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Connecticut Law Tribune

Tables Turned: Lawyers Sue Connecticut Disciplinarians Over New Rule Governing Attorney Speech

"We are concerned that a rule of this sort constrains lawyers from speaking freely, and I think that's bad for everyone," said Richard Samp, of the New Civil Liberties Alliance in Washington, D.C., who is representing the plaintiffs.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'I Realized I Did Have Skills': Employers Start to Draw Back Mothers Who'd Quit

"I had several times thought about trying to return to the law and just thinking I wouldn't get a fair shake at it," said Christine Foo, now an associate general counsel at Meta.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Here's How This 60-Lawyer Minnesota Firm Was Certified as a Women-Owned Enterprise

Nilan Johnson Lewis is now among the largest firms in the U.S. certified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Disney Fights Shareholder Push for Transparency on Race, Gender Pay Disparities

"Publicly disclosing statistically-adjusted and median pay gaps will create greater transparency and trust with employees and investors," states a new shareholder proposal, which Disney contends is unnecessary.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Starbucks General Counsel Rachel Gonzalez's Pay Topped $5M Last Year

As a Latina GC, Gonzalez is part of a group that makes up less than 3% of the legal chiefs for the 500 largest corporations in the U.S.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Nike Elevates Compliance Chief to General Counsel Role

After 14 years as an in-house lawyer for the Beaverton, Oregon-based company, Ann Miller will take over as GC next month.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

BREAKING: Biden Just Nominated This Lawyer for US Attorney for Connecticut

The nominee was a litigator at McCarter & English from 2006 to 2014.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Weil Gotshal Names New Litigation Co-Chair, First Woman to Lead Department

Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser was formerly the co-head of life sciences and patent litigation practices at the firm.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Wrong Pronoun: South Florida Judge's Dissent Corrects Lawyer Who Assumed She Was a 'He'

"We all need to be cognizant and remove from our thinking the male-centric image of lawyers and judges. It is not hard, but it requires raising one's consciousness of the issue," the judge said.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Major Companies, Legal Chiefs Step Up to Support Equal Rights Amendment

"The GCs of the major companies that signed on to the brief were intimately involved," said Paul Weiss partner Liza Velazquez.
3 minute read

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