Buchalter Welcomes Real Estate Shareholders in Scottsdale
News
Buchalter has added shareholders J. Craig Cartwright and Kevin T. Lytle as members of the Real Estate Practice Group in the Scottsdale office.
Paige D. Bartholomew of Farrell Fritz Receives Prestigious NYSBA Scholarship
News
Paige D. Bartholomew of Farrell Fritz has been selected to receive the Hon. Judith S. Kaye Scholarship.
R. David Whitaker Joins DLA Piper’s IP and Tech Practice in Chicago
News
R. David Whitaker has joined DLA Piper’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice as a partner in the Chicago office.
Download: E-Discovery Action Plan for 2018 – 6 Checklists
E-Book
Exterro has published a new E-Discovery Action Plan e-book that provides checklists, guides and tips to help optimize the e-discovery process.
GC Roles at Large Banks Went Mostly to Women in 2017
News
The ranks of women general counsel in the Fortune 500 continued to grow in 2017, particularly in the financial services industry, though it remains more male-dominated than other sectors, according to a Bloomberg Law report.
Commentary: Wells Fargo’s Board Members Are Getting Off Too Easy
Commentary
Lawrence Summers asks: Why aren’t the Wells Fargo directors who are leaving being named and asked to resign effective immediately with an element of humiliation?
Ex-Biglaw Partner Gets 7 Years for Money Laundering
News
Above the Law reports on the sentencing of the one-time legal star who the government referred to as a “prolific money launderer.”
Will the Supreme Court Deal a Blow to Trade Unions?
News
The case asks whether public employees who choose not to join their designated union may nevertheless be charged “agency fees” to support collective bargaining.
Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton Names New Dallas, Nashville Partners
News
Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP, announced the promotion of one lawyer to equity partner and two lawyers to non-equity partners.
Foley Elects New Partners
News
Foley & Lardner LLP announced that 19 of counsel and senior counsel have been elected to the partnership, effective February 1, 2018.
Corporate Anticorruption Compliance Programs: 10 Questions Every Board Director Should Ask
Insight
Corporate board members have particularly important roles to play in overseeing compliance and anticorruption programs in place at the companies they serve, according to a white paper by Jones Day.
Does the Insurance Policy Incorporate the Service Contract by Reference? An Examination of In Re Deepwater Horizon
Insight
A Steptoe & Johnson article takes a look at the way additional insured coverage under an insurance policy is analyzed when there is an underlying drilling contract limiting the additional insured coverage to the scope of the liability assumed in the service contract.
On-Demand: Contract Management – Beyond the Expected
On-Demand
Determine Inc. has posted an on-demand webinar describing how real-life company challenges morph into ideas and concepts for contract management innovations and predicting what companies are looking for in 2018.
A Third of Americans Are Leashed to Their Companies By Non-Disclosure Agreements
Insight
Amy X. Wang, writing for Quartz at Work, says the contracts have been steadily growing in both number and breadth as companies grow warier about competition and proprietary material.
11th Circuit Benchslaps Biglaw Partner and District Court for Not Following Order
News
Above the Law examines a case in which a district court and a lawyer got into trouble with the 11th Circuit when the lower court took the lawyer’s advice not to apply the circuit’s ruling in a remanded case.
Red Cross GC Resigns Over Handling of Sexual Assault and Harassment Allegations
News
American Red Cross General Counsel David Meltzer has resigned after a ProPublica story detailed troubling aspects of how he handled a sexual misconduct case involving another senior official at the charity.
Airbnb Names Legal Chief New COO Amid Senior Rank Shakeup
News
Bloomberg reports that Belinda Johnson, formerly chief business affairs and legal officer, has taken the new role with the company as part of a shakeup in the senior ranks.
Announcing Case in Point 2018 Webinar Series Schedule – Beginning Feb. 13
Webinar, Feb. 13, 10 a.m. CST
Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP will kick off its 2018 Case in Point Webinar Series on Feb. 13 with a webinar providing tips for implementing litigation holds and avoiding sanctions.
NDAs Are Out of Control. Here’s What Needs to Change
Insight
Preventing workers from using their knowledge and skills beyond a single workplace is harmful not simply to the worker but to entrepreneurship, competition, and economic growth, writes Orly Lobel in the Harvard Business Review.
Employer’s Notice of Mandatory Arbitration Program May Be Insufficient to Compel Arbitration
Insight
Something more is required in order to be able to infer the employee’s knowing assent to the new term of employment, the Sixth Circuit ruled.
