Inside Track: Have A Slice of Corporate Crisis ... Plus, Law Firms That Play Games With Their Clients
In this edition of our weekly in-house newsletter, we look at the mess at Papa John's in the aftermath of the recent controversy around comments made by its founder and former chairman. We also review how the EU and US are taking very different strategies in policing antitrust violations,
July 25, 2018 at 06:39 PM
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What's Happening-
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A Deep Dish of Problems
uproar Papa John's John Schnatter's boardroom battle massive PR crisis Caroline Miller Oyler mess Brigida Benitez Steptoe & Johnson Bro Culture. toxic “bro culture” starts with tone at the top have policies and procedures diversity and inclusion, Investigation Time. hired Akin Gump it already has a game plan in advance triage the situation initiallyPlaying Games
Zach Warren, Legaltech News Bird & Bird has a video game to prepare client companies Dawn Raid familiar with video games an increasingly popular way Baker & McKenzie Clifford Chance White & Case also using video games internally I'd say that I'd prefer it best ways to drive that engagement![](https://images.law.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/292/2018/07/unnamed20.jpg)
EU v. US
$5 Billion Mistakes. $5 billion fine against Google Caroline Spiezio figure out why the EU Google largely been ignored in the U.S. might not be about trade protectionism, some have suggested. key differences Harry First, New York University School of Law abusive dominance more than 85 percent market share difference in the culture of the courts Maurice Stucke University of Tennessee College of Law target monopolistic behavior to promote competition, it must be proven that companies are demonstrably harming consumers.Don't Miss-
Tuesday, July 31. Global Leaders in Law Shanghai “Behavioural Economics.” August 2 August 8 “Artificial Intelligence” Taipei Sydney Meena Heath [email protected] Thursday, September 13-Friday, September 14. meet Corporate Counsel Forum Europe 2018 Sabine Chalmers BT Phillip Bramwell BAE Pennyhill Park, Surrey. Wednesday, September 26- Thursday, September 27. New York General Counsel Conference. Expect to hear AIG AT&T News Corp Wednesday, September 26-Thursday, September 27. you might want to attend Hedge Fund General Counsel and Compliance Officer Summit New York. Thursday, October 4-Friday, October 5 Women, Influence & Power in Law, Washington, D.C. Pfizer MetLife Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Valerie Jarrett Sally YatesOn the Move-
Big Status Update. Colin Stretch Facebook Washington D.C. Menlo Park, California Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick Pharma Switch. Austin Kim has landed ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Glenn Baity, Teva Pharmaceuticals New Biz Plan, New Lawyer. Aries Clean Energy has hired Robert Burke, Jr Securities Master. SEI Pennsylvania announced Michael Peterson Jeffrey Klauder Reed Smith Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Reverse Commute. Goldman Sachs headed Cooley Jonathan Kim O'Melveny & Myers Simpson Thacher & BartlettThis content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
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