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Corporate Counsel

Uber Names PepsiCo's Tony West As New Chief Legal Officer

The Pepsico GC and former DOJ official will lead a legal department that has plenty of challenges on its plate.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

The 'In-House Revolution' Has Turned General Counsel Into Advocates

The role of general counsel has evolved to the point now where they have "the access, influence, power and resources" to advance social justice causes, Kim Rivera, chief legal officer and general counsel of HP Inc., said Friday at a Harvard Law School bicentennial event. But that wasn't always the case.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Conversations with Newsmakers: Greg Nevins on LGBT Workplace Fairness

Greg Nevins, the workplace fairness program strategist at Lambda Legal, is involved in three high-profile appeals court cases that consider whether LGBT employees can sue under federal civil rights law for alleged workplace discrimination.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Wrestles With Sharp Electronics' Bid to Quash Arbitration Gag Order

Sharp says the one-sided gag order prevents it from communicating with the FCC, in violation of its First Amendment rights and U.S. public policy.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Updated: Noel Francisco's SG Debut Set for Tricky Voter Case

It's tradition for solicitors general to argue the government's most important case each cycle. In November that's a challenge to Ohio's voter purge rules.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC's Whistleblower Chief Says Companies Heed Call Not to Silence Tipsters

Jane Norberg, the head of the SEC's whistleblower office, said the corporate world is getting the hint and not using severance agreements to stifle would-be tipsters. “The good news is that I have seen some improvement in this area,” Norberg said Thursday at a securities conference in Washington. The “message is out there” that severance agreements cannot include terms preventing employees from contacting regulators, she added.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ's Noel Francisco Will Argue Against Gay Couple in Supreme Court Cake Case

U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco will make the government's arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court in December in support of a Colorado baker who refused on religious grounds to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Jeff Sessions Rails Against 'Super Legislator' Judges

In a speech at the Heritage Foundation, the attorney general said judges who have entered nationwide preliminary injunctions against President Donald Trump's policies are carrying out policy preferences, not the law.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

HR Chiefs, Tech Companies Ramp Up Opposition to Trump's Immigration Policies

More than 100 human resources chiefs and dozens of the world's largest businesses on Thursday ramped up support for undocumented workers, signaling their opposition to the Trump administration's move to scuttle an immigration program that allows hundreds of thousands workers to be employed.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Circuit Ruling Fuels Class Action Against HHS Abortion Policy for Immigrant Minors

The D.C. Circuit's blockbuster ruling that allowed an undocumented immigrant to leave federal custody to have an abortion marked the court's rare foray into hot-button social issues. It's an open question just how far-reaching the ruling will be either to the underlying purported class of pregnant undocumented minors or to immigration litigation at large. Judge Brett Kavanaugh, writing in dissent, said any precedential value of the court's decision will be debated.
12 minute read

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