Sue Reisinger

March 28, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

More U.S. companies and law firms support employees who identify as LGBTQ, according to the 2019 Human Rights Campaign Foundation report, with 571 companies and law firms reaching a perfect equality score, including a record number offering transgender health care policies.

By Sue Reisinger

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March 27, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has chosen Steven Wright, the executive partner in Holland & Knight's Boston office, to be its next senior vice president and general counsel.

By Sue Reisinger

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March 26, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

A new report this week from London-based Business & Human Rights Resource Centre says Uber and Deliveroo are prime examples of companies in the gig economy that are misclassifying workers in order to cut costs, which could lead to human rights violations.

By Sue Reisinger

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March 25, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

A former Duke University lab employee will receive nearly $34 million after the school Monday settled his False Claims Act lawsuit for $112.5 million alleging that another lab technician faked research data to obtain funding from federal agencies.

By Sue Reisinger

5 minute read

March 25, 2019 | Litigation Daily

A former Duke University lab employee will receive nearly $34 million after the school Monday settled his False Claims Act lawsuit for $112.5 million alleging that another lab technician faked research data to obtain funding from federal agencies.

By Sue Reisinger

5 minute read

March 20, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Former Credit Suisse lawyer Pierre Gentin has returned in-house to be the new general counsel at international consultant firm McKinsey & Co. after a stint at Cahill Gordon & Reindel.

By Sue Reisinger

5 minute read

March 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In-house lawyers at Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs have successfully fought off climate-related proxy resolutions sought by activist investors with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently granting the banks' motions to exclude the resolutions from shareholder consideration.

By Sue Reisinger

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March 19, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

In-house lawyers at Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs have successfully fought off climate-related proxy resolutions sought by activist investors with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently granting the banks' motions to exclude the resolutions from shareholder consideration.

By Sue Reisinger

5 minute read

March 18, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Manufacturers in 2019 are likely to see continued attacks on their energy infrastructure projects, more climate change litigation, and a steady stream of liability actions over data privacy and hacking incidents, according to a new report from the in-house lawyers at the National Association of Manufacturers.

By Sue Reisinger

4 minute read

March 15, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Corporate governance experts say when a company's general counsel departs—especially when the company does not know the reason for the departure—it should set off little alarm bells for the board of directors.

By Sue Reisinger

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