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Below-Market Associates Believe They Deserve the Market Compensation. Are They Right?

Thu, 2024-09-12 05:00

Midlevel associates say below-market compensation may cause them to leave, especially when billable hours match expectations at better-paying competitors.

       

Dentons & Dacheng Lawyers Probe Suspected $20M Credit Fraud in China

Thu, 2024-09-12 04:58

Dentons and Dacheng are investigating 13 projects in China on behalf of Germany's environment agency.

       

NFL Deputy GC Exits, Adding to Intrigue Over League's GC Search

Thu, 2024-09-12 00:51

Janet Nova, who'd been with the NFL five years, was part of the legal team that last month persuaded a judge to throw out a $4.7 billion judgment against the league.

       

Hogan Lovells Will Shutter 3 International Offices Amid Strategy to Follow 'Greatest Opportunities'

Thu, 2024-09-12 00:48

The office closings affect about 65 attorneys, including 11 partners, and 58 support staff.

       

Illinois Prosecutors May Drop Criminal Charges Against Tom Girardi

Thu, 2024-09-12 00:36

"We're considering whether we proceed at all with the trial against Mr. Girardi," Assistant U.S. Attorney Corey Rubenstein told U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland, in Chicago, at a status conference Thursday.

       

Norfolk Southern Fires Legal Chief and CEO, Saying They Had Inappropriate Relationship

Wed, 2024-09-11 20:22

The company dismissed Nabanita Nag, effective immediately. She joined the rail giant in 2020 and received a major promotion two years later.

       

Got 'Flat' Milk?: NY Company Says German Ex-Partner Stole Flat-Food Trade Secrets

Wed, 2024-09-11 19:56

A complaint filed in New York contends Veganz Group stole Vitiprints' patented technology to market dehydrated "flat" food products on its own, violating terms of their partnership.

       

11th Circuit Rejects Former CSX Employee's Safety-Related Whistleblowing Claims

Wed, 2024-09-11 18:52

"The evidence at summary judgment establishes that Hitt engaged in protected activity by refusing to work during the lightning storm and refusing to operate at speeds he considered unsafe and that he suffered an adverse action by being terminated. But there is no evidence that these actions were a contributing factor to CSX's decision to terminate him," Judge Andrew L. Brasher wrote.

       

Natalie Black Kohler, Legal Chief of Bath-Fixture Giant for 26 Years, Dies at 74

Wed, 2024-09-11 16:30

Black Kohler was legal chief and her husband, Herbert V. Kohler ]r., was CEO during a golden age for the plumbing products manufacturer, which today is one of the largest privately owned companies in the country.

       

International AI Treaty Signed by US, UK, and EU Leaves Much to Be Determined

Wed, 2024-09-11 16:25

An AI treaty put forth by the human rights organization the Council of Europe allows countries to fill in the blanks as they wish. But it also establishes common principles—and a common language—for regulating AI.

       

Caroline Ellison Requests Time-Served for 'Extensive' Cooperation Against Sam Bankman-Fried

Wed, 2024-09-11 16:15

Sentencing is currently scheduled for Sept. 24 before U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York.

       

Talc Trial Opens in Connecticut: J&J 'Chose to Do the Wrong Thing'

Wed, 2024-09-11 15:36

Ben Braly, of Dean Omar Branham Shirley, told jurors in Connecticut's Bridgeport Judicial District Court on Wednesday that his client, plaintiff Evan Plotkin, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2021, at age 64, after a lifetime of using Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products.

       

Convicted of Theft, Law Firm CFO Denied Bankruptcy Protection

Wed, 2024-09-11 15:02

The judge dismissed the bankruptcy after McElroy Deutsch asserted that John Dunlea's "Chapter 11 petition is intended to frustrate the legitimate efforts of a creditor to enforce its rights against the debtor."

       

Mindspring Lawyers Urge Del. Supreme Court to Overturn Chancery Opinion Faulting Take-Private Process

Wed, 2024-09-11 14:46

Justice Karen Valihura asked Andrew Rossman of Quinn Emanuel whether the Chancery decision included fact-finding that the high court should defere to.

       

Chief of SDNY Civil Rights Unit Heads to Lit Boutique

Wed, 2024-09-11 11:40

Ellen Blain said she joined the 17-lawyer firm due to its "full range of interesting, complicated, sophisticated matters," as well as the firm's "atmosphere of collegiality."

       

The DOJ's Whistleblower Pilot Program Adds Incentives for Robust Corporate Compliance Programs

Wed, 2024-09-11 11:06

By incentivizing individuals to report misconduct through its Whistleblower Pilot Program, the DOJ has expanded its arsenal and the means by which it can identify misconduct. So wrongdoers beware — although this is not the Old West, everybody loves a good bounty.

       

How I Made Partner: 'Learn as Much as You Can and Be Patient,' Says Blair Rinne of Brown Rudnick

Wed, 2024-09-11 11:00

"I would tell my younger self to learn as much as you can and be patient. It is easy to get wrapped up in ambition and to be in a hurry to advance, but you should not skip steps."

       

How I Made Partner: 'Learn as Much as You Can and Be Patient,' Says Blair Rinne of Brown Rudnik

Wed, 2024-09-11 11:00

"I would tell my younger self to learn as much as you can and be patient. It is easy to get wrapped up in ambition and to be in a hurry to advance, but you should not skip steps."

       

State High Court Finds 7-Eleven Franchisees Fail to Meet Definition of Employee

Wed, 2024-09-11 10:54

"Accordingly, we conclude that the contractual obligations of the franchisees to operate their convenience stores in a manner that preserves the integrity of the brand does not satisfy the threshold determination," Associate Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt said.

       

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