August 09, 2017 | Corporate Counsel
Google Engineer Firing: 'No-Brainer' or More Complicated?When Google Inc. fired a software engineer for writing and distributing a controversial memo on gender diversity at the company, Google stepped on…
By Sue Reisinger
6 minute read
August 07, 2017 | Corporate Counsel
Microsoft Deputy GC: In New Outside Counsel Program, AFAs Plus Competition Equals SuccessMicrosoft Corp. is taking another look at how it works with outside law firms, placing a stronger focus on alternative fee arrangements, retainer…
By David Ruiz
5 minute read
August 01, 2017 |
Proskauer Partner Blasts Firm's Bid to Dismiss $50M Gender Bias SuitA partner at Proskauer Rose told a Washington, D.C., federal court Monday that "rank-and-file" partners at her firm function as employees,…
By Scott Flaherty
3 minute read
July 25, 2017 | National Law Journal
Donald Trump's Twitter Bashing of Jeff Sessions Raises Hostile Work Questions"Time will tell" whether "beleaguered" Sessions stays on the job, Trump says. President Donald Trump has not been discreet in expressing his dissatisfaction…
By Erin Mulvaney
5 minute read
July 20, 2017 | National Law Journal
Advice to Hiring Managers: The Less You Know the BetterWhen trying to figure out if job candidates are a good fit, for hiring managers it's okay to be boring—a tip that extends to small talk you…
By Erin Mulvaney
6 minute read
July 13, 2017 |
Are Law Firms Too Sophisticated for Their Own Good?The challenges besetting Big Law are of its own making. The industry overshot the needs of its clients and overlooked the effect of growth on…
By Hugh A. Simons
13 minute read
July 11, 2017 | The Recorder
Lyft GC Kristin Sverchek Weighs Gig Economy's FutureWhen Kristin Sverchek joined Lyft five years ago as its general counsel, she says she wasn't 100 percent sure the company would still be around in…
By Erin Mulvaney
11 minute read
July 10, 2017 | National Law Journal
Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, Trump Pick for NLRB, Discloses Clients, CompensationUber, one of the Los Angeles shareholder's clients, has clashed with the labor board.Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, one of President…
By Erin Mulvaney
5 minute read
June 29, 2017 | National Law Journal
Hiring, Not Firing, Is a New Focus in Age Discrimination SuitsManagement tactics that weed out older workers have pushed federal regulators and anti-discrimination groups to train an eye on hiring…
By Erin Mulvaney
6 minute read
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