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Desert Sands Unified Votes to Renew School Resource Officer Contracts for Three Years at La Quinta Schools
Law Firm ManagementThe Desert Sands Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously to renew its contract through the 2024-2025 school year with the Riverside County Sheriff’s
Adam Silver on NBA Stars Forcing Trades: We Want Players and Teams to Honor Contracts
Law Firm ManagementFrom a league standpoint, we want teams to honor contracts, we want players to honor contracts,” he said. “There’s no doubt we’ll sit down and talk about it. I know we can do better
U.S. Soccer and Top Players Agree to Guarantee Equal Pay
Law Firm ManagementFor the first time, soccer players representing the United States men’s and women’s national teams will receive the same pay and prize money, including at World Cups, under landmark
Destination Miami: Big Law Follows the Money to South Florida
Law Firm ManagementMiami is Big Law’s latest go-to destination as the city looks to reshape itself and firms follow clients making their way south. Kirkland & Ellis, the world’s largest law firm, and Winston
REI Picks Next General Counsel
Law Firm ManagementREI Co-op has hired Minnie Alexander as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, effective May 31. Alexander is joining REI from The Walt Disney Company, where she has
Solara Medical Supplies Data Breach $9.76M Class Action Settlement
Law Firm ManagementSolara Medical Supplies has agreed to a $9.76 million class action settlement benefiting employees whose personal information may have been compromised during a 2019 data
Central Payment Co. Improper Fees $84M Class Action Settlement
Law Firm ManagementCentral Payment Co. has agreed to an $84 million settlement resolving claims it misrepresented and improperly added fees for its card-processing services. The class is made up of current
When Do You Really Need the Expense of a Law Firm?
AnnouncementsAdopting an Agile Approach to Legal Resourcing During an Inflationary Economy
Investigating The SCOTUS Leak: Here’s What Needs to be Done
Administrative LawH&M will pay $36 million to settle accusations that the fashion retailer illegally kept millions of dollars in gift cards that customers never used, New York Attorney General Letitia…
District Court Approves $500 Million Tribal Lending Settlement
Law Firm ManagementOn May 12, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia preliminarily approved a nearly $500 million class action settlement resolving allegations that tribal online
What’s Hot in Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement
Law Firm ManagementFrom a global pandemic to extreme weather events, supply shortages and a global energy crisis, it’s been a wild couple of years. The uncertainty and instability has bred innovation among
Databricks Appoints Tram Phi as Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Law Firm ManagementDatabricks, the Data and AI company and pioneer of the data lakehouse paradigm, today announced the appointment of Trâm Phi as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. In this role
H&M Reaches $36 Mln Settlement with New York Over Unused Gift Cards
Law Firm ManagementH&M will pay $36 million to settle accusations that the fashion retailer illegally kept millions of dollars in gift cards that customers never used, New York Attorney General Letitia James said
Illinois Facebook Users to Receive Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Payments of Up to $400
Law Firm ManagementFacebook users in Illinois who applied to collect a settlement stemming from a class action lawsuit could see their payment any day now. According to the settlement administrator, paper
OnPolitics: SCOTUS sides with Ted Cruz over campaign loan repayment
LitigationHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Sunday that Congress will take action on the baby formula shortage plaguing states throughout the country. The House is considering two pieces…
How Corporate Takeovers are Fundamentally Changing Podcasting
Law Firm ManagementAt first glance, it may seem as though Big Tech can’t figure out how to make money off its foray into podcasting. In early May 2022, Meta announced that it was abruptly ending Facebook
Charles Barber Named Vice President and General Counsel
Law Firm ManagementCharles Barber has been appointed George Washington University’s permanent vice president and general counsel, President Mark S. Wrighton announced Friday. A higher education
Virginians Win $489 Million in Payday Loan Settlement
Law Firm ManagementOnline payday loan companies that charged as much as 919% interest will spend $489 million to reimburse some 555,000 borrowers, to settle a class action lawsuit filed by eight Virginians
Le Clair Ryan Trustee Reaches $21 Mln Settlement in United Lex Case
Law Firm ManagementThe trustee overseeing the dissolution of defunct law firm Le Clair Ryan has reached a $21 million settlement to resolve her claims that the firm’s joint venture with alternative legal
We Can’t Drill Our Way to Energy Security
Law Firm ManagementThanks to a remarkable oil and gas boom, the United States has achieved the long-sought goal of energy self-sufficiency: We now produce more oil and refined products, natural gas and
