By Bijal V. Vakil | June 21, 2023
Bijal V. Vakil, founding partner of Allen & Overy's Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, explains how rising numbers of minority partners at leading law firms are masking a more significant challenge for the whole industry.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Amanda O'Brien | June 9, 2023
The growing eagerness to ramp up office mandates will have the sharpest impacts on women, caregivers, and people of color, according to industry observers.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Amanda O'Brien | June 8, 2023
Trusts and estates partner Kristen Behrens will join litigation partner Patrick Northen, who has been in the role for the past five years.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | June 6, 2023
"The plaintiffs had standing when they sued for sex discrimination, leaving two issues for the en banc court to resolve," John Bursch said. "First, whether this case is mooted by plaintiffs' and intervenors' graduation, and second, whether plaintiffs' damages are barred by [Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman]."
By Alma Asay | June 6, 2023
Anne Li, Co-Chair of the Patent Group and the Life Sciences Committee at Crowell and Moring, discusses how clients and firms can be innovative in working together, why she's very open about her struggles in being a working attorney-mother, and the importance of letting others know you need to be in the room if they want things to get done.
By Justin Henry | June 5, 2023
Resignations by Barber, the firm's managing partner, and Ranen, the firm's chief financial officer, were confirmed in a statement by CEO Timothy Graves. "Effective immediately, the firm has requested and accepted the resignations of John Barber and Jeffrey Ranen," Graves said in a statement to The American Lawyer.
By Maria Dinzeo | May 31, 2023
The Paris-based organization, which started as a Facebook group, now boasts 13,000 members in 150 countries.
By Alaina Lancaster | Zack Needles | May 26, 2023
"Understanding who you're at the table with, whether you're at a poker table or negotiation table, is really critical for your success in that arena," said Ellen Leikind, the founder and CEO of PokerDivas.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Jimmy Hoover | May 16, 2023
"They were having a tougher time than we thought," retired Justice Stephen Breyer said of his female peers at Harvard Law School in the early 1960s.
By Colleen Murphy | May 11, 2023
"Gender-based discrimination violates our laws and is an affront to the values we hold dear, plain and simple," said Iyer. "The settlement agreement announced today reflects our ongoing commitment to rooting out gender-based discrimination and ensuring that no one faces such discrimination in employment, housing, or places of public accommodation in our state."
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