious health and safety concerns and the operational difficulties that accompany remote work, and in addition to supply chain problems plaguing much of the economy, the typical enterprise has also seen its regulatory compliance obligations change dramatically, altering risks and increasing costs,” reports Kayvan Alikhani in Forbes.

“With 2022 just around the corner, now is the time to chart a new path forward that makes sure 2020 and 2021 were anomalies, not the new normal”

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“I am running out of words to describe how utterly bonkers the Biglaw lateral market is. I mean, yes, fire is still accurate or red hot if you prefer and yeah, it’s going to keep on going. And law firms are emptying their arsenals raises, special bonuses, signing bonuses, retention bonuses and,” reports Kathryn Rubino in Above The Law.

“Now there are some hard data points to put with the Great Lateralization. The legal data company Decipher, which provides firms with due diligence on lateral hires, as reported by ABA Journal, has quantified the lateral moves. And, the high-level numbers are eye-popping: through September 30th, 13,987 associates moved to new firms,”

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“Endeavors is excited to welcome Danny McDonald into the new executive position of General Counsel/Chief Risk Officer, a role in which he will lead Endeavors’ legal services and risk management process. McDonald’s role is twofold as General Counsel, he will manage all legal matters impacting,” reports Globe News Wire in their blog.

“Endeavors, oversee the provision of all legal services to Endeavors, and counsel the company’s senior leadership on a broad range of matters impacting the organization. As Chief Risk Officer, he will be responsible for implementing a comprehensive enterprise risk management program. McDonald has over 15 years of experience in the legal field,”

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“The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is appealing a judge’s ruling that prevented it from intervening in Activision Blizzard’s $18m settlement to end a sex discrimination lawsuit last year. Activision continues to be under intense scrutiny after California’s DFEH claimed,” reports Katyanna Quach in The Register.

“The gaming giant fostered a frat boy work culture. In a lawsuit filed in July 2021, the department claimed this toxic workplace led to sex-based discrimination, including harassment against female employees. The case runs parallel to other probing and litigation. The US National Labor Relations Board is investigating a complaint made by the,”

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“T. Rowe Price Group Inc. will pay $7 million and add a brokerage window to its 401(k) plan, resolving an 18,000-person class action claiming the plan was filled with expensive, in-house funds, papers filed in Maryland federal court show. The deal carries a total value of $18 million and provides all,” reports Jacklyn Wille in Bloomberg Law.

“Class members with minimum payments of $20 and additional money based on the size of their investments in the 39 T. Rowe Price funds challenged by the lawsuit, the plaintiffs said in a Jan. 7 settlement motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The deal requires T. Rowe Price to add a brokerage window to the plan,”

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Todd Presnell, a partner in the firm’s Nashville office, has been sworn in as president of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

“Todd is an exceptional trial lawyer and an advocate for his clients, and we know that his leadership will help advance ABOTA’s goals in the state of Tennessee,” said Bradley Nashville Office Managing Partner Lauren B. Jacques.

A member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, Mr. Presnell has an active trial practice, serves in discovery-counsel roles, and leads and advises on internal corporate investigations. He represents major corporations, small businesses, governmental entities, tax-exempt organizations, and individuals in litigation matters and has served as lead counsel in federal and state courts throughout the country. He has tried more than 25 cases to verdict and argued before the Tennessee Supreme Court and the Tennessee Court of Appeals, as well as the Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. Mr. Presnell also counsels and advises in-house legal departments on the attorney-client and other evidentiary privileges.

About Bradley
Bradley combines skilled legal counsel with exceptional client service and unwavering integrity to assist a diverse range of corporate and individual clients in achieving their business goals. With offices in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, the firm’s almost 600 lawyers represent regional, national and international clients in various industries, including banking and financial services, construction, energy, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, and technology, among many others.

CHICAGO (December 28, 2021) – Neal Gerber Eisenberg (NGE) is pleased to announce the addition of Frank Paolini as a partner in the Private Wealth Services practice group. Paolini joins from Dentons, where he was partner in the Chicago Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation group.

