December 21, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Car Dealers Face Sexual Harassment Allegations by Female Former Employees"It is unacceptable for a manager to suggest to women that their bodies are their best contribution in the workplace," said Shannon Black, an EEOC trial attorney.
By Chris O'Malley
6 minute read
December 15, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Las Vegas Sands Comps Its General Counsel to Stay at the TableThe operator of gambling resorts with hotels, restaurants and bars has been anteing up millions of dollars to keep Zac Hudson on board through the end of 2029. His contract had been set to expire in March 2026.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
December 14, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Legal Chief of GM's Troubled Cruise Robotaxi Unit Gets AxJeff Bleich, Cruise's chief legal and policy offer, was one of nine executives dismissed in the wake of an October accident in San Francisco that threw the company into a tailspin.
By Chris O'Malley
4 minute read
December 13, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Auto Lender Ally's Legal Chief Trades Up for CLO Post at TruistScott Stengel is taking the legal reins of Truist, a Charlotte-based bank formed through the $66 billion merger of BB&T and SunTrust.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
December 12, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Ex-Louis Vuitton Lawyer Who Went Public With Sexual Harassment Claims Files Retaliation Lawsuit Over FiringAndowah Newton alleges the luxury goods maker turned on her after she testified before Congress in favor of legislation that bans forced arbitration of sexual harassment claims.
By Chris O'Malley
6 minute read
December 12, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
High Interest Rates Derail Grand Plans, Make Companies Vulnerable to Failure-to-Disclose SuitsNuclear reactor company NuScale Power's failed Idaho project has spurred at least one lawsuit so far from plaintiff attorneys who say executives' comments about the likelihood of pulling it off were overly rosy.
By Chris O'Malley
5 minute read
December 07, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Volvo to Switch Gears in Legal With New General CounselHelen Hu is taking the legal reins of the automaker, succeeding Maria Hemberg, whom Hu calls her mentor.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
December 07, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
State AGs May Spoil the Party for Renegade Social Media InfluencersIt was the FTC that garnered headlines earlier this year by updating its guidance for social media endorsements. But states are getting in on the enforcement action, emboldened by consumer protection laws on their books.
By Chris O'Malley
5 minute read
December 05, 2023 | The American Lawyer
Big Law's Flood Into Boomtown Nashville Tests Client Loyalties"Some clients are super loyal to their firms that they work with, sometimes blindingly so," said Joan MacLeod Heminway, a University of Tennessee law professor.
By Chris O'Malley
9 minute read
December 04, 2023 | Corporate Counsel
Undersea-Robot Startup Founded by NASA Engineer Ejects CLODilshad Kasmani is out as legal chief of Nauticus Robotics just 19 months after taking the job.
By Chris O'Malley
3 minute read
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