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Corporate Counsel

General Counsel Peter Lieb Leaving Aon After 10 Years

Lieb will transition from his role as executive vice president, GC and secretary at Aon to a position as “special legal adviser” to the company's chief executive officer by year's end and retire, effective Dec. 31, 2020, according to an SEC filing.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Source of Our Stress: Could It Be Culture?

With the mindfulness movement sweeping the nation it is natural to wonder how law firms, the organizations in which lawyers operate, are contributing to the lawyer experience.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Roberta Kaplan and Tina Tchen Launch Anti-Harassment Training Firm

Roberta Kaplan is the founder of NY-based litigation boutique Kaplan Hecker & Fink, which she established in 2017, leaving Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison to do so. While she has represented a number of high-profile clients, she is perhaps best known for successfully arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Building on Time's Up Work, Kaplan, Tchen Launch Anti-Harassment Training Firm

While traditional training programs focus primarily on avoiding litigation, HABIT's programs will focus on reshaping workplace culture, the founders said.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Longtime K&L Gates CMO Leaves for International Business Advisory Firm

Jeffrey Berardi had been with the firm for 15 years.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Compliance Expert Hui Chen Says New US Guidance Now Includes All Criminal Divisions

The U.S. Department of Justice's new corporate compliance guidance now applies to the entire criminal division and not just the fraud section, according to the compliance attorney who wrote the original guide for the section.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Four Reasons Why All Law Firms Are Not Alike

If I've heard it once, I've heard it a thousand times, most often from a Big Law partner: “All law firms are alike.” At first blush, this is understandable in several respects.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Judge Throws Out Former In-House Lawyer's Age Bias Suit Against Accenture

Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has tossed Joseph Mott's age discrimination suit against the global management consulting and professional services firm, ruling that the former in-house lawyer was fired because of poor communication skills, aggressive emails to his boss, and a resistance to change following a reorganization.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Key to Advancing, Sustaining Diversity in Law Firms—Open the Door of Opportunity

The development and advancement of associates to partner, and partners within the partnership, boils down to just a few factors: increasing opportunities to lead client relationships, obtain origination credits and work on matters of significance.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-General Counsel Sues NY-Based ExlService Holdings for Gender Discrimination, Retaliation

In her lawsuit, Nancy Saltzman says she was fired after complaining about sexual discrimination and wasn't allowed to attend key company meetings abroad while other executive team members did. The digital intelligence company's eight-person executive committee is now all male, her attorney points out.
4 minute read

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