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Connecticut Law Tribune

Day Pitney Among Firms Hiring Diversity Officers

As law firms continue to struggle in diversifying their partnership and leadership ranks, Hogan Lovells and Day Pitney announced this week the hire of inclusion officers, while Weil, Gotshal & Manges is a year into a diversity education program.
22 minute read

The American Lawyer

Three Big Firms Hire New Diversity Officers

Reed Smith, Hogan Lovells and Day Pitney each announced this week hires into positions designed to promote diversity within their firms.
27 minute read

National Law Journal

Airbnb Defends Arbitration in Push to Dismiss Discrimination Suit

Lawyers for Airbnb Inc. defended the home-sharing platform's terms of service Wednesday in Washington federal district court, arguing that a user who brought a discrimination case against the company should be forced into arbitration to resolve the dispute.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Akerman Adds Ex-ACLU Lawyer, OnRamp Fellowship Recruit

Sara Mandelbaum, a former staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union and Paul Weiss, has joined Akerman's litigation group in New York. She is the Am Law 200 firm's first hire from the OnRamp Fellowship, a program started in 2014 that seeks to bring women back into the workforce.
22 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Inadmissible

If there's one law firm that stands to gain by a Trump victory in November, it would seem to be Greenberg Traurig, where top campaign surrogate Rudy Giuliani is a partner. But apparently that's not enough to persuade many of Giuliani's law partners to back the Republican nominee.
40 minute read

International Edition

Former O'Melveny Hong Kong Head Joins Sidley

Leaving as part of a three-strong disputes team, Friven Yeoh is the second office managing partner to depart O'Melveny in Asia this year.
14 minute read

Daily Report Online

Carlson Rejoins Baker Donelson—And Other 'On the Move' News

After a stint as general counsel for a local tech company, he's back in a newly created position to oversee the firm's law department.
54 minute read

New York Law Journal

On the Move

By | October 11, 2016
Four firms have promoted several attorneys to partner, while seven firms have added new attorneys.
29 minute read

National Law Journal

The Consequences of the D.C. Circuit's CFPB Smackdown

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday found too much power—with too little oversight—was vested in the CFPB director, a ruling that will provide fodder to Republicans who have long wanted to erase the consumer agency from Washington's regulatory landscape. The court's remedy gives the president greater supervision over the director. But what about past enforcement actions? The ruling could entice companies to take new action. The D.C. Circuit expressly declined to confront how its ruling might play out.
15 minute read

The American Lawyer

Brussels Antitrust Pro Leaves Shearman to Start Boutique

Trevor Soames, a former global antitrust co-chair at Howrey who joined Shearman & Sterling's Brussels office with four other partners in 2011, has left the firm to start his own boutique. His departure marks the latest European exit from the storied New York firm, although two other Brussels-based partners will remain at Shearman.
35 minute read

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