Perceived Nepotism Plagues Boies Schiller | Women Absent Again From Annual Deal Lawyer Rankings | ADT Hit With Privacy Class Action Over Ex-Employee's Alleged Spying: The Morning Minute
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April 05, 2021 at 06:00 AM
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BOIES CLUB? - Boies Schiller Flexner's handling of an investigation into partner Joshua Schiller, after he was arrested for alleged domestic violence, has divided senior partners at the firm, and more lawyers will look for the door in the coming months, sources close to the firm told Law.com's Dylan Jackson. A little over a month after his arrest, Schiller has been cleared to return to Boies Schiller from his leave of absence after the firm cleared him of any wrongdoing. But, sources said, many in the firm doubted that an investigation would turn up anything negative on him. The firm's founders, including Joshua Schiller's father, Jonathan Schiller, still have the final say when big issues arise, even if their decisions are perceived as putting their own interests and family members ahead of the firm's wellbeing, four sources close to the firm said. As Jackson reports, interviews with people close to the firm have suggested that instances of perceived nepotism speak to deeper complaints within the firm that, despite its outward intention to transition to new leadership in order to preserve the firm's long-term health, Boies Schiller continues to be run by its founders.
WHAT'S THE DEAL? - Women are increasingly taking a seat at the deal table, but they're still not among the top M&A lawyers when looking at total value of the deals touched across North America, Law.com's Patrick Smith reports. Mergerlinks, a London-based M&A data company that uses firm submissions to track individual deal lawyers and their output, came out with its annual rankings in March, and, similar to its 2019 rankings, there were no women M&A lawyers listed in the top 10 for deal value in North America. Female M&A lawyers have said that while they feel some progress has been made toward gender equity within corporate practices, there is still a lot of work to be done. Still, the rankings were encouraging in some respects. While the list of top M&A deal lawyers includes only corporate attorneys, women are more prominent in the rankings of lawyers who acted in specialist roles in M&A deals, Smith reports.
SECURITY CLASS ACTION - Home security company ADT was hit with a privacy class action Friday in Florida Southern District Court over a technician's alleged use of ADT security cameras to spy on hundreds of households. The suit, which contends that ADT left customers vulnerable to exploitation by its rogue employee, was filed by Jay Edelson of Edelson PC; Fears Nachawati PLLC; and Carter Law Group. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is 9:21-cv-80645, Doty v. ADT, LLC et al. Stay up on the latest deals and litigation with the new Law.com Radar.
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