Lori L Pines

October 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Pregnancy loss, which can strike women at any key stage of their legal careers, takes an enormous mental and physical toll on those affected by it. Today, on World Mental Health Day, Lori Pines, litigation partner and chief wellness officer at Weil Gotshal & Manges, discusses the importance of raising awareness of the issue including the mental health resources available

By Lori L. Pines

6 minute read

October 10, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Today is World Mental Health Day, an important day to recognize how our mental health and happiness depend on our social connections and friendships. This is true both inside and outside of our offices, because friendships formed at work can help lawyers manage a successful, healthy and satisfying legal career.

By Lori L. Pines

5 minute read

October 10, 2022 | National Law Journal

Lawyers not only have a duty to clients to attend to well-being, they owe that duty to themselves because no one else has a greater ability to influence his or her own well-being.

By Lori L. Pines

6 minute read

July 08, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Lori L. Pines, a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Alanna J. Frisby, a vice president at Wasserman Media Group, discuss some important aspects of the NYFCA which remain unclear, including its retroactivity, pleading standards, the court's subject matter jurisdiction in light of public disclosure and how the tax provision will be applied.

By Lori L. Pines and Alanna J. Frisby

13 minute read

June 29, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Your company has just been served with a 30(b)(6) deposition notice under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and it is your job to respond to the notice and determine who will testify on behalf of the corporation. Is there anything you can do to ensure that your company puts its best foot forward at the deposition? The answer is yes, say attorneys Lori L. Pines and Ardith Bronson, who offer strategies for selecting and preparing witnesses to participate in these depositions.

By Lori L. Pines and Ardith Bronson

7 minute read

June 13, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Lori L. Pines and Jessie B. Mishkin of Weil, Gotshal & Manges write that although the multidistrict litigation statute permitting the transfer and consolidation of related cases pending in several federal district courts has been in place for over 40 years, whether it is a valuable, efficient and favorable procedural device for a particular litigation remains an open question that must be addressed each time the opportunity to consolidate arises.

By Lori L. Pines and Jessie B. Mishkin

12 minute read