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As Businesses Ramp Up Global Ambitions, GCs Scan Terrain for Potholes

Wed, 2025-05-28 17:14

“The magic word here is data, said Robert-Jan Bertina, head of CSC Corporate Solutions in Europe. “It has to be clean, up-to-date, linked to processes, and fully transparent and accessible.

       

Former WWE Employee Drops Assault, Trafficking Claims Against Ex-Executive

Wed, 2025-05-28 16:59

According to a statement attributed to representatives of Janel Grant and John Laurinaitis, the former executive at the WWE agreed to "cooperate and provide evidence" in the case against Vince McMahon and the WWE.

       

Feed the Children CEO With Audacious Growth Goal Recruits Veteran GC to Join Her Crusade

Wed, 2025-05-28 16:36

Nil Loy joins the nonprofit after spending the last decade at a trio of organizations taking on some of the planet's most daunting health challenges.

       

Disbarred Lawyers Could Soon Be Practicing Again

Wed, 2025-05-28 16:16

The Supreme Court upended 45 years of precedent when it opened the door to reinstatement of disbarred attorneys in October 2024.

       

Gender Pay Gap Grows at Largest UK Firms

Wed, 2025-05-28 16:05

Data from Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance and legacy firm Allen & Overy reveals notable increases in firms' median gender pay gaps over the last four years.

       

Northwestern Law Names Interim Dean

Wed, 2025-05-28 15:01

Zachary Clopton, a professor of law who currently serves as associate dean for Research and Intellectual Life, has been named intern dean of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.

       

Crypto's 'Broad Ambitions' Have Big Law Making Investments

Wed, 2025-05-28 14:53

Big Law firms are stocking up on lawyers, deals and practices in the digital assets space.

       

Utility Promotes GC to CEO After Probe Finds $17M in Overbilling

Wed, 2025-05-28 14:08

The Public Utility Commission of Nevada found NV Energy misclassified multifamily residences, such as duplexes, as single-family homes, which pay more for electricity.

       

Despite High Turnover, Diversity Among Law Deans Sees Little Change

Wed, 2025-05-28 13:50

“The worsening of the Latinx law deans shortage is especially alarming when considered against the burgeoning Latinx population, which is nearing 20% of all Americans, said Anthony Varona, dean and professor at Seattle University School of Law.

       

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Suffered Data Breach Affecting Over 360,000 Customers

Wed, 2025-05-28 13:49

The breach, which occurred late last year, potentially exposed customers' Social Security and driver licenses numbers, among other personal information.

       

Apple, Tech Developer Reach Settlement in Low-Light Patent Dispute

Wed, 2025-05-28 13:35
On Friday, the parties filed a joint notice that the case captioned SiOnyx v. Apple had been resolved and that the case could be closed. Details of the settlement were not disclosed.        

Nuclear Regulator to Face White House Oversight Under New Trump Orders

Wed, 2025-05-28 13:34

The Trump administration lays the blame squarely on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for slow growth in the nuclear sector and says complying with over-regulation makes nuclear power expensive and unappealing. But safety advocates argue the orders threaten the NRC's independence and role as a safety regulator.

       

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Clear Deportations to South Sudan, Other Third Countries

Wed, 2025-05-28 13:34

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking legal clearance to resume deporting migrants to third countries like South Sudan, which the State Department has warned is dangerous and unstable.

       

Labor Department Ends Cautionary Stance on Crypto in Retirement Plans

Wed, 2025-05-28 11:50

“Given the current administration's hawkish stance on digital assets and cryptocurrencies specifically, it is expected that previously omitted classes of assets that were deemed risky and without sufficient regulatory oversightmare now facing a different climate—namely, approval and broad-based support, said Sahel A. Assar, chair of the blockchain digital asset practice group at Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney.

       

How I Made Practice Group Chair: 'Be a Good Colleague, Team Player and Attorney,' Says Morgan Mouchette of Blank Rome

Wed, 2025-05-28 10:59

"Take the time to be a good colleague, team player, and attorney. Think about what you can do to strengthen your firm as a collective as you build your own practice. Developing these skills will help you build the foundations of good leadership and create opportunities as you advance in your career."

       

Big Law Merger Pressure's On in New York. Who's Next?

Wed, 2025-05-28 05:59

All eyes are on other legacy firms in New York, especially in the Second Hundred, as observers watch for merger pressures. But some, including Hughes Hubbard and Cahill, report they cherish their independence.

       

Ben Crump's and Josh Koskoff's Historic Win: Harvard Cedes Slave Images

Wed, 2025-05-28 00:45

"Harvard University has long been eager to place the Zealy Daguerreotypes with another museum or other public institution to put them in the appropriate context and increase access to them for all Americans," director of media relations for Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences James Chisholm said. "This settlement now allows us to move forward towards that goal."

       

Lecturer's 'Delayed Payment' Suit Proceeds Against Boston University, Federal Judge Rules

Tue, 2025-05-27 18:03

"As a lecturer employed by BU since August of 2015, Curtin-Wilding plausibly alleges that she received her wages on the last business day of the month instead of bi-weekly or within six days of the termination of the pay period during which her wages were earned—and that she never elected to be paid on a monthly basis," Stearns wrote May 23. "Consequently, the complaint sufficiently pleads that the delayed payment violated the act."

       

Asbestos Plaintiffs Get Path to Collect Legacy Insurance Policies

Tue, 2025-05-27 17:57

The opinion allows a pathway for plaintiffs to obtain legacy insurance policies of asbestos companies.

       

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