Paolini advises high net worth individuals, family offices and businesses on multifaceted trust and estate planning, administration, litigation and dispute resolution. He has considerable experience developing tailor-made legal strategies for protecting and transferring wealth. He has also represented numerous fiduciaries of trusts and estates in disputes and litigation regarding the dispensation of assets, breaches of fiduciary duty, and other administrative challenges.

“Frank’s varied experience as an advisor enhances our ability to meet the diverse and increasingly complex needs of our private wealth clients,” said Bobby Gerber, Managing Partner of NGE. “I’m pleased to welcome Frank to the firm and look forward to working together.”

Prior to joining Dentons, Paolini was an associate at Plunkett Cooney in Detroit, where he was named one of Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Up & Coming Lawyers.

“Frank’s litigation and dispute resolution experience make him a valued addition and deepens the capabilities of our group,” said Larry Richman, chair of the firm’s Private Wealth Services practice group. “His skills will greatly benefit our high net worth clients.”

Paolini received his J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Michigan.

About NGE
Neal Gerber Eisenberg is a leading law firm dedicated to handling sophisticated matters for entrepreneurs, public companies, and private businesses and their owners. More than one-third of the lawyers at Neal Gerber Eisenberg were recognized in 2021 in Best Lawyers, and the firm represents scores of the Fortune 100 and many of the best-known private companies. The firm also acts as the trusted advisers to nonprofits, startups, growth companies and entrepreneurs. The firm has built over thirty years of trusted partnerships with clients that span the globe, and we meet each unique client need with the same personalized service and collaboration that provide the most practical solutions for every matter.

Contacts
John Albrighton
Marketing and Business Development Director
p: (312) 269-8065
e: jalbrighton@nge.com

Sidley Austin partners Kevin Lewis and Bart Biggers led a team that won the Financial Times’ 2021 “Innovation in Sustainability and ESG” award for their work with aviation and airline industry clients to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of ambitious zero-carbon goals. Lewis and Biggers are co-leaders of Sidley’s Aviation practice. The award notes that in 2021 alone, the aviation team led an airline client through the largest purchase of sustainable fuel in history. They also assisted airlines with large investments in cutting-edge sustainability technology, including carbon-capture technology and short-haul electric aircraft, as well as a new generation of supersonic aircraft powered by sustainable fuel.

CHICAGO (December 28, 2021) – Neal Gerber Eisenberg (NGE) is pleased to announce the addition of Frank Paolini as a partner in the Private Wealth Services practice group. Paolini joins from Dentons, where he was partner in the Chicago Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation group.

Paolini advises high net worth individuals, family offices and businesses on multifaceted trust and estate planning, administration, litigation and dispute resolution. He has considerable experience developing tailor-made legal strategies for protecting and transferring wealth. He has also represented numerous fiduciaries of trusts and estates in disputes and litigation regarding the dispensation of assets, breaches of fiduciary duty, and other administrative challenges.

“Frank’s varied experience as an advisor enhances our ability to meet the diverse and increasingly complex needs of our private wealth clients,” said Bobby Gerber, Managing Partner of NGE. “I’m pleased to welcome Frank to the firm and look forward to working together.”

Prior to joining Dentons, Paolini was an associate at Plunkett Cooney in Detroit, where he was named one of Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Up & Coming Lawyers.

“Frank’s litigation and dispute resolution experience make him a valued addition and deepens the capabilities of our group,” said Larry Richman, chair of the firm’s Private Wealth Services practice group. “His skills will greatly benefit our high net worth clients.”

Paolini received his J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Michigan.

About NGE
Neal Gerber Eisenberg is a leading law firm dedicated to handling sophisticated matters for entrepreneurs, public companies, and private businesses and their owners. More than one-third of the lawyers at Neal Gerber Eisenberg were recognized in 2021 in Best Lawyers, and the firm represents scores of the Fortune 100 and many of the best-known private companies. The firm also acts as the trusted advisers to nonprofits, startups, growth companies and entrepreneurs. The firm has built over thirty years of trusted partnerships with clients that span the globe, and we meet each unique client need with the same personalized service and collaboration that provide the most practical solutions for every matter.

Contacts
John Albrighton
Marketing and Business Development Director
p: (312) 269-8065
e: jalbrighton@nge.com