Jackson Walker Adds Two to Corporate Group
News
Jackson Walker announced the addition of Larry Glasgow and Richard Waggoner to the Corporate and Securities practice in Dallas.
Warren Biro Joins Barnes & Thornburg Entertainment, Media and Sports Practice Group
News
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Warren Biro as an associate in the firm’s Entertainment, Media and Sports Practice Group in Los Angeles.
Farrell Fritz Adds Steven J. Lee, Construction Associate, to Uniondale Office
News
Steven J. Lee has joined Farrell Fritz, P. C. as a Construction Law Associate. Prior to attending law school, he founded a construction company, Evolution Contracting, Inc., (Flushing, NY), where he was president for 10 years.
Foley Gardere Adds Finance Lawyer to Houston Office
News
Neal Bakare has joined the Foley Gardere’s Finance Practice Group and Energy Industry Team as of counsel in the Houston office. He joins from Macquarie Bank Limited, where he served as Senior Vice President of Legal Risk Management.
Sidley Austin Partner Karen Popp Honored by Global Investigations Review
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Karen A. Popp, Global Co-Leader of the White Collar: Government Litigation & Investigations group at Sidley Austin LLP, was honored by Global Investigations Review with its inaugural “Award for Services to Diversity.”
Are Your Vendors Putting You at Risk Under California’s New Privacy Law?
Insight
Companies must take stock of what personal data their company has, where it resides, how long it’s retained, and third parties with whom they share their data, advises the Association of Corporate Counsel.
Democrats’ Long-Shot Plan to Stop Trump’s Supreme Court Pick
News
Democrats plan to frame the process around women’s health and the future of legalized abortion, predicts The Los Angeles Times.
Barnes & Noble Fires Its CEO Without Severance Pay
News
USA Today reports that the move came on the advice of Barnes & Noble’s law firm, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Halliburton Accused by Government of Harassing Muslim Workers
News
The lawsuit continues the agency’s crackdown on employer practices or other workplace behaviors that target workers who are Muslim or Sikh, or of Arab, Middle Eastern, or South Asian descent, according to Bloomberg Law.
IADC Calls for Class Action Reforms in Ontario, Canada
News
The International Association of Defense Counsel has submitted to the Law Commission of Ontario its recommendations for reform to the Ontario Class Proceedings Act that could eventually affect class action legislation in Ontario and other Canadian provinces.
Quarles & Brady Adds Brian Anderson to Real Estate Group
News
Brian D. Anderson has joined Quarles & Brady LLP’s Real Estate Practice Group in the role as of counsel in its Madison office.
IP Team Joins Barnes & Thornburg in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
News
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Matthew E. Leno, Peter M. Siavelis and Matthew J. Gryzlo as partners in the Intellectual Property Department.
Contracts: Are You Accepting an Offer or Not?
News
A lack of precision in responding to an offer can lead to confusion as to whether or not a contract has been formed, warns an article published by Burns & Levinson.
Fixed-Price Contracts Are Simple – Or Are They?
Podcast
There is very little case law guiding the practical approach to fixed-price contracts, but a Pepper Hamilton podcast offers some guidance.
Big Law Partner Disbarred After Bilking Firms, Client for $7.8M
News
Ravelo was accused in 2014 of conspiring to defraud Hunton, Willkie, and MasterCard by submitting false invoices for several million dollars to two litigation support vendors she and her husband controlled, Bloomberg Law reports.
Former Fugitive Ex-Lawyer Pleads Guilty to U.S. Fraud Scheme
News
Scott Wolas, 69, pleaded guilty in Boston federal court to defrauding 20 investors in two real estate projects out of $1.7 million while he was using someone else’s identity, Reuters reports.
Wynn Resorts’ GC Exits, Adding Turmoil in Founder’s Wake
News
Kim Sinatra’s departure follows other top-level moves at the Las Vegas-based company since the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Steve Wynn in February, Bloomberg reports.
Contractual Considerations for Lawyers Using the Cloud
Insight
The standard contract firms offered by cloud-based providers sometimes do not weigh in favor of the law firm, writes Tom Kulik.
Drafting the Arbitration Provision in Commercial Contracts: Back to Basic
Insight
A good practice is for the arbitration clause to be detailed and to specify a variety of terms, advise John P. DiBlasi and Jacqueline I. Silvey in an article for National Arbitration and Mediation.
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