Jessica Mach
Jessica Mach is a reporter covering tech, labor and employment for ALM Media's In-House desk, and writes Law.com's weekly "Labor of Law" newsletter. Contact her at [email protected].
February 24, 2022 | Law.com
Labor of Law: Employers Expand Paid Sick Leave to Try to Retain Workers"Having very generous paid sick leave policies or paid time off policies is one of the perks employers can offer employees to retain and recruit them, and to really distinguish themselves from their competitors," said Sharon Cohen, a partner at Davis+Gilbert.
By Jessica Mach
6 minute read
February 23, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
'I Realized I Did Have Skills': Employers Start to Draw Back Mothers Who'd Quit"I had several times thought about trying to return to the law and just thinking I wouldn't get a fair shake at it," said Christine Foo, now an associate general counsel at Meta.
By Jessica Mach
7 minute read
February 17, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Pinterest GC to Leave This Fall After 5 Years With Company"Christine Flores will be stepping back from her role at Pinterest at the end of the year to focus on her personal interests," the company said in a statement.
By Jessica Mach
3 minute read
February 17, 2022 | Law.com
Labor of Law: New Ban on Mandatory Arbitration of Sex Assault Claims May Spur More Worker Protections"Now that it has passed, I think there's new life in these other bills to seek to ban arbitration in all employment matters," said Helene Wasserman, a shareholder at Littler Mendelson.
By Jessica Mach
6 minute read
February 16, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Eyeing Public Market Debut, ScienceLogic Taps Outside Counsel as CLO"I'm excited to be joining ScienceLogic as this moment of tremendous potential. The large and expanding market demand is proven," Chief Legal Officer Todd Harris said.
By Jessica Mach
2 minute read
February 15, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
More GCs Are Helping With Tech, but Some Have Knowledge Gaps"The worlds of law and technology continue to merge," Relativity's David Horrigan said.
By Jessica Mach
2 minute read
February 15, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
'Rippling Effect' of Pay-Transparency Laws to Test Legal Departments"For employers in locations that don't have these laws yet, stay tuned, because your location could be next," said Sharon Cohen, a partner at Davis+Gilbert.
By Jessica Mach
5 minute read
February 10, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Black Former In-House Lawyer Sues NYC Nonprofit, Alleging Pattern of Pay InequitiesPatricia Charlemagne says she earned less than four colleagues with the same title and was fired after pressing her employer, Educational Alliance, to address disparities.
By Jessica Mach
3 minute read
February 10, 2022 | Law.com
Labor of Law: Sexual-Harassment Case Delays Strain Witnesses' Memories, Frustrate Both Sides"A lot of sexual harassment cases are about 'he said, she said.' For the plaintiff, it's going to be better if they have third party witnesses who witnessed the incident, heard the alleged harasser saying something and so forth," Robert Hudock, an attorney representing employers.
By Jessica Mach
5 minute read
February 08, 2022 | Corporate Counsel
Cash App Taps First-Ever General CounselCrissy Sohl has landed Cash App's GC title seven years after joining parent company Block Inc. said in her post that she is "humbled by the Cash App business unit and proud to continue our work of economic empowerment—providing our customers with economic access and financial education."
By Jessica Mach
2 minute read
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